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BARE KNUCKLE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP BRINGER FIRST EVENT TO KANSAS ON LATURDAY, MARS 14!

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Med Wichita Native & 2016 Olympisk bronsemedalje for U.S. Nico Hernandez i Main Event

Mer! Wichita Native & Tidligere Bellator-veteran Dave Rickels
i Co-Feature & Hardtslående Sam Shewmaker i a
Tungvektsattraksjon

BKFC 11 Live på Pay-Per-View fra
INTRUST Bank Arena i Wichita, Kansas

Billetter på salg torsdag, Januar 30 ved 10 a.m. CT!


WICHITA, KS. (Januar 27, 2020) – Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship(BKFC) vil levere en spennende natt med bare knokeaksjon lørdag, Mars 14 overskriften av favoritter fra hjembyens fans som går inn i ringen på INTRUST Bank Arena i Wichita, Kansas og leve på pay-per-view.


Hovedarrangementet vil se BKFC-debut av Wichita innfødte og 2016 Olympisk bronsemedalje for USA. Nico Hernandez i en kamp med flyvevekt, mens Wichita innfødt og tidligere Bellator-veteran Dave “Caveman” Rickels konkurrerer i en 165 pund kamp i co-main event. Mer, den hardtslående barnehodet Sam Shewmaker går tilbake til handling i en spesiell attraksjon.


“Vi har jobbet med kommissær Adam Roorbach for å bringe BKFC til Kansas, og i mars 14 vi skal lage vår etterlengtede debut,” sa BKFC-grunnlegger og president David Feldman. “Det er ikke bare spennende å være i denne tilstanden med en god kommisjon og gode kampfans, men vi har de to mest populære og mest dekorerte krigerne i Kansas som konkurrerer om dette kortet. Mars 14, vi har 2016 OL-bronsemedaljevinner Nico Hernandez og tidligere Bellator-veteran Dave “Caveman” Rickles. Mars 14 i Wichita blir en elektrisk natt!”


“BKFC 11” sendes over hele USA og Canada, utelukkende på pay-per-view gjennom MultiVision Media, Inc., på alle større TV-distribusjonsutsalg for $29.99. Den vil også være tilgjengelig for BKFCs internasjonale kringkastingspartnere over hele verden og via strøm til alle enheter som er tilkoblet hjemme og hjemme. FITE.


Billetter til live-arrangementet er i salg denne torsdagen, Januar 30 ved 10 a.m. CT og kan kjøpes online på www.selectaseat.com, på telefon 855-733-SEAT (7328) og personlig på Select-A-Seat Box Office på INTRUST Bank Arena.


Den ubeseirede 24-åringen fra Wichita, Kansas avkortet en imponerende amatørkarriere på 2016 OL da han beseiret krigere fra Italia, Russland og Ecuador for å få sin lette flyvevektige bronsemedalje. Hernandez er det første amerikanske. boksemedalje for menn siden 2008. Siden jeg ble proff i mars 2017, Hernandez har samlet en 7-0 rekord, inkludert fire seire ved knockout. Han er den andre olympieren som signerer med BKFC, og den første olympiske medaljevinner.


“Det har vært et mål for meg å kjempe på INTRUST Bank Arena helt siden den ble bygget,” Said Hernandez. “Jeg har ennå ikke kjempet i Wichita. Jeg har kjempet i nærheten, men egentlig ikke i byen min, så jeg er veldig spent på denne kampen. Jeg gleder meg til å stille opp et show og få ut byen i mars 14. Jeg er klar til å ta av deg hanskene og kjempe med bar knoke for BKFC!”


En 31 år gammel veteran fra 23 Bellator anfaller, Rickels skal debutere i BKFC foran fansen i hjembyen. Rickels kjempet to ganger 2019, beseiret AJ Matthews og tapte mot Yaroslav Amosov. Han vant åtte av sine første ni Bellator-kamper, er fjerde all-time i Bellator-seire og utfordret til Bellator lettvektsmesterskap i 2013. Samlet, han har samlet et imponerende 21-6 rekord i sin pro MMA-karriere.


