Rizin president Noboyuki Sakakibara has apologised to Floyd Mayweather after he had flowers thrown at his feet just seconds before his exhibition bout on Saturday night.
Mayweather faced MMA star Mikuru Asakura at the Saitama Super Arena as part of 'Super Rizin' over the weekend, and was expected to be presented with a bouquet of flowers before the bout. It is part of tradition in the promotion that fighters are given the gift before their fights, but in the boxing legend's case they were just thrown on the ground.
Looking confused at the whole situation, Mayweather picked the flowers up and gave them to his corner, before going on to stop Asakura within two rounds. And now the Rizin boss has branded the man who presented Mayweather with the gift as "vile" and promised never to let such an incident happen again.
