Bellator CEO Scott Coker recently broached the idea of cross-promoting with the UFC. While it likely won’t happen just yet, he says he is now in discussions with Japanese promotion Rizin for a possible venture later in the year.
“There’s nothing confirmed,” Coker said Monday on the Ariel Helwani MMA Show. “As people already know, we’ve been talking to Sakakibara about doing some type of event together. We haven’t decided if it’s going to be a ‘co-pro,’ fight sharing, a Bellator event by itself.
“But I’d love nothing more than to be in Japan sometime in December throwing a big fight there at Saitama Super Arena, where all the big…
Scott Coker in talks with Rizin for possible Japan event featuring Fedor