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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10721140" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="taylor-starling">Taylor Starling</keyword>, from South Carolina, won by a unanimous decision.</li><li>Starling beat Sigala in a brutal, bloody, bare-knuckle battle at KnuckleMania in Florida.</li><li>Earlier in the week, an ESPN presenter downplayed women's fighting.</li></ul>American fighters Taylor Starling and <keyword id="10721139" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="charisa-sigala">Charisa Sigala</keyword> received a standing ovation at the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/bare-knuckle-fighting-championship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship</a>: KnuckleMania event Friday in Florida.The fighters threw more than 500 combined strikes, opening up bloody wounds on each others' faces, through their grueling, five-round war at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.Starling, from South Carolina, took the decision with two scores of 50-43 and another of 49-44, having knocked Sigala down twice with more powerful punching.However, Californian Sigala fought through the pain and gave a good account of herself in the latter rounds as she bruised Starling's eyes and left one brow leaking blood.Watch one of the knockdowns here:<div type="image" title="Taylor Starling" height="998" width="1500" msid="80736176" hostid="261"></div>The featherweight pair fought in the final preliminary bout ahead of the main KnuckleMania card.Britain Hart out-pointed bare-knuckle first-timer Paige VanZant in the main event of a card that put the spotlight on women's fighting.A popular ESPN presenter <a href="https://www.insider.com/mma-apoplectic-at-stephen-a-smiths-comment-on-womens-fighting-2021-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen A. Smith had said earlier in the week that he doesn't like women hitting each other</a> in the face.His comments were roundly rebuked by the <keyword id="6403489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma">MMA</keyword> industry with the UFC striker <a href="https://www.insider.com/ufc-molly-mccann-tempted-challenge-stephen-smith-to-fist-fight-2021-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Molly McCann chastizing the comments as backward in a statement to Insider</a>.Smith better not watch the Starling and Sigala battle.

Two American women received a standing ovation after their Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship bloodbath

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="290547" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Shaquille-ONeal">Shaquille O'Neal</keyword> plans to invest in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paulie-malignaggi-artem-lobov-bareknuckle-fc-safety-2019-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the bloodiest show in town</a>.</li><li>The NBA great was ringside for KnuckleMania — a marquee <keyword id="10275341" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bare-knuckle-fighting-championship">Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship</keyword> event.</li><li>USA Today reports that after the show he said he wants to buy a stake in the brutal business.</li></ul>Shaquille O'Neal likes the brutal sport of bare-knuckle <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> so much he plans to invest in its lead organization the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, <a href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2021/02/06/shaquille-oneal-says-he-plans-invest-bare-knuckle-boxing/4417969001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to USA Today</a>.The 48-year-old is a former four-time NBA champion, a combat <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> fan, and is an active investor.He was ringside for <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/bare-knuckle-fighting-championship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship</a>'s highly-anticipated KnuckleMania show, which was headlined by two women's featherweights, Paige VanZant and Britain Hart.Speaking to the American outlet, O'Neal marveled at the competitors: "These are the greatest, toughest athletes in the world,'' he said."The fact that they're not using gloves makes them the toughest athletes in the world. I think this is the future of fighting.''O'Neal presented the BKFC lightweight title to Dat Nguyen after the Vietnamese brawler beat Johnny Bedford during the sole championship bout at the event.<div type="image" title="Shaq" height="1000" width="2000" msid="80770838" hostid="261"></div>He would have also seen Hart beat VanZant, Chris Leben out-battle Quentin Henry, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-taylor-starling-and-charisa-sigalas-bareknuckle-bloodbath-2021-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a particularly gruesome bout between Taylor Starling and Charisa Sigala that was so bloody it reddened the canvas</a>.BKFC boss David Feldman said he'd be delighted to welcome O'Neal on board."Now we've got one of the most sought-after sports figures in the entire world,'' Feldman said."Who doesn't know Shaq? And now he's going to be part of this company and it's going to make a lot for people want to be part of the company.''Feldman added that Shaq is close to making the investment, saying that it is now a matter of "dotting the i's and crossing t's.''BKFC was only founded in 2018 but has steadily grown in popularity in its short existence.Notable fights so far include a ghastly war between Artem Lobov and Jason Knight, a high-profile fight involving Lobov and the former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-uly-diaz-score-fastest-bkfc-history-ko-3-seconds-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a wild, record-breaking, three-second knockout</a> in 2020.KnuckleMania was not the first BKFC event O'Neal has attended. He was also ringside for the last show, BKFC 15 on December 11 in Biloxi, Missouri, USA Today reported.

