America’s First Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

total line up of fighters tonight one of the oldest sports will become one of the newest as we begin a new era in combat sports. This event that we are doing is actually the

first

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event in the history of the world. and I said event center, it's never been regulated by a state or government body, we broke a lot of barriers to get here and we don't know what's going to happen because this never happened before it was time you said it wasn't going to happen. I really closed the door without destination for a long time and learned on the bus buckle.

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fight, it's a street fight. You've had many bare-knuckle experiences where I come from. You know it's That's how you grew up, that's how you resolved your differences, it wasn't so important that nowadays people don't like that Gil's body is frowned upon so that girls can go out and do something known as a men's sport, enter the world. parking lot shots and training what not everyone really sees in this is the fight. I dedicated ten years of my life to this. I bet my livelihood on this. I bet on putting food on the table for my family.

I love boxing and I think it is about violence. everyone told me that there are no death threats and that the haters mean that Tom wipes his ass with this and now, instead of the guys

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in the dark of the shadows, but having offered himself through the metaphor now to compete and be a life, fans like to play with bare knuckles. The reason gloves are mandatory is because in some way or another they mistakenly believe that those gloves protect the fighters, which they do not. You rarely saw knockouts. There are fights that you see that last 30 rounds.

Yeah, well, why aren't we honest about what MMA is? How come you can? Kicking a guy in the face, but I can't hit you with my bare knuckles, you know, is stupid. I would love to see a return to Lovelace, the

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UFC I worked at, that wasn't mandatory, it was optional. They interviewed me after that guy died and they were saying that the sanctity of the team maybe should have bigger gloves or maybe we should wear hats. I think the real answer is no gloves. What's interesting when I mention this to people in high places, they always have the same thing. the public would never accept it the public with flavor is too brutal our ladies and gentlemen good afternoon and welcome to the final press conference for the bare knuckle fighting

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the beginning we want to take a moment and let the gravity of what sink in We will witness tomorrow this is the first legally state-sanctioned bare knuckle combat sporting event in US history.

The last time we had anything remotely close to what we are going to experience tomorrow took place in 1889, if it is soft. like I don't reevaluate life because I put nine here, these Sox will be like if Dave Feldman had a vision of bare knuckle professional boxing, but instead of taking the easy route which was going to a Native American tribe or going to a foreign country Without regulation, he wanted this to be a true legitimate combat sport. My son, who works with me all the time, sat next to me last night and was just mentally tapping, he's like dad, this is real, this is real, look at this. he said it wasn't going to happen, he really slammed the door in our faces for a long time, many times free to fight to legalize this, we quit, I mean we had to do it, you told me no 28 times, imagine asking 28 times, I was probably going to get you arrested right, it was crazy, it was almost to the point where I just said someone would say yes.

I'm going to knock on all the doors, a commissioner and I'm not going to mention his name, he basically said that we are not going to sanction that. And I thought, "I'm going to break down that door." I think everyone is a little bit against us right now because it's new and they don't know it and we're the new kid in town and we're a threat. Same thing when boxing people were talking about MMA when it came out, all the owners were agitated fighting on the ground and trying to have sex with each other on the ground, the derogatory statement says maybe look, MMA is a great sport, ya You know what I mean, that's what's happening.

Everything here is a state of jealousy, we are not a big threat today, a worthwhile threat, if we build this we are going to take away market share, we have former world champions, I mean, we have guys who have been there with what best of the best we could be a rival for UFC or for boxing, I mean if that happens, every risk was worth it, well ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the official weigh-in of bare-knuckle FC, the beginning, everyone knows the history of the making here live at the cheyenne ice and event center everyone is watching and they are watching you and this is your chance to be pioneers and a new combat sport, so thank you very much everyone, very good, Ladies and gentlemen, that's right. now it's time to meet the stars of the show look, you can improve I grew up in a small town I was the youngest of four children I grew up pretty tough I had to learn to stand up for myself pretty early I was a tomboy I just followed my brother everywhere.

