LT Nelson and Rico Franco have the utmost mutual respect for one another since their first combat, however that doesn’t imply that the bare-knuckle champions wouldn’t throw down once more sometime.
The 2 initially fought contained in the BKB Mighty Trigon, again when the promotion was known as BYB Excessive, throughout their Might 2022 providing. It was at BYB 10: Biloxi Brawl that Nelson would halt Franco within the second stanza of their bare-knuckle showdown to notch the victory.
Referencing ‘Smash’ Nelson predicting that Franco would once more beat Connor Tierney of their rematch at BKFC 90 for interim gold at 165 kilos, and addressing that the 2 warriors [Nelson and ‘Bon Bon’ Franco] appear to be they’ve nice admiration for one another, Rico Franco mentioned [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Yeah, positively. It’s all enterprise finish of the day. There’s no; folks can take issues private and stuff. There’s a number of historical past with me and Connor Tierney. However I imply, he’s getting smashed and it’s all mindset going into there. However I’ve obtained no hate in direction of anyone. It’s simply enterprise for me. However there’s some actually good folks on this sport, good fighters. Dustin Pague, he’s a correct fighter. He gave me a message after the combat being actually respectful.”
“So, it’s going to be a pleasure… Someday, you by no means know. I’d like to rematch him [LT Nelson]. So, I do know we’re on totally different promotions, however that might be my aim, to combat LT in the future as a result of he’s on a successful streak. Nice fighter. I’d like to do it on BKFC to be trustworthy. Not in that triangle, however who is aware of what the long run holds.”
LT Nelson responds to Rico Franco
On the opposite finish of this binary, when giving his personal ideas on Rico Franco’s championship-winning effort over Connor Tierney at BKFC 90, which the two-division BKB champ predicted would occur within the pre-fight construct, LT Nelson acknowledged [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Yeah, I like that, man. Shout out to Rico [Franco], bro. He’s a badass and helped me. Helped me carry out and be higher myself, too. So, I like that as effectively. It’s good to; I all the time like seeing those that I beat and carried out in opposition to do effectively as a result of that cementss what I do much more in my head. Exhibiting me that I’m top-of-the-line.”
