Report: Vince McMahon attempted to purchase Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Vince McMahon has reportedly been making moves to get back into promoting.
Justin Barrasso of The Undisputed reports that the 79-year-old recently attempted to purchase controlling interest in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). The promotion’s founder and president, David Feldman, confirmed that a meeting with McMahon took place, but said he was unwilling to relinquish full control.
“He’s a great guy, his whole team is great, but the timing wasn’t right for us,” said Feldman. “He’s Vince McMahon–if I were him, I’d want creative control, too. He was awesome, very complimentary, and he was very serious to do business.”
Barasso also shared that in speaking with executives from both combat sports and wrestling, “the belief is that McMahon will ultimately find himself involved again in professional wrestling.”
BKFC was founded in 2018 and have held 125 bare-knuckled boxing events since. In April 2024, Conor McGregor became a part-owner of the company and frequently appears at BKFC events.
Last month, new details were revealed regarding McMahon’s planned sports, entertainment, and media investment firm. The company will be named 14TH & I, as confirmed by filings in Conneticut last September.
Earlier this month, McMahon sold 1,579,080 shares of TKO stock at $158.32 per share, netting him a quarter of a billion dollars. According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, McMahon now owns 6,442,325 shares of TKO, or approximately 3 percent of the company.