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Video: Watch BKFC 56 ceremonial faceoffs featuring Mike Perry vs. Eddie Alvarez, more

Check out the BKFC 56 ceremonial weigh-ins and faceoffs featuring Mike Perry vs. Eddie Alvarez, Jeremy Stephens vs. Jimmie Rivera, and more.

The world’s biggest bareknuckle boxing promotion is back with one of its most high-profile events to date.

BKFC 56 takes place Saturday at Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah as two pairs of former UFC contenders collide and three title fights take place. Friday, all of the fighters from Saturday’s card will come face-to-face one final time ahead of their bouts.

In the main event, [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] and [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] chuck knuckles to determine the “King of Violence.” Also on the card, [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag] battles [autotag]Jeremy Stephens[/autotag] in a matchup between two former UFC staples.

Three title fights are on tap, too: [autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Christine Ferea[/autotag], [autotag]Kai Stewart[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Howard Davis[/autotag], and [autotag]Arnold Adams[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mick Terrill[/autotag].

The full BKFC 56 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 9 p.m. ET)

  • Mike Perry vs. Eddie Alvarez – for “King of Violence” title
  • Champion Bec Rawlings vs. Christine Ferea – for women’s flyweight title
  • Champion Kai Stewart vs. Howard Davis – for featherweight title
  • Arnold Adams vs. Mick Terrill – for vacant heavyweight title
  • Jimmie Rivera vs. Jeremy Stephens
  • Bridger Bercier vs. Ben Moa
  • Mike Jones vs. Erick Lozano

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Ernesto Rodriguez vs. Keegan Vandermeer
  • Trevor Bradshaw vs. Troy Dennison
  • Danny Hilton vs. LJ Schulz

Video: BKFC 56 fight-week press conference faceoff highlights, with Christine Ferea and Bec Rawlings locked in

Christine Ferea and Bec Rawlings couldn’t take their eyes off each other before their rematch at BKFC 56.

The BKFC 56 fight-week news conference took place Thursday in American Fork, Utah and afterward, 12 fighters from six main-card bouts came face to face.

In the main event, former UFC standouts [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] and [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] meet in a middleweight bout for the “King of Violence” title. And in the co-main event, champ [autotag]Christine Ferea[/autotag] defends her women’s flyweight title in a rematch with [autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag].

Two other title fights are on the main card: featherweight champ [autotag]Kai Stewart[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Howard Davis[/autotag]; and [autotag]Arnold Adams[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Mick Terrill[/autotag] for the vacant heavyweight title. Another all-UFC bout takes place, as well, between [autotag]Jeremy Stephens[/autotag] and [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag].

Check out the video above to see those 10 combatants face off ahead of their bouts.

BKFC 56, one of the promotion’s biggest cards of the year, takes place Saturday at Maverik Center in Salt Lake City. The main card airs on FITE and the BKFC App.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for BKFC 56.

Video: BKFC 56 pre-fight press conference live stream

Watch the BKFC 56 pre-fight press conference live, featuring Eddie Alvarez, Mike Perry and many others.

The BKFC 56 pre-fight press conference takes place Thursday, and you can watch a live stream of the event right here on MMA Junkie beginning at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT).

The event features seven UFC veterans on the main card and three title fights. Expected to participate in the press conference are main eventers, former UFC champion [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] and [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag]. Also, at the press conference will be co-main heavyweights [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag] and [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag], along with BKFC president David Feldman.

BKFC 56 takes place Saturday, Dec. 2 at Maverik Center in Salt Lake City. The main card airs on FITE and the BKFC App.

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BKFC 36 results: UFC veteran Alan Belcher rallies, knocks out Arnold Adams for heavyweight title

UFC veteran Alan Belcher had to overcome a pair of knockdowns, but stormed back to knock out Arnold Adams for the BKFC heavyweight title.

It wasn’t easy, but UFC veteran [autotag]Alan Belcher[/autotag] now holds BKFC gold.

Belcher, a 15-fight veteran of the UFC , is now a bareknuckle heavyweight champion after just four fights with the promotion. “The Talent” knocked out Arnold Adams in the third round of the BKFC 26 main event to win the heavyweight title.

