But now they know we’re getting bigger, and we’re getting some big names. They didn’t want to waste their time if we weren’t going to be here. We just had to show (sportsbooks) that we were going to be around. “The regulatory side actually wasn’t as hard. This week I spoke with BKFC President David Feldman, who told me the deal with DraftKings has been in the works for some time, but took a little convincing even after BKFC jumped through the necessary regulatory hurdles to become eligible for online wagering in the U.S.: Then, on top of all that, you add a stylist like Page against a slugger like Perry? The potential carnage is too great to ignore.īut this fight is significant for BKFC in another way, as it marks the start of a new deal with DraftKings, which will now offer odds on BKC events. Perry fight is also the exact sort that BKFC craves, since it seems just crazy enough to arouse the curiosity of fight fans who can’t look away from the promise of a car crash like this.īare-knuckle boxing is already a brutal undertaking, more prone to cuts and cosmetic damage and the raw violence of blood-soaked fists crashing into lacerated faces during furious affairs across two-minute rounds. Page is still under contract to Bellator, meaning he had to get permission from company president Scott Coker and the crew to take this fight.Īnd you mean to tell us that they not only agreed to let him go box elsewhere, but to do so against a wild card like Perry, and also bare-fisted?!? It strains belief.

This is the kind of bout that, when BKFC first announced it, almost felt like a prank.

The event is available via pay-per-view on (2 p.m. Mike 'Platinum' Perry Odds Page Oddsīare Knuckle FC is in what you might call its ancestral homeland of London this weekend, and it’s brought one of the biggest fights it could possibly make to celebrate this trip to the birthplace of modern professional pugilism.īKFC 27 goes down on Saturday afternoon, headlined by former UFC fighter and overall problematic bar brawler Mike Perry taking on London native and Bellator contender Michael “Venom” Page in a five-round fight.

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