BUZZ Kouzi says he will come 'someday' after Sudo's Dec. 29 offer to fight Nagasawa

Kouzi has turned a formal title-level offer into a public taunt. K-1 producer Genki Sudo offered him a fight with lightweight champion Samuel Nagasawa for Dec. 29, and Kouzi's answer was that he would go "someday" and that K-1 should wait patiently.

The offer came at a press conference on Oct. 23. Sudo set the reply deadline for the night of Sunday, Oct. 25, and left the negotiations with Krush producer Mitsuru Miyata. Kouzi, who fights out of TEAM ONE, responded on X on Oct. 24, a day before the deadline expired, so his post came ahead of any formal reply.

The post was aimed at both men. Kouzi asked whether a champion "nobody knows" was worth that much, argued that his own involvement has made K-1 the talk of recent weeks, and said a singer on the street is better known than Nagasawa. He also mocked the deadline as a one-sided act, like a clingy one-way romance, and told K-1 to go back to "empty venues" if it would not wait.

Nagasawa, who fights out of B Make, had already set the tone. He called Kouzi a name with little real standing and promised to take everything from him. The exchange has made the fight a matter of status as much as of sport: a champion who wants to prove himself against the bigger name, and a name who is refusing to be moved by a promoter's clock.

What remains open is whether Kouzi has chosen another route for the year-end. It is not known whether he has picked RIZIN instead. Sudo has said that if Kouzi does not agree to the Dec. 29 card at Yokohama Buntai, Nagasawa will be given another opponent.

The answer should come soon. K-1 will hold a press conference to announce the first fight cards for K-1 World MAX 2026 on Oct. 27, streamed on ABEMA. Watch whether Nagasawa's name appears with Kouzi's or with a replacement.