ORLANDO, Florida – Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has announced BKFC 53, their highly anticipated return to Orlando, set for Friday, November 3 and headlined by the BKFC middleweight world championship between champion David “Redneck” Mundell (7-1) of Dunedin, Florida and undefeated, No. 2-rated challenger Doug “ColdRed” Coltrane (3-0) of North Carolina.
Emanating from the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando as part of the Mr. Olympia Weekend, tickets for BKFC 53 are now on-sale at BKFC.com. BKFC 53 will also be broadcast internationally as part of the BKFC+ subscription for $7.99 per month on the BKFC app – “The Best Value in Combat Sports” – and is sponsored by Bucked Up, Fubo Sports, MIT 45, Only Fans, Crescent Tools and LIONS NOT SHEEP.
“David Mundell has won five fights in a row in and has been an absolute force in the middleweight division for the last two years,” said David Feldman, president of BKFC. “However, Doug Coltrane has impressed BKFC fans this year with two early knockouts and presents a huge challenge to the champion. It’s truly a can’t-miss bare-knuckle fight.”
“BKFC-53 is almost three years to the day since our last event in Orlando, Florida and we are expecting a massive crowd on Friday, November 3.”
Mundell won the BKFC middleweight world title on December 3, 2022 with a third-round knockout of Francesco Ricchi at BKFC 34. Fighting world title challenger Mike Richman at BKFC 47 on July 24, 2023, Mundell made the first defense of his title with a second-round stoppage. He also holds dominant BKFC victories over David Simpson (BKFC Fight Night Tampa 2), Julian Lane (BKFC 25), Stanislav Grosu (BKFC Fight Night Tampa), Ronnie Forney (BKFC 8) and Drew Lipton (BKFC 6).
Most recently, the upset-minded Coltrane knocked out Blake LaCaze in the second round stunning the Greenville, South Carolina crowd at BKFC 42 on May 12, 2023. Prior to that, he stopped Brian Jackson, also in the second round on January 27, 2023 at BKFC 35. Coltrane made his BKFC debut with a decision over Eduardo Concepcion at BKFC Fight Night Fort Lauderdale on April 21, 2022.
Further details for BKFC 53 will be announced shortly.
