Not everybody is a fan of the BKFC’s newest $25M tournament.
32 fighters will compete for millions of dollars in cash prizes in the ‘Baddest Man Tournament’. As announced by Conor McGregor at the wild Champions Summit press conference last week, the BKFC tournament will be held at an open weight between 185 lbs and 265 lbs.
The top prize is $15M, with second place getting $1M and third and fourth place taking $500,000 each—the list of purses goes on.
Set to begin March 2026, a UFC veteran fears the worst for BKFC after taking one of their biggest swings yet.
Josh Thomson says BKFC might ‘go out of business’ with $25M price-tag on tournament
Josh Thomson thinks BKFC ‘dropped the ball’ on a couple of things.
The former Strikeforce Champion and UFC fighter said the BKFC is investing more than they should with the ‘World’s Baddest Man’ tournament, claiming it could run them out of business.
“Way too much money,” Thomson said on the Weighing In Podcast.
“If you’re trying to keep yourself in business, $10,000,000 would have been enough. Even five.
Five would have been enough. You could have done five of these events. One a year for $5,000,000, you could have done it,” Thomson suggested.
“But instead, you went $25,000,000, and you guys may go out of business after this…
“But, I guess it’s exciting for the fighters that are involved. You get an opportunity to win $25,000,000. It just, it doesn’t make any sense,” Thomson said of the BKFC’s $25M tournament.
Josh Thomson says BKFC tried to book Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry
Thomson, the only fighter to KO Nate Diaz, heard his former foe could have fought Mike Perry.
BKFC boss David Feldman mentioned in June he was going to talk to Diaz about potentially signing with the promotion.
However, Thomson has poured cold water on Diaz vs. Perry.
“There was gonna be Nate Diaz and Mike Perry,” Thomson claimed.
“Robbie Lawler… those fights were supposed to happen.
“The Robbie fight fell off. Dave Feldman kind of dropped the ball on two fights and those were big-name fights. But in the process, he was trying to put together this $25M [tournament],” Thomson added.