BKFC Spain: Tenaglia vs. Soto is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event to be held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on October 12, 2024, at the Marbella Arena in Marbella, Andalucia, Spain.
Fight Card
Main Card (DAZN)
Lightweight 70 kg Argentina Franco Tenaglia vs. United States Tony Soto Vacant Lightweight Championship
Welterweight 75 kg United States Austin Trout (c) vs. United Kingdom Ricardo Franco Welterweight Championship
Middleweight 79 kg United States David Mundell (c) vs. United Kingdom Danny Christie Middleweight Championship
Featherweight 66 kg United Kingdom Dan Chapman vs. Czech Republic Mike Jurik
Middleweight 79 kg Turkey Yunus Batan vs. France Maxime Bellamy
Welterweight 75 kg Brazil Felipe da Silva Maia vs. United Kingdom James Lilley
Heavyweight 120 kg Austria Arbi Chakaev vs. Spain Jose Daniel
Women's Featherweight 66 kg United Kingdom Hannah Rankin vs. Iran Sahel Bayat
Preliminary Card
Lightweight 70 kg Spain Fran Suarez vs. Spain David Mora
Lightweight 70 kg United Kingdom Oscar Stephens-Willis vs. United States Ben Davis
Background
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, the world’s fastest growing combat sports promotion, breaks historic new ground in Spain on Saturday at the historic Marbella Arena in Marbella, Spain.
Three BKFC World Championships are on the line Saturday.
The two best undefeated lightweights on the planet, Tony "Loco" Soto and Franco Tenaglia, collide in Saturday’s Main Event for the vacant BKFC World Lightweight Title. Soto, who hails from the United States, is unbeaten with three knockouts in his six trips to the Squared Circle, while the Argentinian-born Spain fighter Tenaglia is 3-0 with three stoppage victories in his bare knuckle career.
In the BKFC Spain Co-Main Event, the undefeated Austin "No Doubt" Trout defends his BKFC World Welterweight Championship for the first time against Rico “Bon Bon” Franco. Trout, a former World Boxing Association champion from the United States, is 2-0 under the BKFC banner. The Englishman Franco is 9-2 in his bare knuckle career and is 3-0 with three finishes since signing with BKFC in 2023.
David "Redneck" Mundell defends his BKFC World Middleweight Championship for the third time against Danny “The Bastard” Christie in Saturday's Feature Fight. The United States fighter Mundell is 8-1 on the strength of six straight victories in the Squared Circle. The Englishman Christie holds the BKFC United Kingdom Middleweight Title and is 5-1 with four finishes under the BKFC banner.
