BKFC President David Feldman teased a massive UK event to take place on 26 September in Manchester.
Speaking at the BKFC 90 post fight press conference after last night’s event in Birmingham, Feldman was asked by a journalist about the possibility of BKFC bringing its flagship Knucklemania event to UK soil.
“I think we have a bigger card than Knucklemania that we’re gonna announce for September over here,” said Feldman.
“It will probably be the biggest card we’ve ever done in BKFC history. Here on September 26.”
Another journalist asked if the biggest card ever meant a matchup between former UFC stars Mike Perry and Darren Till. Till successfully debuted for BKFC last night with a second-round knockout of Aaron Chalmers.
Feldman said BKFC was looking at “three really big names that could be potential opponents for Darren.” He noted Perry has done well for himself outside of BKFC recently, with “Platinum” fighting for Jake Paul’s MVP promotion in boxing and MMA.
BKFC Committed to UK Market
Last night was BKFC’s most successful UK event to date, with 7,492 fans in attendance at the Utilita Arena. Fans came out to support hometown lad Connor Tierney battle Rico Franco in the main event, witness the Till v Chalmers showdown, and also catch the rest of the card, which featured some solid action and knockouts.
BKFC 90 performance bonuses go to Rico Franco for his knockout win over Tierney, and George Thorpe and Leigh Cohoon for fight of the night.
Feldman was asked about the possiblity of bringing big name fighters like Perry to the UK. Feldman said he thinks BKFC will do both-bring some big American names to the UK and bring some of the UK’s top fighters to the States.
The UK market remains a top priority for the company.
““I’m gonna be here a lot more. I wanna make sure we’re pressing the gas pedal. I want to make this thing as big as it could be in the UK,” he said.
Feldman on BKB: We’re Really in Competition With Ourself”
Feldman was asked to compare last night’s BKFC’s event with the BKB event a fortnight ago in Manchester. The journalist noted that BKFC’s event had a much larger crowd.
Feldman took the high road after he joked BKB is “minor league”.
“Honestly, I’m not gonna even say anything bad. Let me tell you something,” he said.
“To get this kind of business off the ground, this is hard. This is not easy. We started a sport. They did some things underground first. I did the first regulated fight,” he said, referring to BKFC 1 in 2018.
“And really truly, I do wanna give my hats off to them because they’re also getting people to watch bare knuckle. They’re also getting it bigger.”
“But I don’t consider them competition. We’re really, truly only in competition with ourself. The better we do, the better fights we put on, the bigger crowds we get, the bigger tv deals. Then, we’re excelling. It doesn’t really matter what other people are doing.”
“They are a good group and they are doing things. But it’s night and day.”
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