• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • UFC News
  • Island Fights
  • Rothstein’s Rants
  • Cage Side with Christopher James

Can BKFC Afford Nate Diaz?

September 22, 2022 by Christopher James

For those folks who say BKFC couldn’t afford Nate Diaz, You are 100% wrong!
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship President, David Feldman has publicly stated the promotion’s interest in getting into the Nate Diaz business, something he wouldn’t do if the company couldn’t make a legitimate offer to Diaz.
If I remember correctly, BKFC once made a one-off offer to Mike Tyson for 10 or 20 million dollars. The offer was legitimate. They paid Paige VanZant nearly 2 million for 3 or 4 fights. Ben Rothwell is reportedly getting 6 figures per bout. The Tyson offer and PVZ deals were made before BKFC was acquired by Triller which is worth close to 6 billion dollars. BKFC now has the ability to go after any free agent they want.

A Diaz signing could give BKFC the ability to do a full-fledged PPV for #KNUCKLEMANIA3 They could charge 50 bucks. Sell 500,000, which I think is achievable, and gross 25 million!

Imagine a KnuckleMania 3 main card on PPV:

  • Nate Diaz vs Mike Perry
  • Paige VanZant vs Felice Herrig
  • Ben Rothwell vs Greg Hardy
  • Christine Ferea vs Bec Rawlings
  • Luis Palomino vs Chad Mendes
Diaz would be the biggest signing in company history. Yes. he would need, and demand a huge payday. However, that doesn’t mean he’d get 10 million per fight! He didn’t make that in the UFC, and he will only get that kind of money if he were to fight Jake Paul, which the entire combat sports community is expecting to be the next bout for the former UFC star. I could see a deal that would pay Diaz 1 to 2 million per fight flat, plus PPV points, and that would be a great deal for Diaz to accept. Plus BKFC would have zero problems allowing Diaz to pursue other fights like Jake Paul, and they could also build Triller Boxing events around Diaz.
Diaz coming to BKFC, and BKFC getting into the Nate Diaz business is a winning formula for all parties! And again, make no mistake, BKFC can absolutely afford to sign Nate Diaz.

 

Christopher James

Christopher James has been in the MMA industry for 15 years, Working as a ring announcer for promotions like the XFC, Island Fights, Combat Night and Fight Nights Global during his career. Chris’ love for the sport and the athletes that partake in it led him to writing and doing face to face interviews with the athletes he admired and respected. Chris isn’t conventional by any stretch of the imagination, he has his own style, and takes pride in not being a “cookie-cutter” member of the media. Unique and sometimes controversial takes are what he brings to the table, forcing folks to think a little differently about the world of MMA. He also has a love for music as he has been a dj for 25 years and his love for music gets brought to the MMA world when he gets his guests to sing on his weekly show Cage Side with Christopher James which can be seen Wednesday nights on FACEBOOK LIVE, and soon via podcast.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Reddit
  • Print

Related

Filed Under: UFC News Tagged With: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Ben Rothwell, BKFC, Cage Side with Christopher James, Dana White, David Feldman, knucklemania, Mike Perry, Mike Tyson, MYMMASHOW.COM, Nate Diaz, Octagon, Paige VanZant, Triller

Primary Sidebar

Translate Cage Side

Archives

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Footer

Recent Post

  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • October 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • May 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • April 2019

Join Me on Facebook

Copyright © 2019 - My MMA Show | All Right Reservered | Site Designed & Powered by The One Stop Blog Shop
 

Loading Comments...