Bellator will return to Japan this summer as part of another co-promotion with Rizin.
It’s something that has been on the radar for Bellator president Scott Coker for months. He told MMA Junkie and other reporters earlier this year in San Jose, Calif., that the wheels were in motion for Saturday’s announcement.
Coker, who has spent plenty of time in Japan in the course of long his combat sports career, said he sees a surge happening there. In addition, his long friendship and working relationship with Rizin president Nobuyuki Sakakibara is a boon to Bellator.
