BKFC 82 struggle week is right here. This Saturday, the October schedule for the world of fight sports activities continues within the Backyard State.
Whereas the League Division Collection in MLB start this weekend, you’re not going to discover a single soul inside Prudential Heart questioning who’s on first base within the backside of the ninth inning. The house ice of the New Jersey Devils performs host to an exciting night time of bare-knuckle boxing this Saturday.
Protection of BKFC 82 begins with the countdown present on YouTube at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT earlier than the fights themselves start at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT. Inside the US, BKFC 82 will be seen on DAZN. These of you involved about lacking the marquee fights throughout UFC 320 needn’t fear, as BKFC 82 will conclude forward of the UFC 320 important card, as BKFC president David Feldman reassured followers on The Ariel Helwani Present.
All instructed, after some shuffling to the bout order earlier Wednesday, if there aren’t any additional changes to the present, the ultimate model of the occasion options an 11-bout card. Royalty can be topped on Saturday night time in Newark, as properly.
BKFC 82 Foremost Occasion: BKFC King of Violence Championship: Mike Perry vs. Jeremy Stephens
On the high of the invoice this weekend, the middleweights do battle within the ring for the BKFC King of Violence Championship. “Platinum” Mike Perry (5-0 bare-knuckle) makes the stroll for the primary time in additional than a 12 months towards “Lil’ Heathen” Jeremy Stephens (3-0 bare-knuckle.) All fights Saturday night time are 5 rounds at two minutes per spherical.
Perry enters this important occasion having but to lose underneath bare-knuckle guidelines. Again on July 20 of final 12 months, he competed in conventional boxing underneath Jake Paul’s MVP promotional banner.
That night, Perry was knocked out within the sixth spherical of a scheduled eight towards the aforementioned Jake Paul in Tampa. Provided that he’s had north of 14 months away from competitors in fight sports activities, the query of ring rust has popped up once more.
Will a return to the friendlier confines of bare-knuckle boxing spell the sixth straight victory for the Perry camp underneath these guidelines as he appears to be like to defend the King of Violence Championship in BKFC 82?
Throughout the way in which, Jeremy Stephens, who’s had 52 MMA fights all through his profession, returns to BKFC this weekend having gone 3-2 in his final 5 fights throughout all competitions. On Could 3, he dropped a unanimous resolution to Mason Jones (17-2, 1 NC MMA, 3-2, 1 NC UFC) in Des Moines, IA.
So far as BKFC goes, that is his first look within the promotion since KnuckleMania V in January. That night, he scored a third-round TKO (nook’s stoppage) after Eddie Alvarez (1-2 bare-knuckle) couldn’t proceed within the contest. Is one other win in Stephens’ future?
BKFC 82 Co-Foremost Occasion: Inaugural BKFC Queen of Violence Championship: [C-FLW] Christine Ferea vs. [C-FW] Jessica Borga
Within the co-main attraction, there’s going to be a superfight for the Inaugural BKFC Queen of Violence Championship at BKFC 82 within the ladies’s bantamweight division. Present BKFC Girls’s Flyweight Champion Christine Ferea (10-1 bare-knuckle) squares off towards BKFC Girls’s Featherweight Champion Jessica Borga (3-0 bare-knuckle.)
Ferea final fought proper earlier than Christmas on Dec. 21 of final 12 months. That winter’s night time in Hollywood, FL, she bested Christine Vicens by fourth-round TKO after the latter sustained a reduce, forcing the struggle physician to intervene. She’s obtained a 5-0 file in her final 5 bare-knuckle bouts courting again to the summer season of 2022.
BKFC 82 marks her first look within the promotion in 2025 after showing twice during the last third of the 12 months in 2024. It’s additionally her seventh championship struggle in a row, however when the stakes are at their highest, Christine Ferea delivers.
In the meantime, Jessica Borga has but to lose in bare-knuckle boxing. All three of her BKFC wins have been completed earlier than the bell tolled to finish the opening spherical of a scheduled 5.
On April 5, she trekked to Dubai and stopped Hannah Rankin (1-1 bare-knuckle) in simply 32 seconds. A superb rule of thumb for a Jessica Borga struggle: Don’t look away from the display when she’s within the ring as a result of the struggle could also be over earlier than you get some pizza in your plate.
BKFC 82 Featured Combat: Timmy Mason vs. Jimmie Rivera
The featured contest of BKFC 82 has undergone a change as of late Wednesday afternoon. Throughout his look on The Ariel Helwani Present, Feldman introduced {that a} deliberate struggle involving Franke Edgar may very well be postponed resulting from medical points.
Subsequent to the interview, these near the scenario knowledgeable NJ.com that Edgar would not be competing. Feldman is hopeful that Edgar could make his BKFC debut at a later date.
In Edgar’s stead, Timmy Mason (2-2 bare-knuckle) will now be stepping in on 72 hours’ discover to satisfy Jimmie Rivera (2-2-1 bare-knuckle) on this featured contest at featherweight. Timmy Mason fought lower than two months in the past in Sturgis, SD, scoring a first-round knockout victory over AJ Craig (2-2 bare-knuckle.)
Throughout all competitions, he’s posted a 3-2 file over his final 5 matches. He’ll solely have just a few days to arrange for Jimmie Rivera forward of BKFC 82, so what sort of a gameplan is he in a position to provide you with on extraordinarily brief discover?
Within the different nook, Jimmie Rivera has gone 2-2-1 within the 5 fights he’s had since becoming a member of BKFC in June of 2022. Nearly a 12 months in the past, he was on the flawed finish of a unanimous resolution towards Kai Stewart (8-0 bare-knuckle) in Montana.
The truth that Jimmie Rivera hasn’t fought in near 11 months has solely been compounded additional by the late change in adversary. Will the change in opponent be useful or a hindrance for “El Terror?”
Closing Ideas
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