| 2026 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 17, 2026 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Fights | ||||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2026 is the ninth year in the history of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a bare-knuckle fighting promotion based in Philadelphia.
The 2026 season started with BKFC 86 Mohegan Sun: Lane vs. Pague on January 17, 2026.
| # | Event | Date | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BKFC 86 Mohegan Sun: Lane vs. Pague | January 17, 2026 | Mohegan Sun Arena |  Uncasville, Connecticut, USA |
| 2 | BKFC Knucklemania VI | February 7, 2026 | Xfinity Mobile Arena | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 3 | BKFC Fight Night Mohegan Sun: Porter vs. Watson | March 28, 2026 | Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville, Connecticut, USA |
| BKFC 86 Mohegan Sun: Lane vs. Pague | |
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| Promotion | Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship |
| Date | January 17, 2026 |
| Venue | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| City | Uncasville, Connecticut |
BKFC 86 Mohegan Sun: Lane vs. Pague (also known as BKFC on DAZN 9) was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on January 17, 2026. [1]
A BKFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Julian Lane and Dustin Pague headlined the event. [1] Former WBO junior lightweight boxing champion Jamel Herring made his debut against Matt Guymon. [2]
| BKFC 86 Mohegan Sun: Lane vs. Pague [3] | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight 75 kg | Dustin Pague | def. | Julian Lane (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 6 | 2:00 | For the BKFC Welterweight Championship. The fight went to a sixth overtime round. 57-56, 57-56, 57-56. |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Jamel Herring | def. | Matt Guymon | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 2:00 | 50-43, 50-43, 50-43 |
| Welterweight 75 kg | Ramiro Figueroa | def. | Dalvin Blair | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 2:00 | 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Rico DiSciullo | def. | Ashton Caniglia | KO | 2 | 0:26 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg |  Guilherme Viana | def. | Juan Figuerva | KO | 1 | 1:59 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Ras Hylton | def. | Branko Busick | TKO | 5 | 1:53 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Trey Martin | def. | Nathan Ghareeb | Decision (split) | 5 | 2:00 | 47-48, 48-47, 49-46 |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Joey Gambino | def. | Kurtis Ellis | TKO | 2 | 1:08 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Featherweight 66 kg | Brandon Meneses | def. | Zach Pannell | TKO | 1 | 0:55 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Jared Lennon | vs. | Chachi Versace | Draw | 5 | 2:00 | 48-46, 46-48, 47-47 |
| BKFC Knucklemania VI | |
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| Promotion | Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship |
| Date | February 7, 2026 |
| Venue | Xfinity Mobile Arena |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
BKFC Knucklemania VI is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 7, 2026. [4]
A BKFC World Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Ben Rothwell and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski is scheduled to take place at the event. [5] The two previously met twice in mixed martial arts: first in July 2008 at Affliction: Banned, where Arlovski won by third‑round knockout, and again in July 2019 at UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards, where Arlovski earned a unanimous decision victory. [5]
A heavyweight bout between current BKFC Light Heavyweight World Champion (also former Cruiserweight World Champion) Lorenzo Hunt and former UFC Middleweight Championship challenger Yoel Romero (also former Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship challenger) was scheduled to serve as the co-main event. [5] However, Romero became ill with the flu and was replaced by current BKFC Middleweight Champion in what will now be a non-title 199 lb catchweight bout. [6]
Matthew Semelsberger was scheduled to fight Prince Nyseam but he was forced to pull out of the fight due to severe neck pain and was replaced by Brett Shoenfelt. [7]
| BKFC Knucklemania V | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Ben Rothwell (c) | vs. |  Andrei Arlovski | For the BKFC World Heavyweight Championship. | |||
| Catchweight 90 kg | Lorenzo Hunt | vs. | David Mundell | ||||
| Lightweight 70 kg | Ben Bonner | vs. | Tony Soto | ||||
| Middleweight 79 kg | John Garbarino | vs. | Kaine Tomlinson Jr. | ||||
| W.Bantamweight 61 kg |  Jade Masson-Wong | vs. | Crystal Pittman | ||||
| Middleweight 79 kg | Mike Richman | vs. | Joe Elmore | ||||
| Featherweight 66 kg | Pat Sullivan | vs. | Charles Bennett | ||||
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Patrick Brady | vs. | Bear Hill | ||||
| Lightweight 70 kg | Zedekiah Montanez | vs. | Brandon Meyer | ||||
| Middleweight 79 kg | Cody Russell | vs. | Harrison Aiken | ||||
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Cruiserweight 93 kg | Lex Ludlow | vs. | Zach Culmus | ||||
| Middleweight 79 kg | Prince Nyseam | vs. | Brett Shoenfelt | ||||
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Travis Thompson | vs. | Joshua Oxendine | ||||
| BKFC Fight Night Mohegan Sun: Porter vs. Watson | |
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| Promotion | Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship |
| Date | March 28, 2026 |
| Venue | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| City | Uncasville, Connecticut |
BKFC Fight Night Mohegan Sun: Porter vs. Watson is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event to be held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on March 28, 2026. [8]
A heavyweight bout between Parker Porter and Josh Watson is scheduled to headline the event. [8]
| BKFC Fight Night Mohegan Sun: Porter vs. Watson | |||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Parker Porter | vs. | Josh Watson | ||||
| Middleweight 79 kg | Pat Casey | vs. | Zeb Vincent | ||||
| Featherweight 66 kg | Harry Gigliotti | vs. | Timmy Mason | ||||
| W.Flyweight 57 kg | Alexandra Ballou | vs. | Taylor Dagner | ||||
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Lardy Navarro | vs. | Rick Caruso | ||||