MMA media personalities Ben Davis, Oscar Willis set to fight at BKFC 67
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BKFC is giving the people what they want.
On Monday, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship announced its upcoming BKFC 67 card, which takes place on Oct. 12 at Marbella Arena in Marbella, Spain, will feature a high-profile amateur encounter between two sizable MMA personalities: Ben Davis and Oscar Willis.
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— Ben Davis (@BenTheBaneDavis) August 26, 2024
An rising name in combat sports for his work in the commentary booth for several promotions and as on-air talent for DAZN and Misfits Boxing, “The Bane” has also tried his hand across several fighting disciplines, losing to Brad Boulton in a grappling match in May of 2023, and then losing to Gabriel Silva — Anderson Silva’s son — in a boxing match at Misfits 9 this past September. Most recently, Davis made his Karate Combat debut, winning by unanimous decision.
“This is easily the craziest thing I’ve ever done,” Davis told MMA Fighting. “Odds of me getting slept again are high, but f*ck it, we ball. I’ve done my best to do things different, and I feel I’ve checked nearly every big box. BJJ, boxing, karate, and now bare-knuckle. I believe this all ends with an MMA debut next.
“My ultimate goals are related to my broadcasting career, but while I’m young and able, I feel it’s important to walk it as much as I talk it.”
Davis faces a big challenge in Willis, who is best known as the face of The Mac Life, but also made his MMA debut in 2022, winning a unanimous decision at Tuff-N-Uff: Fight for Our Troops 11. This will also be Willis’s first fight since then and his bare-knuckle debut, but he felt the timing and opponent made sense.
“BKFC felt like the right promotion, Bane felt like the right opponent, and a bull fighting arena in Spain felt like the right venue,” Willis told MMA Fighting. “There’s no beef here, I get on well with him, but all’s fair in love and war — and I’ll bring both for Ben in October.”
BKFC 67 is set to be headlined by a battle for the vacant lightweight title between Franco Tenaglia and Tony Soto.
