David Feldman: Several fighters already turned down Yoel Romero for BKFC debut
Former UFC and Bellator title challenger Romero was introduced to the BKFC roster during Thursday's Champions Summit press conference. The BKFC president revealed that Romero will make his promotional debut in fall, but they're still trying to find him a matchup.
"We have a couple of guys who already turned it down, and then we just had one guy that said he would take it," Feldman told MMA Junkie. "We don't know if that fight is going to happen, but I'm very excited about it – especially because he's going to make his debut Sept. 12 here at the Hard Rock. So in Miami, where he's from, and to see Yoel Romero with the gloves off, I mean, that's a dangerous thing."
BKFC also signed former UFC fighters Thiago Santos, Aspen Ladd, and Derek Brunson, which has Feldman excited at the growth of the company.
"It's amazing," Feldman said. "It's just like a testament to never giving up, and that's the truth because I wanted to quit like 20 times. This is not easy. This is hard. If you're not 120 percent fully committed to making this thing work, it can't work. I'm happy we saw it through, because a couple of times we actually hit dead ends, and we were like, 'This is over,' and we found a way to keep it going.
"Now I think we're one of the top combat sports promotions in the entire world. Everybody's excited about it. We've got the biggest guy in all of combat sports as our partner, Conor McGregor, so things are going really, really great for us, and I'm very, very happy where we're at."
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