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BKFC 1 Vet on BKFC Philly Bout: “I’m Going to Destroy This Guy”

A veteran of BKFC 1 is still going strong over seven years after that influential event took place, and he will be competing in gloveless combat once more this Friday night. Appearing on Bare Knuckle Bowker, Travis Thompson discussed several subjects heading into his third BKFC fight in Philly this year.

Thompson will clash with Micah Livingston at BKFC Philly on July 25th and returns to the 2300 Arena, where he had his sophomore Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship outing in 2025.

When talking about his three-fight bare-knuckle run this year in the Pennsylvania town, which kicked off with an emphatic KO at KnuckleMania 5 in January that drew the kind of attendance that had not been seen for a Philly fight card in over 70 years, Thompson said,

“I love it.