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Fighting a fellow social-media influencer is one thing.

Fighting an unbeaten bare-knuckle fighter with a string of three straight wins by TKO is another.

Still, that鈥檚 the crazy, outrageous, foolhardy, borderline stupid kind of thing that has earned Bryce Hall his 24 million followers on TikTok.

Hall, a 23-year-old Maryland native who now does his TikTok thing out of his home in Los Angeles, is scheduled to face Guillermo 鈥淕ee鈥� Perez of Plant City, Florida on Friday in the semi-main event of a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship card at Tingley Coliseum.

This comes slightly over two years after Hall lost a boxing match to YouTube influencer Austin McBroom via third-round TKO.

sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 John Dodson (2-0 BKFC, (24-13 MMA) is scheduled to fight Friday鈥檚 main event against JR Ridge, a native of the Philippines who lives in Tampa, Florida, in a battle for the vacant BKFC flyweight (125-pound) title.

Eric Dodson (2-0), John鈥檚 bigger younger brother, is also on the card. He鈥檚 matched against Floridian Robert Armas (1-2).

A total of 12 bouts are scheduled.

At a news conference on Wednesday at Dave & Buster鈥檚, Hall and Perez traded the obligatory verbal jabs 鈥� several of them X- or R-rated and at times anatomically questionable, if not impossible.

鈥淵ou ain鈥檛 gonna do (expletive),鈥� Perez said, speaking directly to Hall. 鈥淎ll that (expletive), you ain鈥檛 gonna do nothing.鈥�

Hall鈥檚 response was unprintable, involving a certain body part.

One possible advantage for Hall in this matchup: He鈥檚 much the bigger of the two, having slimmed down to make Friday鈥檚 contracted weight of 165 pounds. In contrast, Perez weighed 135 pounds for his last fight just six weeks ago.

鈥淚鈥檓 dying right now,鈥� Hall said. 鈥淚 want a slice of pizza, honestly, and a fat-ass burger.鈥�

Perez said he didn鈥檛 have that problem. 鈥淚鈥檝e been eating 10 times a day,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 (expletive) envy you,鈥� Hall said.

Perez and Hall, in fact, were already acquainted. Perez, after weighing in for his June 23 victory over Phillip Ryan Carroll in Florida, walked over to Hall, who was in attendance, and lightly cuffed him on the side of the head.

Hall took far more than one shot to the head in his loss to McBroom, a former college basketball player who beat and bloodied Hall in June 2021 en route to pocketing $1 million in a side bet the two made.

鈥淧lainly, I wasn鈥檛 good with the gloves,鈥� Hall said on Wednesday. 鈥淪o I decided to take them off.鈥�

THE OTHER BROTHERS: Boxing and MMA promoters can always count on Belen brothers Gene and Derek Perez (no relation to Gee Perez). Their willingness to fight anyone, anytime, anywhere, though, hasn鈥檛 produced envious results on their won-lost records; they鈥檙e a combined 16-65-2 in the ring and the cage.

It鈥檚 possible, though, that Derek, at least, has found his niche in bare-knuckle fighting. He鈥檚 1-0 in the BKFC circle after his fight-of-the-night victory by unanimous decision over sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Anthony Sanchez at Tingley in February.

Derek Perez, 31, is scheduled to face South Carolinian Keith Richardson (2-0 BKFC, 22-11 MMA) on Friday.

Older brother Gene, 33, is matched against Sanchez, the guy his younger sibling beat in February.

At Wednesday鈥檚 news conference, BKFC President Dave Feldman said the winner of the Perez-Richardson fight might be in line for a title shot at 135 pounds.

Of his unbeaten status in bare-knuckle fighting 鈥� he said he won an earlier such bout five years ago 鈥� Derek Perez agreed he may have found his combat-sports calling.

鈥淚鈥檓 ready to win some more bouts in this (stuff),鈥� he said.

TROUT鈥橲 NOT OUT: After Las Cruces world champion boxer Austin Trout defeated sa国际传媒官网网页入口 MMA star Diego Sanchez at the BKFC鈥檚 February event at Tingley, the BKFC announced plans for a June card at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces with Trout in the main event.

That event did not happen, but Feldman said the BKFC still has plans for Trout.

鈥淚 think we have something popping,鈥� Feldman said. 鈥溾�� If it does (happen), he鈥檒l be back probably the first week of November.鈥�

Feldman said he couldn鈥檛 commit at this point to a location for Trout鈥檚 next BKFC fight.

LOVING IT HERE: The BKFC鈥檚 Feb. 17 card at Tingley drew a paid of attendance of 6,792, which remains a record for the 5-year-old organization.

Feldman said the BKFC鈥檚 relationship with sa国际传媒官网网页入口 will only become closer.

鈥淲e鈥檙e also gonna do some other partnerships with some really popular local people here,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd we鈥檙e gonna blow bare knuckle up in the state of New Mexico in 2024.鈥�

Feldman said he鈥檚 had preliminary discussions with sa国际传媒官网网页入口 boxing promoter Teresa Tapia regarding such future projects.