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2018 In Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
The year 2018 is the 1st year in the history of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a bare-knuckle fighting promotion based in Philadelphia. The season started with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 1: The Beginning. BKFC is available on PPV all over the world and on FITE TV. Background Heavyweight Championship Tournament Bracket * Joey Beltran replaced injured Ricco Rodriguez in the semi-finals. List of events Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 1: The Beginning Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 1: The Beginning was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on June 2, 2018, at the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. Background This was the first bare-knuckle boxing event by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) and the first sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing event in the United States since 1889. This event featured the quarter-final of a 8-Man Heavyweight Tournament. Results Bare Knuckle Fighting Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Adams (fighter)
Arnold Adams (born July 9, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle boxer. He currently competes in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, where he is the inaugural and a two-time BKFC Heavyweight Champion. As of April 4, 2025, he is tied at #4 in the BKFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. Mixed martial arts career Adams started his professional MMA career in 2008 and competed until 2016. Throughout his career, he compiled a 7-10 professional record. Bare-knuckle boxing career Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Heavyweight Tournament & BKFC Heavyweight Champion In his BKFC debut Adams faced DJ Linderman in the Heavyweight Tournament Quarter-Finals, at the inaugural Bare Knuckle FC event held on June 2, 2018. He won the bout via unanimous decision. Heading into the semi-final, Adams faced Joey Beltran at BKFC 2 on August 25, 2018. He won the fight by fourth-round technical knockout. This fight earned him the ''Fight of the Night'' award. Adams faced Sam She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Beltran
Joey Beltran (born December 9, 1981) is an American bare-knuckle fighter and mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. A professional mixed martial artist since 2007, he has competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, Bellator MMA, Bellator, Strikeforce (mixed martial arts), Strikeforce, and King of the Cage. He also competed in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship where he was the former Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship#Heavyweight Championship, BKFC Heavyweight Champion. Background Beltran was born in Oceanside, California, and raised in Carlsbad, California, by a single mother. He has an older sister. Beltran began boxing when he was 10 years old, and also was involved in street fighting from a young age. Beltran also began wrestling in middle school and was talented, but was initially not allowed to compete outside of practice because of poor grades and was eventually kicked out from the junior high. Beltran continued wrestling at Carlsbad High School (Carlsbad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
The year 2019 is the 2nd year in the history of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a bare-knuckle fighting promotion based in Philadelphia. The season started with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 4: USA vs Mexico. BKFC is available on PPV all over the world and on FITE TV. Background BKFC 2019 Awards The following fighters won the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship year-end awards for 2019: *BKFC Fighter of the Year 2019: Johnny Bedford *BKFC Fight of the Year 2019: Artem Lobov vs. Jason Knight 1 *BKFC Knockout of the Year 2019: Kaleb Harris against Johnavan Vistante Lightweight Championship Tournament Bracket Josue Rivera never arrived at the event, allowing Reggie Barnett Jr to advance to the semifinals by Forfeit. List of events Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 4: USA vs Mexico Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 4: USA vs Mexico was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 2, 2019 at the Beto Ávila Stadium in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Bedford
Johnny Bedford (born January 6, 1983) is an American retired mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle boxer. A professional from 2003 to 2017, he fought in the UFC, Bellator, the Legacy Fighting Alliance, and was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller. He also fought for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), where he was a former BKFC Bantamweight Champion. Background Bedford was born and raised in Woodville, Ohio. At the age of five, Bedford began wrestling year round. He and his family would travel all over the Midwest so Bedford could compete in various wrestling tournaments. He went on to wrestle for Woodmore High School, where his father was the head wrestling coach. Bedford was a three-time state qualifier, placed in the state tournament twice, and during his senior year finished third in the state tournament with a record of 51–1. After graduating from Woodmore he enrolled at Cleveland State University. At Cleveland State, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Brink
Aaron Franklin Brink (November 12, 1974 – May 26, 2023), also known by his stage name Dick Delaware, was an American professional mixed martial artist and pornographic film actor who competed in the Light Heavyweight division. He competed for King of the Cage, RINGS, UFC and World Extreme Cagefighting. Out of 57 career bouts, only one went to decision. Brink has appeared in episodes of '' Intervention'' and ''Divorce Court'' and portrayed Electro in '' Spider-Man XXX: A Porn Parody'' (2011). He was the father of Anderson Lee Aldrich, who was convicted of perpetrating the Club Q shooting in November 2022. Early life Aaron Brink was born on November 12, 1974, in Newport Beach, California. Raised by his blue-collar father in Huntington Beach, he developed passions for wrestling and surfing. Brink attended Huntington High before being expelled for fighting. From 1989 to 1992, he was in and out of juvenile detention centers on eight occasions. Brink was arrested and sentenced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Tate
