RIZIN and Shoot Boxing held a press conference today to clarify the RENA situation. After much discussion, RENA will rematch Kanna Asakura at RIZIN 11 July 29 at Saitama Super Arena and she will compete at the Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup July 6 at TDC Hall. She won't be in the tournament but she will have a match on the show. So basically SB owner Takeshi Caesar got his way probably because RENA insisted. Observers at the press conference said there is still plenty of tension between RIZIN owner Sakakibara and Caesar. The SB show will have a tournament as usual featuring MIO and a bunch of nobodies. Also KING Reina will be on the show. I don't cover SB because it's a fake sport. I stopped writing about it five years ago after I came to the conclusion that Caesar is the only one who knows the rules and he seems to make them up as he goes. RENA has never done both SB and MMA so close together. She thinks she can do both. But in the past during MMA fights she has forgotten which she is doing. If she does that against Kanna, she's going to sleep again. And she might go to sleep again anyway. Should RIZIN have delayed this rematch? I think so. That would have been for the best. Of course the ultimate solution is for RENA to quit SB. But she won't. Kanna has to be the favorite. RIZIN added Saori Ishioka vs Miyuu Yamamoto. Saori is a DEEP JEWELS veteran. She's an OK but not great fighter. But she should beat Miyuu who has family connections but probably shouldn't be a fighter herself. Well, at least Sakakibara and Caesar buried the hatchet...in Sakakibara's head. EDIT: It was announced afterwards that RENA's SB match will be MMA. The point is if Japan was regulated, this kind of nonsense would not be allowed. Are selfish money grubbing promoters more important than a fighter's health?
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