The 12-fight event took place at Pontchartrain Convention and Civic Center in New Orleans, and aired on BKFC.tv.

It didn’t take long for the fight to get intense.

Belcher was the aggressor in the initial moments of the fight, but Adams quickly took control of the center of the ring. After trading a few hard punches in close proximity, Belcher was busted open on the top of his head. Although, he didn’t appear worried about the blood as he returned to his stool.

In the second round, Adams continued to let his hands go, landing a crushing right hand to put Belcher down. After making the count, the fight continued, but Belcher touched the canvas again a moment later for a second knockdown. Adams taunted by leaning on the ropes, which would prove to be a premature celebration.

Turning the tides out of nowhere once getting back to his feet, Belcher landed a big punch that knocked Adams to the ground. The champ smiled while on the mat, and made the count. The fight continued into the third.

Belcher didn’t let off the gas, and caught Adams with a hard short uppercut to put him down again. This time, Adams would not beat the count, resulting in a title-winning knockout for Belcher.

Belcher, 38, who also competed in traditional gloved boxing after exiting the UFC, has not tasted defeat since returning to combat sports in 2021. He has now eight straight bouts: four in boxing and four in bareknuckle. Belcher began his pro MMA career in 2004 and made his UFC debut in 2006, where he competed until 2013.

Adams, 37, was attempting to defend his title for the second time, but came up short. He won the championship with a unanimous decision over Joey Beltran, and went on to stop Dillon Cleckler in the second round at BKFC 25.

Full results of BKFC 36 include:

  • Alan Belcher def. Anthony Adams via knockout – Round 3, 0:55
  • James Lilley def. Bobby Taylor via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 3, 2:00
  • Kaleb Harris def. Brad Kelly via knockout – Round 1, 0:39
  • Duke Sensley def. Joseph Creer via unanimous decision (50-45, 48-47, 48-47)
  • Dennis Labruzza def. Stephon Reese via knockout – Round 2, 1:24
  • Tony Jenkins def. Dillon Winemiller via TKO (referee stoppage) – Round 3, 1:25
  • Bryce Henry def. Brandon Shavers via knockout – Round 4, 1:53
  • Andrew Angelcor vs. David Bosnick results in unanimous draw (47-47, 47-47, 47-47)
  • Tyler Sammis def. Cody Schieve via knockout – Round 1, 1:32
  • Blake Lacaze def. Brett Williams via TKO (corner stoppage) – Round 3, 2:00
  • Brandon Meneses vs. Cody Mitchell results in a majority draw (48-46, 47-47, 47-47)
  • Michael Manno def. Frankie Shughart via knockout – Round 1, 0:25

BKFC heavyweight champ Arnold Adams ‘not at all’ threatened by Alan Belcher

BKFC champion Arnold Adams is not worried about Alan Belcher.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – [autotag]Arnold Adams[/autotag] likes what he saw from who’s likely going to be his next title challenger but not enough to be worried.

The BKFC heavyweight champion was impressed by [autotag]Alan Belcher[/autotag]’s latest win inside the ring. Belcher, a former UFC contender, picked up a first-round KO over Frank Tate in the main event of BKFC Fight Night: Jackson 2 earlier this month.

“He did his thing. I kind of had that fight as a tossup,” Adams told MMA Junkie. “Am I threatened by Belcher? Not at all. Am I impressed by his knockout? For sure.

“He overcame a 10-inch, almost 10-inch reach advantage to get the knockout. That says a lot about him, but at the same time, we know who Frank Tate is.”

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Adams expects his next title defense to come against Belcher. Although Belcher is now 3-0 in bare-knuckle boxing and has plenty of experience fighting at an elite level in the UFC, Adams believes his style will be difficult for Belcher to prepare.

“He will get a title shot. As a matter of fact, his next fight and my next fight, we’ll be fighting each other,” Adams said. “But the thing is that with me, no one can prepare for me.

“You can watch all my fights, but in all my fights I show you something different. So what do you prepare for? And when you get in there with me, even though you prepared so much, it’s still 110 percent different. You don’t know what you’re getting from me in a fight.”

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