“Jeg bygde navnet mitt i Wichita og ble signert til Bellator for en forestilling her i denne byen,” sa Rickels. “Støtten fra menneskene som bor her har bidratt til å gjøre meg til den jeg er i kampsport. Så enhver sjanse jeg får til å opptre foran dem, Jeg vil hoppe på den.”


Slåss ut av Gravois Mills, Missouri, Shewmaker har allerede deltatt i fem BKFC-kamper siden han debuterte på BKFC 1 med en høydepunkt-knockout av Eric Prindle. Etter å ha beseiret Maurice Jackson, Shewmaker mistet en delt avgjørelse til Arnold Adams i den aller første BKFC-tittelkampen. Han spratt tilbake for å beseire Joel Parades i februar 2019 hos BKFC 4, før du kjempet til splitt-uavgjort i nok en BKFC-tungtittelkamp, denne gangen mot Chase Sherman på BKFC 5 i april.


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Om Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Juni 2, 2018, Philadelphia-baserte Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) laget kampsporthistorie da den fremmet den første lovlige, sanksjonert og regulert bar knoke hendelse i USA siden 1889. “BKFC 1: Begynnelsen” fant sted i Cheyenne, Wyoming og omtalt 10 profesjonelle bouts, alt i regi og kontroll av Wyoming Combative Sports Commission. BKFC bruker bare etablerte krigere som tidligere har konkurrert profesjonelt i boksing, MMA, kickboksing og / eller Muay Thai. Alle BKFC-kampene er sanksjonert og regulert av atletiske kommisjoner for ABC-medlemmer. For mer informasjon besøkwww.bareknuckle.tv eller følg på Twitter på https://twitter.com/bareknucklefc på Instagram kl https://www.instagram.com/bareknucklefc/ på YouTube klhttps://www.youtube.com/
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Olympian Nico Hernandez remains undefeated Tramaine Williams, Armando Alvarez & Zhilei Zhang victorious

