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Zach Calmus's BKFC Journey: Legacy, Dreams, and Impact
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1/10/2025
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00:00
How much does the experience in the different places
00:03
you have been with this mean to you?
00:06
Besides just the wins and losses,
00:07
how much is that, the experience,
00:09
the different venues, and the different areas you have been,
00:12
how much does that mean?
00:15
The legacy you're talking about,
00:16
the historical aspect of it completely,
00:19
and that's the most important part is leaving my mark.
00:22
You know, I think every fighter wants to be remembered,
00:25
and I'm definitely gonna be remembered in bare knuckle.
00:28
I'm putting in work.
00:29
I'm young. I'm still young.
00:31
I'm 33 years old, and I got no injuries.
00:34
I'm ready to fight, and I'm ready to fight
00:36
for another 15 years or so.
00:39
This sport was built for me, so I just...
00:41
It means everything.
00:42
This is my whole entire life.
00:45
I sacrifice time away from my family,
00:48
away from, you know, things and people I love
00:52
to be the best I can be.
00:55
So I'm not, you know,
00:57
I'm not in competition with anyone when I say
01:00
I came up a troubled, disabled youth,
01:03
and to be where I'm at now
01:05
and to have the confidence that I've gained
01:07
from fighting and being a part
01:09
of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship,
01:11
you know, I'm living my dream.
01:13
I watched a show earlier today,
01:15
randomly came up, Friday Night SmackDown,
01:18
July 12, 2001.
01:20
I believe it was July 12,
01:22
and it was a Friday Night SmackDown,
01:24
and it was July 11th or 12th,
01:26
and it was at the venue,
01:28
the LaCovia 7 that I'm fighting at in Philly.
01:32
So I was like, oh, my God.
01:34
Were you watching Triple H as a kid?
01:36
It's where you're fighting now,
01:38
being through Mohegan and fighting in Sturgis,
01:41
just these big venues.
01:42
I feel like a superstar.
01:46
I feel like an absolute superstar.
01:48
You put on a superstar performance
01:50
every time you get out there as well,
01:51
give the fans exactly what they're looking for
01:53
when they look for a Bare Knuckle fight.
01:55
We got just under a minute here.
01:57
You talk about rising up in the BKFC.
01:58
This four-in-a-row wins right now by finish.
02:02
This could be your fifth.
02:03
Still, no love in the rankings.
02:05
I mean, we got guys like Copen and Watson
02:06
who are on that Sturgis card with you,
02:08
one of them who lost, still in the top five.
02:10
You're not.
02:11
Does it frustrate you that you're not getting
02:12
the respect that you think you deserve
02:13
getting into those rankings
02:14
and maybe getting into the title picture?
02:16
I'm not frustrated with anything.
02:19
I'm just happy to put on a performance.
02:21
I'm a company man, and they know that.
02:24
I'm just happy to come out there and fight.
02:27
I'm not lining anybody up.
02:28
I'm not talking anybody down.
02:30
I'm not proposing or building anything in my mind.
02:34
Whatever they have for me, I'm ready for.
02:36
And that's, with the growth of the company,
02:38
you never know what you're going to see next.
02:40
You know what I mean?
02:41
There's a variety of things coming this year.
02:44
I promise.
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