By Alex Seccia –
This past Friday on March 24, Bare Knuckle Fight Championship held their first sanctioned card in the state of Virginia. “BKFC 39” is the card where veteran fighter Brian Maxwell lead the charge in the first bout of “BKFC 39” prelims Brian out of Rocky Mount Virginia found himself fighting the very first sanctioned Bare-Knuckle fight in their history right in his own backyard.
The light heavyweight had a little more pressure on his shoulders when it came to trying to represent his hometown. Now add the desire of looking for your first win and you have yourself a hungry fighter. Brian isn’t a stranger to pressure, nor is he a stranger to pressure. From battling in the octagon, to repping your organization in one of the biggest fight exhibition cards in sports history, Brian has continued to set a bar not many fighters do.
In an interview with Brian on “Pr1me Point Media,” Brian talked about his image, how he felt he was too nice in a game where nice didn’t exist. That for BKFC 39 and for future fights Brian would have to pull the “cocky arrogant” side of him out. The usually chilled and humble fighter feels that those characteristics played a hinder in his career. He wants to bring some of those darker personality traits back out. He felt that when he had those mentalities in wrestling and early on in his career, he’s had success. Now because of his energy shift Brian feels as if he just started fighting all over again.
On Friday March 24th Brian displayed everything he talked about, making quick work of his opponent Daniel Bunyan with a win by way of TKO in the first round. This victory made Brian the first fighter to ever win a sanctioned BKFC bout in his home state of Virginia, thus bringing his first win of what looks to be many more in his BKFC fight career.
A ruthless attitude mixed with a win streak and the genuine desire to fight; Brian Maxwell looks to reignite the flame in his fight career which leads to a very exciting future to look out for in the upcoming future.
