Nobody Was Happier About A Near-Brawl At BKFC Weigh-Ins Than Conor McGregor
Earlier this year Conor McGregor became a part-owner of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships (the most popular bare knuckle fighting company in the world), and while I have no idea how much he put into the promotion to make that happen, I'd say he probably got his money's worth at today's weigh-ins alone.
I mean, have you ever seen ANYONE happier to help break up a fight than McGregor there???
Dude grabbed the championship and went wild like a kid in a candy store. I thought he was gonna swing the title over his head like Seth Rollins for a sec!
I don't even know who those fighters were - but I get it, though.
Breaking up weigh-in brawls is a rush like no other. Before we had real security at Rough N Rowdy, I'd hop in there with Rone and Spider (three guys who couldn't be LESS qualified to break up fights) and it was a blast….
That wasn't the only highlight from these weigh-ins, either, because MMA media members Oscar Willis and Ben "The Bane" Davis are also fighting on this card - and if you're into the MMA world at all, you know how wild that is….
Oscar Willis runs The Mac Life, Conor's website, while Ben Davis is an independent media guy - but he's been everywhere the past few years….and they're gonna duke it out bare-knuckle for the love of the game. Dan Hooker will even be in Oscar's corner for the fight! Dana White couldn't fucking believe it when he heard that….
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I get called out by random assholes to fight constantly - I'm talking monthly for the past 8 years - and I've always been VERY CLEAR that I am not about that life. I respect the hell outta people who are, but that's just not me. I have horrendous arthritis in my spine and practically get injured getting out of bed in the morning. Every time I've filmed an "MMA fighter kicks my ass" video I wind up actually getting x-rays. I have as much wrong with me as it looks like I have wrong with me, and I belong on the other side of the barricade.
These guys, though? They're insanely about that life - agreeing to a bare knuckle fight in a bull fighting arena in Spain - and I can't wait to see what Davis is predicting will be "the lowest quality fight in BKFC history"….
I won't lie and say I'm the biggest BKFC fan in the world, but this gonna be a hell of a show and I'm very excited for it.