Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Takeru (also known as The Match 2022) was a professional kickboxing event held at The Tokyo Dome on June 19, 2022.

Rizin Fighting Federation CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara was a general producer, and has stated that this would be a neutral event regardless of the organization.

K-1 Japan group producer, Mitsuru Miyata, demanded that Nasukawa sign an exclusive contract with K-1 to be able to make the fight happen.

November 8, 2015, Nasukawa had a knockout victory over French Muay Thai fighter Mike Alamos.

[3] On November 21, 2015, Takeru made his first defense of his K-1 55 kg world title against Charles Bongiovanni, he won the fight by TKO.

[4] During the press conference, Takeru mentioned that he did not recognize Nasukawa and could not understand what he was saying due to the crowd noise and thought he was just a fan.

[5] On December 8, 2015, Rizin announced a fight between Takeru and Chinese fighter, Yang Ming, for their New Year's Eve event.

[citation needed] 2 days later, K-1's official YouTube channel uploaded the full fight video of Takeru and Paskhaev but a few hours later it was deleted and re-uploaded without Masato's comments.

[citation needed] On August 29, 2017, Rizin executive Nobuhiko Takada said on Twitter, "Two of the biggest superstars of kickboxing, Takeru vs Tenshin Nasukawa should be made right now!

A few days later, Takada apologized and promised to never talk about a fighter from another organization and deleted every tweet about Nasukawa vs Takeru.

In an attempt to influence K-1 and Rise to make the Takeru fight, Nasukawa made sure the show was being broadcast live so Rizin would not be able to cut any of his comments.

But, 1 of 6 sponsors told Japanese weekly magazine Shukan Shincho "Our contract of K-1, we distribute Bento 3 times only.

[9][10] On March 16, 2018, Rise president Takashi Ito, former K-1 fighter Hiroya and his lawyer, accused K-1 Japan Group's exclusive contract, illegal based on the competition law.

He also wanted to announce "event titles, host organizations, distribution and broadcasting stations, and other ticket inquiries around the beginning of the year."

In addition, Takeru hoped that "there is no need for judgment or draw, so there is no limit to the extension", but Sakakibara said, "I was Kazushi Sakuraba vs Royce Gracie in the PRIDE era.

I sent an ale[14] On April 1, 2022, Dream Factory Worldwide, K-1, and RISE announced that the Nasukawa VS Takeru match will be held at Tokyo Dome on June 19, 2022.

In addition to both players, RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara, K-1 producer Takumi Nakamura, and RISE representative Takashi Ito attended.

[25] In addition, Abema is also scheduled to deliver live in PPV format [21]。 58 kg contract for weighing the day before, weighing up to 4 kg on the day (3 hours before the match) 3 minutes 3R + extension 1R (only extension is completely settled by mast judgment) Winning 6 oz 6.5 meters square After the event, K-1 president Kazuyoshi Ishii revealed that over 500,000 PPV were sold alongside the 56,399 people in attendance.