Shaquille O'Neal to invest in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, saying the firm has the 'toughest athletes in the world'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="10275341" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bare-knuckle-fighting-championship">Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship</keyword> may be the wildest, most ferocious, and bloodiest show.</li><li>If ever you need reminding of that, just watch BKFC 18 - its latest show.</li><li>In clips below, you can see a weigh-in melee, a five-second KO, and a post-fight brawl.</li></ul>If ever you needed reminding that the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/bare-knuckle-fighting-championship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship</a> may be the wildest, most ferocious, and bloodiest show in town, then the company's latest event - BKFC 18 - was all the proof you could want.This is the combat-sports promotion that adheres to an aggressive rule set where combatants compete bare knuckle and throw fists at each other until one of them is on the floor, bloodied, and beaten.The fledgling company, which was founded in 2018, is gaining hype with every event. In 2019, the promotion pitted the former UFC fighters Jason Knight and Artem Lobov against each other in a fight so gruesome that it caked the canvas in their blood.Later, the former <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> world champion Paulie Malignaggi was drafted into the promotion, two <a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-taylor-starling-and-charisa-sigalas-bareknuckle-bloodbath-2021-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American women fighters, Taylor Starling and Charisa Sigala, received standing ovations</a> for beating each other to a pulp, and the NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal <a href="https://www.insider.com/bare-knuckle-fighting-championsihp-investment-deal-with-shaquille-oneal-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has considered making an investment</a> in the business, according to BKFC boss David Feldman.But the latest event may have been its most brutal yet.It all began at a weigh-in ceremony Friday when competing athletes had to make their predetermined weights for Saturday's action.All was going well until Julian Lane and Jake Bostwick took the stage.Lane ripped his shirt after making weight, slapped himself in the face while screaming "let's go," and waited for his opponent, Bostwick, to make weight, too.Bostwick initially refused to look at Lane, but when a fired-up Lane started rubbing the butt of his head into his face, Bostwick threw an open-palm strike in retaliation.Watch it here:During the event, which took place at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Eduardo Concepcion opened the action with a stunning five-second knockout win over Gaberial Brown in the first match.Concepcion threw punches as soon as the fight began, with Brown seemingly intent on using his face as a shield.Four punches later, Brown planted the canvas, and Concepcion had won in just seconds.Watch it here:Lane met Bostwick in the ninth of 14 fights at BKFC 18 and got the last laugh, returning a decision win in their 170-pound match.Later, the <keyword id="6403489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma">MMA</keyword> star Pearl Gonzalez got her bare-knuckle career off to a winning start with a decision win of her own.And Luis Palomino upset Tyler Goodjohn, a fighter with an OnlyFans side hustle, with a victory via points.Then, things got really interesting.In the penultimate fight on the night, Hector Lombard scored a controversial fourth-round finish over Joe Riggs to win the BKFC cruiserweight title.His bare-knuckle rival Lorenzo Hunt then casually walked into the ring as if to challenge the new champion.Lombard did not take too kindly to this and landed one of the finest two-punch combinations of his entire career.Check out the chaos right here:Joey Beltran then beat Sam Shewmaker by decision in what was, by the evening's standards at least, a relatively uneventful main event.The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is getting bigger. It's already an accepted part of the combat-sports landscape, and an Insider source said downloads of the company's Bare Knuckle TV app were growing rapidly.The company returns for its next show on July 23 with BKFC 19, when Paige van Zant, perhaps BKFC's biggest-name star, fights Rachael Ostovich in the main event.

