Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title challenger and Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix semifinalist Antonio Silva has signed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
On Thursday, the promotion announced that Silva would be joining the ranks of their bare knuckle roster. Other former UFC fighters of note to take to bare knuckle competition include Artem Lobov, Jason Knight, Leonard Garcia, Chris Lytle and Bec Rawlings, to name a few.
"Bigfoot" ended his MMA career on a five-fight losing streak, going 1-8 with a no-contest in his last 10.