Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will make its Hawaiʻi debut next week with a fight card at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center, marking the promotion’s first event in the islands.
The BKFC Hawaiʻi card, scheduled for April 11, features a lineup of fighters with ties to major promotions, including former UFC and Bellator veterans Maki Pitolo, Kealiʻi Kanekoa, Toby Misech and Zach Zane.
The event is being promoted locally by T.J. Thompson, the former ICON Sport and Superbrawl president, who returns to the fight business after nearly two decades away.
“I couldn’t be more excited,” Thompson said in a recent appearance on the television program Hawaii Sports 2Night. “It’s been 18 years since I’ve done this. I’m responsible for filling an arena, making a fight card, paying fighters — the whole thing.”
Thompson said his decision to partner with BKFC came after attending a live event in Newark, New Jersey, which he described as one of the most entertaining fight experiences he has witnessed.
“I’ve been ringside at some of the greatest fights ever — Pride, UFC, Superbrawl — and I’ve never had as much fun as I did at a BKFC event,” Thompson said. “The action is nonstop. There’s no downtime, and there’s always something happening. It will be the most fun you’ve had at a fight event.”
In addition to the fights, BKFC announced that proceeds from all ticket sales will be donated to families affected by recent flooding caused by a Kona low storm in Hawaiʻi.
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