{"id":542906,"date":"2026-03-15T23:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542906\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:52:08","slug":"former-wwe-champion-scores-ko-in-bkfc-debut-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542906\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE champion scores KO in BKFC debut (Highlights)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former WWE tag team champion Gzim Selmani \u2014 previously known as Rezar in WWE \u2014 made his highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bare-knuckle-boxing-results-rules-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC)<\/a> debut against Daniel Curtin at BKFC Newcastle last night (Sat., March 14, 2026). Despite suffering an early knockdown, the former WWE star rallied to score a knockout victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Selmani actually started the fight strong, rocking Curtin early with heavy punches. However, the momentum quickly shifted when Curtin caught him clean and scored a knockdown of his own in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Selmani recovered quickly and regained control of the fight, continuing to press forward with aggressive combinations. The former pro wrestler then turned the tide completely, dropping Curtin three times in the first round alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The punishment continued in the second frame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Selmani knocked Curtin down for a fourth time early in Round 2, forcing the referee to step in and wave off the fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After the win, Selmani cut an expletive-filled promo and made it clear he\u2019s ready to fight anyone in BKFC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI\u2019m here to knock motherf\u2014kers out, anywhere in the motherf\u2014king world. Come get it, motherf\u2014kers,\u201d Selmani said. \u201cI\u2019m f\u2014king done with everybody, motherf\u2014kers. Give it, get it. F\u2014k this place, too. What? Give it. Give it to me. I\u2019m the motherf\u2014king Albanian Psycho. I\u2019m the motherf\u2014ker who came from WWE to this place. I fought my ass off, and I\u2019m here. I\u2019m here to stay, motherf\u2014kers, whether you like it or not. The Albanian Psycho has arrived at BKFC, the most dominant, the most crazy sport, combat sport in the world. Let\u2019s f\u2014king get it. I\u2019m ready for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Before his time in professional wrestling, Selmani competed in mixed martial arts (MMA), even fighting once for Bellator MMA and competing against notable opponents like Ante Delija and Oli Thompson.<br \/>He later transitioned to WWE, where he found success as a tag team champion as part of the Authors of Pain before eventually returning to combat sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more BKFC news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bare-knuckle-boxing-results-rules-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former WWE tag team champion Gzim Selmani \u2014 previously known as Rezar in WWE \u2014 made his highly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,34465,786,40762,785,85,14855],"class_list":["post-542906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bare-knuckle-boxing","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}