{"id":51858,"date":"2024-06-20T04:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T04:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/i-thought-it-was-crazy-now-a-believer-chris-lytle-sees-similarities-between-bkfc-and-ufc-early-days\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T04:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T04:11:35","slug":"i-thought-it-was-crazy-now-a-believer-chris-lytle-sees-similarities-between-bkfc-and-ufc-early-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/i-thought-it-was-crazy-now-a-believer-chris-lytle-sees-similarities-between-bkfc-and-ufc-early-days\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I thought it was crazy&#8217;: Now a believer, Chris Lytle sees similarities between BKFC and UFC early days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Lytle remembers the first time he heard of bareknuckle fighting. \u201cI thought it was crazy,\u201d Lytle recently told MMA Junkie. \u201cI said, \u2018What\u2019s wrong with those guys? Who would do bareknuckle fighting?\u201d Lytle first saw bareknuckle boxing in 2017 when he came across a clip of friend and fellow UFC alumnus Joe Riggs chucking knuckles with opponent Christian Evans in Coventry, England, under the BKB banner. At the time, bareknuckle boxing was not sanctioned by any state commissioning body in the United States. \u201cI like Joe (Riggs) and was like, \u2018What the hell is wrong with him?\u2019 I watched his fight and halfway through it, I said, \u2018I need to do a fight.\u2019 My mind totally changed,\u201d Lytle said. \u201cAs soon as I watched it, I was like, \u2018This is not what I thought. This is not what it sounds like.&#8217;\u201d Lytle made an international ph&#8230; Click below to read the full story from MMAJunkie<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2024\/05\/ufc-bkfc-chris-lytle-sean-wheelock-transition-announcing-david-feldman\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Lytle remembers the first time he heard of bareknuckle fighting. \u201cI thought it was crazy,\u201d Lytle recently told MMA Junkie. \u201cI said, \u2018What\u2019s wrong with those guys? 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