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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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Photos: BKFC 34 weigh-ins and faceoffs

Check out these photos from the BKFC 34 weigh-ins ahead of the event in Hollywood, Fla.

Check out these photos from the BKFC 34 weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. (Photos courtesy of BKFC)

BKFC 26 results: Ex-UFC fighter Jimmie Rivera fights Howard Davis to a majority draw in BKFC debut

Ex-UFC fighter Jimmie Rivera fought to a majority draw in his BKFC debut.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag] didn’t win or lose in his bareknuckle boxing debut.

The former UFC contender fought [autotag]Howard Davis[/autotag] to a majority draw on the main card of Friday’s BKFC 26. The official scoring was 49-45 in favor of Davis and 47-47, 47-47.

Rivera started slowly in the fight. He likely lost the first round to Davis, but got in the groove in the following rounds.

Rivera, who was the shorter fighter, would stay on the outside and flurry in with combinations just to lock up and use his dirty boxing from the clinch. On a couple of occasions, Rivera connected hard and wobbled Davis.

Davis also did a good job by taking Rivera’s shots well and also answering back with straight punches. However, Rivera seemed to land the harder shots in the fight.

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Rivera was coming off a unanimous decision loss to Pedro Munhoz at UFC Fight Night 186 in August 2021. The fight won both fighters $50,000 for Fight of the Night awards.

The 32-year-old fought for the UFC from 2015 to 2021 where he compiled a record of 7-4. Rivera defeated several notable fighters throughout his UFC tenure, besting Urijah Faber, Munhoz, John Dodson, Cody Stamann, and others. He’s also a former CFFC bantamweight champion and Bellator veteran.

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BKFC 26 live and official results

Check out the official results from BKFC 26.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Two title fights headline BKFC 26.

In the main event, BKFC lightweight champion [autotag]Luis Palomino[/autotag] moves up a weight class to challenge welterweight champ [autotag]Elvin Brito[/autotag] in an effort to become the promotion’s first two-division champion. And in the co-main event, [autotag]Uly Diaz[/autotag] and [autotag]Francesco Ricchi[/autotag] battle for the interim middleweight title.

Additionally, the two former UFC veterans are featured on the card.

[autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag] returns to bare-knuckle boxing to take on BKFC star [autotag]Britain Beltran[/autotag] in a women’s flyweight bout. Rawlings, a former BKFC champion, hasn’t competed in the sport since 2019. She’s 3-0 in the company.

Also, former UFC bantamweight contender [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag] makes his debut against [autotag]Howard Davis[/autotag]. It will be Rivera’s first fight since his UFC departure in August 2021.

Below are the full results of BKFC 26:

  • Elvin Brito vs. Luis Palomino – for the BKFC welterweight title
  • Uly Diaz vs. Francesco Ricchi – for the BKFC interim middleweight title
  • Bec Rawlings vs. Britain Beltran
  • Jimmie Rivera vs. Howard Davis
  • [autotag]Bryan Duran[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Braeden Tovey[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Blake Davis[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Cody Beierle[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Gorjan Slaveski[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Juston Stills[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Tyler Randall[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Cary Caprio[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Idrees Wasi[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Steven Townsel[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Freddy Masabo[/autotag] def. [autotag]Will Shutt[/autotag] via KO – Round 2, 1:21

BKFC 26 weigh-in results: Ex-UFC fighters Bec Rawlings, Jimmie Rivera on weight

Check out the full weigh-in results for BKFC 26.

The two title fights headlining BKFC 26 are official.

[autotag]Elvin Brito[/autotag] and [autotag]Luis Palomino[/autotag], and [autotag]Uly Diaz[/autotag] and [autotag]Francesco Ricchi[/autotag] all made weight on Thursday for their respective title bouts taking place in the main and co-main event of Friday’s BKFC 26. The event is set to go down at the HardRock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla.

Additionally, the two former UFC veterans that will be featured on the card also were on weight.

[autotag]Bec Rawlings[/autotag] returns to bare-knuckle boxing to take on BKFC star [autotag]Britain Beltran[/autotag] in a women’s flyweight bout. Rawlings, a former BKFC champion, hasn’t competed in the sport since 2019. She’s 3-0 in the company.

Also, former UFC bantamweight contender [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag] makes his debut against [autotag]Howard Davis[/autotag]. It will be Rivera’s first fight since his UFC departure in August 2021.

Below are the full results for the BKFC 26 official weigh-ins.

  • Elvin Brito (163.2) vs. Luis Palomino (164.2) – for the BKFC welterweight title
  • Uly Diaz (174) vs. Francesco Ricchi (175) – for the BKFC interim middleweight title
  • Bec Rawlings (125.6) vs. Britain Beltran (124.1)
  • Jimmie Rivera (145.9) vs. Howard Davis (144.7)
  • [autotag]Bryan Duran[/autotag] (158.9) vs. [autotag]Braeden Tovey[/autotag] (160.2)
  • [autotag]Blake Davis[/autotag] (179.2) vs. [autotag]Cody Beierle[/autotag] (182.5)
  • [autotag]Gorjan Slaveski[/autotag] (165.7) vs. [autotag]Juston Stills[/autotag] (165.4)
  • [autotag]Tyler Randall[/autotag] (125.4) vs. [autotag]Cary Caprio[/autotag] (125.3)
  • [autotag]Idrees Wasi[/autotag] (211) vs. [autotag]Steven Townsel[/autotag] (209.2)
  • [autotag]Will Shutt[/autotag] (145.8) vs. [autotag]Freddy Masabo[/autotag] (145.3)

Ex-UFC contender Jimmie Rivera to make BKFC debut vs. Howard Davis on June 24

Jimmie Rivera books his first fight since his UFC departure.

[autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag]’s debut in bare-knuckle boxing is set.

The former UFC bantamweight contender has been booked against [autotag]Howard Davis[/autotag] in the upcoming BKFC 26 event, the promotion announced the news on Tuesday.

BKFC 26 is set to go down on June 24 at the HardRock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla.

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The bout vs. Davis marks Rivera’s first fight since his departure from the UFC in late 2021. The 32-year-old last fought at UFC Fight Night 186 where he lost a unanimous decision to Brazil’s Pedro Munhoz. The contest earned Fight of the Night awards.

Rivera is 2-3 in his past five MMA fights – losing to Munhoz, Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling; and defeating Cody Stamann and John Dodson. “El Terror” fought for the UFC from 2015 to 2021, competing 11 times in the octagon.

Rivera’s opponent, Davis, is 2-0 in bare-knuckle boxing with both fights being under the BKFC banner. He’s also 1-0 in professional boxing. Howard has no prior experience competing in MMA.

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