Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 46: Franco vs. Harris (also known as BKFC 46: Newcastle) will be a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on July 1, 2023, at the Walker Activity Dome in Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Fight Card
Main Card
Welterweight Rico Franco vs. Kaleb Harris
Welterweight Robert Barry vs. Ben Bonner
Lightweight Lewis Keen vs. Zdeněk Pernica
Cruiserweight Matty Hill vs. Dawid Oskar
Welterweight Paul Cook vs. Aaron Foster
Light Heavyweight Bart Król vs. Goscha
Featherweight Robbie Brown vs. Ben Hatchett
Featherweight Morgan Starkey vs. Patryk Sagan
Preliminary Card
Cruiserweight Karl Thompson vs. Dustin Rabiega
Middleweight Arron Blakey vs. Krystian Nadolski
Featherweight Gary Fox vs. Hayden Sherriff
Background
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 46 goes down Saturday at Walker Activity Dome in Newcastle, UK, as the world’s fastest growing combat sports promotion returns to the United Kingdom for the fifth time.
It's the United States versus England in Saturday's Main Event as American Kaleb “Lionheart” Harris battles top English prospect Rico “Bon Bon” Franco in welterweight action. Harris, the No. 3 contender in the stacked BKFC welterweight division, owns a 6-4 record after sharing the Squared Circle with many of the sport’s toughest fighters. Franco's bare knuckle fighting record is 8-2. “Bon Bon” is already regarded as one of the United Kingdom’s best fighters, but he’s hungry to take out Harris and make his name among fans outside of Europe. Harris is hunting for another shot at BKFC gold – he’s 2-0 with two finishes since his controversial loss to Elvin Brito – and he knows Franco is standing in his way.
The first four BKFC events in the United Kingdom have delivered countless priceless moments since the promotion's debut in London's OVO Arena Wembley at BKFC 27, and this weekend’s fifth offering will surely add to that tradition.
In the Co-Main Event, red-hot Ben Bonner looks to follow up on his triumphant BKFC debut in London with a second big victory over fellow heavy-handed Brit Robert Barry in their hotly anticipated welterweight clash. In Saturday's Feature Fight, top British prospect Lewis Keen looks to smash his way to 3-0 against Czech Republic slugger Zdeněk "Gauny" Pernica, who enters the world-famous Squared Circle for the first time.
Saturday's fully loaded event features a number of other European fighters hungry to make a statement on BKFC's global platform, including cruiserweights Matty Hill (1-0) and Dawid Oskar (1-0), middleweight Arron Blakey (1-0), light-heavyweight Bartlomiej Krol (1-0) and featherweight Morgan Starkey (1-1), to name just a few.
