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BKFC KnuckleMania 4 live and official results, preliminary stream

Keep up with the BKFC KnuckleMania 4 official results and watch the prelims live on MMA Junkie.

BKFC KnuckleMania 4 took place Friday, and you can check out the official results and watch a replay of the preliminary card below.

The 12-fight bareknuckle boxing event takes place at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The main card airs live on fuboTV and the BKFC app.

Headlining the event was a clash between UFC veterans [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] and [autotag]Thiago Alves[/autotag]. The co-main was a title fight between BKFC heavyweight champ [autotag]Mick Terrill[/autotag] and former two-division BKFC champ [autotag]Lorenzo Hunt[/autotag]. In addition, another UFC veteran matchup was on the docket, a heavyweight matchup with No. 1 contender status on the line, [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag].

You can watch the prelims in the video above and check out the live and official results below.

BKFC KnuckleMania 4 official results include:

MAIN CARD (fubo TV/BKFC)

  • Mike Perry def. Thiago Alves via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:00
  • Mick Terrill def. Lorenzo Hunt via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 1:48 – for heavyweight title
  • Ben Rothwell def. Todd Duffee via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 0:43
  • Alfredo Angulo def. Jeremiah Riggs via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:07
  • Julian Lane def. Evgeny Kurdanov via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 1, 2:00
  • Crystal Pittman def. Sydney Smith via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:48
  • David Diaz vs. Shane Jordan ruled a unanimous draw (47-47, 47-47, 47-47)
  • Andrew Angelcor def. Ruben Warr via split decision (47-48, 49-46, 48-47)
  • Daniel Alvarez def. Victor Rosas via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 4, 2:00

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie)

  • Vincent Familari def. Fernando Gonzalez via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 49-46)
  • Tommy Aaron def. Richard Brooks TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:14
  • Keith Richardson def. Cody Vidal via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 2:00

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BKFC KnuckleMania 4 results: Disappointed Ben Rothwell claims quick injury TKO win over Todd Duffee

It goes down as a victory for Ben Rothwell, but his anticipated BKFC KnuckleMania 4 showdown with Todd Duffee wasn’t what he wanted.

LOS ANGELES – It goes down as a victory for [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag], but Saturday’s anticipated BKFC KnuckleMania 4 showdown with [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag] wasn’t what he wanted.

Rothwell (3-0) and fellow former UFC heavyweight Duffee (0-1) came out firing after the opening bell, with Rothwell knocking down Duffee twice in the first 0:43 seconds of their bout at Peacock Theater. The second time proved to be the finish as Duffee suffered an apparent right shoulder injury when he fell to the canvas. He immediately pointed to it, forcing referee Dan Miragliota to wave off the fight.

Rothwell, whom Duffee laid into verbally after he fell ill and pulled out of their originally scheduled bout last December, expressed his frustration afterward.

“No, I came here to knock him the f*ck out for all of you,” Rothwell said during his post-fight interview. “He clipped my nose, and I was about to get my payback. He got hit the first time he got knocked down, and the fight was already over there. I just needed to get one good connection, and this would’ve been a good, clean knockout. I can’t control my opponent.

I’m sorry to everybody, man. I came here to perform. You can see the work I put in. I came here to get myself into a title fight.”

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Whether or not that’ll happen after a victory earned because of an injury remains to be seen, but Rothwell took his shot on microphone.

“Of course, (a title shot) is what I want,” Rothwell said. “But the performance got taken away from me just now. I think everybody knows what I’m about and what I was going to do. Thank you. The fans of BKFC know because I’m fighting for all of you. I’m going to get that belt. I’m going to go in there and sign every autograph and take every photo I can with all of you. This is what I do it for.”

In addition to a disappointment for Rothwell through no fault of his own, the fight was even more so for Duffee, whose return to MMA after a four-year hiatus didn’t go well last year as he lost by first-round TKO to KSW champion Phil De Fries in February 2023. Now he’s followed that up with an unfortunate injury defeat in his BKFC debut.

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Video: BKFC KnuckleMania 4 ceremonial weigh-ins live stream

Watch the ceremonial weigh-ins for BKFC KnuckleMania 4, which features Mike Perry vs. Thiago Alves in the main event.

The BKFC KnuckleMania 4 weigh-ins takes place Friday, and you can watch a live stream of the event right here on MMA Junkie beginning at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).

The ceremonial weigh-ins take place at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the same venue that hosts the event Saturday night. BKFC KnuckleMania 4, one of the promotion’s biggest cards of the year, takes place Saturday at Peacock Theater. The main card airs on fuboTV and the BKFC App.

Headlining the event is a clash between UFC veterans [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] and [autotag]Thiago Alves[/autotag]. The co-main is a title fight between BKFC heavyweight champ [autotag]Mick Terrill[/autotag] and former two-division BKFC champ [autotag]Lorenzo Hunt[/autotag]. In addition, another UFC veteran matchup is on the docket, a heavyweight matchup with No. 1 contender status on the line, [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag].

You can watch the weigh-ins in the video above.

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Video: BKFC KnuckleMania 4 ceremonial weigh-ins live stream

Watch the ceremonial weigh-ins for BKFC KnuckleMania 4, which features Mike Perry vs. Thiago Alves in the main event.

The BKFC KnuckleMania 4 weigh-ins takes place Friday, and you can watch a live stream of the event right here on MMA Junkie beginning at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).

