Adam De Freitas will clash with Skyler Mauller at BKFC Fight Night: Edmonton on August 9th.

De Freitas appeared on Bare Knuckle Bowker to discuss multiple topics like: -the recent round of Delgado and Club Mafa work

-the controversial nature of the stoppage in his last BKFC fight in March during his Philly fight at the 2300 Arena

-the same referee who stopped his last fight having a controversial stoppage in the UFC around that time as well and

-the big takeaways from his Maurice Horne performance up a weight class and the fact he felt he was leading the dance early on

-getting to fight at an iconic venue like the 2300 Arena aka the old ECW arena with a prior experience there fighting at CFFC in MMA

-the Philadelphia fight being the first time he was ever booed during a fight but how the fans were showing him love post-fight

-being on a more consistent schedule with BKFC as of late after dealing with a string of fight cancellations at one point

-the Kastriot Xhema issue in February, who asked for a bout twenty pounds up from the contracted weight and ended up pulling out

-navigating the later stages of his combat sports career and thoughts on what Oleksandr Usyk is doing in his late-thirties

-Manny Pacquiao having a strong performance over the WBC champion Mario Barrios at 46-years-old and how impressive of a feat that was from Pac Man considering it's in a lighter category

-thoughts on Mauller's resume and skillset heading into this fight

-the interaction that he ahd with CM Punk at the old ECW Arena with his CFFC fight from years ago

-his CFFC opponent training with Eddie Alvarez at the time, thoughts on the next BKFC bout for 'The Underground King', and Alvarez seemingly also mentoring the next wave of bare knuckle fighters

-the exciting nature associated with being a part of a sport that has ultimately been one of the oldest combat sports ever but also one that is so rapidly evolving in the present age with so many different methodologies popping up out there in gloveless combat

-having no faith that Ontario will welcome in bare knuckle boxing

-Rumble in the Cage and Havoc FC promoting bare knuckle boxing fights to build the sport in Canada on a more grassroots level

Krzysztof Jotko will collide with Marek Mazuch at Oktagon 74: Bolander vs. Szabová on August 9th.

Jotko appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts and covered multiple topics like: -what he had to adapt, if anything at all, after previously being lined up to fight Vlasto Cepo in the Oktagon MMA cage here

-viewing Mazuch as a better opponent than Cepo ultimately

-being in the semi-finals of the Tip Sport Game Changer tournament

-dealing with a divorce earlier this year and now being in a much better place overall in his life, mood-wise

-aiming for an Oktagon MMA championship before his career ends

-training at American Top Team alongside people like Kayla Harrison and Alexandre Pantoja who are UFC champions in the context of how much ATT can behoove his championship path

-getting in some sparring rounds with Bo Nickal per a past post on social media in the context of his thoughts on Nickal's loss to RDR

-training with Marvin Vettori, previously fighting Brendan Allen himself, and his thoughts on the Vettori vs. Allen fight at UFC 318

-fellow ATT compatriot Johnny Eblen's recent upset loss to Costello Van Steenis to PFL Africa 1 in the waning moments of their fight

-the main takeaways from his Oktagon MMA debut win over Ion Surdu at Oktagon 70 in April

-refining his submission grappling game in the gym with Buchecha and what he thinks Marcus Almeida's ceiling in the UFC can be

-still being so high up in the UFC middleweight history for his percentile of effectiveness with his takedown defense

-Roman Kopylov topping the list for highest percentage of takedown defense among UFC middleweights all time, who Jotko was supposed to fight in April 2019 before Kopylov withdrew from injury, in the context of his thoughts on Kopylov's performance against Paulo Costa at UFC 318

-being featured on some past undercards for Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier in the context of his thoughts on the UFC 318 headliner with Holloway and Poirier having their trilogy bout

-previously fighting Sean Strickland in the UFC, training with the former UFC middleweight champion later on, and his thoughts on Strickland's Nevada suspension for storming the cage to confront a regional mixed martial arts fighter who was goading him on

-previously calling out Alex Pereira and saying that he agreed to fight 'Poatan'early in his UFC career before the Brazilian KO artist was booked to fight Bruno Silva in the context of his thoughts on the upcoming Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev rematch for UFC gold

-if he thinks Pereira has grown in his anti-wrestling game over the years in that prior context of how demonstrably good Jotko's takedown defense inside the UFC octagon has been

-if a rematch with current Oktagon champion Will Fleury is something that interests him after this tournament is done considering the inauspicious Fleury fight he had in PFL

Drew Stuve will battle Will Santiago at BKFC Fight Night: Edmonton in the main event contest set for August 9th.

Stuve appeared on Bare Knuckle Bowker once again and discussed multiple topics like: -returning to the BKFC squared circle after spending around a year away from bare knuckle fighting action

-Michael Manno being his initial opponent for this card and adapting to the shift in opposition for this River Cree card

-feeling like he has a better, more accomplished opponent here in Santiago

-the discourse from BKFC about getting him a fight in the US at one point previously based on some conversations with Chris Lytle

-taking a gloved boxing bout last November and returning to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship here in a higher weight category

-why the Alberta native felt like he got screwed around in his gloved boxing bout from late last year in Montreal

-moving up to 175 pounds to better utilize his frame and why weight lifting has become a bigger priority to aid Stuve with his proficiency within the active clinch portion of bare knuckle fighting

-his team Wolfhouse dominating the BKFC Canada scene so far with the team having a double digit unbeaten record within BKFC

-Wolfhouse figurehead Ryan Ford preparing to make his bare knuckle debut this November against Taylor Bull in Havoc FC

-why Ryan Ford hasn't fought under the BKFC banner as of yet

-the competitive familiarity of fighting in BKFC at the River Cree

-if there is a peripheral awareness toward certain BKFC middleweights that he is looking to fight down the line

-thoughts on Santiago's resume and skillset within bare knuckle

-Santiago previously fighting Kevin Holland on Contender Series as well as Chris Curtis under mixed martial arts rules

-Santiago's only BKFC loss being to a ranked middleweight within Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in Dakota Cochrane

-juggling being a barber with full time work as a professional fighter

-teammates Hasan Al Ghanim and Chad Lucanas also competing on this card in the context of his thoughts on some bad faith individuals wanting Al Ghanim and Lucanas to fight someday

-Havoc FC and Rumble in the Cage promoting bare knuckle boxing bouts to grow the sport at a more grassroots level within Canada

-why Ontario bare knuckle fans will have to wait a bit for the sport to make it's way towards being regulated in that Canadian province

-his teammate Chad Lucanas throwing down with a fifty-plus fight veteran in Tim Tamaki in this BKFC Edmonton co-main event bout

-getting to now fight within a weight category that is helmed by the number one pound for pound fighter in the promotion, BKFC middleweight champion David Mundell