By now, everyone should be well aware of BKFC president David Feldman’s in-ring announcement at Bare Knuckle FC 5 this past Saturday, where he declared Rusty Crowder would be giving half of his purse to his opponent due to lack of activity. As divided as the MMA/combat sports online community can be at times, everyone seemed to agree that this was not only wrong but probably illegal. There’s just no way Feldman can arbitrarily give part of one fighter’s purse to another. Especially when his reasoning is “I didn’t enjoy the fight”.
Well, fast forward a couple of days, and Feldman has wisely retracted his statement from the other night.