BKFC President David Feldman joins the show! Feldman previews a few major announcements that will change the league and sport as a whole, teases a big time announcement including some major signings to the roster, describes why BKFC's audience goes beyond fight fans and Bare Knuckle on Ice?!?!
00:02What do we got going on today at the Hard Rock?
00:05You know what we're doing?
00:06We're getting all the champs together.
00:08We're going to let them talk to the media a little bit.
00:10We're making some major announcements today.
00:12I think some groundbreaking stuff for combat sports in general
00:15and some really cool stuff for BKFC.
00:18So we're going to drop them announcements today.
00:20Very excited about it.
00:21I think it's very well attended.
00:24A lot of people are excited about it.
00:25And I think after we drop some of these announcements
00:28and then a couple more on Saturday at Fight Night,
00:31I think it's really going to change the game for BKFC.
00:34So my guy, Mike Perry, he's going to be in attendance.
00:38Is he making his triumphant return to BKFC?
00:41This has been a long time in the waiting.
00:45Yeah, we're going to announce the date.
00:47Possibly the opponent.
00:48I'm just waiting on the contract right now.
00:50So it's kind of like it's in the middle
00:52whether we'll announce the opponent or not right now.
00:54But we're going to announce his return, absolutely.
00:56We're going to announce a couple of tournaments we're doing.
00:59We're going to announce just some really cool stuff
01:02that we have going on that I think is awesome for the athletes.
01:06But are you worried at all?
01:08Because I know that him and Conor McGregor,
01:10because Conor McGregor is going to be there,
01:12or you guys are announcing that he's going to be there.
01:14I never know with Conor and his schedule or whatnot
01:15if that's going to happen.
01:16But there's been a little bit of frostiness,
01:19riftiness between the two of them.
01:21And now that they're both going to be on the same stage,
01:25I know you're no stranger to your boys scrapping
01:28when it comes to promotion.
01:29But are you expecting fireworks there today?
01:31I mean, I don't think so.
01:33But hey, man, you never know.
01:34I mean, you got two guys that are really hyped up
01:38and really believe in themselves a lot.
01:40And you never know what's going to come out of their mouth.
01:42And look, I swear, it's funny you said that
01:45because I wasn't prepared for that question.
01:47But I kept thinking it like, yo, is Conor going to say like,
01:50yo, get out of here.
01:51You're fired.
01:52Get out of here.
01:52You're cut.
01:53Right?
01:53Like, I don't know what he's going to say.
01:55You just don't know.
01:56You just don't know, man.
01:58When you guys launched the advertisers,
02:00I was like, oh, Mike's going to be there.
02:01Yeah.
02:02Conor's going to be there.
02:03I don't know how that's going to go.
02:05Yeah, man.
02:06So we'll see.
02:06We'll see what happens.
02:07But man, look, one thing for sure,
02:09it's going to be a fun night.
02:11Well, but it's open to the public.
02:12So people here in South Florida can go there to the Hard Rock for it.
02:16Yeah, it's at the ballroom at the Hard Rock.
02:19You know, it's first come, first serve.
02:20I say that because, you know, I think it fits about 1,000 people.
02:23But, I mean, there's going to be so many people here tonight.
02:26Very, very pumped up for it.
02:27And like I said, have some really cool announcements that we're going to make.
02:31We're going to, I think, like move the needle in combat sports in general,
02:36not just for what we're doing with BKFC.
02:38But I think it's things that other companies can follow through with
02:41and help the fighters out and do some things that we're going to do tonight.
02:45And I think it's going to go a long way.
02:47And we're not sure if we're going to announce it.
02:50We have an unbelievable announcement.
02:51And, again, that's either going to come today or Saturday.
02:54I'm not sure yet, depending on my phone call I get.
02:57Do you, do you, are you starting to get like different age group guys
03:03starting to get into BKFC?
03:05Because, like, it's mostly the veteran guys who have, there's just professional fighters.
03:12They just fight wherever they can fight.
03:14Are there people that are starting to get into just these types of the fight game
03:21and are maybe thinking about doing this?
03:24Oh, yeah.
03:24I mean, there's so many, so many announcements.
03:27We're going to announce 12 new signings tonight.
03:29Some former boxing world champions, some big-time UFC guys.
03:34You know, we got some major announcements there as well.
03:37But I think what I said is I think this sport actually has the chance to really go outside of fight fans in general.
03:45It's not just fight fans because it is bare knuckle.
03:47And we all did it, right?
03:48We all saw it.
03:50We all do it.
