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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen shows her right middle finger knuckle is larger than the left after a healed injury at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen and Tomar “T-Bo” Washington train at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva. Washington is training for his bout with Will Sears. The local pair will be on the ticket for the Jan. 27 BKC 35 fights at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Tomar “T-Bo” Washington trains and teaches an MMA class at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Washington is training for his bout with Will Sears on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Tomar “T-Bo” Washington trains and teaches an MMA class at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Washington is training for his bout with Will Sears on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Tomar “T-Bo” Washington trains and teaches an MMA class at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Washington is training for his bout with Will Sears on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen takes a break from sparing with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Tomar “T-Bo” Washington trains and teaches an MMA class at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Washington is training for his bout with Will Sears on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Tomar “T-Bo” Washington trains and teaches an MMA class at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Washington is training for his bout with Will Sears on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Andy “The CrAsian” Nguyen spars with Fontini Kandris at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nguyen, 40, is training for the upcoming bout with Veronika “Russian Bomb” Dmitriyeva, 34, on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. Nguyen doesn’t spar with bare knuckles to minimize injuries. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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The Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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The Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Tomar “T-Bo” Washington trains and teaches an MMA class at the Fitness Edge MMA gymnasium in Carolina Forest on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Washington is training for his bout with Will Sears on Jan. 27 at the John T. Rhodes Sports Center in Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach event will be the first bare knuckle matches in the state after bare knuckle fighting was legalized in South Carolina in October. There will be about a dozen other matches in the fight with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $200. The rules for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 35 include fighters are permitted to wrap and tape their wrists, thumbs and mid-hands as long as the tape and gauze are an inch from the knuckles. Punches must be made with a closed fist and there can’t be kicks, elbows, knees or grappling allowed. Each round is two minutes with five rounds in each bout. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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