BKFC resonates with the fans, in front of a sold out, pro-philly crowd against their own street fighting legend Eddie Alvarez 17,000 fans witnessed Jeremy Stephens put on a career performance landing big shots in the third round. Also picking up another win in the bare knuckle fighting championship was heavyweight Ben Rothwell who is a fellow UFC veteran and a BIG Heavyweight at over 280 pounds. Rothwell landed a KO shot over Mick Terrill at just 36 seconds into the first round to get his win.
UFC and Bellator MMA veteran Bec Rawlings went on to win a decision over the always entertaining Taylor Starling winning 50-45 on two cards while scoring a 10-8 round on another to get a 50-45 final score card. Pat Brady went on to use a forward aggression to put away Zach Calmus at 53 seconds of the first round. Former WBC World Muay Thai Champion Steve Panda Banks also secured a TKO win over Joey Dawejko who has professional boxing experience in the third round by TKO. Panda is a Bellator MMA veteran and BJJ Purple Belt.
Travis Thompson defeated Zachary Pannell via KO, Phil Caracappa got a DQ win over Noah Norman and on the preliminary fights we saw Cody Russell Defeat Logan Tucker on the BKFC KnuckleMania 5 fight card held in Philadelphia. It was a huge event with 17,000 fans and was a huge success. Do you think we will see Cris Cyborg in a bare knuckle fight one day? Cyborg has done BJJ, Wrestling, Nogi, MMA, Muay Thai, and professional boxing.
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