A weigh-in brawl, a 5-second knockout, and a post-fight melee defined the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's latest event

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10275341" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bare-knuckle-fighting-championship">Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship</keyword> returns with another show Friday, March 19.</li><li>Insider previously dubbed BKFC "the bloodiest show in town," and it is yet to disappoint.</li><li>BKFC boss <keyword id="157841" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="David-Feldman">David Feldman</keyword> said there's no secrets about the firm's growth - it's all about the bloody bouts.</li></ul>Running a combat <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> business has been tough during the coronavirus pandemic, but the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has never been more popular, boss David Feldman told Insider.BKFC held "KnuckleMania" on February 5, its first event of the year, which featured the bare knuckle debutante and former UFC star <keyword id="3378097" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="paige-vanzant">Paige VanZant</keyword> in a featherweight match against <keyword id="10954188" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="britain-hart">Britain Hart</keyword>.VanZant lost a competitive fight but it was Hart who attracted headlines throughout the world because of a promo she cut after the win, telling fans she's not a person - she's a feeling."And all of you guys are going to feel it," she said.Fast forward a month and Feldman's firm is back for its second event of 2021 with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 16 in Biloxi, Mississippi.It's been sold out for weeks, Feldman told us, but the event can be viewed online <a href="https://watch.bareknuckle.tv/apps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">via the BKFC app</a> in the US, and <a href="https://www.fite.tv/watch/bkfc-16/2p8vt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fite TV internationally</a>."It's been a tough year, man, trying to do anything. Especially just living, but also growing a business," Feldman told Insider from his office on a Zoom call recently."'KnuckleMania' was the most successful event we've ever done, most expensive show we've ever put on, but it was our most profitable show," he said."Those things are really good metrics for us. We were able to take a chance like that during COVID and reap the rewards financially, in media, and on social media. It all blew up."We were on our way to turning the corner, but we turned the corner with that event and I think right now that people, not general people, but big-time combat sports people, are taking us a lot more seriously now."<h2>There is no hidden secret to BKFC's growth, according to Feldman</h2><div type="image" title="Paige VanZant and Britain Hart at Knuckle Mania" height="749" width="1500" msid="81578597" hostid="261"></div>The rising interest in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, from fight fans and media, is simple, Feldman said.It's a case of making good fights that build a good event, with a production quality that increases with every show the company holds."We consistently put on good fights and good events. We step up our production in every event, we have bigger names involved, and we're putting on great fights."Whenever you tune into a combat sports event you want to see action," said Feldman."You want to see a good fight. And we definitely do not disappoint in that box at all. We give a non-stop event that is fast-paced with lots of excitement all night long. And that's what people want to see."This is the realest combat sport out there," Feldman said.One of the questions he gets asked most, Feldman said, is why he thinks BKFC can succeed."I think it's because it's more adaptable to the common person. If I saw you on the street and walked up to you, and I said, 'Do you know what a fist-fight is?' Everyone in the world knows what that is."But if I asked you, 'What is an omoplata?' or, 'Do you know how to do an armbar?' People aren't necessarily going to know, and I'm not taking anything away from the great sport of <keyword id="6403489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma">MMA</keyword> - it's phenomenal."But I think the common fan can identify with us more easily. It's a little more visual than MMA. The cuts and swellings … yeah, that happens."But we also have <a href="https://combatsportslaw.com/2020/11/24/data-reveals-bare-knuckle-boxing-has-lower-concussion-rate-than-gloved-fights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a really great study that was done that proves we have less concussions</a>, less facial fractures, and less hand breaks."The only thing we have more of than <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> and MMA is lacerations," Feldman said."We're in a great position to expand further because everyone knows what bare knuckle fighting is."