Marisol Ruelas: BKFC Sturgis, Eyes VanZant Bout, Power Slap Pay ＞ MMA Pay

2025-07-30

Marisol Ruelas will collide with Shyanna Bintiff at BKFC 79: Gogo vs. Lane on August 2nd. Ruelas appeared on Bare Knuckle Bowker to touch on multiple topics like: -having prior experiences in MMA, combat jiu jitsu, Power Slap, and Team Combat League in the context of when bare knuckle fighting got on her radar to compete under that ruleset -what different aspects are at play in this camp for her BKFC debut -continuing her work out of Team Top Notch on this near-8 year journey training out of...

Marisol Ruelas will collide with Shyanna Bintiff at BKFC 79: Gogo vs. Lane on August 2nd.

Ruelas appeared on Bare Knuckle Bowker to touch on multiple topics like: -having prior experiences in MMA, combat jiu jitsu, Power Slap, and Team Combat League in the context of when bare knuckle fighting got on her radar to compete under that ruleset

-what different aspects are at play in this camp for her BKFC debut

-continuing her work out of Team Top Notch on this near-8 year journey training out of that gym

-debuting in bare knuckle as part of BKFC's return to Sturgis with a massive attendance being drawn in at last year's effort as part of the long running Sturgis Motorcyle Rally

-appreciating the other women's BKFC fights on this card including Shelby Cannon vs Taylor Starling in a key strawweight bout

-entering the BKFC featherweight division with the company seeming like they're looking to keep building up that division after cementing their inaugural BKFC women's featherweight champ with Shift product Jessica Borga at BKFC Dubai

-this being a new weight class for her and the bulking processes

-the importance of weight lifting in bare knuckle fighting to serve the active clinch fighting portion of the game

-her opponent Shyanna Bintiff having prior bare knuckle bouts and amateur MMA experience heading into her BKFC-specific debut

-Aspen Ladd being announced as a new BKFC featherweight fighter

-the desire to compete with Paige VanZant in either Power Slap or BKFC after sharing spots on the Power Slap 12 event together

-some family members begging her to stop fighting when she got into MMA in the context of their thoughts on her doing bare knuckle

-how having a child altered the course of her combat sports efforts

-Power Slap paying her more than any of her MMA fights with experience under the Combate and King of the Cage banners

-focusing on run in bare knuckle as she now has a multi-fight contract with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

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