RIZIN 14 had Floyd Mayweather, Bellator champ Darrion Caldwell vs. Kyoji Horiguchi, and a number of notable names throwing down on New Year’s Eve. We’ve got the highlights!
RIZIN 14 saw Floyd Mayweather pick up nine million dollars for barely two minutes worth of work on New Year’s Even in Japan. Not a bad night’s work, though peanuts compared to what Mayweather would get to actually return to the ring.
In hindsight, maybe RIZIN putting their vastly undersized star in the ring with ‘Money’ wasn’t the best idea, but it certainly got everyone’s attention.
If you missed it, check below for a gallery of highlights from the night’s action, courtesy of RIZIN FF!
RIZIN 14 Main Card Results:
Floyd Mayweather Jr. def. Tenshin Nasukawa by TKO, Round 1 – exhibition boxing match
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Darrion Caldwell by submission (guillotine choke), Round 3 – for RIZIN FF bantamweight title
Ayaka Hamasaki def. Kanna Asakura by submission (arm-bar), Round 2 – for RIZIN FF women’s super atomweight title
Jiri Prochazka def. Brandon Halsey by TKO, Round 1
Gabi Garcia def. Barbara Nepomuceno by submission (americana), Round 1
Damien Brown def. Daron Cruickshank by submission (guillotine choke), Round 1
Miyuu Yamamoto def. Mika Nagano by unanimous decision
Preliminary Card:
Kazuyuki Miyata def. Erson Yamamoto by submission (hammerlock), Round 2
Johnny Case def. Yusuke Yachi by TKO (doctor’s stoppage), Round 2
Yuki Motoya def. Justin Scoggins by submission (modified triangle), Round 1
Ulka Sasaki def. Manel Kape by unanimous decision
Justyna Zofia Haba def. Shinju Nozawa-Auclair by technical submission (rear-naked choke), Round 2
Tofik Musaev def. Nobumitsu Osawa by TKO, Round 2
Samantha Jean-Francois vs. Rena Kubota – cancelled due to Kubota illness