I'm pretty sure that bothered him. Half of it was him originally making me fight. My sister and her friends would surround them and make us fight. We have Beck Rawlings fighting in it. card so me former UFC fighters just an amazing personality she just promotes and promotes and promotes I couldn't ask for anything better than that I'm more than ready I'm always ready to see him kill or be killed people love to hate her and they love her so much too and They have gone back and forth with the Commission about whether we should do a women's fight or should we do a women's fight and the Commissioner has said: do you know that we are known as the Equality state and this is the first state in the country? to give women the right to vote, so I said okay, I could almost fight, he said yes, absolutely, so we posted it looking for women and she reached out to us.

I think these two are the perfect storm you're going to have. Look at me technically fighting I'm going to be precise I'm going to be strong I'm going to be fast and I'll do it. We did tests last July and one of the guys that came out we called him now called the mountain. An approximately 240,250 pound man from the Ozark Mountains in Missouri came to the trials and I liked the weight he spoke of. He had that good southern accent. I am a construction worker from Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. I saw the ad on social media.

Somewhere I'm from a small town of 201 people so it was definitely different for me and there were a lot of guys there that were bigger than me and they made me look small you know, I was intrigued and I filled out the fire application and I got in I contacted Dave Feldman and the rest is history so we did a punch test and this punch was designed by a guy that does dummy crash testing for the automotive industry so I mean it's legit it's legit we did that everyone would hit him. everyone was hitting it between a range of seven hundred and a thousand.

Sam walks up and applies almost 1,700 pounds of pressure, so just so you can understand what 1,700 pounds of pressure is, if you apply 170 pounds of pressure, your car hits a wall. push your car, so I got everyone out of the water. It was incredible. I didn't even know if he was going to hit that or not. I had no idea. I never hit anything like that, so I had a lot of attention coming my way after that. Rolling Stone came back and talked to me. The guy who actually built the power meter came up and said, "You were hitting that thing so hard that the wall behind it was moving, it was a long cinder block wall, and he said he could feel it." the wall was moving when he was hitting it, he just wanted to get out and shake the hand of the guy who did it.

My opponent is Eric Rendell, he's a former five-time Army champion and has become a professional MMA star, so he's a pretty tough guy, very experienced, we've had a lot of bare knuckle experiences growing up, that's right. how you resolved your differences, whether it was with a family member, a friend or just a stranger, you know, work it out. get up, dust yourself off, shake hands and go about your business, Dad, they were all loved. Hillbillies, they would go out drinking and get into fist fights, sometimes they couldn't find a fight so they would fight each other just for fun. the headlights of a car all these guys with white beards nothing and it seemed like they all had the same answer they loved the fight.

I had one of the wrestlers in this car then I asked him in PI about probably one of my favorite guys just because he likes his person, he just tells me it's not about the money, it's not about the stardom. I fought in the UFC. I fought with every word in the world. I love violence, where else can I hit someone with my bare knuckles and not go to jail? says my name is still active I have many names I have been known as tat that was my stripper name Sergeant Pyle my army name El Torito my good name I am the most interesting man in the real world the door the sexiest guy ever - I really believe, but the bare knuckle box for life is a bare knuckle street fight that does everything it means.

I can remember when I used to get picked on by cousins ​​and uncles and things like I just tell them to look when I'm older. because a little boy and I told him look when I'm older look when I'm older now everyone thinks I'm crazy because I'm older huh, you want to train people like I have a boy training, he doesn't like it I hit him and said: " Do you know what my reaction was when I got here? I started crying and he said, "Well, what is it like? Yes, I was a six-year-old child, new, you get used to it as if you remain numb.

As if they were the same, what doesn't hurt you makes you stronger or what doesn't kill you makes you stronger what hurts you. I've had it even in the slightest Bubba, you know they abuse you when it comes to drugs, family, everything, but guess what you listen to on TV, he doesn't, you're supposed to follow me seven and you're supposed to do drugs , you're not supposed to be good at life, well who says that parrot at the bar Holly is going to legalize that, he doesn't make Italian so far rules, you know they hit you in the dick, now they'll hit you behind of the head.

