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Noboyuki Sakakibara has said he is going to take legal action against Jerome Le Banner for having appeared at the INOKI BOM-BA-YE event on NYE at Sumo Hall.
RIZIN has originally announced Le Banner would be fighting Baruto at the RIZIN NYE event, however Le Banner claims he had never reached an agreement with them over the fight and that he never had signed a contract for the fight.
Despite claims from both sides, Le Banner did make an appearance at the INOKI BOM-BA-YE event as a special guest attendee and he did greet Oli Thompson after having defeated Fernando Rodrigues Jr. in the main event in the finals of the IGF WORLD GRAND PRIX 2015 Tournament.
Le Banner representatives also expressed he is currently going through a left foot injury which would've also kept him out of the fight even if he had reached an agreement with RIZIN.
He also put down any rumors of possibly being offered a fight with Fedor on NYE as he was scheduled to fight Baruto.
Sakakibara on the other hand claims he is going to take legal action against Le Banner for breach of contract.
I can't confirm if a contract was indeed signed or not as both sides claim differently regarding the matter.
RIZIN has originally announced Le Banner would be fighting Baruto at the RIZIN NYE event, however Le Banner claims he had never reached an agreement with them over the fight and that he never had signed a contract for the fight.
Despite claims from both sides, Le Banner did make an appearance at the INOKI BOM-BA-YE event as a special guest attendee and he did greet Oli Thompson after having defeated Fernando Rodrigues Jr. in the main event in the finals of the IGF WORLD GRAND PRIX 2015 Tournament.
Le Banner representatives also expressed he is currently going through a left foot injury which would've also kept him out of the fight even if he had reached an agreement with RIZIN.
He also put down any rumors of possibly being offered a fight with Fedor on NYE as he was scheduled to fight Baruto.
Sakakibara on the other hand claims he is going to take legal action against Le Banner for breach of contract.
I can't confirm if a contract was indeed signed or not as both sides claim differently regarding the matter.