Newark, New Jersey (August 14, 2025) – Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship (BKFC) has introduced BKFC-82, a Actually Groundbreaking Occasion set for Saturday, October 4 emanating from the famed Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey headlined by the extremely anticipated return of ‘The King of Violence,’ “Platinum” Mike Perry, defending his title in a lightweight heavyweight conflict towards Jeremy ‘Lil Heathen’ Stephens.
Tickets will go On-Sale Tuesday, August 19 at 12:00 p.m. ET and will be bought on-line at BKFC.com.
Prudential Heart is situated at 25 Lafayette St., Newark, NJ 07102. For extra data go to their web site at www.PruCenter.com.
“It’s been a longtime coming however we’re honored to advertise our first occasion in New Jersey and at a world class venue, Prudential Heart,” stated David Feldman, Founder and President of the Philadelphia, PA based mostly BKFC. “Mike Perry vs. Jeremy Stephens is really a bare-knuckle conflict between two of the hardest and hottest fighters in fight sports activities and is the proper headliner for the most important occasion we’ve promoted since our inception in 2018.”
“We’re additionally going to load up the undercard with lots of our greatest bare-knuckle fighters and I strongly encourage followers to buy their tickets nicely upfront as we count on one other file setting sellout crowd.”
With an attendance of 17,762 on Saturday, January 25, 2025 on the Wells Fargo Heart, KnuckleMania V set a brand new modern-day fight sports activities file for town of Philadelphia.
Stated ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry, “A Platinum Efficiency is about to happen! Everybody within the Prudential Heart will really feel the impression! Tune into my newest and best ‘King of Violence’ battle!
“Delusions to actuality, I stated I used to be going to do it and I did it,” stated Jeremy Stephens. “Hardest hitting 145er stepping as much as 175 to be topped the brand new King of Violence. The king of the barbarians is house.”
“As Prudential Heart continues to cement itself as New Jersey’s house for marquee fight sports activities, internet hosting the inaugural Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship occasion in our state opens an thrilling new chapter for our firm,” stated Dylan Wanagiel, Vice President, Sports activities Properties and Particular Occasions, HBSE/Prudential Heart. “We take delight in our various lineup of programming. This groundbreaking occasion in Newark delivers to tri-state space struggle followers one of many quickest rising sports activities on the planet.”
Drawing large crowds and extraordinary international curiosity in his battles, no different bare-knuckle fighter has epitomized the warrior spirit of Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship as “Platinum” Mike Perry.
Perry, (5-0), made his imprint rapidly in BKFC defeating bare-knuckle hardcore veteran Julian Lane over 5 hellacious rounds at KnuckleMania II on February 19, 2022. Following up on August 20, 2022 at London, England’s iconic Wembley Area, Perry was victorious towards hometown MMA Celebrity Michael Web page in a memorable conflict determined by a sixth sudden-death spherical which immediately grew to become a global viral sensation.
Again in the USA on April 29, 2023, Perry demolished Luke Rockhold over two cruel rounds in the direction of a stoppage victory. Dealing with off towards MMA legend Eddie Alvarez on December 2, 2023, Perry battered his manner in the direction of a stoppage on the finish of spherical two. Headlining KnuckleMania V on April 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA, Perry savagely stopped former BKFC World Champion Thiago Alves within the opening spherical.
Following an excellent skilled MMA profession Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens, (3-0) smashed his manner into the BKFC higher echelon on January 25, 2025 with a third-round stoppage of hometown legend Eddie Alvarez in entrance of a sold-out crowd on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia, PA.
Beforehand Stephens had defeated Bobby Taylor on September 6, 2024 and stopped Jimmie Rivera within the third spherical on December 2, 2023.
