KnuckleMania 5: Alvarez vs. Stephens in Philly Showdown

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00:00Of course, we knew it was Stevens and Alvarez once they announced that, that was the first

00:08fight.

00:09That is the main event.

00:10That is what they're leading off with.

00:11You also mentioned that they would be having Bryce Hall versus Baby Slice, Kimbo Slice

00:16Jr.

00:17Of course, we saw Bryce Hall for the first time, the last knuckle mania for the BKFC,

00:22the influencer who, you know, had a oh-so-so mediocre week boxing career going into the

00:28BKFC last year.

00:29We thought he was going to get smoked, but no.

00:31He beat Cheetah Cut Man.

00:32He had a great performance, so you got to give credit where it's due.

00:34Now he is coming back against Kimbo Slice Jr., Kevin Ferguson Jr., the former MMA fighter

00:39who actually fought in Bellator 3-3 in his career there, and of course, is the son of

00:45the infamous Kimbo Slice, the man who, you know, maybe was a precursor to some things

00:50in the BKFC with his, you know, his fights in the streets, the backyard brawls he had

00:54back down in Florida before he would eventually get himself an MMA career in, you know, in

00:59the Ultimate Fighter, in Strikeforce, you know, where he would do things to try to,

01:05you know, make himself legitimate in the fighting world and had some success.

01:08And now his son is trying to do the same and live off that moniker and make himself a big

01:13name in fight sports as well as he now joins the BKFC.

01:17I'm sure if Kimbo Slice was still alive, this would be the perfect organization for him.

01:21Unfortunately, he isn't, but hopefully his son can carry that mantle and do a great job

01:25as he fights Bryce Hall.

01:27We'll also have a fight between Taylor Starling and Beck Rawlings.

01:30As we said, she was there, and Feldman announced that that would be the fight there.

01:34I will talk about her comments in just a minute, but started off, of course, with the two big

01:39guys at the top, and Eddie Alvarez, Philly's own, started things off after Dave Feldman

01:44talked to him, as far as the fighters go, talking about how he's so happy to bring his

01:48career back to Philly.

01:49This is the only way he would be back in Philly, was with the BKFC.

01:53He had his great time in MMA, his long career, had done great things there, both Bellator,

01:58the UFC, but thanks Feldman and the BKFC for bringing him back to Philly.

02:01He said he started fighting in the streets of Philly, as we know.

02:04They call him the underground king because the guy used to brawl in the streets of Philly.

02:09He said, I used to do this for free, now I get paid.

02:12Well, he's going to do it again, this time in Philly, in front of his hometown fans.

02:16And he says once he walks through that entrance, there's going to be no one that can beat him

02:20January 25th.

02:21Of course, the guy who thinks he can beat him, and made sure to tell everybody in attendance

02:26there, is Jeremy Stevens, Little Heathen, who of course had his own UFC run, has done

02:30great things there, and has come through with some great fights in the BKFC as well.

02:34Now he's going to be fighting Eddie Alvarez on his home turf.

02:37He had some choice words for both Eddie Alvarez and his home city.

02:41A war with Mike Perry, he got his face caved in by the second round and he quit.

02:47It's just like Philly, it's a great place, right, but you guys are runners up, you're

02:50second best, you guys always will be.

02:53The thing that's going to be different January 25th, is we're going to find out what I already

02:56know, is I'm the baddest mother f***er in the bare knuckle right now, and he's going

03:02to find out what I already know, and certain of.

03:07Bold words from a man in Philadelphia now, as a man who was born and bred and lives in

03:11the tri-state area of New York City.

03:13I mean, I always love some good Philly trash talk, as most of the teams I hate throughout

03:18my life, but I also know, be careful what you say in Philly about Philly.

03:23Jeremy Stevens has no problem saying that right to their faces, and Eddie Alvarez even

03:27told him, he's like, listen, this city has a way of humbling you, either they'll do it,

03:31or someone else will, and he's saying that he's glad that he gets to be the one to do

03:36that.

03:37He's looking to do that.

03:38These guys face off, of course, as you are prone to have when you have these kind of

03:41press conferences, and they almost got into it right here.

03:44They almost had the whole fight happen right in front of our eyes on this press conference

03:48day, as getting in each other's faces, there was some words, some shoving.

03:52They really have the bad blood going, and it is going to be an awesome main event for

03:58Knuckle Mania 5 in Philadelphia.

04:00Can't wait to see Little Heathen versus the Underground King in Philadelphia at the end

04:05of January.

04:07Can't wait.

04:08Going to be awesome.

04:09Also, you had Taylor Starling there talking, as we said, she talked about the fight against

04:12Beck Rawlings.

04:13She called Philly one of her adopted cities, said she's had a bunch of them, so I don't

04:16know.

04:17She said this is one of the places that she's living, said it's crazy that she hasn't been

04:20on Knuckle Mania cards since the first one, that's where she made her debut, put on one

04:24of the most memorable performances in the BKFC, somehow has not been back on Knuckle

04:28Mania since, so it's time to rectify that, and has respect for Beck Rawlings, said she's

04:32awesome, but also says she only fought Christine Ferreira and Britton Hart, I mean, not like

04:36those are any slouches.

04:38Those are two champions in the women's division, so if you're going to only fight the best,

04:42that does say something about you, but now she says it's time to give her a fresh face

04:46and then rearrange her face, so she's looking forward to fighting Beck Rawlings and putting

04:49on another great performance at a Knuckle Mania, and we'll see if she can do that.

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