Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 25, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) I've touched on Bare Knuckle Boxing abit on here previously. I thought i'd give it it's own thread though. The sport is starting to pick up popularity, and is getting some traction over in America now as well, there's enough of an MMA connection to warrant paying attention too. The Bareknuckle Fighting Championships holds it's second event in the States tonight. I'd planned to watch the initial show in June but didn't get around to it, but was real surprised to see how impressive the production of the show was once i saw some highlights. If you've ever seen a UK BKB show it's very dark and cheap looking, it comes off every bit an underground fight league, the Bareknuckle Fighting Champioships came out with a good level of production in a proper arena, a professional announce team (including Sean Wheelock, formely of Bellator) and the show far exceeding anyones expectations in terms of quality of fights. It also did 125,000 buys on PPV in the States which is pretty solid and way above what anyone expected from what i can gather. Enough so that tonight's show is being covered by MMA Fighting who have a team on site to do their usual pre/post fight stuff that they usually only give to the UFC and sometimes Bellator. Pretty cool to see a real decent buzz being generated. The show is on Fite PPV over here for £38.99. There's no way im paying that to see the show, but if, like last time, the show goes up in the usual places im definitely going to watch it, Here's how the card lines up...full of UFC and Bellator veterans. The card is on the poster, Chris fucking Lytle returning! he seems to be taking it seriously too from the pre-fight stuff i saw. Given the success of the first show and depending on how this one pans out im expecting more recognisable names to move over to this. They plan on running 8 shows a year. Fingers crossed i get to see it. I'll keep the thread going as i see shit over time, Bare Knuckle seems to be on the rise. A second American promotion is debuting later in the year that has a Phil Baroni/Chris Leben fight headlining. All the stuff i saw prior to BKFC 2 say that this gives people the same feeling they had when the UFC first aired and im digging that. Edited February 12 by Egg Shen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 7, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 7, 2018 I did see BKFC 2, just aint chimed in with my random shitty thoughts yet... Heres a wee heads up though. British based BKB has a show live (sort of) on Vice, sky channel 183 tomorrow night if anyone fancies it. The shows on a couple of hours delay so airs from 10.30pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 7, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 7, 2018 Fuck, forgot all about this. How did Lytle look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 7, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 7, 2018 Well, the general feeling that the best tactic in bare knuckle fighting is to carefully pick your shots from the outside (and we saw a lot of that on the night). Lytle abandoned that, went in and just destroyed the bloke. His opponent tried to fight back but was hopelessly outmatched, looked like he took a bit of a dive to get out of there in the end. Lytle probably looked in better physical shape than he ever did in the UFC too. Lots of TRT and steroid accusations thrown about but i guess its free reign at the moment. Im hoping Lytle sticks around and becomes a bit of a face for it. I'll definitely continue to watch. On the flip side, Charles Bennett basically TKO'd himself by shattering his hands. Its a brutal game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzExile Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Shit, that was difficult to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Looks like a pile of bollocks in my opinion. A step up from those ridiculous fights you see in carparks on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriend Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Lad it was horrid! How is this taking off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 11, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 11, 2018 10 hours ago, David said: Looks like a pile of bollocks in my opinion. A step up from those ridiculous fights you see in carparks on YouTube. Its a strange brew at the moment. The BKFC show has an old UFC feel to it. The majority of fighters in it are MMA fighters but theres a couple of strange additions like a former NBA basketball player who seemed terrified of getting hit. I enjoyed what i saw though, its definitely still finding its feet but as a presentation the show and the fights were pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 17, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 Johny Hendricks moving to Bare Knuckle now 😮 fighting Brennan Ward in November. Id love to see that fight in MMA let alone bare knukle boxing. http://www.fightbookmma.com/breaking-johny-hendricks-vs-brennan-ward-to-headling-wbkff-1-rise-of-the-titans/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Is there weight classes in this thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 17, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2018 Yeh, im not sure what that new promotion Hendricks is involved with has them but BKFC has divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 6, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation holds its first show on Friday, they've put together a pretty solid lineup in fairness, not sure what kind of money they're paying but i imagine Johny Hendricks doesn't come cheap. Im really hoping this pops up online because i wanna see it, im not paying the £28 Fite TV are asking for it though, fuck that. Brennan Ward vs. Johny Henricks Phil Baroni vs. Chris Leben Shawne Merriman vs. Mike Bourke Josh Neer vs. Mike Alderete Julian Lane vs. Joey Angelo Jasmine Clark vs. Christina Marks Baroni/Leben is about as sloppy a bare knuckle fight that you're gonna get, and im all on for that. You just has to knock Josh Neer would be getting in on this bare knuckle action too. Edited November 6, 2018 by Egg Shen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted November 6, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted November 6, 2018 Julian ‘Let Me Bang Bro’ Lane on there as well. Hope he gets battered. Baroni vs Leben is the main event for me there. Bollocks to Johny Hendricks. And I bet the prick still misses weight again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Imagine being a former UFC Champion and having to lower yourself to the point of doing this shit? You go from trading hands with the best in the game in places like New York and Vegas over a UFC career spanning eight years to slugging it out bareknuckle in Casper, Wyoming. Poor bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 6, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 6, 2018 its an odd one. Im not sure why Hendricks has chosen this route. Im fairly certain he could still demand a decent MMA paycheque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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