BKFC 80 Hollywood, FL: Perdomo vs. Adams 2 is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event to be held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on September 12, 2025 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card
Heavyweight 120 kg Cuba Leonardo Perdomo vs. United States Arnold Adams
Heavyweight 120 kg Cuba Yoel Romero vs. United States Theo Doukas
Featherweight 66 kg United States Edgard Plazaola vs. United Kingdom Gary Fox
Light Heavyweight 84 kg South Africa Jeremy Smith vs. United States David Simpson
Featherweight 66 kg United States Kimbo Slice Jr. vs. United States Derek Perez
Lightweight 70 kg United States Bobby Henry vs. United States Braeden Kuykendall
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Chris Garcia vs. United States Austin Lewis
Welterweight 75 kg United States Wayna Reid vs. Brazil Paulo Games
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Nicholas Blume vs. United States Michael Furnier
Flyweight 57 kg United States Jancarlos Rivera vs. United States Vincent Alsept
Light Heavyweight 84 kg United States Rudy Levocz vs. United States Louis Brewington
Background
‘THE REMATCH’- LEONARDO PERDOMO VS. ARNOLD ADAMS HEADLINES BKFC-80 ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, returns to Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL on Friday, September 12 with the THE REMATCH between World Class Heavyweights; Cuban Powerhouse and #1 Ranked Leonardo ‘El Zambo’ Perdomo, (8-0), of Miami, FL and Former Two-Time World Champion Arnold ‘Bomaye’ Adams, (7-4), of Chicago, IL.
Fighting on July 12 in the main event at Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL, Perdomo, ‘The Mike Tyson of Bare-Knuckle Fighting’was awarded a highly controversial, first round stoppage of Adams. Dropping the former world champion in the first round, Perdomo was declared the winner, however Adams along with fans in the arena and combat sports media immediately demanded a rematch from a perceived fast count by the referee.
“The first fight between Leonardo Perdomo and Arnold Adams had an unsatisfying ending and we’re going to run it right back on September 12 in front of our terrific fans at Hard Rock Live,” said
David Feldman, Founder and President of BKFC. ‘’For Perdomo it was his eighth straight first round stoppage which is an extraordinary achievement to start a career in combat sports. However, Adams is very confident that he will get his revenge against Perdomo, stop the massive hype train and get back to another world title opportunity.”
“We’re also very excited to promote a true combat sports icon, Yoel Romero in his BKFC debut on September 12 along with a sensational undercard at another spectacular sold-out event at Hard Rock Live.” BKFC-80 Hollywood, FL: Perdomo vs. Adams 2 marks the promotions’ 12th at the famed venue with all previous events taking place in front of capacity crowds.
Standing 5’11” and of similar build as heavyweight boxing icon Mike Tyson, Leonardo Perdomo kicked off his 2025 campaign with a devastating first round knockout of former boxing world champion Steve Herelius on March 27 at Hard Rock Live – Hollywood, FL. Prior knockouts in the opening stanza under the BKFC banner occurred last year against Levi de Costa (December 21, 2024), Steven Banks (September 13, 2024), Leo Bercier (June 21, 2024) and Bobby Brents (February 2, 2024).
The BKFC homegrown Perdomo made his promotional debut with a first-round stoppage of Joseph White (June 23, 2023), followed by the same result against Ryan Shough (August 24, 2023).
A longtime and popular BKFC veteran, Arnold Adams became the company’s first heavyweight world champion by defeating Sam Shewmaker at BKFC-3 on October 20, 2018. His second reign kicked off with a victory over then champion Joey Beltran at BKFC Fight Night New York on November 6, 2021.
Adams would successfully defend the world title against Dillon Cleckler on May 6, 2022 at BKFC-25 before having his title run stopped by Alan Belcher at BKFC-36. He challenged for the world title at BKFC-56 in a hotly contested clash with then champion Mick Terrill, losing in a rematch of his prior victory.
Following an acclaimed amateur career which included a Silver Medal in the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling competition at the 2000 Olympics representing his home nation of Cuba, Yoel ‘Soldier of God’ Romero compiled a heralded professional career with a record of 16-7 while becoming a true Superstar in the UFC and Bellator. The popular, fan favorite earned two ‘Performances of the Night’ and two ‘Knockout of the Night’ awards in the UFC.
Among the MMA victories for Romero included Thiago Santos, Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman, Lyoto Machida and Derek Brunson.