They hit me, they hit you with their fist. Boxing, you have gloves when the glove hits you because those gloves, Cal, there's a lot of room, you get a lot more impact, well, if I hit you, if I get away from your head Get over it, there are skeptics suggesting you go yourself. I'm still doing what I want to do and I get paid and I won't be on TV tomorrow. People my age are intimidated by me because they know. I can, I'm a drill, I'm not going to pick you up and tell you exactly what I feel and see, I'm not a, I'm on a different level than them, you know, I mean, a lot of people have something negative. things to say about summer fighters they are at the end of their career, they are finished, some of the fighters are just getting started.

I don't know anything about them, but you know what these guys are getting into that circle. They tow the line and they will hit each other with their bare knuckles and those guys that are talking about it are not stepping forward, they are not walking the line, if you want to see this, they just rolled out the mattress towards the officer. bare knuckle mat cover first time I've seen it actually this is what I was talking about the tone the line see the line so the fighters will come right here in MMA and boxing starts from 20 , 22 or 30 feet in front of each one. another one, you're starting from 3 feet, imagine like 3 feet, if I just throw a punch at 3 feet, I'll hit you, you don't even have to move towards the guy, you can hit him right there and everything we did to design. not just a ring, but the rules in this were for action, action, action, 3 days of no sleep away from me.

I'm like, yeah, I just drank seven Red Bulls right now, oh my god, I heard it took you half a year to eat today. I was born into boxing my father was a Hall of Fame boxing trainer my brother fought I was a professional fighter I grew up in it and it's a passion and what everyone doesn't really see and this is fighting I mean it's a fight, I bet my livelihood on this I bet on putting food on the table for my family 1 fighting with bare fists about what this can be. I really don't think there are many people, not just me but my team.

I don't think many people would have done it. resisted, we would have resisted, they suspended our promoter license, they threatened us for our lives, they threatened us for everything we hear everywhere, some people from the competition who just don't want them to succeed have been trying to get rid of us by doing threats since last night. promoting the fight and someone came up to us and said: we are not leaving Wyoming. You know we're leaving Wyoming. I'm going to do many different stations, they're not going to scare us, they're not going to tell me. their names but I know where they are, there are guys that are trying to do this too and they just aren't doing it like we are doing it, they aren't doing it at a professional level, they basically do bar fights, he continues with the negative perception that It's on your table.

I have seen that this time atPeople don't like the cushioned life of boxing, if you've seen that they want the violence that everyone deep down holds so high, last time we had a group of redneck rednecks who like it. I think local boxing is too violent, so I would say I think it's unnecessary. I think I have a hard enough time with MMA fights and even with normal boxing. If you look at the violence of boxing itself, the best boxers I've ever seen were. he literally stuck his brain in his unfair knuckles its worst, much worse, sorry, I don't think spring actually gives you little treats where you take more punishment.

I think the reason bare knuckle boxing is legal in This moment in 2018, after everyone told us no, it's because this is happening all over the United States, every state in the country is having underground Barnacle fights, it happens, so why not do it safer for the guys, why not regulate it and why not make it something where these guys can actually do something with their lives and do something they like to do and get paid for it? So when is your fight tomorrow oh, it's tonight, oh yeah, yeah? The knuckle thing is that's great for me, I like it, I think one place in my favor is small gloves, like everyone else, really don't do that, oh, are you going to hit me once if I have to take one to give one, yeah?

It's cool, I think knuckle boxing is going to be really good for the combat sports world because it's actually safer than MMA and boxing in MMA, for example, you can need people in the head, you can kick them. in the head, you can nudge them. really hard hits to take and you know your brain can only handle a limited amount of that don't hit you that's my biggest advice don't hit you especially in the face a bare knuckle fight is a street fight but guess what happens if there are guys who trained to do it and if they tell me I can't do it, I have to hold my beer and tell them to watch while I do it.

This matrix, you all live in this system. you live by what you're told you don't live outside the box you live in it, not me, I said in it, I have my own box tonight, one of the oldest sports will become one of the newest, what fans of The fights should wait tonight, well no. one really knows that this is really the beginning and a completely unscripted drama. Half of me is beyond excited and the other half and leaves the other half aside. This has to go well. We want this production to turn out well. We want everything to turn out great, but most importantly.

