Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant has expressed her frustration at being pulled from this weekend’s BKFC 27 event by the promotion. This Saturday, the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will cross the pond for its UK debut. The rising organization…
Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant has expressed her frustration at being pulled from this weekend’s BKFC 27 event by the promotion. This Saturday, the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will cross the pond for its UK debut. The rising organization will bring action to the OVO Wembley Arena in England’s capital city, but there’ll be one…
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship president, David Feldman says he has his eyes on Tyson Fury following the Brit’s confirmation of his retirement from professional boxing. Over the past few years, combat sports fans have been witness to the growth of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. David Feldman, founder and president of the BKFC has made […]
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship president, David Feldman says he has his eyes on Tyson Fury following the Brit’s confirmation of his retirement from professional boxing.
Over the past few years, combat sports fans have been witness to the growth of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. David Feldman, founder and president of the BKFC has made been making some big moves and has acquired well-known talent from the combat sports world.
Paige VanZant, Rachel Ostovich and Chad Mendes are some of the names that Feldman has managed to bring in but his sights are set much higher.
Talking to talkSPORT, Feldman says that he would like to sign newly retired WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury.
“I think it [signing Tyson Fury] is definitely possible, if they take us seriously because we are the new kid on the block, they might not listen to us. If they listen to us, then absolutely I think we can get a deal done,”
“He absolutely is on our radar; he would take this sport to a whole different level. You just saw it at Wembley Stadium with almost 100,000 people in there. I think Tyson Fury would take this to a whole other level and we would absolutely love to make a play for him.”
Feldman also added that although he has signed some big names in the MMA world, he wanted to start recruiting from professional gloved boxing.
“I just wanna get some more of these boxers. We are going to make a play for some of these really good boxers,” Feldman said.
“I can’t mention their names right now because it’s not done but we have two of the top 10 in the world we are negotiating with right now” (quotes via talkSport).
There are countless examples of Mike Perry doing, for lack of a better word, Mike Perry things, but now another one can be added to the list ahead of his BKFC bout with Michael “Venum” Page. Fans were already confused, yet excited at the se…
There are countless examples of Mike Perry doing, for lack of a better word, Mike Perry things, but now another one can be added to the list ahead of his BKFC bout with Michael “Venum” Page. Fans were already confused, yet excited at the seemingly out of left field announcement that Perry and MVP would…
Former UFC scrapper Mike Perry has promised fans violence as he heads into his second Bare Knuckle Boxing bout against Michael Page on Aug.20. The Bellator welterweight contender clashes with Perry in next weekend’s main event at Wembley Arena, which marks the organization’s first trip to the UK. The fight announcement came as a shock […]
Former UFC scrapper Mike Perry has promised fans violence as he heads into his second Bare Knuckle Boxing bout against Michael Page on Aug.20.
The Bellator welterweight contender clashes with Perry in next weekend’s main event at Wembley Arena, which marks the organization’s first trip to the UK. The fight announcement came as a shock to many considering Page’s last contest was for Bellator gold, and the thirty-five-year-old has never fought in bare-knuckle. Perry, on the other hand, left victorious on his BKFC debut in February vs. Julian Lane.
In the lead-up to fight night, Perry has been sending Page warnings and is adamant he doesn’t know what he’s let himself in for stepping between the ropes. Despite the threats, Perry has shown his respect for the talented striker but questions his toughness when it comes to the viciousness of BKB.
Mike Perry Talks MVP BKFC Fight
“I want to see what happens when I do connect with you and I do get some cuts on your face. I want to see what happens then,” Mike Perry said when faced off with Mike Perry in the BKFC press conference.
Although never competing in the sport, Page shrugged it off and dismissed Perry’s doubt, stating: “It won’t happen”.
There is no question about Perry’s shear heart and durability when inside the ring or Octagon. Fans enjoy watching the gangster-like style he brings into battle with him. During his twenty-two professional fights, Perry was only stopped once by strikes, which gave him a bucket full of confidence leading into Aug.20.
“You slippery little snake boy. I’m coming after you. I’m coming for you. You should be worried, MVP. I’m a psychopath,” Perry screamed into the camera.
As it stands, Page has signed to BKFC on a one-fight deal and has aspirations of returning to Bellator after the fight, having previously fallen short in his last outing to Logan Storley at Bellator 281 for interim gold. Page addressed the mixed reactions he got from the fighting community after diving head first into BKB.
“I get a lot of different types of reactions when I’m telling people,” Page said. “Even now, it’s been announced for a little while and people are still like ‘are you actually doing this?’. Similar to MMA when it first came through, people just saw it as barbaric. They didn’t see the skill and level of commitment that athletes had, it’s the same with bare-knuckle now. People have a negative appeal about initially.”
Veteran Muay Thai icon, Buakaw Banchamek is set for his return to the Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium for the first time in almost two decades, as he books a soon-approaching exhibition kickboxing outing against Kota Miura – the son of former Japan national team striker, Kazuyoshi Miura. Buakaw, a decorated Muay Thai striker, recently hit the […]
Veteran Muay Thai icon, Buakaw Banchamek is set for his return to the Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium for the first time in almost two decades, as he books a soon-approaching exhibition kickboxing outing against Kota Miura – the son of former Japan national team striker, Kazuyoshi Miura.
Buakaw, a decorated Muay Thai striker, recently hit the headlines at the end of last month – putting pen to paper on a deal with BKFC (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship) ahead of an expected promotional bow with the David Feldman-founded organization before the close of this year.
Competing at the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, and middleweight limits, Buakaw, who holds an astonishing professional record of 240-24-12 – has also notched countless championship victories over the course of his storied and lengthy professional Muay Thai and kickboxing career.
Buakaw has also produced ONE Championship featherweight kingpin, Superbon
The 40-year-old Surin native has also trained current and inaugural ONE Championship featherweight kickboxing champion, Superbon Banchamek.
A two-time K-1 World MAX champion and a back-to-back Thai Fight tournament victor back in 2011 and 2012, Buakaw, as per an initial report from Coconuts Bangkok – is set to share the squared circle with the aforenoted Miura at an event on August 19. Next.
“Muay Thai superstar Buakaw to fight Japanese youngblood Kota Miura in #Bangkok,” Coconuts Bangkok tweeted.
As for Miura’s father, Kazuyoshi Miura, the 55-year-old forward netted an impressive 55 goals from 88 caps for the Japanese national team until he called time on his international career in 2000.
Spending a sole season at Italian Serie A side, Genoa, Miura would then move to Dynamo Zagreb following a brief trial period with newly promoted Premier League side, Bournemouth. Miura won the Asian Footballer of the Year award in 1992 after lifting the AFC Asian Cup with Japan that year.
Former UFC star Paige VanZant has insisted that she has nothing to prove in-between the ropes ahead of her bare-knuckle boxing return later this month. At one point in time, VanZant was considered a hot prospect inside the Octagon. But after going 3-0 …
Former UFC star Paige VanZant has insisted that she has nothing to prove in-between the ropes ahead of her bare-knuckle boxing return later this month. At one point in time, VanZant was considered a hot prospect inside the Octagon. But after going 3-0 under the UFC banner, including a victory over Felice Herrig, “12 Gauge”…