She was supposed to fight Ariane Lipski for the KSW belt at KSW 40 in Dublin, but pulled out due to injury. Ariane posted last week on reddit that Rin is ducking her.
Because she's been effectively blacklisted after terminating her contract with Pancrase. The Pancrase CEO and others can make sure she never fights in Japan ever again.
Wouldn't be surprised if the Yakuza financially backs much of the MMA scene. IIRC, PRIDE died due to Yakuza involvment.
I think yakuza is heavily involved in prize fighting in general. Boxing too. But yeah it became public that pride was controlled by yakuza which is why they lost their television deal.
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