{"id":172851,"date":"2025-06-18T09:59:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=172851"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:59:05","slug":"vince-mcmahon-attempted-to-acquire-bare-knuckle-fighting-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/06\/18\/vince-mcmahon-attempted-to-acquire-bare-knuckle-fighting-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince McMahon attempted to acquire Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-4265945969\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon attempted to buy his way into the combat sports genre. Justin Barrasso of The Undisputed reports that the former WWE owner attempted to purchase controlling interest in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n<p>David Feldman, president of the BKFC, confirmed the details of his meeting with McMahon. &#8220;He\u2019s a great guy, his whole team is great, but the timing wasn\u2019t right for us,&#8221; Feldman said. &#8220;He\u2019s Vince McMahon \u2013 if I were him, I\u2019d want creative control, too. He was awesome, very complimentary, and he was very serious to do business.&#8221; Read more on the story <a href=\"https:\/\/undisputed.substack.com\/p\/what-is-vince-mcmahon-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> I guess this means that not everyone has a price for The Billion Dollar Man. Isn&#8217;t this the same Vince McMahon who considered UFC barbaric and expressed concern to CM Punk that fighters would die? 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