Crowd of fans outside the hotel where the Irish fighter stays: appointment at the Pala Wanny on April 26th

Ilaria Masini

February 16 – 22:04 – Florence

The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) arrives in Italy and in particular in Florence with an event that will mark a historical moment for combat with bare hands in our country. The appointment is for April 26 at the Pala Wanny, but in the city in these hours the presence of Conor McGregor has not gone unnoticed. Crowd of fans under the hotel in the historic center and outside the Palagio di Parte Guelfa where the press conference was organized with the participation of the BKFC world stars, the main American promotion of combat with bare hands.

the announcement

Conor McGregor, legend of the MMA and official partner of this promotion founded in Filadelphia in 2018 by David Feldman, participated in the conference to promote the event, but also made an announcement: “The warrior spirit is within me and I will fight in the BKFC . I want the world title “. It is not expected that he fights in Florence in April, but he is certainly his career goal. And then he explained why the event landed in Italy and first of all in the Tuscan capital: “The BKFC is the true essence of the fight, we are here to conquer the world. Just the ‘spirit’ of Florentine football is at basis of the choice of Florence as a host city. Sodo. Gabriel Ernesto Rapisarda, executive director of BKFC Italy, made the landing of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in Italy.

The fighters

The presentation conference also saw the participation of the great protagonists of the international scene, such as the Fighters who will fight in the event of the Wanny palace and who have also staged the typical ‘face off’. Among these Jimmy Sweeney, considered the “King of the Bare Knuckle”, which in Florence will face Rico Franco for the Welterweight title. Great expectations then for the clash between Chris Camozzi, reigning champion of the Cruiserweight category, and Lorenzo Hunt, a former champion of the same division. The first sparks already at the conference, of course in words, to make people understand how at stake in the next meeting between them, a real revenge.



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