Jennifer Rose Tate (born September 2, 1985) is an American female mixed martial artist. Tate started training in Taekwondo at the age of 13, and she earned her Black belt. She was the Northern California Golden Gloves champion in 2007 and 2008. She was also a contestant on the Muay Thai themed reality series ''Fight Girls''. In episode five, Tate fought and loss to fellow housemate Miriam Nakamoto to a split decision. She fought in Thailand 4 times winning all four fights. Tate is 1-0 as a professional boxer. Tate is trained by Moses Cortes Stockton, California with boxing coach Richard Perez. Early life Tate was born in Lodi, California on September 2, 1985. She got involved with taekwondo during her teens and received a black belt. Mixed martial arts career Tate made her mixed martial arts debut on June 3, 2006 and submitted Tonya Evinger with a triangle choke in the second round. The fight was the first women's bout ever sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Ferea
Christine Ferea (born September 10, 1982) is an American bare-knuckle boxer who competes in the flyweight division of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), where she is the current Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship#Women's Flyweight Championship, BKFC Flyweight Champion. Background Ferea was born in San Jose, California, United States. Growing up as a troubled kid, she fought in many street fights. She signed up at a gym in the hope to get fit, and after she was humbled by many fighters there, she started Muay Thai training. She found her way to BKFC in 2018, where she is currently the #1 ranked woman in the world at 125lbs. Ferea's moniker "Misfit", is tattooed on her left shin. Mixed martial arts career Early career Ferea amassed a record of 13–0 in amateur Muay Thai, and 1-0 professionally. She later transitioned to MMA. Ferea amassed a record of 3–0 in amateur mixed martial arts career from 2012 to 2015, fighting under King of the Cage (KOTC), Tuff-N-Uff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Riggs
Joseph Jonathan Riggs (born September 23, 1982) is an American professional bare-knuckle boxer and former mixed martial artist who was most recently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship where he lost via KO to Lorenzo Hunt. He formerly competed for the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, Bellator, ProElite, M-1 Global, and King of the Cage. Riggs is the former WEC Middleweight Champion. His MMA career ended with a failed drug test, that left him with a no-contest against George Sullivan Background Born in Sanford, Maine, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Riggs began boxing as a child with his father. Although Riggs is right handed, he was encouraged by his boxing coach to fight southpaw, making his power hand his left hand. Riggs began wrestling at Cactus High School in Glendale, Arizona. He followed in the footsteps of his hero, Randy Couture, and became an All-American twice, at Glendale Community College (Arizona), where he studied to get a Criminal Justice degree. Rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bennett (fighter)
Charles Daniel Bennett (born November 23, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the featherweight division of Gamebred Fighting Championship. He is also a bare-knuckle boxer who has competed in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC). Characterized by his unpredictable and explosive fighting style and persona, Bennett has been a professional competitor since 1999, with time spent in PRIDE Fighting Championships, Rizin FF, EliteXC, King of the Cage, World Extreme Fighting, and ShoXC. Although he has never won a championship in MMA, Bennett has gained a considerable cult following among fans. Background Bennett was born in Gainesville, Florida, and is the second-oldest boy of 11 siblings. Bennett lived in Gainesville for the first eight years of his life before moving to Ocala, Florida to live with his father after his mother was arrested on a drug charge. Bennett had a troubled upbringing as he came from a broken home, often getting into fights, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove (born November 12, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2003, he has also competed for the Bellator MMA, UFC, KSW, ProElite, King of the Cage, and was the winner of '' The Ultimate Fighter 3'' on Spike TV. Early life Grove was born in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii and is a graduate of Baldwin High School in Wailuku, Hawaii, where he was a high school wrestler and played football. Grove has a mixed ethnic heritage of Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Spanish, and Native American bloodlines. Kendall trained Brazilian jiu-jitsu in his freshman year in the high school and moved to Las Vegas in 2002 to focus in the sport. However, he got intrigued in mixed martial arts and begun training all aspects of it. Mixed martial arts career The Ultimate Fighter While on The Ultimate Fighter 3, Grove trained under Tito Ortiz, and won a preliminary victory against Ross Pointon by rear naked ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lytle
Chris Scott Lytle (born August 18, 1974) is an American retired mixed martial artist and boxer. A professional from 1999 until 2011 and twenty-fight veteran of the UFC, Lytle also fought in Pancrase, Cage Rage, and the WEC. He held the inaugural Cage Rage World Welterweight Championship and was a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter 4. During his tenure in the UFC, he was awarded "Fight of the Night" honors six times. Background Lytle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated from Southport High School in 1993. At Southport, he was an active member of the Wrestling team, finishing 4th at the Indiana State Wrestling Finals in his junior year and 2nd place his senior year. In fact, to this day, he still participates in workouts at the Southport High School with the wrestling team, Coach Petty and Coach Dildine. He has also helped coach at New Palestine High School. Lytle attended Indiana University, where he achieved a degree in sports management, Chris has a black belt in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall Of Fame
The Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame in Belfast, New York, dedicated to the sport of bare-knuckle boxing. It is housed in barns that were once owned by the Greco-Roman wrestling champion and physical culture pioneer William Muldoon. The heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, who fought in both bare-knuckled and gloved boxing contests, trained in these barns under Muldoon's guidance for his championship bout against Jake Kilrain in 1889. The barns were originally across Main Street from their current location, on the grounds of the Belfast Catholic Church. They were bought, moved, and restored by Scott Burt when the church became no longer interested in maintaining them. Burt opened the Hall of Fame in 2009, when it had its first induction class. The Hall of Fame houses plaques and memorabilia associated with bare-knuckle boxers that have been inducted to the Hall of Fame, as well as exhibits devoted to the general history of bare-knuckle boxin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |