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2021 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Information
First dateFebruary 5, 2020
Events
Fights
Chronology
2020 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 2021 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

The year 2021 is the 4th year in the history of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a bare-knuckle fighting promotion based in Philadelphia.

Background

2021 season is expected to start with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 16. BKFC is available on PPV all over the world and on FITE TV.[1]

List of events

# Event Date Venue Location
1 Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 16 February 5, 2021 RP Funding Center United States Lakeland, Florida, USA

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 16: KnuckleMania

BKFC 16: KnuckleMania
Information
PromotionBare Knuckle Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 5, 2021
VenueRP Funding Center
CityUnited States Lakeland, Florida, USA

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 16: KnuckleMania will be a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 5, 2021 in Miami, USA.

Background

Paige VanZant is scheduled to make her bare-knuckle fighting debut in the main event.[2][3]

Chris Leben is scheduled to make his retirement appearance against Quentin Henry.[4]

Uly Diaz was initially scheduled to compete on the card, but was eventually removed from the card due to an unknown reason.[4][5]

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded bonuses:

  • Fight of the Night:

Fight Card

BKFC 16: KnuckleMania
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Women's Featherweight 57 kg United States Paige VanZant vs. United States Britain Hart
Lightweight 62.5 kg United States Johnny Bedford vs. Vietnam Dat Nguyen For the BKFC Lightweight Championship.
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Chris Leben vs. United States Quentin Henry
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Dillon Cleckler vs. United States Chris Jensen
Light Heavyweight 84 kg United States Lorenzo Hunt vs. United States Rob Morrow
Women's Bantamweight United States Charisa Sigala vs. United States Taylor Starling
Lightweight 62.5 kg United States Martin Brown vs. United States Zach Zane
Featherweight 57 kg United States John Chalbeck vs. United States Greg Bono
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight United States Dave Morgan vs. United States Travis Thompson
Bantamweight United States Jarod Grant vs. United States Brandon Lambert
Heavyweight 120 kg Israel Haim Gozali vs. United States John McAllister

See also

References

  1. ^ "Who is ready for the bareknucklefc debut of paige vanzant?". twitter.com/FiteTV/.
  2. ^ "Paige VanZant will make her BKFC debut on SuperBowl weekend". bjpenn.com.
  3. ^ "Paige VanZant Keen to Fight Britain Hart on Her BKFC Debut". essentiallysports.com.
  4. ^ a b Steven Marrocco (January 7, 2021). "BKFC announces 'Knucklemania' PPV on Super Bowl weekend featuring Paige VanZant vs. Britain Hart". mmafighting.com.
  5. ^ Thomas Myers (February 3, 2021). "Latest BKFC 16 fight card, PPV lineup for 'Knucklemania' on Feb. 5 — VanZant vs Hart". mmamania.com.