BKFC RETURNS TO HARD ROCK LIVE ON SATURDAY, JULY 12 LEONARDO PERDOMO VS. ARNOLD ADAMS
Tickets Now On-Sale!
Hollywood, FL (April 28, 2025) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, returns to their second home,
Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL on Saturday, July 12.
Just announced is the highly anticipated, heavyweight main event between #4 Ranked and Undefeated Cuban Powerhouse, Leonardo Perdomo, (7-0) of Miami, FL and Former Two-Time World Champion and #3 Ranked Arnold ‘Bomaye’ Adams, (7-3), of Chicago, IL.
Tickets for BKFC -- Hollywood, FL: Perdomo vs. Adams are Now On-Sale and can be purchased online at BKFC.com. Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL is located in the beautiful Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314.
“Leonardo Perdomo has truly earned the reputation of BKFC’s ‘Mike Tyson’ with each of his victories coming by show-stopping first round knockout,” said David Feldman, Founder and President of BKFC. “However, Arnold Adams has been at the top of the mountain twice previously and knows what it takes to be the BKFC Heavyweight World Champion. This is an outstanding, can’t miss matchup in our stacked heavyweight division headed by our current champion, ‘Big’ Ben Rothwell.”
“Every one of Perdomo’s fights at the Hard Rock Live has taken place in front of sold-out crowds and we expect this event, our 11th at the venue, to be another tremendous success. We’ll also be announcing a stellar undercard shortly.”
Standing 5’11” and of similar build as heavyweight boxing icon Mike Tyson, Leonardo Perdomo kicked off his 2025 campaign with a devastating first round knockout of former boxing world champion Steve Herelius on March 27 at Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL. Prior knockouts in the opening stanza under the BKFC banner occurred last year against Levi de Costa (December 21, 2024), Steven Banks (September 13, 2024), Leo Bercier (June 21, 2024) and Bobby Brents (February 2, 2024).
The BKFC homegrown Perdomo made his promotional debut with a first-round stoppage of Joseph White (June 23, 2023), followed by the same result against Ryan Shough (August 24, 2023).
A longtime and popular BKFC veteran, Arnold Adams became the company’s first heavyweight world champion by defeating Sam Shewmaker at BKFC-3 on October 20, 2018. His second reign kicked off with a victory over then champion Joey Beltran at BKFC Fight Night New York on November 6, 2021.
Adams would successfully defend the world title against Dillon Cleckler on May 6, 2022 at BKFC-25 before having his title run stopped by Alan Belcher at BKFC-36. Most recently he challenged for the world title at BKFC-56 in a hotly contested clash with then champion Mick Terrill, losing in a rematch of his prior victory.
Additional fights for BKFC – Hollywood, FL: Perdomo vs. Adams will be announced shortly
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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.
