BKFC Dubai: Conor McGregor Excited as Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is Set to Make Historic UAE Debut in April

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Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), powered by World League of Fighters in association with Dubai Sports Council, makes its historic Middle East debut on April 4th and 5th at the iconic Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Stadium.

The arena will transform into a battleground for the most intense and unfiltered form of combat though promoted in all safe interests and environment of promoting high-octane action for world's top fighters.

With Mix Martial Arts Legend Conor McGregor voicing his excitement and BKFC President David Feldman envisioning UAE as a game-changer, this event promises to redefine combat sports entertainment on a global scale.

BKFC Founder & President David Feldman, who has led the sport's meteoric rise, expressed his excitement about the promotion's remarkable growth and its much-anticipated arrival in Dubai, he shares, "We're taking this sport to a global level like never before.

Eight events in six weeks, four countries this is the next evolution of combat sports. Two events, April 4th and 5th at the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Stadium and Four World Championship fights, we are coming."

With Four World Championship bouts on the card, BKFC's Dubai debut is part of an ambitious global expansion, which includes eight events across six weeks in four different countries. The UAE, known for hosting some of the biggest spectacles in combat sports, is now set to witness the gripping intensity of bare-knuckle fighting.

Among those amplifying the excitement is former Mixed Martial Arts Champion and combat sports icon Conor McGregor, who has been an outspoken supporter of BKFC's rapid rise, "Dubai, we are coming, baby!" exclaimed McGregor. "BKFC is a worldwide sensation. It's taking things from Hollywood, Florida, to the World. This is global and UAE we will go global."

The BKFC Dubai edition will feature an incredible lineup of international fighters with intense matchups across multiple weight categories from the fighting community bringing the raw intensity and pure athleticism of bare-knuckle fighting to one of the most exciting sporting destinations in the world and elevating sport to a whole new level of entertainment.

BKFC Dubai Fight Card

Day 1 Highlights (April 4th)

• Bantamweight (135 lbs): Ruel Panales (Philippines) vs. Ali Elkhatib (Egypt)
• Welterweight (165 lbs): Austin Trout vs. Carlos Trinidad (headline bout)
• Middleweight (175 lbs): Marcus Pond (UK) vs. Mladen Iliev (Bulgaria)
• Heavyweight (265 lbs): Jaskaran Singh (India) vs. Mohamed Ali (Egypt/Dubai)
• Cruiserweight (205 lbs): John Phillips (Wales) vs. Fabio Maldonado (Brazil)

Day 2 Highlights (April 5th)

• Heavyweight (265 lbs): Mehdi Barghi (Iran) vs. Ricardo Bachir (Lebanon)
• Bantamweight: Mohd Azahar (India) vs. Muhammad Bilal (Pakistan)
• Featherweight (145 lbs): Shamil Dzhakhbarov (Russia) vs. Dilshat Nurym (Kazakhstan)
• Middleweight: Aaron Chalmers (UK) vs. Chasa Symonds
• Welterweight: Vladislav Tuinov (Russia) vs. Adel Al Tamimi (USA/Iraq)
• Lightweight: Matin Safari (Iran) vs. Mark Angel Sadang (Philippines)