Video: Knucklemania 1 press conference with Paige VanZant

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is back with a pay-per-view event that is the first of its kind for the promotion. ‘Knucklemania’ is set to…

By: Kristen King | 3 years ago
Video: Knucklemania 1 press conference with Paige VanZant
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Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is back with a pay-per-view event that is the first of its kind for the promotion. ‘Knucklemania’ is set to take place during Super Bowl Weekend and will be headlined by the promotional debut of former UFC star Paige Vanzant opposite Britain Hart.

Other names expected to be on the card are current BKFC lightweight world champion Johnny Bedford, Dat Nguyen, Chris Leben and Quentin Henry. Bedford will be making the first defense of his lightweight championship in the fight against Nguyen that was rescheduled from November.

Before the event goes down, the starts took part in a pre-fight press conference on Wednesday afternoon. They answered questions from the media for nearly half an hour and concluded with the face-offs of Vanzant and Hart, Bedford and Nguyen and Leben and Henry.

You can view the pre-fight press conference in its entirely in the video embedded above.

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Kristen King
Kristen King

Kristen King is a writer for Bloody Elbow. She has covered combat sports since 2016, getting her start with outlets such as FanSided, MyMMANews and MMA-Prospects. She joined the BE team in 2020, covering a mix of news, events and injuries. In her time with BE, Kristen has created ‘Fright of the Night,’ a series that highlights some of the worst injuries in the sport.

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