Dustin Pague prepares to unseat Julian Lane from the BKFC welterweight throne and goals to take action within the promotion’s first card of 2026. Julian Lane has had an fascinating story in his broader fight sports activities journey and has fought the cream of the crop on the earth of Naked Knuckle.
After finally discovering his footing slightly bit and now using a prolonged successful streak main into bout, and when requested for his ideas on what Lane presents each by way of total resume and the X’s and O’s of a few of his higher expertise within the ring, Dustin Pague stated [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Yeah, I’m a fan of Julian Lane. He’s a troublesome dude. He’s imply. He’s a bulldog. He’s thrilling to observe struggle. He had a troublesome highway within the BKFC. I imply his document doesn’t actually converse [to] the amount of expertise that he has as a result of, , all his losses are to animals, robust, robust opponents. Mike Perry, Leonard Garcia, Jim Alers, like all robust guys that he misplaced to they usually had been wars. So, you possibly can’t take something away from him. He’s a really robust fighter.”
“He likes to come back ahead and and like he says, he likes to bang. ‘Let Me Bang’ Lane. So the man likes to throw fists and take punches to present punches. That’s what I like about this struggle. I’m extra of a technical fighter than he’s, I consider. However I like banging, too. You understand, I like rooting my ft and throwing exhausting punches and placing individuals to sleep. So, it’s going to be a really thrilling struggle and I believe it’s a great matchup for me.”
Dustin Pague eager to point out he’s “well-versed in all areas of preventing” throughout BKFC title bout
With Julian Lane’s notorious mantra from his tenure on The Final Fighter being “Let Me Bang”, Pague undoubtedly suits inside that. However Pague can also be somebody who has the technical acumen to take the struggle in that path as nicely. When requested about preventing methodologies and the power to shift into totally different gears relying on the place the struggle goes, Dustin Pague acknowledged [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Yeah, completely. I believe you bought to be nicely versed in all areas of preventing. Whether or not it’s sticking tight within the pocket and throwing bombs, but in addition having that means to to slide, transfer, and be exhausting to hit. Plenty of angles and motion. So, I believe I acquired a great mixture of each of these.”
