My opinion of bare-knuckle boxing was completely unaffected by the damage that Lobov and Knight sustained last weekend. We enjoy fighting as a sport. Fighting by its very definition inflicts damage on the opponent and exposes the participants to great danger. The size of the gloves, the ruleset and the enclosure don’t change that basic fact.
What we saw at BKFC 5 was what happens when gloves aren’t protecting against superficial cuts and the hands being thrown. It was ugly, it was violent, and it’s very close to what we see on a regular basis in other combat sports minus the amount of visceral, superficial damage.