Chad Mendes is scheduled to make his bare knuckle fighting debut tonight at BKFC Knucklemania 2. At that event, which goes down at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Fl, Mendes meets Joshuah Alvarez for a five-round contest (two minute rounds).
Mendes, a multiple time title challenger in the UFC, recently revealed that his pay at Knucklemania would be more than Francis Ngannou’s reported purse for his title defence at UFC 270 ($600,000).
Even more recently Mendes revealed more details about his contractual status with BKFC, notably that he is competing without gloves with the full endorsement of the UFC.