While the main event at UFC 320 unfolded in Las Vegas, on the faraway East Coast at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, mixed martial arts’ youngest cousin—bare-knuckle fighting—was busy crowning its King of Violence . Headlining BKFC 82 Newark , former UFC star Mike Perry outpunched Jeremy Stephens in the fifth round to retain his King of Violence middleweight title. The bout also earned the Fight of the Night honor.

However, alongside Perry’s thumping victory, another fight, and particularly one of its participants, became the center of conversation on social media. The buzz surrounded former UFC fighter Karl Roberson . The New Jersey native, who left the UFC in 2022 after a loss to Kennedy Nzechukwu, joined the BKFC ranks, securing a cruiserweight bout at BKFC 82 again

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