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“KO NIGHT BOXING” RESULTS FROM KANSAS
PALM CITY, Kansas (September 24, 2017) – The name of last night’s “KO Night Boxing: Step Up” event certainly was appropriate as 2016 Olympisk bronsemedalje Nico Hernandez had to overcome a major obstacle to remain undefeated at Hartman Arena in Palm City, Kansas.
“KO Night Boxing: Step Up!” was a presentation of KO Night Boxing LLC., in association with Roc Nation Sports and Hartman Arena, sponsored by Mort’s Cigar Bar, Jimmy Egg and Twister City Harley-Davidson. The action was taped live for future airing on CBS Sports Network.
St. Louis southpaw Kendrick “Uprising” Latchman outweighed regular flyweight Hernandez by more than 10 pounds when the two fighters entered the ring because Hernandez’ scheduled opponent, Basyzbek Baratov (2-1-2), abruptly pulled out of the fight after the weigh in due to a contractual disagreement. Hernandez weighed in at 113 pounds, Baratov was 112, which was the contracted weight. The Kansas Athletic Commission, men, automatically allows one-pound over for all non-title fights. Baratov refused to fight but Latchman agreed to fight at a 125-pound catchweight. Hernandez gained four pounds and the fight was on.
Wichita hero Hernandez was unmoved by the late change, largely due to his standout amateur career, in which his opponents often changed at the last moment. Latchman (1-5-1, 1 KO) is a pro boxer-MMA hybrid fighter who is 6-3 (5 KOs) i MMA, including a 55-second stoppage of 14-7-1 Cody Land denne siste juli.
Latchman buzzed Hernandez in the first round, much to the chagrin of the Hernandez’ loud hometown crowd. The U.S. Olympian displayed a good chin and went on to win a six-round unanimous decision to improve his pro record to 3-0 (2 KOs).
“They (his corner and fans) were nervous,” the 21-year-old Hernandez said after the fight, “men jeg var ikke. My coach (father Lewis Hernandez) told me to feint and go in, but I lunged a little too much. Hey, I’m staying in my division (fluevekt) before moving up in weight.”
“Nico had to step up, fighting a new opponent on 24-hour notice, along with the difference in their weights,” promoter John Andersen kommen. “Everything turned out okay but it wasn’t an easy fight. My palms were a little sweaty in the first round when he got hit hard, but Nico pulled out the win and he’ll be an even better fighter because of this experience. His father said Nico had never been hit like that before. It was a good card and the crowed was really into it.”
KO Night Boxing LLC announced that Hernandez would return Desember 2 to headline another show at Hartman Arena.
USBA No. 2- rated featherweight Tramaine “The Might Midget” Williams (13-0, 5 KOs), fighting out of New Haven (CT), cruised to his 13th victory without a defeat, taking a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision over Derrick Murray (13-3, 5 KOs), in the co-featured event.
Key West, FL welterweight Armando “The Gentleman: Alvarez (17-0, 11 KOs) forble ubeseiret, winning a 10-round unanimous decision against Hungarian champion Gabor “Squirrel” Gorbics (23-8, 14 KOs) in a competitive Special Welterweight Attraction. Alvarez is the WBC Latino welterweight title holder.
Undefeated Chinese heavyweight prospect Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang (18-0, 14 KOs), the reigning WBO Oriental champion, needed only 2:28 to stop veteran Byron “The Bear” Polley(30-22-1, 13 KOs). Zhang, as well as Williams, are promoted by Roc Nation Sports.
In the most dramatic fight of the night, Los Angeles heavyweight Scott Alexander (13-2-2, 7 KOs) rebounded from being decked, as well as a pre-fight cut, to knockout 361-pound Richard “silver” Carmack (15-12-1, 12 KOs) i den andre runden. Alexander suffered a cut on his shin that resulted from a step breaking as he entered the ring.
Milwaukee junior middleweight Akeem Svart (3-1, 1 KO) won three of four rounds on all three judges’ scorecards for a four-round unanimous decision over Marcus Neal (2-2, 2 KOs).
Wichita light heavyweight Jeff Strum pitched a shutout in his pro debut against Topeka’s (KS) previously unbeaten Chris Ortega (3-1-1), winning all four rounds in impressive fashion.
Fullstendige resultater under:
Offisielle resultatene
MAIN EVENT – FEATHERWEIGHTS
Nico Hernandez (3-0, 2 KOs), Wichita
WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55)
Kendrick Latchman (1-5-1, 1 KO), St. Louis, MO
SAMFUNKSJON – FEATHERWEIGHTS
Tramaine Williams (13-0, 5 KOs), New Haven, CT
WDEC10 (98-91, 98-91, 97-92)
Derrick Murray (13-3, 5 KOs), St. Louis, MO
SPECIAL WELTERWEIGHT ATTRACTION
Armando Alvarez (17-0, 11 KOs), Key West, FL
WDEC10 (100-90, 98-92, 96-93)
Gabor Gorbics (23-8, 14 KOs), Budapest, Ungarn
Tungvektere
Zhilei Zhang (18-0, 14 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
WKO1 (2:28)
Byron Polley (30-22-1 (13 KOs), Saint Joseph, MO
Scott Alexander (13-2-2, 6 KOs), Los Angeles, SLIK AS
WKO2 (1:45)
Richard Carmack (15-12-1, 12 KOs), Kansas City, MO
LIGHT tungvektere
Jeff Strum 1-0), Wichita, KS
WDEC4 (40-36, 40-36, 40-36)
Chris Ortega (3-1-1), Topeka, KS.
JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHTS
Akeem Svart (3-1, 1 KO), Milwaukee, WI
Wdec4 (39-36, 39-36, 39-36)
Marcus Neal (2-2, 2 KOs), Kansas City, MO.
INFORMASJON:
Twitter: @KONightBoxing
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2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez Returns this Saturday at home in Kansas

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2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez
Returns this Saturday at home in Kansas
“KO Night Boxing: Step Up!” på Hartman Arena i Park City, KS
PARK CITY, Kansas (September 19, 2017) — 2016 Olympisk bronsemedalje Nico Hernandezreturnerer til ringen denne lørdagen night for his third professional fight, taktrekk “KO Night Boxing: Step Up!”, på Hartman Arena i Park City, Kansas.

