![]() ![]() ![]() At only 26 and with 13 professional MMA bouts under her belt, she stands out among the rest of the BKFC roster. This is why it was a shock that they signed ex-UFC free agent Paige VanZant. Even the top fights of BKFC look like clumsy brawlers, and the post-fight damage is gruesome in ways rarely witnessed in other combat sports. Senator John McCain may have wanted early UFC banned on the grounds that it was "human cockfighting" but, as underdeveloped as it looks now, the fights between Shamrock, Gracie, Severn et al were legitimate tests of skill. Having seen the efforts the UFC went through to gain legitimacy, it's hard to turn around and look at the fledgling BKFC and not see a similar situation the difference, however, is that the actual in-ring competition proves the naysayers correct. Now that the UFC is gentrified – it's now mixed martial arts (MMA), and no longer no holds barred (NHB) fighting – and its overwhelming success has created equivalent leagues on a local, national, and international level, where do meatheads looking to prove they're hard go?īare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) was founded in 2018 and is the first legitimately sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing in the U.S. While legends such as Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn made their names winning tournaments and titles in the early 1990s, the people who made up the numbers on those events were less like legitimate martial artists and more guys who thought themselves tough and knew (maybe) how to throw a punch. It's hard to imagine now that it's a world-famous sporting organization, but the early days of the UFC are incredibly murky. ![]()
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