There are going to be a lot of fighters volunteering to join BKFC’s massive tournament launching in 2025 for more reasons than just the $25 million in prize money attached.
Just before the end of 2024, BKFC president David Feldman announced plans for a tournament, but at the time he didn’t have many details to offer as the bare-knuckle promotion was still in the planning stages. While all the official rules, which includes how fighters can participate in the tournament, are still to be decided, Feldman offered some clarification on who is will be eligible once the fights begin in 2025.
“What it’s going to be is one, big, larger extended weight class,” Feldman told MMA Fighting. “It could be a higher weight, it could be a lighter weight, we’re going through that now. But it’s going to be a bigger gap on a weight class.
“You’re going to see guys from five or six weight divisions in this tournament. You are going to see that. You’re going to see guys from five different continents trying out for this thing. How many different countries? I don’t know, 30, 40, 50 different countries.”
Feldman says a final decision hasn’t been made yet on the exact weights, but the $25 million tournament won’t be exclusive to just one division.
BKFC president David Feldman reveals new details around planned $25M tournament launching in 2025 - MMA Fighting
