Wrestle World - BKFC president David Felman announces $25 million tournament for 2025

BKFC will host a $25 million tournament in 2025.

BKFC president David Felman announced the news Saturday at the BKFC Hollywood post-fight press conference in Hollywood, Fla.

“We’re going to have the biggest, baddest fight tournament that ever took place, and it’s going to start in April,” Feldman said. “It’s going to be the $25 million world’s baddest tournament.”

Felman didn’t reveal how the allocation of the $25 million will work out, but he did reveal other details, including the planned tournament duration and breakdown.

“It’s going to spread out between nine or 12 months,” Feldman said. “There’s going to be tryouts, qualifying rounds and those qualifying rounds are going to take place in five different continents.

“We’re close to locking in a huge streaming platform that’s going to have the rights to this thing, so everything is really falling in place. I can’t give you all the details, but it will be the biggest, baddest, biggest prize money to find the baddest motherf*cker on the face of this earth.”

BKFC has led the charge in recent years for bareknuckle boxing. Although the promotion has several notable names, such as former UFC fighters Mike Perry, Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens, Feldman said all fighters will have to try out – no fighters will be given slots in the tournament.

“Everyone has to try out for it. No one is getting pre-qualified,” Feldman said. “They have to try out for it and they’re going to have to fight in qualifying rounds to make the tournament. I mean, it’s not a joke purse. It’s a real purse, so they have to really fight.”