The flights have to be good, we have a group of police that come to make sure nothing happens and then we will check every bag, everything that comes into the arena, so if one of the competitors and the guys are trying to sabotage us , happen. Call it a bomb threat or something tonight at the very least and everyone will be sure that we did our due diligence and don't need to evacuate the building, as long as the fights are good and no one gets seriously hurt, which we don't have. Any reason to believe they will. I could possibly lead everyone on my team to a much better life.

In the afternoon, these fights are stopped tonight for some reason and the risk wasn't worth it, but you know what we bet and I think the odds are. in our favor tonight, if we feel like maybe you're outmatched or maybe you're hurt and it just doesn't look good, we'll stop the fight sooner rather than later, don't be mad at us, we're here for the safety you'll fight at the next event. someone you love has to be welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Cheyenne I said it downtown if you're ready it's time to fight the first fully recognized bare knuckle fight in the United States since 1889 and the first legal sanction and regulated fist fight clean ever up to par for Adams and Linderman as they toe the line and raise the bell with their knuckles in round one of the black underpants bare knuckle fighting

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will measure success in this event.

I am not going to pay for your sales, it is not about the number of people left in a minute, that is not success for us, success for us is going to social networks, opening the newspapers, listening to the radio and People say, did you see that bare fist? event I can't wait to see the national Rockman these people show, yeah, money's worth, maybe money's worth, make that money, make it, oh no, this guy didn't come prepared, he's a fat piece, he was overweight, now we moved to the welterweight division. The fight has all the ingredients to be something truly special Estevan Payan versus Omaha Bella you better suck her chin baby 'cause I'm coming you know she's coming she'll be me or him close to you baby please welcome to the squared circle, Omar.

It's been a long time since he has personal courage personal integrity you don't have integrity you're asking to be part of history you're going to be part of history you're the fat kid who came in overweight and I'm not I won't get beat up, yeah, you know, I apologize for not having made the journey. You know, I'm glad he took the fight and you're not giving props, but you know that's in the past. This is now knuckleball, baby, let's beat it. this guy sees that face he's alone and scared they just feel safe they realize well you have something for the vampire and the orange trucks for Payan he can go for the opulence flying backwards I'm one of those guys I'm going to put this to work it's what I'm fighting against eating and not working, if you look at it there's no such thing as hard work, it's working or you're lying because I'm going to push it to the limit, it's like you're going to find out what. your limits are closed doors you can't be saved by the bell at any time Esteban Paillard take out your winner by knockout Esteban LT no, I see everyone was like oh, I was like, oh my God, it's a it's my basil it's not ugly yet , he doesn't that nice balus Michael is how I wanted to go I told lies it was total.

You should be fine on our time since he keeps you working. I know when I was a kid my dad had a lot of stories about you know he was a good athlete. and for all you know, he missed a lot of opportunities, he should have been able to. Actually, a professional scout came to see him to watch baseball. He was a really good pitcher and the night before he stayed out all drunk with his friends and he was hungover. the next day and he did not attend the game, so he missed the opportunity even though he was spotted by a scout at that time.

Hi, I'm Johnny Cash. You know, that played out in my life too in my baseball days. I did some of the same things, you know, I missed my opportunities. I was in college in Kansas City. I had a fight on the field with one of my teammates. I was kicked off the team which was the end of my baseball career right there and with All that being said, I just know that I have missed opportunities in the past and I don't want to repeat my father's or my own failures that I have already had. I don't want what I should have been able to, as I want to take a step forward.

Now and this is my time, this is where I'm going to stand out and I'm here to show that I'm meant to be here, but I'm not just someone, you know, someone that they just picked up off the street to put on. there, in front of someone, I'm here to stay and I'm here to win, you know, and I'm going to find out, have a meal, misery, please welcome Sam, the hillbilly, Schumaker and, on the other side of the circle , to his fighting opponent. the blue corner the winner of the Bellator tournament Eric the American soldier no total line and your total fighting stance let's run in confidence for PRNDL American flag trucks for cobbler and I've never seen Dan Merkley should look smaller champion life is not easy life is hard There are a lot of people out there who want to hold you down, you know, take you down and keep you there.

