BKFC London: MVP vows to be a ‘different beast’ in bare knuckle

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships will be heading to the UK in August 2020, and the hype is building for the company’s debut at the OVO Arena Wembley in London, England.

It was recently confirmed that BKFC and Bellator MMA had managed to broker a deal to get Michael ‘Venom’ Page MVP to face ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry in the main event of the card in a huge crossover bout.

Page has now commented on the upcoming bare-knuckle boxing contest, and he seems prepared to offer a different side to his fight game when the gloves literally come off.

Here is what Michael ‘Venom’ Page MVP had to say ahead of his BKFC contest against ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry at BKFC London.

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Speaking to MMAFighting, the Bellator MMA fighter revealed that he plans on being a “different beast” in the bare-knuckle arena.

He said: “To be fair, bare-knuckle has always been something, especially in the U.K., that a lot of people I used to look up to in the kickboxing world were doing before when it was underground.

“So it’s always something that I kind of hoped I would be able to do but obviously it was an underground thing so I thought it never would be. Then they legalized it so over the last few years it’s slowly gotten bigger and bigger. 

“Then I thought maybe towards the end of my career, I’ll do something like this but then it’s like the opportunity’s falling in place now, why not?

“It’s just making a few adjustments. My coaches used to do bare-knuckle themselves so they’re well versed in that area. I’m just excited. 

“I like making adjustments. It’s combat at the end of the day. It’s not going to be too far different but as you say, it’s slightly different. It’s just making those