Andrei Arlovski picks up BKFC win before calling out Ben Rothwell for Championship fight

Andrei Arlovksi is one of the OG’s of mixed martial arts, one of the original pioneers who helped transition the sport from its NHB era into the modern era of complete martial artists.  After a run with the UFC Arlovski had signed with the now defunct MMA Global league however after the cancelation of their first event he took his talents to the Bare knuckle boxing ring for the first time.

Fighting in Fort Worth Texas Andrei Arlovski took the ring as the Co Mai event where he face Josh Copeland in his professional debut winning in the 4th round by TKO when the doctor stopped the fight due to the massive amount of blood loss from his opponent.  This is the 2nd consecutive win for Arlovski after his release from the UFC in 2023.

Following the victory by Andrei Arlovsky former UFC fighter and current BKFC Champion Ben Rothwell stepped into the ring to challenge the well known Arlovsky. Rothwell won the BKFC belt by knocking out champion Mick Terrill. Rothwell told Arlovski after watching his fight “if you fight me like that, I’m gonna end your career.”  Who do you think wins a bareknuckle fight between Andrei Arlovski and Ben Rothwell?

Do you think Cris Cyborg would be good at BKFC? The MMA Super Grand Slam Champion almost fought Bare knuckle Boxing last year against BKFC Champion Christina Fereia however the two sides were unable to come to financial terms for the bout.