Alex Terrible says he is fighting free at Blood4Blood Bkfc

Alex Terrible is set to make his fourth bkfc bare-knuckle start at Blood4Blood on Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Fla., and he says he is not taking a paycheck for it. The Slaughter to Prevail singer says the event is a concert-and-fight-card hybrid, and he helped fund it so the other fighters would get paid.

Terrible’s Blood4Blood gamble

Terrible, whose real name is Aleksandr Shikolay, said he does not have a clean explanation for why he stepped into bare-knuckle fighting in the first place. He had no background in combat sports or martial arts before deciding to test himself in a bare-knuckle brawl, and he said the pull has been internal rather than practical.

“I really don’t know,” he said when asked why he decided to fight. “Just because [my] heart wants this shit. Because with my mind, I cannot give an answer. It’s just because maybe I want competition and I just love combat sports.”

He added, “Maybe it’s just because of my inner fears, I want to fight. Something like that. I need therapy maybe, like a f*cking psychiatrist or some shit like that.”

Metal sets and bare-knuckle bouts

Blood4Blood was built around an idea one of his bandmates had: combine a fight card with a concert. Terrible said he helped organize the event, partnered with BKFC to promote it, and invested his own funds so the other fighters are being paid.

The show features a total of four bare-knuckle bouts, with Terrible booked against bull-rider and bare-knuckle enthusiast Cameron Delano in the main event. He is also scheduled to play with his band the same night, part of a worldwide tour that runs through October.

“Because I believe money shouldn’t be in the first place,” he said. “It should not be a priority. The priority for me is the art, is the main goal, is the concept, the business plan.”

Delano on Wednesday night

Terrible said the point of the concept is to mix metal and bare-knuckle boxing into one show, with fights between musical sets. “If you’re a metal head and you go to see your favorite band is playing and then between the sets and you’re watching f*cking people fighting bare-knuckle, it’s just a high f*cking endorphins and all of this shit,” he said. “It’s just a show.”

At 32, he is still pushing into a sport he entered without a combat background, and he said he believes in himself even while admitting he sometimes burns out or makes mistakes. “I think I just very believe in myself,” he said. The main event now carries a double load: Delano gets the fight, and Terrible gets the stage again hours later.