{"id":328501,"date":"2019-10-16T23:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T06:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=328501"},"modified":"2019-10-16T23:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T06:09:09","slug":"david-feldman-believes-bkfc-will-be-a-major-player-in-combat-sports-by-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/david-feldman-believes-bkfc-will-be-a-major-player-in-combat-sports-by-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"David Feldman believes BKFC will be a &#8216;major player&#8217; in combat sports by 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Feldman has high hopes for his new promotion, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Although he has already taken over the bare-knuckle market in North America, Feldman hopes BKFC will be considered one of the biggest combat sports promotions on earth by 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I think it is just having these fighters fight for us and talk good about the organization. I can look down our whole roster and say maybe one or two fighters have said something bad about us. But, every promotion has had that,&#8221; Feldman said to BJPENN.com. &#8220;I think with these fighters, and us treating them good, I think our time is coming. By the end of 2021, we are a major player in combat sports.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Feldman plans to get to that point by continuing <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-artem-lobov-explains-why-he-chose-bkfc-over-ufc-bellator\/\">to sign big names, like Artem Lobov<\/a>, Paulie Malignaggi, Wanderlei Silva, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/hector-lombard\/hector-lombard-signs-with-bkfc\/\">and Hector Lombard<\/a>. That, he says, is more important than running ads on TV and radio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;For me, it is name recognition. There are two ways to do this. You can spend a shit load of money on TV, radio, newspaper ads or you can sign the right kind of fighters that everyone knows about and spend your money that way,&#8221; David Feldman explained. &#8220;I think spending money that way is going to be a better return in the end for us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although signing these big names are crucial, the BKFC boss says the other key to growth is getting into more states, which he says will happen in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;We already have three other states that are legalizing it in 2020. Alabama and Kansas are going to legalize, the third state we can announce shortly,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;We have states in the West Coat, Texas is very interested and a North-East state will legalize it shortly. We only go to about seven or eight states now, get through 2020 then start lobbying for 2021.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not only will they be going to more states, but Feldman also says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bareknuckle.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BKFC<\/a> will start putting on events every month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Starting in February we are going to do shows every month. We have some very big news to announce soon, different platforms we are going to be on,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are really excited about that and the demand is for a monthly show so we are doing it monthly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with David Feldman that BKFC will be a major player in combat sports by 2021?<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> on 10\/17\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Feldman has high hopes for his new promotion, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. 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