Artem Lobov and Paulie Malignaggi had to be separated Tuesday at a media event in New York.
The two men were both at Mendez Boxing gym in Manhattan for a Bare Knuckle FC media day. Lobov fights fellow UFC veteran Jason Knight in the main event Saturday night in Biloxi, Miss. But Lobov and Malignaggi have been going at it in the media and things popped off Tuesday in person.
The two men came face to face and it appeared that Malignaggi slapped Lobov in the face. The two fighters had to be pulled apart, Malignaggi was dragged away by Anthony Johnson, the former UFC slugger and current BKFC employee.