Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is coming to Tony's Pizza Events Center in October.
BKFC-13 is scheduled for Oct. 10 and broadcast live exclusively on the Bare Knuckle TV App.
"We’re thrilled to bring BKFC to Kansas for the first time on Oct. 10," said Dave Feldman, president of BKFC. "Our heavyweight championship main event between Joey Beltran and Marcel Stamps is one of the very best fights that can be made in bare knuckle fighting. In our co-feature, Nico Hernandez was an outstanding amateur boxer representing the United States at the 2016 Olympics and we’re expecting a great crowd in Salina to watch him in his BKFC debut against Chancey Wilson."
Advance tickets starting at $35 will go on-sale Friday at 10 a.m. CDT at www.TonysPizzaEventsCenter.com and the Tony’s Pizza Event Center Box Office. The Box Office and arena are located at 800 The Midway. Seating for this event will be socially distanced, in accordance with local ordinance.
Known as "The Mexicutioner" and fighting out of Carlsbad, Calif., Beltran has a record of 3-1-1 fighting under Bare Knuckle rules. In his last BKFC fight, he defeated previously unbeaten Chase Sherman on Nov. 16, 2019 in Biloxi, Miss. Standing 6’3” and perfect in BKFC with a record of 2-0 with two knockouts, Stamps of Birmingham, Ala., knocked out Kendall Grove in the third round of his most recent clash.
Fighting out of Wichita, the 24-year-old Hernandez was a bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, capping an acclaimed amateur career with a record of 94-5. Sporting a professional boxing record of 7-0 with four knockouts, he will be making his BKFC debut against cross-town rival Wilson, also of Wichita.
Also featured on the card, Dave ‘The Caveman’ Rickels, of Wichita, will make his BKFC debut on Oct. 10 against an opponent to be announced. A veteran of 23 Bellator bouts, Rickels fought twice in 2019, defeating AJ Matthews and losing to Yaroslav Amosov. The 31-year-old won eight of his first nine Bellator fights and is fourth all-time in Bellator wins
having challenged for the company’s lightweight championship in 2013. Overall, he has racked up an impressive 21-6 record in his pro MMA career.
Additional bouts on this exciting card will be announced shortly.
Catch all Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship action at BKTVApp.com.