Sydney Smith will throw down with Taylor Starling at BKFC Blood 4 Blood on May 6th. This was not always the case though, as Marisol Ruelas was initially supposed to be fighting Taylor Starling at this BKFC event. In terms of the timeline element for being made privvy to this vacancy from Ruelas that is leading to her return to the BKFC ring after over eighteen months on the sidelines, Smith said [viaBare Knuckle Bowker],

“So we officially accepted it on Monday. But it was presented to me like late in the week. Probably about a week ago. She had reached out to me. I guess Marisol [Ruelas] had been KO’ed in California. They were hoping that she was going to get cleared, but California is very, very strict. So, she didn’t end up getting cleared. So they needed a last minute dance partner. Everybody knows you call Sydney, call ‘Sundance’, she’ll step in and fight. This is not the first time.”

“Before Crystal Pittman, there was a fight that they asked me to step in on short notice. I said yes, signed the contract. They nixed that fight from the card kind of at the last minute. Then they canceled the whole Virginia card and then they had Crystal Pittman’s opponent fall out. So I was like geared up for a fight anyway and even though it was at 135 and I’ll probably never never do that again. But I took the fight. I was like yeah, I’ll fight her.”

“Then it was last year, they had that fight in New Mexico with Crystal Van Wyk and Jenny Savage. Jenny missed weight by an exorbitant amount. So they called me and they’re like, “Hey, Sydney, will you fight on a day’s notice?” I was like, “Hell yeah, I will.””

“But then I forgot that I didn’t have my real ID because that’s so stupid. But, so that’s why I couldn’t fly down and take that fight on a day’s notice because I would have. Then this fight came up on, like a little bit over a week’s notice and I was like, “Yeah, I’ll fight you.” Like, I don’t care. So that’s how we get here [laughs]. Sydney will always say yes [laughs].”

Smith has fought on big BKFC events before, including their tentpole event KnuckleMania at BKFC’s fourth installment on the annual card. When offering her thoughts on this BKFC Blood 4 Blood event, with it being a hybrid of a live metal show and bare knuckle fights interspersed in there, Smith stated [viaBare Knuckle Bowker],

“I think it’s cool. I don’t really know like the logistics of it. You know what I mean? Like where are the bands? I’m not privy to any of that information. I think I did just get the itinerary earlier, but like I haven’t had a chance to look at it because I was in the gym. But yeah, I mean it’s cool, right? But like I don’t really listen to a lot of metal [laughs]. I mean I listen to like Christian rock and stuff. They do have some like screaming Christian music. Which I listen to a little bit of that.”

“But, everybody’s just messaging me like, “This so cool. You’re on with Alex the Terrible and Slaughter to Prevail.” I’m like, “I mean, I don’t want to just [get] ripped to shreds.” Like, I don’t know who any of these people are. Like, I really don’t. So I think it’s awesome that they’re coming up with different ideas. But I just want to fight [laughs]. I don’t care if it’s on KnuckleMania. I don’t care if it’s on a random card. I don’t care if it’s with concerts. I don’t care. I just want to fight.”

“I haven’t had the opportunity. I haven’t been presented the opportunity to fight in over a year and a half. Other than that last minute fight with Crystal Van Wyk. So, yeah. Gimme [laughs].”

Fighting someone like Taylor Starling, who has so much cache in BKFC, having been one of their bigger grassroots stars. Describing how she feels clashing with someone who has fought for titles in multiple weight divisions in BKFC, Smith quipped [viaBare Knuckle Bowker],

Source: LowKickMMA.com