BKFC 83 Italy: Camozzi vs. Sakara is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event to be held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on October 25, 2025 at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, Italy.
Fight Card
Main Card
Cruiserweight 93 kg United States Chris Camozzi vs. Italy Alessio Sakara Cruiserweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg United Kingdom Ben Bonner vs. Argentina Franco Tenaglia
Featherweight 66 kg Spain Nico Gaffie vs. Netherlands Jelle Zeegers
Welterweight 75 kg Republic of Ireland Jimmy Sweeney vs. United States Carlos Trinidad
Middleweight 79 kg Italy Francesco Ricchi vs. Czech Republic Josef Hala
Heavyweight 120 kg Australia Haze Hepi vs. United Kingdom Krzysztof Wiśniewski
Cruiserweight 93 kg Italy Walter Pugliesi vs. United Kingdom Karl Thompson
Light Heavyweight 84 kg Italy Andrea Bicchi vs. Slovakia Tomáš Meliš
Preliminary Card
Cruiserweight 93 kg Italy Ernesto Papa vs. Netherlands Fred Sikking
Middleweight 79 kg Italy Enzo Tobbia vs. Italy Ouadia Tergui
Featherweight 66 kg United Kingdom Dan Chapman vs. United States James Brown
Heavyweight 120 kg Italy Marian Iovita vs. Italy Paolo Zorzi
Background
The world’s fastest growing combat sports promotion makes its hugely anticipated return to Italy this week with BKFC 83 on Saturday in Rome.
In Saturday’s Main Event, Chris Camozzi defends his BKFC World Cruiserweight Championship against Italian combat sports legend Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara. Camozzi’s grandparents emigrated to the United States from Italy. Now representing Denver, the 19-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) vet Camozzi defends his crown for the second time after taking out Italian fighting superstar Andrea Bicchi in BKFC's Italian debut in April. Sakara proudly represents Rome and is a 15-time UFC vet. He’s riding high after turning heads in his BKFC premiere in July, when he rolled through former BKFC headliner Erick Lozano.
Fireworks are guaranteed in Saturday's Co-Main Event when the United Kingdom’s Ben “The Bomber” Bonner battles Franco Tenaglia. Bonner is coming off a Fight-of-the-Year battle with Tony Soto in their showdown for the BKFC Interim World Lightweight Title in June. Three of his four BKFC victories have come by stoppage, including two in the first round. The Argentinian-born Spain fighter Tenaglia is also 4-1 in the Squared Circle. As the stacked 155-pound division's former World Champion, Tengalia’s impressive resume includes victories over Soto and James Lilley.
Francesco Ricchi meets Josef “The Berserker” Hala in the BKFC 83 Featured Fight. Ricchi is 7-2 in the Squared Circle, and is the only Italian-born World Champion in BKFC history. Hala, who hails from Czech Republic, is hungry to build on the momentum of his first-round finish in his BKFC debut at the organization's Italian premiere.
Saturday's action features a stacked offering of some of BKFC's fastest rising fighters, like Andrea “Italian Thunder” Bicchi, James “Get Down” Brown, Dan “Indian Spice” Chapman, Nico “The Iron” Gaffie, Haze “The Huntsman” Hepi, Tomas Melis, Ernesto “Big 20” Papa, Walter Pugliesi, Jimmy “King” Sweeney, Carlos Trinidad-Snake, Karl “The Wasp” Thompson, Enzo “Osso Duro” Tobbia, Krzysztof Wisniewski and Jelle Zeegers
A BKFC Cruiserweight Championship bout between current champion Chris Camozzi and Alessio Sakara is scheduled to headline the event.
