PHILADELPHIA – Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship makes their triumphant return for the fourth time to the United Kingdom with BKFC 40 in Leeds, set for Saturday, April 22.
Emanating from the Planet Ice Leeds, BKFC 40 is headlined by an outstanding welterweight battle between former world title challenger Elvin “El Bandido” Brito (5-3), of Puerto Rico, and popular former professional boxer Jamie Cox of Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Co-featured at BKFC 40, in the cruiserweight division, Anthony Holmes (4-0-1), of Castleford, Yorkshire, enters the squared circle against cross-country arch-rival, undefeated Danny Christie (2-0) of Carlisle, United Kingdom.
Tickets for BKFC 40, starting at £65.87, are now on sale and can be purchased at BKFC.com. Doors will open on the night of the event at 7 p.m. BST.
BKFC 40 will also be broadcast internationally as part of the BKFC+ subscription for $7.99 per month on the new BKFC app, “The Best Value in Combat Sports,” and is sponsored by Only Fans, Crescent Tools, LIONS NOT SHEEP and Knockout Gummies.
“This will be our fourth event in the United Kingdom in the last nine months, which truly speaks to the rapid growth of BKFC in the historic home of bare-knuckle fighting,” said David Feldman, president and founder of BKFC. “Our event on March 4 not only was attended by a huge on-site crowd in London, in addition the viewership exploded on our broadcast app with fans watching from all over Europe, the United States, Central and South America and Asia.
Ranked No. 1 in the welterweight division, Puerto Rican native Brito looks to bounce back into the win column after a valiant world title challenge against BKFC No. 1 pound-for-pound champion Luis Palomino on June 24, 2022 at BKFC 22. His ledger also includes sensational wins over Kaleb Harris (twice), Julio Garcia, Brad Kelly and Harris Stephenson.
Sporting a professional boxing record of 25-2 with 14 knockouts, southpaw Cox will be making his first foray in bare-knuckle fighting. Among the world champions and top contenders Cox faced in the professional boxing ranks over eleven years include George Groves, Lewis Taylor and John Ryder.
The popular Holmes hits the BKFC ring once again following an impressive debut; a fourth-round knockout of previously undefeated Darren Hendry. Prior to his BKFC debut against Hendry, Holmes had built a record of 3-0-1 in regional bare-knuckle battles.
The hard-hitting Christie has scored knockouts in his first two BKFC starts; a second-round stoppage of Terry Brazier on August 20, 2022 at BKFC’s debut United Kingdom event and a first rounder against Darren Godfrey Jr. on November 26, 2022.
Additional fights on this tremendous card will be announced shortly.
