BKFC 62 Hollywood, FL: Stewart vs. Duran is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on June 21, 2024, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card
Featherweight 66 kg United States Kai Stewart (c) vs. Cuba Bryan Duran Featherweight Championship
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Keith Richardson (c) vs. Cuba Alberto Blas Bantamweight Championship
Light Heavyweight 84 kg United States Jared Warren vs. Dominican Republic Jomi Escoboza Vacant Light Heavyweight Championship
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Justin Ibarrola vs. United States Rick Caruso
Women's Flyweight 57 kg United States Christine Vicens vs. United Kingdom Melanie Shah
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Gee Perez vs. United States Albert Inclan
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Chris Garcia vs. United States Mike Livingston
Featherweight 66 kg United States Edgard Plazaola vs. United States Eric Dodson
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Leonardo Perdomo vs. United States Steve Banks
Preliminary Card
Welterweight 75 kg United States Peter Peraza vs. United States Wayna Reid
Welterweight 75 kg Cuba Yosdenis Cedeno vs. United States Josh Zuckerman
Light Heavyweight 84 kg United States Markus Suarez vs. United States David Simpson
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by BKFC Featherweight Champion Kai Stewart vs. Bryan Duran for the featherweight championship. A BKFC Bantamweight Championship title bout will take place with the champion Keith Richardson vs. Alberto Blas. Jared Warren will face Jomi Escoboza for the vacant BKFC Light Heavyweight Championship as well.
The two best featherweights in the sport collide in Friday's Main Event as Great Falls, MT’s Kai "Hefty Bag" Stewart defends his BKFC World Featherweight Championship for the second time against Miami’s Bryan "El Gallo" Duran. Stewart and Duran boast a combined BKFC record of 11-0, with eight of those wins coming by knockout. Couple that with the fact that these two gentlemen can’t stand each other, and it’s highly unlikely the judges will be necessary for Friday’s hotly anticipated headliner. Don’t blink.
Keith "The Rockstar" Richardson defends his BKFC World Bantamweight Championship for the first time against the red-hot Alberto “El Indio” Blas in Friday's Co-Main Event. Richardson is 4-0 on the strength of three straight stoppage victories. Most recently the Rock Hill, SC product defeated Reggie Barnett Jr., then the No. 2 fighter on the BKFC Pound-for-Pound rankings, in the Main Event of BKFC 52. But the unbeaten Blas might prove to be Richardson's toughest task yet in the Squared Circle. The Cuban-born Miami product is looking to smash his way to 5-0 with a fifth straight, first-round KO under the BKFC banner.
It will either be a repeat or redemption in Friday's Feature Fight – a hugely anticipated rematch between Jared "Captain Deadpool" Warren and JoMi "The Archangel" Escoboza for the vacant BKFC Light-Heavyweight Title. These hard-hitting big men first did battle in 2022, with the Tampa, FL product Warren taking home the win. They've been on a undefeated collision course ever since then; Warren is 2-0, 1 NC with two knockouts since their fight, and the Dominican Republic-born Miami fighter Escoboza is looking to improve to 3-0 since their first action-packed bout. With a combined bare knuckle fighting record of 15-3, 1 NC, there are no more fitting fighters to lay claim to the vacant BKFC World Light-Heavyweight Championship.
Before Friday’s golden tripleheader, BKFC 62 also features a packed slate of undefeated fighters who could very well also be fighting for BKFC World Championships in the future. Among them are bantamweights Chris “Dynamite” Garcia (3-0, 2 KOs) and Justin “Joy Boy” Ibarrola (3-0, 1 KO), heavyweight Leonardo “El Zombo” Perdomo (3-0, 3 KOs), featherweight Edgard “The Dream Killer Plazaola (2-0, 2 KOs) and female flyweight standout Christine "El Abusadora" Vicens (2-0, 1 KO).
