Former WWE Superstar wins his BKFC debut

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Recently, a former Stamford-based promotion star proved himself and won his BKFC debut in style, showing that even professional wrestlers can be real fighters. The ex-star in question is Rezar (aka Gzim Selmani), who was part of WWE’s tag team, Authors of Pain.

Selmani won his Bare Knuckle fighting debut, defeating high-profile heavyweight Dan Curtin via second-round TKO at BKFC Newcastle. In his post-fight interview, he let the combat world know that he has arrived.

“I’m here to knock motherf**kers out anywhere in the motherf**king world. Come get it, motherf**kers, I’m done with everybody. Give it. Get it. f**k this place, too. What? Give it. Give it to me. I’m the motherf**king Albanian psycho. I’m the motherf**ker who came from WWE to this place. I have fought my a*s off, and I’m here. Thank you to David Feldman. Thank you to Conor McGregor. I’m here to stay,” he said.

When did Rezar leave WWE?

The 31-year-old star, along with his tag team partner Akam, was known as the Authors of Pain (AOP) during their time with the sports entertainment juggernaut. They were a dominant force in the tag division and held the NXT Tag Team Championship once and the RAW Tag Team Championship once.

The powerhouse duo was initially released by the sports entertainment juggernaut in 2020 during budget cuts. The dominating team returned to the big leagues in 2023 and was placed in Karrion Kross’ stable, The Final Testament, which was disbanded in 2025 with the second release of the AOP.

That being said, it will be interesting to see how far the former WWE star goes in the BKFC and whether his bare-knuckle fighting career takes off next.

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