“KO Night Boxing: Step Up!” er en presentasjon av KO Night Boxing LLC., i forbindelse med Hartman Arena, Mort’s Cigar Bar, Jimmy Egg and Twister City Harley-Davidson. Handlingen blir tapet leve for fremtiden lufting på CBS Sports Network.
Hernandez (2-0, 2 KOs), bekjempelse av Wichita, has a new opponent in the six-round main event, Kyrgyzstan flyweight Basyzbek Baratov (2-1-2).
Nico Hernandez (R) is in action denne lørdagen natt
(picture courtesy of Tony Schock, GS Memory Maker)
Fighting ut av Philadelphia, Baratov has had some tough luck, in terms of scoring, with two draws and a loss by split decision. His pro record could easily be 5-0.
A pair of undefeated Roc Nation Sports fighters, New Haven (CT) fjærvekt Tramaine “The Mighty Midget” Williams (12-0, 5 KOs) and Chinese heavyweight Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang(17-0, 13 KOs), will be showcased.
USBA No. 2-rated Williams faces Derrick Murray (13-2 (5 KOs), St. Louis (MO), i 10-round co-funksjonen. Fighting ut av Las Vegas, Nevada, Zhang meets Missouri veteran Byron “The Bear” Polley (30-21-1, 13 KOs) i en 10-runde bout.
Also fighting on the televised portion of the card is a 10-round welterweight match pitting undefeated rising star Armando “The Gentleman” Alvarez (16-0, 11 KOs), fighting out of Key West, Florida, against Hungarian champion Gabor “Squirrel” Gorbics (23-7, 14 KOs).
In an eight-round battle of heavyweights, Los Angeles’ Scott Alexander (12-2-2, 6 KOs) ansikterRichard “silver” Carmack (15-1-1, 12 KOs), av Kansas City (MO).
The already loaded undercard continues to provide a boxing platform for local fighters in four-round fights: Kansas City (MO) junior mellomvekt Marcus Neal (2-1, 2 KOs) vs. Akeem Svart(2-1, 1 KO), av Milwaukee, Wichita’s pro-debuting light heavyweight Jeff Sturm vs. Chris Ortega(3-0-1), Topeka (KS), and Topeka’s Brian Clements (0-0-1) vs. Liberian junior welterweightArchie Weah, fighting out of Ohio.
Alle kamper og jagerfly er gjenstand for endring.
Tickets are on sale at the Hartman Arena box office and http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/06005308B32459E5 prisene er $115.00 (VIP), $75.00, $75.00, $50.00, $30.00 og $25.00.
Dette er en all-aldre vise. Dørene åpner kl 6:00 pm. CT med åpningen anfall planlagt ved et 7:00 pm. CT.
INFORMASJON:
Twitter: @KONightBoxing

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US-. Olympian Nico Hernandez Building Wichita into a fight town

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“KO Night Boxing: History Begins”
Encore presentation denne lørdagen night on CBSSN

