Simply days away from BKFC KnuckleMania IV, Mike Perry and Thiago Alves got here head to head for a tense staredown following the pre-fight press convention.
The previous UFC fighters headline the primary ever BKFC card in Los Angeles after the California State Athletic Fee voted to sanction bare-knuckle combating within the state.
Perry appears to be like to remain undefeated in bare-knuckle competitors after he completed former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez in his most up-to-date outing. As for Alves, he additionally holds an ideal document in BKFC at 2-0 together with a middleweight title win again in 2021.
Within the co-main occasion, Mick Terrill places his heavyweight title up for grabs towards Lorenzo Hunt, who relinquished each of his BKFC championships to earn the chance to win a belt in a 3rd division.
UFC veterans Ben Rothwell and Todd Duffee additionally meet on the cardboard after they have been initially scheduled to satisfy in 2023 however the combat was cancelled simply days earlier than the occasion when Rothwell fell sick. Now wholesome once more and able to construct on his 2-0 BKFC document, Rothwell welcomes Duffee to the ring on Saturday at KnuckleMania IV.
