The state that didn’t legalize MMA until 2016 is hosting its first bare-knuckle boxing event ever when the promotion BKFC comes to Salamanca, New York for a heavyweight title fight between the champion Joey Beltran and Arnold Adams.
Both Beltran and Adams have faced each other before with a doctor’s stoppage ending the fight giving a TKO victory to Adams. This time around both men are different fighters physically and mentally, throw in the heavyweight title and it makes for a combustible situation.
Other fighters on the card include former UFC and Ultimate Fighter veteran Dustin Pague, BKFC fan-favorite Zachary Calmus.