BKFC is giving the folks 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 beginner 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 lately, Davis made his Karate Fight debut, successful by unanimous determination.
“That is simply the craziest factor I’ve ever carried out,” Davis informed 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 practically each massive field. BJJ, boxing, karate, and now bare-knuckle. I imagine 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 essential to stroll it as a lot as I discuss it.”
Davis faces an enormous problem in Willis, who’s greatest generally known as the face of The Mac Life, but in addition made his MMA debut in 2022, successful a unanimous determination at Tuff-N-Uff: Struggle for Our Troops 11. This will even be Willis’s first combat since then and his bare-knuckle debut, however he felt the timing and opponent made sense.
“BKFC felt like the fitting promotion, Bane felt like the fitting opponent, and a bull combating area in Spain felt like the fitting venue,” Willis informed MMA Combating. “There’s no beef right here, I hit it off with him, however all’s truthful in love and conflict — and I’ll carry 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.
