BKFC PRESENTS KNUCKLEMANIA V – SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 AT PHILADELPHIA’S WELLS FARGO ARENA BROADCAST LIVE ON DAZN
EDDIE ALVAREZ VS. JEREMY STEPHENS
Tickets On-Sale This Thursday, November 21 at 12:00 p.m. ET
Philadelphia, PA (November 19, 2024) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, is proud to announce KnuckleMania V, the company’s highly anticipated first hometown show set for Saturday, January 25emanating from the famed Wells Fargo Arena and broadcast globally on DAZN.
Making his long-awaited return at KnuckleMania V, ‘The Underground King’ Eddie Alvarez of Kensington, Philadelphia, PA battles San Diego, CA Fighting Legend, Jeremy ‘Lil Heathen’ Stephens.
Tickets for KnuckleMania V will go on-sale this Thursday, November 21 at 12:00 p.m. ET and will be available for purchase online at BKFC.com. The Wells Fargo Arena is located at 3601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148.
“I’m am so very honored to promote KnuckleMania V, our first BKFC event in my lifelong hometown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,” said David Feldman, Founder and President. “I promised myself when I started this company that if we got to Philly we would promote our biggest and best event as a tribute to this great city and its legacy of the toughest teams in pro sports; The Eagles, The Phillies, The Flyers and The Sixers.”
“Philadelphia is a very proud city that has produced some of the baddest and toughest fighters and the battle between Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens will further cement the city’s fighting legacy.”
“We’ll have many more great fights to announce for KnuckleMania V and we look forward to a historic night for Philadelphia sports on Saturday, January 25 at the Wells Fargo Arena.”
Following an extraordinary international mixed martial arts career that included a reign as the UFC Lightweight World Champion, Eddie Alvarez made his BKFC debut with a thrilling victory over Chad Mendes at BKFC-41 on April 29, 2023 in front of a sold-out crowd of over 9,000 fans in Denver, CO. Fighting on December 2, 2023 in Salt Lake City for BKFC’s King of Violence Title, Alvarez would battle Mike Perry in one of combat sports best fights of the year.
Also a superstar in the UFC where he earned numerous ‘Fight of the Night’ honors, Jeremy Stephens fought for the first time under the BKFC banner on December 2, 2023 at BKFC-56 with a third-round stoppage of world title challenger Jimmie Rivera. He followed up with a ‘Performance of the Night’ victory over Bobby Taylor at BKFC-65 on September 6, 2024.
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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.
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