There will be a new BKFC 135-pound champion crowned in July after the promotion was unable to come to terms with Dat Nguyen on a new contract.
BKFC president Dave Feldman confirmed the news when speaking to MMA Fighting on Thursday.
“We’ve been going back and forth trying to negotiate a new contract for Dat Nguyen and we can’t come to anything that works for either party,” Feldman said. “We just couldn’t come to terms.
“I’m not going to hold up other fighters who want to make a run at this thing and that are willing to fight.