In MMA, Jason Knight was a man of many nicknames — “Hick Diaz,” “Mississippi Mean,” and “The Kid,” depending on the fight and the mood. In bare knuckle boxing, the sport he debuted in this past weekend in Biloxi, Miss. with the BKFC, he somehow lived up to all of those names.
And though he didn’t walk away with a victory against Artem Lobov in Saturday night’s main event, he came away with some fresh souvenirs: Twelve different kinds of stitches to close up multiple lacerations on his face, a hand that ballooned to nearly double its size, and a wrist that was still bothering him on Monday.