In her debut bareknuckle bout, Sarah Shell used technique and a cool, calm approach to size up her opponent, Audra Cummings, throughout the first round of her undercard match at BKFC 33 in Omaha, Nebraska. When asked what she did to prepare for Cummings, Shell said, “I had to come in real powerful and technique-wise to match her ability to take on a brawler like she did in her last fight.”

Although Shell didn’t know what to expect coming into her first match in Bareknuckle, she took the time throughout the first round to find her range and feel out her opponent by using her reach to combine both body and head shots. As a striker with 18 previous MMA fights, Shell wanted to challenge herself and check off another item off her bucket-list. She said bareknuckle was just the answer by playing to her strengths as a puncher and striker. Shell finished off her thoughts by saying, “I loved it!”