BKFC DEBUTS IN KANSAS CITY ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 16!
WELTERWEIGHT CLASH BETWEEN JAKE LINDSEY VS. ELVIN BRITO HEADLINES
Kansas City, KS (June 27, 2024) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, makes their highly anticipated debut in Kansas City, KS at the famed Memorial Hall on Friday, August 16.
BKFC Fight Night Kansas City is headlined by an outstanding welterweight clash between #2 ranked Jake ‘The Gypsy’ Lindsey, (4-1), of Manhattan, KS and #4 ranked, Former BKFC Welterweight World Champion, Elvin ‘El Bandido’ Brito, (6-4), of Puerto Rico.
Ticket information for BKFC Fight Night Kansas City can be found at BKFC.com. Memorial Hall is located at 600 N. 7th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. BKFC Fight Night Kansas City will also be broadcast internationally as part of the BKFC+ Subscription for $7.99 per month on the BKFC App – The Best Value in Combat Sports and is sponsored by Forged Irish Stout, Bucked Up, Grunt Style, Fubo Sports, Only Fans, Rasha and Savage Sip Coffee.
“Jake Lindsey and Elvin Brito are two of the very best welterweights in bare-knuckle fighting and this main event promises fireworks from the opening bell,” said David Feldman, Founder and President of BKFC.
“As all of our events across the country are selling out, I strongly encourage fans to purchase their tickets well in advance to ensure entry to this can’t miss event.”
Fan favorite Jake Lindsey stormed through the welterweight division starting with his BKFC debut on October 23, 2021, knocking out Eric Thompson in the third-round at BKFC Fight Night Wichita. He followed that up with three more highly impressive stoppages over Derrick Findley (BKFC-23), Brandon Girtz (BKFC-31), and a sensational fourth round knockout of Connor Tierney (BKFC-34) in one of the best BKFC performances in 2023.
Most recently Lindsey came up short in a hotly contested, distance fight against Gorgan Slaveski at BKFC-49 contested for the vacant BKFC Welterweight World Title.
The all-action Brito, earned his first bare knuckle victory with a fifth-round knockout of Harris Stephenson at BKFC-3. Fighting at BKFC Fight Night Jackson MS on January 29, 2022, Brito defeated Kaleb Harris, earning the BKFC Welterweight World Title. Defending against BKFC Pound-for-Pound great Luis Palomino, Brito would lose the title in the main event at BKFC-26.
Brito enters the ring on August 16 coming off a show-stopping first round knockout of Ja’Far Fortt at BKFC Fight Night: Clearwater on April 12, 2024.
Co-featured at BKFC Fight Night Kansas City in the lightweight division, Kevin ‘Crash’ Croom, (2-1), of Columbia, MO battles fast-rising newcomer Emeka Ifekandu, (2-0), of Omaha, NE. Following a heated distance clash with Tony Soto on October 20, 2023, fan favorite Croom seeks an entry in the win column. Ifekandu’s dominant victories have come against Charlie DuBray on May 13, 2022 and Sean Wilson on May 17, 2024, both taking place in Omaha.
In the feature fight of the evening, hometown favorite Zebulin ‘CWB’ Vincent, (2-1), battles #2 ranked Doug ‘Coldred’ Coltrane, (3-1), of North Carolina. Zebulin hits the ring on August 16 following a third-round stoppage of Casey Mosey on May 31, 2024. Coltrane looks to return to the winner’s circle after challenging David Mundell for the BKFC Middleweight World Title at BKFC-53 on November 3, 2023.
Additional fights for this exciting event will be announced shortly.
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About Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC)
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is the first promotion allowed to hold a legal, sanctioned, and regulated bare knuckle event in the United States since 1889. Based in Philadelphia, and headed by President and former professional boxer David Feldman, BKFC is dedicated to preserving the historical legacy of bare knuckle fighting, while utilizing a specifically created rule set that emphasizes fighter safety. BKFC holds all of its bouts in a revolutionary circular four-rope ring, designed to encourage fast-paced and exciting bouts. The patented BKFC “Squared Circle” contains scratch lines, based on the Broughton Rules which governed bare knuckle fighting in the 19th century, and which requires fighters to “Toe the Line”: start every round face to face, and just inches apart.
In BKFC, only those fighters who are established professionals in boxing, MMA, kickboxing, or Muay Thai are allowed to compete. The referees and judges are required to have extensive professional combat sports experience. All fights are held under the auspices and control of an Athletic Commission. Unlike other fighting organizations and combat sports internationally which claim to be “bare knuckle”, but require wraps, tape, and gauze; BKFC is true to its word as fighters are not allowed to wrap their hands to within one inch of the knuckle. This makes BKFC unquestionably the truest form of bare knuckle fighting. BKFC is dedicated to not just creating the safest, most exciting, and highest-level bare-knuckle fighting organization in the world, it’s also leading the way for a new fully recognized professional combat sport. BKFC is truly the sport of the future, which fully respects its remarkable past.
