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A BKFC World Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Ben Rothwell and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski took place at the event. The two previously met twice in mixed martial arts: first in July 2008 at Affliction: Banned, where Arlovski won by third‑round knockout, and again in July 2019 at UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards, where Arlovski earned a unanimous decision victory.
BKFC 53 took place Friday, November 3, 2023 with 10 fights at Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida.
BKFC 47 took place Friday, July 14, 2023 with 11 fights at Jenkins Arena in Lakeland, Florida, USA
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 6: Malignaggi vs. Lobov' was a bare-knuckle boxing event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on June 22, 2019 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, USA. The BKFC 6 main event was the highly anticipated bout between UFC veteran and The Ultimate Fighter 22 finalist, Artem Lobov against the former IBF junior welterweight and WBA welterweight champion, Paulie Malignaggi. On the main card, the fight between Johnny Bedford and Reggie Barnett Jr. was the final in the BKFC Lightweight Tournament. The winner of this tournament was awarded the inaugural BKFC Lightweight Championship and Police Gazette Lightweight American Championship.
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 8: Silva vs. Gonzaga' was a bare-knuckle boxing event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on October 19, 2019 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida, USA. The main event of BKFC 8 is set to feature both UFC veterans and former UFC heavyweight title challengers, AntĂ´nio "Bigfoot" Silva vs Gabriel Gonzaga.
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 10: Lombard vs. Mundell' was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 15, 2020 at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, USA. Joe Riggs was scheduled to face HĂ©ctor Lombard in the main event, however Riggs suffered an injury in training and withdrew from the fight. David Mundell served as Riggs replacement, taking the short notice fight against Lombard. This event also featured the first 2 quarter-finals bout of the Tournament to crown the first BKFC Super welterweight Championship.
Bellator 178: Straus vs. Pitbull 4 took place on April 21, 2017 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut . The event aired live on Spike TV. Bellator returned to Mohegan Sun with a Featherweight world title fight pitting Daniel Straus against Patricio "Pitbull" Freire as the main event of Bellator 178. Straus and Freire have fought three times before; Freire won one by submission and once by decision, while Straus most recently won by decision. A middleweight bout between Ed Ruth and Aaron Goodwine was originally scheduled for this card, but failed to materialize. Ruth instead faced David Mundell.
