Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship: KnuckleMania 3 will be a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 17, 2023, at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card
Light Heavyweight 84 kg United States Lorenzo Hunt (c) vs. United States Mike Richman (ic) Light Heavyweight Championship
Women's Flyweight 57 kg United States Christine Ferea (c) vs. Thailand Usanakorn Thawilsuhannawang Women's Flyweight Championship
Welterweight 75 kg United States Diego Sanchez vs. United States Austin Trout
Middleweight 79 kg United States Will Santiago vs. United States Noah Cutter
Women's Strawweight 52 kg United States Jayme Hinshaw vs. United States Charisa Sigala
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Nick Gonzalez vs. United States Lardy Navarro
Middleweight 79 kg United States Joshua Moreno vs. United States Christian Torres
Lightweight 70 kg United States Chevvy Bridges vs. United States Kevin Croom
Flyweight 57 kg United States John Dodson vs. United States Jarod Grant
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Greg Hardy vs. United States Josh Watson
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 66 kg United States Eric Dodson vs. United States Gene Perez
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Anthony Sanchez vs. United States Derek Perez
Background
The event is scheduled to be headlined by the BKFC Light Heavyweight Championship unification bout between the reigning champion Lorenzo Hunt and the interim champion Mike Richman.
The event is also expected to feature the bare-knuckle debut of former WBA (Regular) Light Middleweight champion Austin Trout who faces UFC Hall of Famer Diego Sanchez.
Also, former NFL defensive end and mixed martial artist Greg Hardy is expected to make his bare-knuckle debut on the card against Josh Watson. Additionally the Albuquerque native, The Ultimate Fighter 14 winner and two-time UFC title challenger John Dodson and his brother Eric are set to appear on the card.