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BKFC 41 video: Eddie Alvarez, Chad Mendes all smiles during final faceoff

Check out the final faceoff between UFC vets Eddie Alvarez and Chad Mendes ahead of their co-main bareknuckle bout at BKFC 41.

The BKFC 41 weigh-ins took place Friday, and the respectful build continued for a pair of UFC veterans.

Former UFC lightweight champion [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] is hours away from making his bareknuckle debut against former UFC featherweight title challenger [autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag].

Alvarez officially weighed in at 165 pounds, while Mendes came in a pound heavier at 166 pounds for their co-main event bout.

During their faceoff, both fighters shook hands and had big smiles on their faces, completing one more respectful pre-fight obligation before they throw down in gloveless competition Saturday evening.

BKFC 41 takes place Saturday at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card streams on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.

Watch video of Alvarez and Mendes facing off in the video above.

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Video: BKFC 41: Mike Perry vs. Luke Rockhold weigh-in live stream

Watch the BKFC 41: Mike Perry vs. Luke Rockhold weigh-in live stream at 8 p.m. ET.

The BKFC 41 weigh-in takes place Friday, and you can watch a live stream right here on MMA Junkie at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).

A pair of bouts between UFC veterans headline the card. In the main event, [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] welcomes [autotag]Luke Rockhold[/autotag] to the bareknuckle boxing world in a middleweight bout, while [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] and [autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag] duke it out in the co-main event at 155 pounds.

BKFC 41 takes place Saturday at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card streams on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.

Before the fights happen, you can watch the ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs in the video above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for BKFC 41.

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BKFC 41 press conference: Best photos from Colorado

Check out these photos from Thursday’s BKFC 41 news conference with Luke Rockhold vs. Mike Perry and Eddie Alvarez vs. Chad Mendes.

Check out these photos from Thursday’s BKFC 41 news conference, which featured [autotag]Luke Rockhold[/autotag], [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag], [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag], [autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag], Ben Rothwell, Josh Copeland, Bec Rawlings and [autotag]Christine Ferea[/autotag].

The fighters took questions and faced off for the media ahead of BKFC 41, which takes place Saturday at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo., near Denver. The main card streams online on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point. (Photos courtesy of BKFC)

Video: BKFC 41 pre-event press conference live stream (5 p.m. ET)

Check out a live video stream of the final BKFC 41 pre-event press conference featuring UFC veterans Mike Perry, Luke Rockhold, and more.

The final BKFC 41 pre-event news conference takes place Thursday, and you can watch a live stream of the festivities right here on MMA Junkie at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT).

Expected to attend are UFC veterans [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag], [autotag]Luke Rockhold[/autotag], [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag], and [autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag], along with Bare Knuckle FC president David Feldman. Perry and Rockhold meet in the BKFC 41 headliner, with Alvarez vs. Mendes serving as the co-main event.

BKFC 41 takes place Saturday at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card streams on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.

Before the fights happen, you can watch the final news conference in the video above.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for BKFC 41.

Chad Mendes conflicted about fighting beyond BKFC 41: ‘This stuff isn’t a necessity anymore’

Chad Mendes says he’s still in his prime and hasn’t lost the desire to compete, so why is retirement on his mind before BKFC 41?

[autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag] hasn’t lost his desire to compete, but it needs to be worth it in order for him to continue past BKFC 41.

Mendes takes on Eddie Alvarez in the co-main event Saturday at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card streams on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.

Mendes, a multiple-time UFC title challenger, said he’s still in top form but admits one of his main motivations is money.

“Money talks big time,” Mendes told MMA Junkie Radio. “Obviously I feel like I’m still in my prime. I’m not to the point where I’m like, ‘Man, I’m falling behind here’ and starting to slack in sparring and getting beat up or anything like that. I’m still doing really well. I have no health issues, knock on wood right now, but obviously I feel like we’re all playing with fire every time we step in there. … I have a family and for me, it’s like this stuff isn’t a necessity anymore.

“The money that I get from fighting isn’t something I absolutely need. I have some other businesses that are successful and doing really well. (They) keep me busy, and they’re things that I absolutely love to do, but it is nice to still compete. I still have the drive and hunger to do it. Just at the time with the UFC, in my mind the money wasn’t worth it. The money’s worth it now from the last two fights I’ve had with this organization.”

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Mendes, 37, retired from MMA in 2019 before signing a multifight deal with BKFC in 2021. He teased retirement again in a recent interview, but as long as he isn’t taking too much damage and earns big paychecks, he could take one more fight after Alvarez.

“I said this might be the last one. I don’t know,” Mendes said. “We’ll just kind of see how this goes. If I go out there, and it’s a very successful fight for me and I don’t take a ton of damage and the money’s right and the opponent’s right, then maybe I’ll do one more. I don’t know. But I’m kind of taking it fight by fight. I wasn’t honestly sure if I was going to do another one after that first one.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for BKFC 41.

