BKFC RETURNS TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 11!
JOHN DODSON VS. JR RIDGE HEADLINES IN BKFC FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!
Tickets Now On-Sale
Albuquerque, New Mexico (June 15, 2023) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, make their highly anticipated return to the legendary fight town of Albuquerque, New Mexico with BKFC-48 on Friday, August 11 at Tingley Coliseum with a sensational main event as local all-action attraction, #2 ranked John ‘The Magician’ Dodson, (2-0), battles #1 ranked JR ‘The Lion’ Ridge, (3-1), of Tampa, FL for the first ever BKFC Flyweight World Championship.
Tickets starting at $45 are Now On-Sale at BKFC.com. Tingley Coliseum is located 300 San Pedro Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87107. BKFC-48 will also be broadcast internationally as part of the BKFC+ Subscription for $7.99 per month on the New BKFC App – The Best Value in Combat Sports and is sponsored by Bucked Up, Only Fans, Crescent Tools, LIONS NOT SHEEP and Knockout Gummies.
“This is our third event in the famed fight town of Albuquerque and we could not be more excited to return,” said David Feldman, President and Founder of BKFC. “Our first two events in Albuquerque have drawn huge, record setting, sold-out crowds and we promised the fans after KnuckleMania 3 in February we would be back this summer with another world-class event.”
“Our headliner on August 11 features the two most exciting and most skilled flyweights in the world, John Dodson and JR Ridge, and we could not be prouder to crown our first BKFC Flyweight World Championship belt to the victor,” said David Feldman. “We’re also going to be announcing a tremendous undercard featuring some of the best local and national bare-knuckle fighters. Friday, August 11 will be a very special night!”
On February 17, 2023 in front of a sold-out crowd of over 8,000 fans, BKFC presented KnuckleMania 3 headlined by a sensational BKFC Light Heavyweight Championship between arch-rivals Lorenzo Hunt and Mike Richman. Dropped hard midway through the first round by Richman, Hunt would regain his footing and immediately drill Richman to the canvas with a huge right hand ending the fight. The knockdown of Hunt and subsequent knockout of Richman was an international viral sensation.
Also at KnuckleMania 3, John Dodson scored an electrifying first-round knockout of Jarod Grant cementing his status as one of the top fighters in the division and a must-see attraction. A two-time world title challenger in the UFC, Dodson burst onto the BKFC landscape with a first-round knockout of Ryan Benoit on August 27, 2022 at the promotions’ first event in Albuquerque.
JR Ridge, a native of the Philippines, is challenging for the BKFC Flyweight World Championship following a dominant decision victory over Chance Wilson at BKFC-32 on November 5, 2022. He also holds show-stopping knockouts over Justyn Martinez (BKFC Fight Night: Tampa 2) and Jerald Gregori (BKFC Fight Night: Tampa).
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About Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC)
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is the first promotion allowed to hold a legal, sanctioned, and regulated bare knuckle event in the United States since 1889. Based in Philadelphia, and headed by President and former professional boxer David Feldman, BKFC is dedicated to preserving the historical legacy of bare knuckle fighting, while utilizing a specifically created rule set that emphasizes fighter safety. BKFC holds all of its bouts in a revolutionary circular four-rope ring, designed to encourage fast-paced and exciting bouts. The patented BKFC “Squared Circle” contains scratch lines, based on the Broughton Rules which governed bare knuckle fighting in the 19th century, and which requires fighters to “Toe the Line”: start every round face to face, and just inches apart.
In BKFC, only those fighters who are established professionals in boxing, MMA, kickboxing, or Muay Thai are allowed to compete. The referees and judges are required to have extensive professional combat sports experience. All fights are held under the auspices and control of an Athletic Commission. Unlike other fighting organizations and combat sports internationally which claim to be “bare knuckle”, but require wraps, tape, and gauze; BKFC is true to its word as fighters are not allowed to wrap their hands to within one inch of the knuckle. This makes BKFC unquestionably the truest form of bare knuckle fighting. BKFC is dedicated to not just creating the safest, most exciting, and highest-level bare-knuckle fighting organization in the world, it’s also leading the way for a new fully recognized professional combat sport. BKFC is truly the sport of the future, which fully respects its remarkable past.
