After exchanging more than a few expletive laced tirades, a slap and a spitting incident, Artem Lobov is ready to put his rivalry with Paulie Malignaggi behind him.
Now it’s probably much easier for the former UFC featherweight to do that after defeating Malignaggi by unanimous decision in their main event brawl at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships 6 but either way he left the ring with a new found respect for his opponent.
“I knew he was a tough guy,” Lobov said about Malignaggi at the BKFC 6 post fight press conference. “He’s experienced, he won 50 fights, I knew this was not going to be easy.