UFC veterans in MMA, boxing and bareknuckle action April 27-30

Check out which UFC veterans are in combat sports action across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC is back in Las Vegas at the UFC Apex for a key bantamweight bout. In the main event, [autotag]Ricky Simon[/autotag] takes on [autotag]Song Yadong[/autotag] in a fight scheduled for five rounds.

Elsewhere, many other MMA, boxing and bareknuckle events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

This weekend, there are a total of 24 veterans of the global MMA leader competing in MMA and boxing this week from April 21-23.

Check out the names and details about their bouts below.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

Chad Mendes says Eddie Alvarez could be last fight, has ‘zero interest’ in BKFC title

Chad Mendes could be competing for the last time later this month at BKFC 41.

[autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag] could be competing for the final time later this month.

Mendes meets fellow UFC alum Eddie Alvarez in the co-main event of BKFC 41, which takes place April 29 at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card will stream online on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.

A former three-time UFC featherweight title challenger, Mendes is widely considered one of the best fighters to never win a title. The 37-year-old looked impressive in his BKFC debut when he stopped Joshuah Alvarez, but unless he gets a lucrative paycheck for his next fight, he may call it a career.

“I don’t know. This honestly might be the last fight,” Mendes said in an interview with War Sports. “We’ll just kind of see how this one goes. But I mean, the plan in my mind is probably to hang them up after this. We’ve just gotta see how this fight goes, and we’ll go from there. I keep saying that, but money talks. I already told the wife this is likely to be the last one.”

He continued, “If we go out there and get a quick knockout, I might toy with one more.”

With a win over Alvarez, Mendes could position himself for a title fight against dual champ Luis Palomino. But Mendes said that’s not something he’s after.

“Honestly that fight has zero interest for me,” Mendes said. “Unless they were gonna pay big bucks, I just don’t see bare-knuckle offering the type of money that I would require to fight again with a guy like that. Nothing against Luis, I think he’s a stud.

“I just don’t see him having the name for them to be able to pay what I would want to get paid. In all honesty, I really have zero desire to win a bare-knuckle belt. But yeah, I mean, if the organization was gonna pay me some big bucks, and it was worth it, then sure. But just to chase the belt? No, I don’t really have any desire.”

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Best photos: BKFC 41 press conference

Check out these photos from the BKFC 41 news conference featuring Luke Rockhold, Mike Perry, Eddie Alvarez, Chad Mendes, and more.

LAS VEGAS – Check out these photos from Tuesday’s BKFC 41 news conference in Las Vegas, that featured [autotag]Luke Rockhold[/autotag], [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag], [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag], [autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag], Ben Rothwell, and [autotag]Christine Ferea[/autotag].

The two fighters will square off in a 185-pound bout at BKFC 41, which takes place April 29 at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card will stream online on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for BKFC 41.

BKFC 41 faceoff video: Eddie Alvarez, Chad Mendes size up respectfully

Watch what happened when Eddie Alvarez and Chad Mendes went face-to-face Tuesday in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] and [autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag] squared off for the first time Tuesday at a BKFC 41 pre-fight news conference at Palms Resort Casino and MMA Junkie was on site.

BKFC 41 takes place April 29 at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card will stream online on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point. Alvarez vs. Mendes will serve as the co-main event, with Luke Rockhold vs. Mike Perry as the main event.

Alvarez, 39, will make his bareknuckle debut in this bout. The bout will be his first combat sports competition since April 2021 and since his “amicable” departure from One Championship

Mendes, 37, is back for his second BKFC bout following his 2019 retirement from MMA. In February 2022, Mendes debuted in bareknuckle with a fourth-round TKO victory over Joshuah Alvarez at BKFC KnuckleMania 2.

Check out Alvarez and Mendes face off in the video above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for BKFC 41.

Video: Watch Tuesday’s BKFC 41 news conference live

Check out the BKFC 41 pre-fight news conference live from Las Vegas featuring Luke Rockhold, Mike Perry, Eddie Alvarez, and more.

LAS VEGAS – BKFC 41 is a little over three weeks away but the fighters with top billing will meet face-to-face Tuesday.

MMA Junkie is on site at Palms Casino Resort where a news conference takes place featuring former UFC fighters [autotag]Luke Rockhold[/autotag], [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag], [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag], [autotag]Chad Mendes[/autotag], and [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag], as well as BKFC women’s flyweight champion [autotag]Christine Ferea[/autotag] and BKFC president David Feldman.

Tuesday’s news conference kicks off at 3 p.m. ET with MMA legend [autotag]Chael Sonnen[/autotag] as host.

BKFC 41 takes place April 29 at 1STBANK Center in Denver. The main card will stream online on FITE TV with a $49.99 price point.

Watch a live stream of the event via the promotion’s feed above.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for BKFC 41.