The ceremonial weigh-ins take place at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the same venue that hosts the event Saturday night. BKFC KnuckleMania 4, one of the promotion’s biggest cards of the year, takes place Saturday at Peacock Theater. The main card airs on fuboTV and the BKFC App.

Headlining the event is a clash between UFC veterans [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] and [autotag]Thiago Alves[/autotag]. The co-main is a title fight between BKFC heavyweight champ [autotag]Mick Terrill[/autotag] and former two-division BKFC champ [autotag]Lorenzo Hunt[/autotag]. In addition, another UFC veteran matchup is on the docket, a heavyweight matchup with No. 1 contender status on the line, [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag].

You can watch the weigh-ins in the video above.

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Todd Duffee interested in fighting Francis Ngannou in PFL: ‘Please sign me up for that fight’

Todd Duffee is interested in fighting Francis Ngannou in MMA.

MMA veteran [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag] likes what the PFL is doing in the sport so much that he wouldn’t mind being a part of it.

Duffee is particularly interested in PFL’s signing of former UFC heavyweight champion [autotag]Francis Ngannou[/autotag], who left the UFC as champion after he fought out his contract in an unprecedented free agency move.

Duffee would love to be the first opponent for Ngannou under the PFL umbrella, and he doesn’t see it as something impossible.

“Oh, yeah, I’d love to, and I think they would give me that opportunity, too,” Duffee told MMA Junkie Radio when asked about a potential fight against Ngannou. “I would love to do that. It’s a fun, exciting fight.

“I do think they have a lot of sexy matchups, but I love heavyweight fights, so maybe I see it differently. Both guys that fought last weekend would be amazing matchups for him. I think that in general, PFL has a good roster of heavyweights I would love to see Francis fight. But yeah, please sign me up for that fight. Everybody wants that fight.”

Duffee was scheduled to return to action this Saturday in the co-main event of BKFC 56 in Colorado. However, his opponent and fellow former UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell was forced out due to illness, and the fight is to be rescheduled for February.

Even if the Ngannou offer doesn’t come his way, Duffee would still be interested in fighting for the PFL.

“The tournament is the best because you know it doesn’t matter if you’re hurt and stuff like that, even that gets removed from your head a lot easier,” Duffee said. “I think tournaments are the coolest thing, for sure. If you can fight month after month, it’s the most beautiful thing in a guys’ career.”

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

MMA Junkie Radio #3417: PFL re-ups with ESPN, Todd Duffee interview, more

Check out the latest episode of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze.”

Thursday’s edition of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here.

On Episode 3,417, the guys chat with guest [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag], who faces Ben Rothwell at BKFC in Salt Lake City. They also previewed the upcoming action in UFC and BKFC this weekend. That and more, so tune in!

Ben Rothwell out of BKFC 56, fight with Todd Duffee now targeted for February

BKFC 56 has lost its original co-main event after Ben Rothwell was forced to withdraw because of illness.

BKFC 56 has taken a hit.

The co-main event between [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag] and [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag] has been postponed after Rothwell came down with an illness, BKFC president David Feldman announced Thursday at the BKFC 56 news conference.

“Ben Rothwell actually came down really, really sick this morning, and he’s not going to be able to compete,” Feldman said. “We tried to get a last-minute replacement for Todd Duffee, and we just couldn’t line it up, so we’re going to push that for February. Sorry to the fans for that one, but we still have a stacked card.”

Duffee, who still attended the BKFC 56 news conference, wasn’t happy with the development and took a shot at Rothwell for withdrawing.

“I fought with COVID my last fight, so I really think Ben’s real fight is happening with the scale,” Duffee said. “I think Thanksgiving was his biggest opponent. I don’t know what else to really add to that. Again, I fought with COVID, I understand what it’s like, but you make a commitment, you try to get out there and make it happen. I don’t think Ben by any means is a weak man. Maybe he’s going through something I don’t understand, but I think his biggest fight was Thanksgiving. And I think that’s where he lost.”

This was supposed to be Duffee’s debut in bareknuckle boxing, but now he’ll have to wait until the first quarter of next year. Rothwell was set to make his third BKFC appearance since his UFC departure in March 2022. Rothwell is 2-0 in bareknuckle.

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

Video: BKFC 56 fight-week press conference live stream

Watch the final news conference ahead of BKFC 56, which features 12 fighters, including headliners Mike Perry and Eddie Alvarez.

The BKFC 56 fight-week news conference takes place Thursday, and you can watch a live stream of the festivities right here on MMA Junkie beginning at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT).

The news conference is set to go down at Bucked Up National Headquarters in American Fork, Utah with 12 fighters and BKFC president David Feldman expected to be in attendance. Former UFC champion [autotag]Eddie Alvarez[/autotag] and former UFC standout [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag], who headline the event, will be there, as well as co-headliners [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag] and [autotag]Todd Duffee[/autotag], both former UFC heavyweights. The event also features three championship bouts and another pair of former UFC standouts throwing down, [autotag]Jeremy Stephens[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag].

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.

You can watch the fight-week news conference in the video above.

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

UFC veterans in MMA and bareknuckle boxing action Nov. 30-Dec. 2

Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC returns to The Lone Star State’s capitol.

UFC on ESPN 52 takes place at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas is headlined by a lightweight bout between [autotag]Beneil Dariush[/autotag] and [autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag].

Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature a number of familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing Nov. 30-Dec. 2.

Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend’s competitors.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

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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