Last week, BKFC announced that they’d be heading to Newark, New Jersey on October 4th with the show being headlined […]

UFC Hall of Famer Frankie Edgar is ending his retirement but he’s not returning to MMA. Instead, the former UFC lightweight champion is taking on the challenge of a bare-knuckle fight as part of the first ever BKFC card in New Jersey on Oct.

Edgar, 43, is expected to face fellow UFC veteran Jimmie Rivera at a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships event Oct. 4 in his home state of New Jersey. Conor McGregor, a partial owner of BKFC, posted the news to his social media after an initial report by Uncrowned. Edgar's manager, Ali Abdelaziz, also confirmed the news.