The heat between social media stars Bryce Hall and Taylor Holder couldn’t be contained at BKFC KnuckleMania 4.
During an interview on the event broadcast with Cyrus Fees, both men talked trash toward one another until they began pushing and shoving, leading both to be separated.
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Things did not stop there, as both Hall and Holder continued their jawing in the crowd in hopes of setting up a future fight, with Hall repeatedly calling Holder a “p*ssy” during the verbal exchange. Holder said he was waiting for a contract to sign for the fight “since Monday” but hadn’t gotten it.
As Holder began to walk away, he got into it with a fan in the crowd, throwing what appeared to be a hat slap before more pushing and shoving led to a wild skirmish inside the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Check out videos of the crowd battle below.
Absolute chaos between Bryce Hall and Tayler Holder right now pic.twitter.com/SXUdR7szHJ
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) April 28, 2024
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Hall does have combat sports experience, including a BKFC fight where he stopped Gee Perez in the second round at BKFC 48 this past August. Holder also has competed on the influencer boxing scene, recently picking up a stoppage win at March’s Misfits Boxing event.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) held “Knucklemania IV” on Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “King Of Violence” Mike Perry faced long-time rival and UFC veteran Thiago Alves in the main event.
Both men entered Saturday’s bout undefeated in BKFC. Perry had won his four fights with the promotion including winning his last two with finishes. Alves had won his first two fights with the promotion including winning the middleweight championship in his last BKFC match in June 2021. He was later stripped of the title when he contract with the organization expired. Back with the promotion, Alves was looking to pick up where he left off three years ago.
The fight did not last long. It took Perry one minute to dispatch of the former UFC welterweight title challenger.
Perry pressed forward at the start of the the bell. He went to the body with a right hand while both men missed with hooks. Alves connected with a job followed by a right hand but Perry continued to press the action. He walked Alves down and landed a right hand along the ropes of the circular ring. Alves responded with a winging right hand that missed.
Perry again pressed forward and landed a right hand. A followup left hook to the jaw sent Alves crashing to the canvas. He got to a knee before standing on the count of nine. As he stood, Alves stumbled. The referee evaluated him and after a second stagger, the referee stopped the fight.
With the win, Perry advanced his BKFC record to 5-0. He’s finished his last three opponents.
The reigning “King of Violence” polished his crown on Saturday night with a blistering 60-second knockout of former bare-knuckle champion Thiago Alves to cap off BKFC KnuckleMania 4 from Los Angeles.
In what was billed as his toughest fight to date, Perry walked through Alves in impressive fashion. Perry stormed out of the gates and threw bombs at the American Top Team veteran from the opening bell. Alves just never got settled into any kind of rhythm, with Perry aggressively looking to put him down with every single punch he unloaded.
As Alves backed up towards the ropes, Perry unleashed a flurry of shots, including a brutal left hand that blasted the Brazilian and put him on the ground.
MIKE PERRY WITH THE FAST KNOCKOUT pic.twitter.com/LsXrLeh2TB
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) April 28, 2024
Alves struggled to get back to his feet, but beat the 10-count from referee Dan Miragliotta. When the referee asked Alves to put his hands up to prove he was ready to continue, the UFC veteran was still standing on rubber legs, and that was enough to end the fight.
Perry immediately began celebrating as he moved to 5-0 in bare-knuckle boxing, with his third-straight stoppage after putting down Luke Rockhold and Eddie Alvarez in his previous two performances.
“My easiest fight yet, just like I said it would be,” Perry shouted following the win. “I’m the undisputed king of bare-knuckle. I’m No. 1 pound-for-pound. F*ck anybody who thinks differently. I’m the king in this bitch.
“Come and see me, bro. If you want the smoke, if you want the money — I want all the smoke and all the money!”
With his latest win, Perry continues to cement himself as the face of BKFC and undoubtedly the biggest draw in the promotion. His only problem now might be finding competition, but he already had an idea in mind for his next fight.
“Darren Till, you fat f*cking bitch, get your ass over here or I’ll come to the U.K,” Perry said. “Nate Diaz got a fight with Jorge Masvidal, some east coast versus west coast shit, throw the hands. I would have asked for a faceoff but he would have told me square off with myself, motherf*cker, so shout out to him.”
Prior to Saturday night, Perry claimed Till turned down a $ 2 million offer to fight him in BKFC after both teased a fight for several years dating back to when they competed in UFC.
As for Diaz, he was in attendance at the BKFC card on Saturday, but he has business of his own coming up with a boxing match against Jorge Masvidal.
Perry might get help drawing some star power for his next fight after Conor McGregor became a part owner of BKFC. With the kind of pull and attention that McGregor commands, Perry might just get Till or another huge name to accept the offer to face him in BKFC later this year.
Alex Perez needed a win more than anybody on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 91 card, and he delivered in a big way with a ferocious knockout of Matheus Nicolau in the main event. After his first win in nearly four years, is Perez back to where he was a legitimate title threat?
Following Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event at the APEX, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jed Meshew, and Eric Jackman react to Perez’s victory and what it means in the 125-pound division. Additionally, the panel discusses Bogdan Guskov’s big stoppage win over Ryan Spann in the co-main event, cage announcer Joe Martinez having to step away for a couple of fights and Charly Arnolt stepping in, Dominick Cruz’s commentary, and much more.
Catch the UFC Vegas 91 post-fight show above. An audio-only version of the show can be found below and on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
Following the UFC Vegas 91 event, the big winners will field questions from the media during the post-fight press conference. The event took place a the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
The fight card was headlined by flyweight match between fifth-ranked Matheus Nicolau and eighth-ranked Alex Perez.
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Conor McGregor is set to make a “huge” announcement for McGregor Sports and Entertainment during tonight’s (April 27, 2024) YouTube pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast of BKFC KnuckleMania 4 from inside Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Tonight’s bareknuckle boxing card is one of the best of the year. Stacked with a main event clash between Mike Perry and Thiago Alves, a co-main event title fight involving heavyweights Mick Terrell and Lorenzo Hunt, and another heavyweight showdown between UFC veterans Ben Rothwell and Todd Duffee, the card is expected to draw a lot of interest.
McGregor, who is already in business with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), is taking full advantage of tonight’s large appeal for KnuckleMania 4. The former UFC double champion took to Instagram on Saturday night to tease a “huge” announcement on behalf of his sports and entertainment company. Check out McGregor’s post below:
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“BREAKING NEWS!!! Huge McGregor Sports and Entertainment announcement on the @bareknucklefc “Knucklemania” broadcast TONIGHT! Tune in to the PPV and find out what! @forgedirishstout @roadhousemovie @properwhiskey bkfc.com”
McGregor, who hasn’t fought since July 2021, is finally back in camp for his official return at UFC 303 this coming June. He’ll fight Michael Chandler in the main event and what should be another record-setting pay-per-view for the company. “Notorious” has even given up drinking in advance to his long-awaited comeback fight.
Stick with Mania for news on McGregor’s announcement at BKFC ‘KnuckleMania 4’ (results HERE)
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