Richardson vs. Usmonov Headlines BKFC Fight Night Albuquerque

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship returns to Burque the final day of February with a stacked Fight Night full of names familiar to the local audience and a world champion looking to earn a shot at the man who took his crown.

February 28th BKFC is at the Kiva Auditorium inside the Albuquerque Convention Center for BKFC Fight Night Albuquerque.

In the main event former BKFC Bantamweight champion Keith “Rockstar” Richardson battles TUF 32 alum Bekhzod Usmonov. Richardson hit the ground running in BKFC going 4-0 in 2023 capturing the championship with his third knockout in a row.  While the “Rockstar” lost his title in his first defense he ended the year showing he was still a force in the division with a 21 destruction of Michael Larrimore. Usmonov will be returning for his third fight with BKFC and for the first time in his natural weight-class.  Usmonov made his debut on short notice at Featherweight giving Jimmie Rivera all he could handle. The second time the phone rang it was to face Trevor Loken at 150 lbs. and Usmonov collected a third round TKO. After a stint on the Ultimate Fight reality show and a venture to the LFA the Jacksonwink fighter is returning to Bare Knuckle.

Rugged brawler Bryant Mcclain a 15 fight professional boxing veteran will takeoff the gloves and make his BKFC debut against roderick Stewart, who has experience all across the board. McClain went 10 rounds with ranked VLFC Middleweight Donald Sanchez this past June in gloved boxing. Stewart has fought seven times professionally in MMA, three times in Bare Knuckle, has a pair of kickboxing matches on the resume, and one in Muay Thai.

BKFC Fight Night Albuquerque

  • Bantamweight: Keith Richardson (5-1) vs. Bekhzod Usmonov (1-1)
  • Featherweight: Bryant McClain (0-0) vs. Roderick Stewart (0-2)
  • Lightweight: Lorenzo Coca (0-1) vs. Ruben Arroyo (0-1)
  • Featherweight: Eric Dodson (3-2) vs. Van Vo (1-3)
  • Cruiserweight: Murat Kilmetov (1-0) vs. Lamont Stafford (1-0)
  • Bantamweight: Derek Perez (2-4) vs. Rick Caruso (2-4)
  • Flyweight: Zay Garcia (0-1) vs. Justyn Martinez (1-4)
  • Heavyweight: Mano Otero (1-0) vs. Braxton Smith (1-0)
  • Light Heavyweight: William Albrecht (1-1) vs. Randy Fields (1-2)
  • Light Heavyweight: Hyle McElroy (2-4) vs. Jay Jackson (4-3)

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