Erick Lozano will test skills with Alessio Sakara at BKFC Philly on July 25th.

Lozano appeared on Bare Knuckle Bowker to discuss multiple topics like: -Sakara's team saying 'no' to the fight a couple of weeks before eventually accepting the matchup

-fighting the best that BKFC has to offer and being excited to welcome Sakara into the world of gloveless combat

-if this fight can regain some momentum for him following getting caught in his last outing for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

-185 being his optimal weight category for a title run going ahead

-having a barnburner bout with Mike Richman, who went on to become BKFC's light heavyweight champion, Richman going on to lose that strap to Josh Dyer, and overall thoughts on BKFC's light heavyweight division today

-having another hugely exciting fight with Jake Bostwick in BKFC, Bostwick getting in a heated sparring session with Jake Paul before Paul's Ben Askren fight, thoughts on the recent Paul vs. Chavez Jr. boxing bout that took place, and not being a fan of the Paul brothers

-watching Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight belt at UFC 317 instead of Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

-Esteban Rodriguez returning to the BKFC space after over a year and a half away from bare-knuckle action

-Historically getting in work with former UFC champion Jamahal Hill and thoughts on Hill's UFC Baku loss to Khalil Rountree Jr.

-speaking with Jamahal Hill about engaging in fewer back-and-forths on social media with fans who are trash-talking him

-not letting the outcomes of fights dramatically inform his worldview

-fighting Lorenzo Hunt on short notice, thoughts on the former two-division BKFC titleholder falling out of that Chris Camozzi rematch at BKFC Italy, and Hunt's failed drug tests from KnuckleMania IV

-What the headlines will be after this Sakara bout at BKFC Philly

Robert Valentin will test skills with Ateba Gautier at UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 on July 19th.

Valentin appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts to touch on multiple topics like: -fighting someone here that people call the middleweight Francis Ngannou, and how much juice he feels like he can get out of achieving his idealistic outcome here

-his efforts cross-training at Bangtao Muay Thai and Syndicate MMA (while out in Las Vegas) in recent times

-big names that are listed from Syndicate MMA like Merab Dvalishvili and Khalil Rountree Jr.

-working with Shara Bullet in Thailand relatively recently

-thoughts on the Poirier vs. Holloway trilogy bout for the BMF title that headlines this card he's on as the former embarks on his swan song octagon outing

-how much this moment means for him, considering past comments where he said he would die for big UFC opportunities like this

-being an active middleweight fighter in the context of his thoughts on Dricus du Plessis defending his 185-pound title against Khamzat Chimaev in the UFC 319 headliner

-being on Team Grasso when he was on The Ultimate Fighter, Zhang Weili also working out of Bangtao, and if we end up seeing the Zhang Weili vs. Valentina Shevchenko super fight next

Karim Henniene will now take on Asiashu Tshitamba at PFL Africa 1 on July 19th. At the time of this recording, Antero dos Santos was the initial opponent for Henniene before dos Santos withdrew.

Henniene appeared on MMA Canada to cover several subjects, such as: -how it feels being on a massive international stage like this as part of PFL's continued global expansion efforts

-Xavier Alaoui fighting on the PFL MENA circuit recently, and the tight ties that he has with Alaoui as both refine their skills

-Alaoui having a history of cornering Henniene since the amateur days and how that will continue for this Cape Town clash

-his last time appearing on this network being ahead of his pro MMA debut, and what the biggest differences are from Henniene, then in our first interview, compared to where he is at now

-working at Kill Cliff FC and Bangtao Muay Thai over the years

-working with Rafael Fiziev in Thailand and thoughts on Fiziev's recent win at UFC Baku to get back on track

-coming into MMA with a judo base in the context of his thoughts on decorated judoka Kayla Harrison winning the UFC championship

-getting a photo op with Dana White in Toronto at Unified MMA 55 that took place during the UFC 297 fight week

-fighting in some of Canada's biggest regional shows before embarking on this debut effort in the PFL Smart Cage

-being excited to see Francis Ngannou cageside and the elation with fighting in front of the PFL Africa chairman

-looking to be the first Algerian-Canadian to win the PFL belt