Artem Lobov claims Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship nonetheless owes him a considerable quantity from his time competing for the promotion.
Greatest identified for his seven-fight run within the UFC and being Conor McGregor’s former finest pal, Lobov fought for BKFC thrice in 2019, going 2-1 within the course of. His greatest second got here at BKFC 6, when he scored an upset victory over former WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi.
Nonetheless, in accordance with Lobov, he has nonetheless not been paid for the occasion.
“I don’t perceive what he was denying as a result of he is aware of he owes me cash,” Lobov advised Bloody Elbow. “He’s saying denying that, oh, it’s it’s it wasn’t 200,000 pay-per-view offered, however that is merely what he introduced. , he introduced, and any person truly pulled up an article there beneath Twitter, the tweet of Ariel Helwani and Feldman speaking about this.
“Somebody pulled up an article the place David Feldman introduced 200,000 pay-per-views offered. Like, he’s by no means offered me with the actual numbers. So, I can solely go off by what he reported to the media, , worldwide. So, that’s the place I bought this quantity. Now, honest sufficient. If he’s saying it was round 100,000 pay-per-view offered, okay, no drawback. In that case, he owed me about $75,000, .”
Artem Lobov in search of $30 million payday from Conor McGregor
The BKFC, in fact, is co-owned by McGregor, the person who was besties with Lobov.
The pair’s relationship soured after ‘The Russian Hammer’ filed a multi-million greenback lawsuit in opposition to McGregor to assert a stake in his Correct No. Twelve model of whiskey. Lobov admitted to turning down a $1 million supply from the Irish megastar after the model took off. As a substitute, Lobov is in search of 5 p.c of the proceeds obtained when McGregor offered Correct No. Twelve to Proximo Spirits for a whopping $600 million.
