Seems ‘The Reply’ could not keep away.
Former UFC light-weight champion Frankie Edgar is returning to signal with the Naked Knuckle Combating Championship, Yahoo’s Ariel Helwani experiences.
The 43-year-old is anticipated to debut on Oct. 4 in opposition to Jimmie Rivera at Prudential Heart in Newark, simply north of his hometown of Toms River, N.J.
His final UFC battle got here in opposition to Chris Gutierrez in November of 2022, the place he dropped his third consecutive bout to maneuver to a profession 23-11-1 UFC file.
Edgar was inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame in 2024 after 17 years of preventing for the promotion. He sits third all-time in complete octagon battle time with 7:57:10.
Edgar will face an skilled BKFC fighter in Rivera, who additionally held a powerful UFC file (23-5-0) and hails from the New Jersey space.
Rivera, 36, is heading into his sixth BKFC occasion and is 2-2-1 after shedding his final tilt to featherweight champion Kai Stewart in November of 2024.
