{"id":266797,"date":"2025-11-06T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/266797\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:36:14","slug":"ex-ufc-veteran-bryan-battle-teases-possible-fight-with-bkfc-star-on-future-dbx-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/266797\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-UFC veteran Bryan Battle teases possible fight with BKFC star on future DBX event"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUF 29 winner and former UFC veteran Bryan Battle has comfortably moved on from his stint with the promotion, signing with the PFL in September<\/a> as he enters his next chapter of his combat sports career.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, though, Battle (12-2, 1 NC MMA) has remained active within the space and delivered yet another jaw-dropping performance in a promotion quickly drawing credibility: Dirty Boxing Championship.<\/p>\n

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Battle’s 48-second knockout of Nick Kohring (13-2 MMA) at DBX 4 last Thursday ran his record to 2-0 in the promotion. He is now seeking much bigger opportunities moving forward.<\/p>\n

“Essentially, if you just list the Top-10 guys in my division [middleweight], that’s who I want to fight,” Battle told MMA Knockout’s Zain Bando.<\/a> “Like, whoever the world, the fans the [MMA] community…cause, like, perception is reality. There’s probably some dude somewhere in some tiny country in another part of the world that’s like Top-10 caliber, but we’ll never know who he is. Whoever is perceived to be a challenge, that’s what I want to do, brother.”<\/p>\n

Despite having few names to call out, two stand-out. More specifically, DBX part-owner Mike Perry (14-8 MMA) and UFC veteran Nate Landwehr (18-7 MMA).<\/p>\n

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Bryan Battle celebrates after defeating Nick Kohring during a Dirty Boxing Championship middleweight bout at The Pinnacle Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. | Mark Zaleski \/ The Tennessean \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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“I mean, like, Mike Perry would be the No. 1 person,” Battle said.<\/p>\n

As for Landwehr, who is currently on a two-fight losing skid, Battle said Landwehr previously dropped his name for a potential DBX fight in the near future.<\/p>\n

But, for now, though, Battle said he is interested in what the PFL has to offer at middleweight and welterweight if the oppportunity arises.<\/p>\n

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“The PFL just has a wealth of talent at middleweight,” Battle said. “And potentially welterweight one day. You know what I’m saying? I’m just excited. I’m motivated. There’s a lot of work left to do.”<\/p>\n

Battle said he is extremely aware of the long-term risks of competing in combat sports, recognizing that his window of opportunity is really short.<\/p>\n

“Like, right before I got cut [from the UFC] before I was supposed to fight Nursulton [Ruziboev], I was coming off an eight-month layoff, you know what I’m saying? So, for someone like me, that’s tough. That’s tough to deal with. Maybe that’s like a personal problem and I need to look at how to like figure out how to deal with that better. But, it’s like, being able to stay active. Fighters got limited shelf-time, and I want to make the most of the time I got.”<\/p>\n

Battle begins his PFL career on a four-fight winning streak, earning a split decision against Randy Brown (20-6 MMA) last December at UFC 310.<\/p>\n

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