In late March, the UFC parted ways with longtime veteran Ben Rothwell after 13 years. It happened before “Big Ben’s” scheduled fight with former two-time title contender Alexander Gustafsson in May.
For a while there, it looked like prizefighting was over for the 40-year-old Rothwell, until Monday when he announced his recent signing with Bare Knuckle FC.
“I believe that it’s a place for me because I was doing BKFC long before MMA,” Rothwell said on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour. “So it’s something I’m a part of in my life, something my great grandfather was doing, probably not legally, but had a history of it.