2024 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
The year 2024 is the seventh year in the history of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a bare-knuckle fighting promotion based in Philadelphia.
Background
The 2024 season started with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Fight Night Prospects: Albuquerque, followed by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 57 on February 2, 2024. BKFC is available on Triller TV PPV.List of events
| # | Event | Date | Venue | Location |
| 1 | BKFC Fight Night Prospects: Albuquerque | Revel Arena |  dts|2024|February|2BKFC Fight Night Prospects: AlbuquerqueBKFC Fight Night Prospects: Albuquerque was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on January 27, 2024.ResultsBKFC 57: Palomino vs. TroutBKFC 57: Palomino vs. Trout was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 2, 2024, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida, USA.BackgroundThe event was headlined by Luis Palomino against Austin Trout for the vacant BKFC Welterweight Championship. A women's flyweight bout with Christine Vicens and Sydney Smith was cancelled. An originally-scheduled flyweight bout between Matt Russo and Justin Street did not take place either.At the post-press conference, BKFC CEO David Feldman said this event was the highest-grossing and attended event for a combat sporting event at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino with almost 6,000 people in attendance. Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded bonuses:
BKFC Fight Night Prospects: ManassasBKFC Fight Night Prospects: Manassas was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 16, 2024.ResultsBKFC Fight Night Prospects: CanadaBKFC Fight Night Prospects: Canada was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on March 2, 2024.ResultsBKFC Fight Night Miami: Davis vs. WilsonBKFC Fight Night Miami: Davis vs. Wilson was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on March 15, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by Howard Davis against Sean Wilson.ResultsBKFC 58 Bulgaria: Markulev vs. KolevBKFC 58 Bulgaria: Markulev vs. Kolev was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on March 22, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by Kaloyan Kolev against Toni Markulev.ResultsBKFC 59 Albuquerque: Dodson vs. AgueroBKFC 59 Albuquerque: Dodson vs. Aguero was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on March 29, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by BKFC Flyweight Champion John Dodson against Dagoberto Aguero.The following fighters were awarded bonuses:
BKFC 60 Milton Keynes: Lilley vs. TenagliaBKFC 60 Milton Keynes: Lilley vs. Tenaglia was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on April 6, 2024.BackgroundThe event will feature three title fights and is headlined by James Lilley against Franco Tenaglia for the first ever BKFC Lightweight European Championship. BKFC UK Light Heavyweight Champion Danny Christie is set to defend his title against David Round. Gary Fox will face Ellis Shephard for the vacant BKFC UK Featherweight Championship.ResultsBKFC Fight Night Clearwater: Richman vs. LozanoBKFC Fight Night Clearwater: Richman vs. Lozano was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on April 12, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by former Interim BKFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mike Richman against Erick Lozano.ResultsBKFC Knucklemania IVBKFC Knucklemania IV was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on April 27, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by King of Violence Champion Mike Perry against former BKFC Middleweight Champion Thiago Alves. BKFC Cruiserweight World Champion and BKFC Light Heavyweight World Champion Lorenzo Hunt challenged BKFC Heavyweight World Champion Mick Terrill for the Heavyweight Championship in the co-main event. Former UFC fighter Todd Duffee debuted with the organization against Ben Rothwell. Former WBO interim light middleweight boxing champion Alfredo Angulo made his debut against Jeremiah Riggs.AftermathAt the event, Founder David Feldman announced that Conor McGregor and his company "McGregor Sports and Entertainment" were now part owners of BKFC. Feldman announced that the venue was almost sold out at a little over 7,100 in attendance. Feldman also stated twelve additional unannounced bonuses would be given to the boxers.The following were the announced bonuses:
BKFC 61 Connecticut: Rivera vs. StrausBKFC 61 Connecticut: Rivera vs. Straus is a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on May 11, 2024.BackgroundFormer UFC fighter Jimmie Rivera was featured in the main event against two-time Bellator Featherweight World Champion Daniel Straus.The main event was scheduled to be a women's bantamweight bout with former WBO female featherweight boxing champion Heather Hardy in her debut taking on BKFC Women's Flyweight Champion Christine Ferea. However, due to health issues relating to Hardy, the bout was scrapped. This pushed the Rivera vs. Straus bout to the main event. Former UFC fighter Michael Trizano and former Bellator MMA fighter Derek Campos were set to face each other in their BKFC debuts. However, in early May 2024, the bout was removed for unknown reasons. Trizano ended up facing Louie Lopez instead. Former Bellator MMA lightweight title contender Rick Hawn made his debut at this event as well. Former UFC fighter Louis Gaudinot was expected to face Sean Santella, but the bout was removed for unknown reasons on April 24, 2024. Bonus awardsThe following fighters were awarded bonuses:
BackgroundThe event was headlined by Carlos Trinidad-Snake against Dustin Pague.ResultsBKFC Fight Night Puebla, Mexico: Rubio vs. Rey GallegosBKFC Fight Night Puebla, Mexico: Rubio vs. Rey Gallegos is a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on May 25, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by Rudolfo Rubio against Luis Rey Gallegos.ResultsBKFC Fight Night Prospects: DenverBKFC Fight Night Prospects: Denver is a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on May 31, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by Keegan Vandermeer against Sawyer Depee.ResultsBKFC Fight Night Prospects: NewcastleBKFC Fight Night Prospects: Newcastle is a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on June 8, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by Paul Venis against former World Sambo Championships silver medalist Stanov Tabakov.ResultsBKFC 62 Hollywood, FL: Stewart vs. DuranBKFC 62 Hollywood, FL: Stewart vs. Duran was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on June 21, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by BKFC Featherweight Champion Kai Stewart against Bryan Duran for the featherweight championship. The co-main event featured a BKFC Bantamweight Championship title bout between champion Keith Richardson and Alberto Blas. In a third championship bout, Jared Warren faced Jomi Escoboza for the vacant BKFC Light Heavyweight Championship.Bonus awardsThe following fighters were awarded bonuses:
BKFC Fight Night Pechanga: Peralta vs. WarrBKFC Fight Night Pechanga: Peralta vs. Warr was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on July 12, 2024.BackgroundThe event was headlined by Robbie Peralta against Ruben Warr. Rizin Japanese kickboxer and bareknuckle boxer Tatsuki Shinotsuka was scheduled to make his debut against Cary Caprio, but the bout was removed for unknown reasons.ResultsBKFC 63 Sturgis: Hart vs. StarlingBKFC 63 Sturgis: Hart vs. Starling is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event to be held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on August 3, 2024. |