The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) will make its debut in Scotland this autumn.A BKFC Fight Night card has been booked to take place at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on November 7, with the promotion also preparing for a massive $25million tournament next year.McGregor has been a minority owner of BKFC since April 2024AFPIn the main event, Scotland’s own undefeated bare-knuckle star Sean Weir challenges BKFC UK light heavyweight champion Conor Cooke.Last time out in March, Weir scored a savage first-round knockout over the experienced Matty Hodgson at BKFC Newcastle to extend his record to 3-0.The 34-year-old former amateur MMA fighter first entered the bare-knuckle scene last July, scoring a swift KO on his debut under the BKB banner.‘The Butcher’ then stopped highly-rated prospect Joe Lister on his first BKFC appearance at Manchester’s AO Arena two months later.View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/BKFCGLASGOW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwWeir had a front-row seat at the same venue earlier this month for the launch press conference of Darren Till‘s BKFC 94 clash with fellow former UFC star Yoel Romero on September 26.He and Till both agreed it was destined that they would meet in the promotion co-owned by Conor McGregor down the line, but Weir must get through Cooke first.Cooke, who once had Jon Jones pull a gun on him when he trained as an MMA fighter, has been in the combat sports world for well over 20 years now.He has scored some vicious knockouts throughout his bare-knuckle career, building up a 6-1 record since his BKFC debut in 2023.In his last fight, Cooke stopped Anthony Holmes in the third round of their Derby bout to claim his UK light heavyweight title.The Northern Irishman’s first defence comes in enemy territory against Weir in a massive fight on British soil.Northern Ireland’s Cooke is BKFC’s UK light heavyweight championBKFCBKFC founder talks UK presenceBKFC founder Dave Feldman sat down with talkSPORT.com this month and explained why he feels strongly about establishing his promotion in the UK.“I think it’s big for a couple of things,” Feldman said.“It’s big for the fans, obviously. It’s big for the company to do that kind of number and to bring in that kind of revenue that really helps for the future of BKFC.“But I think it’s the best for the fighters because now the fighters fighting on the card, obviously, that’s amazing for them.“Those on smaller cards, fighting in front of 5,000 people, it gives them something to look forward to. Right?“Like, ‘Hey, if I do good here, I can make it on the next big card.’ And that’s what we always want to give these guys: something else to shoot for.Former UFC star Till headlines BKFC 94 in Manchester next monthBKFC“And I think we’re doing that with Till vs Romero.”