BKFC is giving the individuals what they need.
On Monday, Naked Knuckle Combating Championship introduced its upcoming BKFC 67 card, which takes place on Oct. 12 at Marbella Area in Marbella, Spain, will function a high-profile novice encounter between two sizable MMA personalities: Ben Davis and Oscar Willis.
An rising identify in fight sports activities for his work within the commentary sales space for a number of promotions and as on-air expertise for DAZN and Misfits Boxing, “The Bane” has additionally tried his hand throughout a number of combating disciplines, dropping to Brad Boulton in a grappling match in Could of 2023, after which dropping to Gabriel Silva — Anderson Silva’s son — in a boxing match at Misfits 9 this previous September. Most not too long ago, Davis made his Karate Fight debut, profitable by unanimous resolution.
“That is simply the craziest factor I’ve ever carried out,” Davis advised MMA Combating. “Odds of me getting slept once more are excessive, however f*ck it, we ball. I’ve carried out my greatest to do issues totally different, and I really feel I’ve checked almost each large field. BJJ, boxing, karate, and now bare-knuckle. I consider this all ends with an MMA debut subsequent.
“My final targets are associated to my broadcasting profession, however whereas I’m younger and in a position, I really feel it’s necessary to stroll it as a lot as I discuss it.”
Davis faces a giant problem in Willis, who’s greatest often known as the face of The Mac Life, but in addition made his MMA debut in 2022, profitable a unanimous resolution at Tuff-N-Uff: Combat for Our Troops 11. This may even be Willis’s first struggle since then and his bare-knuckle debut, however he felt the timing and opponent made sense.
“BKFC felt like the precise promotion, Bane felt like the precise opponent, and a bull combating area in Spain felt like the precise venue,” Willis advised MMA Combating. “There’s no beef right here, I take to each other with him, however all’s truthful in love and struggle — and I’ll deliver each for Ben in October.”
BKFC 67 is about to be headlined by a battle for the vacant light-weight title between Franco Tenaglia and Tony Soto.