<h2>Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is the bloodiest show in town</h2><div type="image" title="Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship" height="627" width="1250" msid="81578598" hostid="261"></div>Feldman promoted six events in 2020 - five of which were in the COVID-era.Before that a bloody bout between Artem Lobov and Jason Knight that headlined Feldman's fifth Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship event in 2019 was the best-known event in BKFC history at that point.The fight helped put the fledgling firm on the combat map because of how grueling but awesome it looked.In the next event, Feldman managed to recruit Paulie <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/artem-lobov-beat-paulie-malignaggi-bareknuckle-result-2019-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Malignaggi - a former world champion boxer - into his ring for a grudge match against Lobov</a>, a teammate of Conor McGregor's, who Malignaggi has a checkered history with.It is big-name signings such as these, together with highlight-reel moments like <a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-uly-diaz-score-fastest-bkfc-history-ko-3-seconds-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Uly Diaz's three-second knockout win in 2020</a>, that have helped fuel fan and media interest."Uly is a good guy, does a lot of work for charity and his community, and so it's great to see something good happen to him," Feldman said of the record-breaking finish which he claims is the fastest in any combat sport ever.That it happened in front of celebrity fighters in Miami makes it even sweeter, Feldman said. "We had stars in attendance, big UFC names, and they were all like, 'Holy s---!' What is this stuff?"But nobody is breaking Uly's record. And it's so sweet because Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is a little idea we came up with 10 years ago and now here we are, with the world's fastest combat sports knockout."As for KnuckleMania, there was a women's bout early in the event that threatened to overshadow VanZant's debut. Two American women, <a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-taylor-starling-and-charisa-sigalas-bareknuckle-bloodbath-2021-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Starling and Charisa Sigala, received a standing ovation</a> for a featherweight bloodbath."That was what that event was all about - getting new eyes on it with every new eye falling in love with it."<h2>The evolution since Feldman fought underground bare knuckle in the 90s is vast</h2><div type="image" title="David Feldman Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship" height="998" width="1500" msid="81578599" hostid="261"></div>Feldman is a former fighter himself and competed in underground-style bare knuckle bouts three decades ago.The evolution in the sport since then has been vast, he said, and things have kept moving on since he founded BKFC in 2018."To gain fans, you draw them over with the big fight but you get them to watch the entire card, and then they start becoming fans. That's the plan, and that's how the sport is evolving."We're accepted now," he said. "And we're more accepted in the combat sports community. The better boxers, MMA fighters, UFC fighters, former world champions, they're reaching out now because they see an opportunity."Not just an opportunity to make money because they can make money in both sports, but an opportunity to stand out more here.It's easier to stand out in bare knuckle fighting, Feldman added, because there are "only 300 or 400 bare knuckle fighters in the entire world."Feldman reintroduces the 46-year-old former boxer DeMarcus Corley to the fight world with his next event Friday."It's crazy … on one hand, I'm thinking he might walk through the competition because he's still in tremendous shape even though he's a little older, and hasn't taken a lot of beatings. He lost a fairly close decision to Floyd Mayweather."And then you have Reggie Barnett Jr. who is one of the faces of our company right now."Feldman said new recruits from other combat disciplines may struggle with bare knuckle because punches just feel different."It's different when you get hit with a bare knuckle, and it's different when you get clinched in the back of the neck. So it will be interesting to see how he reacts to that, and if he reacts to that good, then we're in great shape and we'll see what happens."If he doesn't, that's great too as we've got Reggie Barnett Jr. there and he's a great guy, a great fighter, and a great part of our company - that's why that match-up is so intriguing."In the co-main event, we have Bobo O'Bannon and Arnold Adams, who is our first-ever champion. And in main event we've got the ever-popular Leonard Garcia fighting Joe Elmore - so it's just a stacked card."This could be the most exciting night of fights we've ever had."

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