It’s the final stateside Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Fight Week of 2022, as BKFC 34 takes place Saturday in Hollywood, FL, LIVE on the BKFC app from the beautiful Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Saturday’s offering features a pair of can’t-miss BKFC World Championship bouts, and that’s just scratching the surface. Check out our Top 3 storylines heading into fight night.
Another Historic Main Event
Through the first 50 events in BKFC history, many fans view Luis “Baboon” Palomino as the most dominant fighter to grace the Squared Circle. The numbers speak for themselves. Palomino is 7-0 and has long sat atop the BKFC Pound-for-Pound rankings. He’s also the longtime BKFC World Lightweight Champion, and added to his legacy by moving up in weight and winning the BKFC World Welterweight Championship in his most recent fight. On Saturday, he can become the first man to defend a BKFC World Championship five times as he puts his Lightweight Title on the line against his toughest challenge yet, Tom “A Gentleman of Violence” Shoaff. A successful MMA fighter before transitioning to bare knuckle fighting, Shoaff is 4-3 in BKFC. Although it admittedly took him a couple tries to get his footing in the Squared Circle, Shoaff has nevertheless established himself as one of the sport’s most game and dangerous fighters. He’ll be hunting for his fourth straight knockout victory against Palomino.
Middleweight Gold On The Line
In Saturday’s highly anticipated Co-Main Event, the unbeaten Francesco Ricchi defends his BKFC World Middleweight Championship for the first time against challenger David “Redneck” Mundell. Both heavy-handed fighters have left a path of destruction in their wake to this title bout. Ricchi’s record is perfect at 5-0 and Mundell is 5-1 with three straight victories. Four of Ricchi’s wins have come by knockout, while Mundell is headhunting for his fourth stoppage victory in the BKFC Squared Circle.
Stacked Card From Top To Bottom
BKFC Matchmaker Nate Shook did what he does best and put together a full slate of exciting, interesting and super competitive bouts for Saturday in Hollywood, FL. In the Feature Fight, Blake “Bad” Davis looks to improve to 2-0 in the Squared Circle with a second straight, first-round stoppage over William “The 208 Underdog” Dunkle (0-1) in their middleweight bout. Davis boasts a 9-0 record as a professional boxer, and Dunkle is 6-3 with three KOs as a professional MMA fighter. BKFC 34 also features several other highly intriguing fights, including a featherweight bout between Howard “HD” Davis (2-0-1) and Louie “El Loco” Lopez (2-1), a cruiserweight showdown between Chris "Golden Gloves" Sarro (2-3) and Stephen "Tomahawk" Townsel (1-1), as well as the return of UFC vet Jocelyn “Lights Out” Lybarger (0-1) against fellow top women’s flyweight prospect Christine Vicens (1-0).
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