03:51Like when you play football, when you play basketball, there's a fight in the crowd.
03:54You look at the fight in the crowd, it's primal.
03:57It's what people want to see.
03:58And therefore, this sport itself, I think, can go outside a little wider than just combat sports in general.
04:05Is this thing legitimate?
04:06Like, are you guys really making a promotion that's going to be bare knuckle on hockey, on ice?
04:12Like, I saw the videos of this.
04:14I'm like, is this a thing that you guys are going to do?
04:17So, it's a guy that was helping me out with some stuff in Canada.
04:20And he asked me to get involved with him.
04:22And I said, yeah, you know what?
04:23We'll put our name on it.
04:24And the first event in Michigan was amazing.
04:28It was a really, really cool event.
04:29Definitely needs some tweaks.
04:32I think it – I really, truly think it has legs because I thought the fans were going crazy over it.
04:39There were some great fights.
04:40We just had to change some rules to make it a little more exciting, the same thing we did with BKFC, make it, you know, nonstop engagement, nonstop excitement.
04:48And we're going to do that.
04:49And I think it definitely has some legs.
04:51And that's actually – we actually acquired another promotion, and we're going to announce that tonight as well.
04:56See, because this is one of the things, Leroy, because we watched the Panthers this year.
04:59And I don't know how much hockey you were into, David, but the Panthers got some badmasses on this team this year with Jonah Gajevic and AJ Greer.
05:07I mean, they won literally, like, every bare-knuckle fight there was on ice.
05:11I feel like there needs to be, like, some Panthers highlight reel for the South Florida card.
05:16Yeah, man.
05:16It could be amazing, man.
05:17I think what happened is the Philadelphia Flyers just hired two of my BKFC fighters to coach their guys how to fight.
05:26So they're actually getting into fighting now.
05:28Like, it's no joke.
05:29It's not just that, you know, they're going to go to the gym and learn how to fight.
05:34Like, they actually have fight coaches now for the Flyers.
05:36It's crazy.
05:37No, it is.
05:38It's one of those things where, like, the thing that's honorable about it is they have to drop the gloves.
05:42Like, they're not doing it.
05:43Like, it's always been the thing in hockey.
05:45But, like, the Panthers have this guy that's there.
05:47Because, you know, the thing in BKFC that's always gnarly is Leroy is the cuts, right?
05:52And the way that these guys are just – you know, they can be so pinpoint and precise with these punches.
05:57But there was this one guy that the Panthers had, David, that's, like, his name's Jonah Gajevic.
06:02And he was, like, after the fight, he's, like, taking scissors and he's, like, cutting and trimming back up the flesh
06:09because he did such a good job of enforcing for his stars because that's what they're always out there doing.
06:14So it's, like – it's spreading all over the place.
06:19What do you got on the card this weekend?
06:20What are the fights people should be looking forward to?
06:22We got a heavyweight eliminator for the championship.
06:24We got Arnold Adams, who is our actual first BKFC world champion.
06:28And he's fighting a monster – we call him the bare-knuckle Mike Tyson, Leonardo Perdoma.
06:33He's from Miami, you know, via Cuba.
06:36But, I mean, this guy is a beast right now.
06:38He's 7-0, seven first-round knockouts with BKFC.
06:41Nobody's ever made a past one minute with him yet.
06:43So, I mean, this guy is a beast, and he's going to be tested.
06:46We have the 125-pound champion, Chip G. Perez, is going to take on Andrew Strode out of Denver.
06:53G. Perez is a Florida native as well, out of Cuba as well also.
06:57And then we just have, you know, Brian Duran.
07:00We have Steve Townsend.
07:01We have all these guys on the undercard, Julio Perez, that are all Miami-based guys.
07:08And we will have, when it's all said and done on Saturday night, we will have the highest-grossing ticket sales for any combat sporting event at Hard Rock History on Saturday night.
07:18We'll have the largest attendance and the highest-grossing ticket sales.
07:21So, we're very, very excited about that as well.
07:24It will be our ninth consecutive sellout here at the Hard Rock.
07:27Yeah, it's always a consistent home for you guys.
07:29It's great that you guys have found a footing in a place that obviously loves a good scrap.
07:34We appreciate the time.
07:35David Feldman, go check out BKFC.
07:37If you guys are looking for something fun tonight, listen, you got Conor McGregor, the who's who of fighting there with Mike Perry.
07:44That sounds like it's going to be fireworks, announcements galore.
07:46Get on out to the Hard Rock Ballroom, and then get out to the Hard Rock this Saturday for the main card.
