'King of the Street' promises to live up to nickname at PFL Madrid
Can Franco Tenaglia add "PFL champion" to an accolade list that already includes BKFC champion.
"El Rey de la Calle" aims to bring hardcore violence to the PFL cage – and perhaps do something that's not yet been done. Franco Tenaglia (5-2) has already made a name for himself in the bareknuckle boxing world. Now he looks to do the same in MMA as he makes his major promotional debut Friday at PFL Madrid when he takes on Yassin Najid (9-5) at Palacio Vistalegre.
Tenaglia plans to show the world that his nickname was earned, not given. "I got my nickname (meaning 'King of the Street') because, of course, I was fighting," Tenaglia recently told MMA Junkie Radio. "I'm a guy with a hard character.
I am not a p*ssy, and I never let anybody step on me. If any guy has a problem with me, I was always facing them. I don't know why, but everybody likes to fight me.
So I had to learn how to defend myself since I was very young. I got my nickname because all my life history and all the way I fight. That's why I got the nickname of 'El Rey de la Calle' because I come from a crazy background, a mafia background.