TAMPA, Fla. – All that’s left for Paulie Malignaggi and Artem Lobov is the bare-knuckle fighting.
On Friday, Bare Knuckle FC 6 weigh-ins took place, and MMA Junkie was on the scene for the proceedings.
In the main event, Malignaggi (154.8 pounds) and Lobov (154.6) will throw down in one of the most anticipated fights of the year in all of combat sports, with the heated rivals looking to settle their longstanding feud.
Up until this point there has been an abundance of trash talk between the two men, most of it exhausting. But at the weigh-ins, neither Malignaggi nor Lobov acted up as they faced off one final time. Like the news conference one day earlier, they locked eyes for a very long time before finally turning to the cameras.
Afterward, Malignaggi and his crew exited the stage to the left. But off to the right, other members of his entourage goaded Lobov into a reaction that led to words being exchanged but nothing more.
You can watch the final Malignaggi-Lobov faceoff in the video above.
BKFC 6 takes place Saturday night at the Florida State Fair Grounds Expo Hall in Tampa and airs on pay-per-view.
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