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[ March 2, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh HYDEN'S TAKE
[ February 22, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez HYDEN'S TAKE
[ February 17, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: Van vs. Taira, Aspinall’s Eyes, Jailton Almeida, and Eliminating Heavyweight? HYDEN'S TAKE
[ February 10, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from PFL: Nurmagomedov vs. Davis and UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira HYDEN'S TAKE
[ February 2, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from UFC 325 NEWS & RESULTS
[ January 28, 2026 ] HYDEN'S TAKE
[ January 19, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: UFC 324’s Card After Kayla Harrison Injury, Ray Sefo Leaves PFL HYDEN'S TAKE
[ January 12, 2026 ] HYDEN BLOG: Mick Maynard and 2026 Resolutions (Kind of) HYDEN'S TAKE

KNUCKLE UP: A brief history of bare-knuckle boxing and a BKFC 5 preview

April 5, 2019

Bare knuckle boxing is exactly what it sounds like, boxing without gloves. The first documented report of a bare-knuckle fight comes from 1681, and it involved a footman for an English duke and a butcher. […]