Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship (BKFC) has introduced KnuckleMania V, the corporate’s extremely anticipated first hometown present set for Saturday, January 25 emanating from the famed Wells Fargo Area 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 Preventing 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 probably be obtainable for buy on-line at BKFC.com. The Wells Fargo Area is situated at 3601 S. Broad Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148.
“I’m so very honored to advertise KnuckleMania V, our first BKFC occasion in my lifelong hometown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,” mentioned David Feldman, Founder and President. “I promised myself after I began this firm that if we bought to Philly, we’d promote our greatest and finest occasion as a tribute to this nice metropolis and its legacy of the hardest groups in professional sports activities; The Eagles, The Phillies, The Flyers and The Sixers.”
“Philadelphia is a really proud metropolis that has produced a few of the baddest and hardest fighters and the battle between Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens will additional cement town’s preventing legacy.”
“We’ll have many extra nice fights to announce for KnuckleMania V and we sit up for a historic night time for Philadelphia sports activities on Saturday, January 25 on the Wells Fargo Area.”
Following a unprecedented worldwide combined martial arts profession that included a reign because the UFC Light-weight World Champion, Eddie Alvarez made his BKFC debut with an exciting victory over Chad Mendes at BKFC-41 on April 29, 2023 in entrance of a sold-out crowd of over 9,000 followers in Denver, CO. Preventing on December 2, 2023, in Salt Lake Metropolis for BKFC’s King of Violence Title, Alvarez would battle Mike Perry in one in every of fight sports activities finest fights of the 12 months.
Additionally, a famous person within the UFC the place he earned quite a few ‘Struggle of the Evening’ honors, Jeremy Stephens fought for the primary time underneath the BKFC banner on December 2, 2023 at BKFC-56 with a third-round stoppage of world title challenger Jimmie Rivera. He adopted up with a ‘Efficiency of the Evening’ victory over Bobby Taylor at BKFC-65 on September 6, 2024.
