Drew Stuve will battle Will Santiago at BKFC Fight Night: Edmonton in the main event contest set for August 9th.

Stuve appeared on Bare Knuckle Bowker once again and discussed multiple topics like: -returning to the BKFC squared circle after spending around a year away from bare knuckle fighting action

-Michael Manno being his initial opponent for this card and adapting to the shift in opposition for this River Cree card

-feeling like he has a better, more accomplished opponent here in Santiago

-the discourse from BKFC about getting him a fight in the US at one point previously based on some conversations with Chris Lytle

-taking a gloved boxing bout last November and returning to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship here in a higher weight category

-why the Alberta native felt like he got screwed around in his gloved boxing bout from late last year in Montreal

-moving up to 175 pounds to better utilize his frame and why weight lifting has become a bigger priority to aid Stuve with his proficiency within the active clinch portion of bare knuckle fighting

-his team Wolfhouse dominating the BKFC Canada scene so far with the team having a double digit unbeaten record within BKFC

-Wolfhouse figurehead Ryan Ford preparing to make his bare knuckle debut this November against Taylor Bull in Havoc FC

-why Ryan Ford hasn't fought under the BKFC banner as of yet

-the competitive familiarity of fighting in BKFC at the River Cree

-if there is a peripheral awareness toward certain BKFC middleweights that he is looking to fight down the line

-thoughts on Santiago's resume and skillset within bare knuckle

-Santiago previously fighting Kevin Holland on Contender Series as well as Chris Curtis under mixed martial arts rules

-Santiago's only BKFC loss being to a ranked middleweight within Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in Dakota Cochrane

-juggling being a barber with full time work as a professional fighter

-teammates Hasan Al Ghanim and Chad Lucanas also competing on this card in the context of his thoughts on some bad faith individuals wanting Al Ghanim and Lucanas to fight someday

-Havoc FC and Rumble in the Cage promoting bare knuckle boxing bouts to grow the sport at a more grassroots level within Canada

-why Ontario bare knuckle fans will have to wait a bit for the sport to make it's way towards being regulated in that Canadian province

-his teammate Chad Lucanas throwing down with a fifty-plus fight veteran in Tim Tamaki in this BKFC Edmonton co-main event bout

-getting to now fight within a weight category that is helmed by the number one pound for pound fighter in the promotion, BKFC middleweight champion David Mundell