(photo by Charles Yellowfeather)
WICHITA, Kansas (Mars 31, 2017) – Last Saturday night at Kansas Star Arena in nearby Mulvane, 2016 Olympisk bronsemedalje Nico Hernandez planted a seed in hopes of growing Wichita into a fight town, as world champions Terence Crawford og Deontay Wilder have already accomplished in the respective hometowns, Omaha (NE) and Birmingham (AL).
Mer enn 3,100 fans purchased tickets Hernandez’ successfully professional debut, stoppe Pat Gutierrez i fjerde runde. To put that attendance figure in its proper perspective, Wichita has a population of less than 400,000 and in this hoop-crazed state, the appropriately named “KO Night Boxing: History Begins” went head-to-head with the popular Kansas Jayhawks quintet playing on national television in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball championship, as well as The Wichita Force playing at home in indoor football.
The 21-year-old Hernandez is practically a sports franchise in Wichita, second only to the Wichita State University (WSU) men’s basketball team. The city turned out in force at a parade honoring Hernandez upon his return home from the Olympics and WSU awarded him an open-ended four-year college scholarship.
“KO Night Boxing: History Begins” Encore Presentation denne lørdagen natt
The encore presentation of last Saturday’s “KO Night Boxing: History Begins,” featuring the pro debut of 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist Nico Hernandez, vil luften denne lørdagen (April 1), starter på 8:30 pm. OG, on CBS Sports Network.
“The show was a huge success and Nico, as a pro fighter, produced a more complete body of work than we had expected,” Hernandez’ promoter John Andersen (KO Night Boxing) sa. “I was very impressed. His amateur background converted to an even better pro style. It really showed his potential and that’s one of the primary reasons we signed him. We really believed in Nico. He is the only fighter we have signed, akkurat nå; Nico is our stable! We see things from a different angle than big-time promoters. We understood that he’s a hometown hero, so we had him headline at home his pro debut on national television (CBS Sports Network). We produce our shows on television and we enjoy telling stories like Nico’s. We’d like to come right back to Wichita with Nico fighting in June.”
Lifelong Kansas Sean Wheelock, a non-paid member of the Kansas Athletic Commission that oversees boxing, in addition to calling last Saturday’s fights as a member of the KO Night Boxing announcing team on CBS Sports Network, has a unique perspective on the significance of last Saturday evening’s in terms of local boxing history.
“It was huge for Kansas boxing,” Wheelock explained, “the biggest show in this state since the Tommy Morrison Era (early-to-mid 1990’s). Morrison was an adopted son, skjønt. Nico was born here and he has a deep investment in the Wichita community. Drawing 3000-plus for his pro debut, in a non-boxing market, was phenomenal and he has the potential to do what Crawford has done in Omaha and Wilder in Birmingham. Boxing has strong roots in Kansas and across the Midwest, but MMA has taken over and lately, most boxing in Kansas has been on hybrid shows with MMA and kickboxing.
“Fans were loudly chanting, ‘Nico’ and ‘316’ (Wichita’s area code) før, during and after his fight. I’ve never heard fans chanting for a city like they did, ‘Wichita’, for an individual athlete. And they were also chanting ‘USA’. As a native Kansas, I’m proud that this state has become more ethnically and culturally diverse with more Hispanics living in Wichita. Nico is engaged in the Hispanic community and he is a fantastic kid, også. Because of his personality and fighting style, he can draw locally from Wichita, throughout all of Kansas, and nationally among Hispanics and Americans across the country because of his accomplishment in the Olympics.”
Hernandez is also fighting in one of the hottest divisions in boxing — 115-pound junior bantamweight/super flyweight — showcasing name fighters such as Naoya Inoue, Roman Gonzalez, Carlos Blocks, Juan Francisco Estrada and recent addition Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Conspicuously absent, men, are top 20 ranked American fighters in this weight class, excluding 36-year-old Brian Viloria, the four-time, two-division (junior flyweight and flyweight) verdensmester. The opportunity is right there for Hernandez to quickly establish himself as the preeminent American boxer in this weight class.
“There’s no reason for Nico to fight outside of Wichita for a couple of years as he develops,” Andersen noted. “I feel that he can win a regional title next year. Our goal is to have him in a world title fight position within three years. Our goal is to get him 13 til 15 fights and then promote a super fight in Wichita. He started out in a six-round fight. I think he’ll only have a couple more and then move up to eight-round bouts.
“Nico doesn’t waste a lot of punches, so the number of scheduled rounds won’t be a problem for him. Another fighter would have punched himself out in two rounds, fighting at home in front of a crowed like he had supporting him, but Nico showed tremendous poise, settling down and putting his punches together very well. He didn’t chase Gutierrez, he effectively cut off the ring, and his powerful body attack was something he didn’t do as an amateur. We wanted to see how he reacted to resistance and he passed that test with flying colors.”
Andersen noted that his company has promoted several successful shows, noting the big difference is last weekend’s show featured a world-class fighter in Hernandez. “Making the Olympics was a big deal for Nico,” Andersen added, “whether he medaled or not. Nico is to us what Manny Pacquiao is to Top Rank, ‘Canelo’ Alvarez to Golden Boy. We’re lucky to start out with a fighter like Nico. Fighting in Wichita was risk for everybody but it’s already paying dividends.
“We know who and what we are as a promotional company. Nico is our top priority, our only fighter right now, and now we have a great opportunity to build off last weekend’s success. We give Nico all the attention he deserves and he’s going to take advantage of this situation. And we also discovered that there’s some other talented boxers in this market. Whit Hayden did a wonderful job making very competitive fights. That’s his history, he never has blowouts. Whit is one of the most knowledgeable people I know in boxing. He’s the perfect matchmaker to guide Nico’s career, along with Nico’s father (head trainer) Lewis Hernandez, who we work closely with in many ways, in and out of the ring.”
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