BKFC President David Feldman stays tight-lipped in regards to the specifics of his current dialogue with UFC CEO Dana White, but it surely appears they’ve cast a brand new connection throughout the fight sports activities group. After BKFC 57 concluded on Friday night time, Feldman addressed a photograph circulating on-line, depicting him and White engaged in a dialog. BKFC’s current surge contains efforts to realize sanctioning in California and Nevada.
California has already given its approval for bare-knuckle preventing, with BKFC asserting KnuckleMania IV scheduled for Los Angeles on April 27. Feldman has constantly emphasised that he doesn’t view the UFC as a direct competitor, highlighting the distinct nature of bare-knuckle preventing in comparison with MMA. Regardless of this, BKFC continues to attract substantial attendance, with over 8,000 tickets bought in Utah throughout BKFC 56 in December.
Throughout his interview with MMA Combating Feldman stated:
“It was extra of simply creating an ally. That’s actually all I’ve to say. It was nice assembly, he’s a terrific man. He’s doing his factor with UFC, and we’re going to do our factor with BKFC. We’re going to be the largest fight sport on the planet.
Trying forward, Feldman expressed openness to potential collaborations with the UFC, notably exploring cross-promotion offers. This may contain permitting fighters from each organizations to take part in one another’s occasions. Beforehand, BKFC engaged in such preparations when Bellator MMA permitted Michael “Venom” Web page to compete in a bare-knuckle battle towards Mike Perry.
Naked Knuckle Combating Championship grew to become a well-liked vacation spot amongst the previous UFC fighters. Subsequent to talked about earlier Mike Perry, within the BKFC’s round ring followers noticed such names as Chris Leben, Paige Vanzant, Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez, Dan Hardy, Justin Lane, and even Conor McGregor. The Irishman restricted his look to a face-off with Perry after his win towards Lane at BKFC 41.
Regardless of “Platinum” being the present face of the promotion you may say that “The Crippler” paved the way in which for different UFC alumni within the bare-knuckle boxing circuit. First, he defeated a fellow UFC veteran on the inaugural World Naked Knuckle Combating Federation occasion. After a monetary dispute with the promotion, he switched his consideration to BKFC. He made his promotional debut at BKFC 5 by knocking out Justin Baesman in simply 25 seconds. At BKFC 6 he suffered his sole loss towards Dakota Cochrane. He bounced again at BKFC KnuckleMania by knocking out Quentin Henry within the first spherical.
In line with Feldman, expertise transfers and good relations with different promotions are key to the expansion of BKFC.
“We need to develop our sport. We need to make our sport the largest it may be. If which means teaming up with different promotions, we’ve got nothing towards doing something like that, as a result of we predict that it’s simply going to make the game develop and the corporate develop and the enterprise develop. So something that’s going to make it develop, we’re down for it.”
Feldman articulated a constructive stance on partnerships with different organizations, emphasizing the potential for collective progress within the sport. He talked about a current assembly with RIZIN president Nobuyuki Sakakibara and welcomed dignitaries from Abu Dhabi to BKFC 57. These interactions align with BKFC’s broader technique for international enlargement, as they’ve beforehand hosted occasions in places like Thailand and the U.Ok.
“We had folks from everywhere in the world in attendance tonight. All of them liked it, and we’re going to broaden in every single place.”
