Christine Ferea is a veteran of Muay Thai and mixed martial arts (she fought three times for Invicta in 2017), but this weekend she’s trying something completely new: bare knuckle boxing. On Saturday night she’ll be competing at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 2: New Era in Biloxi, Mississippi.
At BKFC 2 Ferea is slated to fight Maria Andaverde, another MMA vet, at 125 lbs. The event also features well known MMA veterans Kendall Grove, Bec Rawlings, Chris Lytle, and Charles Bennett. Ferea’s fight on Saturday will be only the second sanctioned women’s bare knuckle boxing match in US history (Rawlings vs.