It’s not a secret Conor McGregor, As an entrepreneur and co-owner of Bare Knuckle, Santiago wants to bring bare-knuckle boxing to the Bernabeu. He already said a few months ago in Marbella, in an interview with MARCA and other Spanish media. He liked what Ibai Llanos did with La Velada and wanted to replicate it.
“Seeing the recent success in a stadium filled with 80,000 spectators definitely played a part. A mega event, in an open-air arena, with enthusiastic fans,” he declared when asked why Spain would host a bare-knuckle macro-evening.
We are in Spain to do big things
“We are here to do great things,” he said when referring to the Bernabeu. Hours earlier, at a press conference held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Marbella, His partner David Feldman has hinted that they will be moving to Madrid in the not-too-distant future.
This is all confirmed this week Franco Tenaglia In an interview in ‘The Last Assault’,A contact sports program on Radio MARCA directed by Gonzalo Campos. “He told me about filling the Bernabeu in Madrid and I believe everything he says is true. “If you see the brilliance in him… that boy can do anything,” he declared.
He told me about filling the Bernabeu in Madrid and I believe everything he says is true.
Franco Tenaglia will headline Oct. 12 in pursuit of the bare knuckle lightweight title against Tony Soto. He will be joined by two more title fights and a large number of Spanish boxers in the event.
Now, a race to watch begins. Which promoter will arrive at the Santiago Bernabeu first: UFC or Bare Knuckle.
