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Paulie Malignaggi Was Offered A BKFC Against Diego Sanchez

Former boxer Paulie Malignaggi says that Bare Knuckle Fighting championship has offered him a fight against Diego Sanchez. Malignaggi last had a bare-knuckle fight against Artem Lobov back in 2019 when he lost via decision. The former boxing champion is saying that his second fight with the promotion may be against Diego ‘The Nightmare’ Sanchez. […]

Former boxer Paulie Malignaggi says that Bare Knuckle Fighting championship has offered him a fight against Diego Sanchez.

Malignaggi last had a bare-knuckle fight against Artem Lobov back in 2019 when he lost via decision. The former boxing champion is saying that his second fight with the promotion may be against Diego ‘The Nightmare’ Sanchez.

“I got offered to fight Diego Sanchez in BKFC,” Malignaggi claimed while on The Schmo on YouTube. “Actually, me and Diego were in contact, discussing even a gloves fight. It’s possible. I personally have a preference that I’d rather not, but if the money gets really good, you start to make me consider it. We’ll see. I never say never.” (MMANews)

Sanchez has been in rumors to fight in a bare-knuckle league a few times now. His most recent has been the possible matchup against Dillon Danis at Gamebred FC. Sanchez did say earlier this year that he would be open to signing with BKFC. He called the possibility of joining the league fun and something he’d be down for.

Sanchez was released from the UFC in April. He had lost four of his last seven fights before being released from the UFC. One of those wins being a DQ win over Michel Periera at UFC Fight Night 167. Although Malignaggi had stated he retired after the Lobev fight, but it seems as if he is considering coming back.

Sanchez stated before that he would need at least one boxing match before he got in there to fight bare knuckles. He wants to get his hands going and make sure he is 100% ready to go. The margin for error in a bare-knuckle brawl is a lot thinner than a fight with gloves.

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Paulie Malignaggi Says He’s Been Offered A BKFC Fight Against Diego Sanchez

Paulie Malignaggi could be mixing it up with Diego Sanchez soon. Former boxing champion Pauli Malignaggi has been spending his time fighting without the gloves recently. He had signed a contract with BKFC back in 2019 and had one fight with the promotion. He has now come out to explain that he might be having […]

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Paulie Malignaggi could be mixing it up with Diego Sanchez soon.

Former boxing champion Pauli Malignaggi has been spending his time fighting without the gloves recently. He had signed a contract with BKFC back in 2019 and had one fight with the promotion. He has now come out to explain that he might be having a second bare-knuckle fight, and it could be against former UFC fighter Diego Sanchez.

“I got offered to fight Diego Sanchez in BKFC,” Malignaggi told The Schmo on YouTube. “Actually, me and Diego were in contact, discussing even a gloves fight. It’s possible. I personally have a preference that I’d rather not, but if the money gets really good, you start to make me consider it. We’ll see. I never say never.”

Malignaggi’s first fight with BKFC was against Artem Lobov which resulted in a unanimous decision loss. After that fight, he retired from fighting but could be entertaining a return against Sanchez.

Sanchez was let go from the UFC back in April and has been weighing his options. He recently spoke out about wanting to fight Dillon Danis in Jorge Masvidal’s bare-knuckle MMA promotion, Gamebred FC. Danis seemed interested in fighting Sanchez as well but perhaps not in a bare-knuckle organization. Danis is currently signed with Bellator.

Sanchez has been in talks with BKFC and was rumored to be signing with them earlier this year. It is unclear at this time if he has already signed a contract and if so who he will fight next. Sanchez is 39 years old and had lost two of his last three UFC bouts. His last win came over Michael Chiesa by way of DQ.

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Paulie Malignaggi Attributes Artem Lobov Loss To “MMA Judges”

Paulie Malignaggi is convinced that his bare-knuckle boxing loss to Artem Lobov was a direct result of the bias of “MMA judges.” In 2019, Artem Lobov pulled off a stunning upset when he defeated former boxing world champion Paulie Malignaggi at BKFC 6. What made the upset less shocking, aside from Artem Lobov being the […]

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Paulie Malignaggi is convinced that his bare-knuckle boxing loss to Artem Lobov was a direct result of the bias of “MMA judges.”

In 2019, Artem Lobov pulled off a stunning upset when he defeated former boxing world champion Paulie Malignaggi at BKFC 6. What made the upset less shocking, aside from Artem Lobov being the GOAT, is the fact that the world of bare-knuckle boxing was unchartered territory for Malignaggi. Looking back, what makes the outcome completely unsurprising for Malignaggi himself is his belief that the fight was rigged against him from the start.

“By the time we got to [the fight], I feel like a lot of the MMA community railed against me,” Malignaggi said on The Daru Strong Podcast. “And it’s funny because I didn’t find out it was gonna be MMA judges until the night of the fight. I went to the back, I was getting my hands wrapped, and they told me like, ‘Yo, you gotta take a picture for your license…and they’re like, ‘Nah, it’s gotta be an MMA license…because technically, this is MMA.

“I should have realized right there that it’s gonna be MMA judges. But in the moment, I’m there; it’s whatever. But looking back now when I didn’t get the decision, I’m like, ‘Yo, that was MMA judges. That’s why he came back and told me that.’ So looking back, that ended up how it went—and yeah, I broke my hand.”

Malignaggi has not competed since this loss to Lobov. As for Lobov, this victory over Malignaggi would serve as the final one of his career. The Russian announced his retirement earlier this year following a bare-knuckle boxing loss to Denys Berinchyk.

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Paulie Malignaggi Would Still Fight Conor McGregor On One Condition

The feud between Paulie Malignaggi and Conor McGregor seems to have died down as of late but the “Magic Man” is still open to fighting the “Notorious” one on one condition. The issues between Malignaggi and McGregor started back in 2017. Malignaggi, a former boxing world champion, had a sparring session with the Irishman. This […]

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Paulie Malignaggi Would Still Fight Conor McGregor On One Condition

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Malignaggi Takes Credit For McGregor’s & Masvidal’s Entrepreneurship

Former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi says that he is indirectly responsible for two UFC superstars becoming entrepreneurs. As accomplished as Paulie Malignaggi was as a boxer, many MMA fans may have become familiar with him through his feud with Co…

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