I just want people to know that you know, keep trying, get up, dust yourself off, let your light shine in the world. specimen of an athlete I knew both for these guys, they are not. I got a little pushback from putting the women's fight in people say you know why they're already questioning bare knuckle boxing and then they say you know I don't want to. Watching a woman get punched in the face with bare knuckles is like abuse but it's not abuse, now it's 2018 and women are doing anything, UFC's biggest pay per view event last year , in addition to two McGregor Mayweathers.

The fight was a women's fight, so they want to see women fighting, if women want to fight now, who are we to tell them that the first legal sanction and a regulated women's featherweight fight at 125 pounds came behind Rawlings against Alma García and this will be a tough fight that we all fight has definitely made me respect others and myself and I had a strange upbringing. They told me you're not going to like all my teachers, it was kind of retaliation. I rebelled and always had a boss. He hated authority. I hated being told what to do and always had my own rule book.

She is a boxing veteran with seven professional fights and yes, people don't like girls fighting, they think we shouldn't fly especially. In Tasmania or Australia it is frowned upon for girls to go out and do something known as men's sports. She is an MMA veteran with 15 professional fights. She fights in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Yes, I've always had the fighting streak. I've always been a fiery little thing. I love proving people wrong. Wait for my order. You're looking for a slow-paced fight. This is not the fight for you. Round number one, black and silver for Beck Rawlings.

Quick start. White and purple for Ouma García. Here it is. the ferocious pace we thought we'd get with Garcia's right hands cutting off shots, but with high hands and tight ship for Rawlings, good defense so far by always getting in the pocket and trading the right side chatter two Garcia with his hands: the Barney Rawlings today since how Garcia suffers with fire back from straight punches Trebek Rawlings I am for the track I feel like any elite fighter or athlete we are wired differently we are a different animal which would be difficult for someone who doesn't It's wired like us, we see that as a challenge I feel like we don't have that thing in our brain that says don't stop you know your tie hurts at all this is our co-main event Clinton's 125 pounds this is Alma García frantic two minutes around the one here we are big right hand in the window up and up Saperstein here is the counter in the combined support goes below Garcia said Excel for Rawlings advancing center of the rows center this works number two Sparta rate stop windows - Beck Rawlings mi doctor by technical knockout loud stoppage come on talk to the man who made it possible David Feldman Wow, you sold out the arena, you're trending, could this event have been better tonight?

You know, like I said before, the fight will be what the fans say. Do fans like bare knuckles? We're here to stay, we're here to stay and I think we just showed the rest of the combat sports world that there's a new player in town. It's a strange feeling now as the cold wind hits you, oh yes. I'm like I'm stuck, you got a $1,000 bonus, I'm sorry yesterday when they were building the ring, they told me to come out three times because they were like, man, you must have been a bad kid on Christmas, man, because you just want to touch everything .

I said, man, this is not Christmas, this is like 20 reviews, which I didn't tell you and I don't say it a lot because I might choke because I survived, you know, I'm a, I'm a. two time cancer survivor calling through this battle I lost my mom I lost my dad it's crazy that he's here really man it's amazing you remember Jerry Maguire when you say you're not going to make me cry I thought he was going to make me cry , so of course everyone said no, they wanted to sue me, the haters, thank you, hey, tell them to wipe their ass with this, wipe their ass.

You get a chance at this brave baby, ha ha ha. Radon that's cool no one wants to see success man but this is my moment to take man I'm taking what's mine look right there we're the number two trending on Twitter in the world in Wyoming a lot of people He says you can be anything. in life you want to be or you can do anything in life you want to do if you work hard enough. I'm almost always in a moment where everyone's rolling their eyes, but I mean, I'm sitting here in front and I'm man, living proof, if you try hard enough and work hard enough and don't give up, you really can do anything.

Whatever you want because almost everyone told me I couldn't do this, one of the most gratifying moments of tonight, it's one of my greatest. The haters text me and tell me the show sucks and I said thank you for purchasing. You just put money in my pocket. Haters will hate, let him hate the man because all this does not fuel the fire. Thank you, thank you all. Thank you tonight, really. a celebration, man, it's the culmination of everything and I really think I'm wrong, it's something I think my team is onto something, I mean who doesn't want to see two guys punch each other with their bare fists?