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BKFC 90 Preview: Start Time, Fight Card,  & Live Stream
Oct 21, 2017; Gdansk, Poland; Darren Till (blue gloves) defeats Donald Cerrone (red gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Ergo Arena. Mandatory Credit: Per Haljestam-Imagn Images Per Haljestam-Imagn Images

The BKFC returns to the United Kingdom with a loaded fight card that will decisively mark the beginning of a new era.

Headlining BKFC 90 are a pair of British sluggers, Connor Tierney (9-2) and Rico Franco (10-3), competing for the interim welterweight title. The 165-pound belt currently belongs to Dustin Pague, who won his first world championship in a thrilling war with Julian Lane in January.

Tierney enters his first bare-knuckle title fight off a pair of wins over fellow UK-based fighters Danny Christie and Johnny Graham.

Although Till is a massive favorite in his debut, he is not getting a soft welcome to the promotion. Chalmers, a former reality TV star with a strong social media following, is already 2-0 in the BKFC with a pair of knockout wins.

Before making his bare-knuckle transition, Chalmers went 5-2 in MMA and 1-1 in boxing. He also fought Floyd Mayweather in an eight-round exhibition bout in February 2023.

BKFC 90 Start Time

Main card: 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT

Prelims: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT

How to watch BKFC 90

Main card: BKFC+ on the BKFC app and BKFC.com

Prelims: YouTube, BKFC app and Fubo Sports

BKFC 90 Location

Location: Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England

BKFC 90 fight card

Main card

[4] Connor Tierney (9-2) vs. [2] Rico Franco (10-3), for the BKFC interim welterweight title

Darren Till (debut) vs. Aaron Chalmers (2-0), light heavyweight

John Phillips (1-0) vs. Ryan Barrett (6-5), cruiserweight

Jonno Chipchase (3-2) vs. Brian Hyslop (1-1), bantamweight

George Thorpe (2-1-1) vs. Leigh Cohoon (3-0), middleweight

Michael Lesniak (debut) vs. Martin McDonough (2-1), featherweight

Liam Hutchinson (2-1) vs. Simeon Ottley (3-1), middleweight

Paul O'Sullivan (2-3) vs. Paul Hilz (10-9), middleweight

Tommy Hawthorn (1-0) vs. Will Smith (1-0), lightweight

Prelims

Kris Trezise (5-2-1) vs. Luke Brassfield (0-1), welterweight

Lukasz Parobiec (10-4) vs. Kaseem Saleem (1-1), heavyweight

Nathan Leeson (4-1-2) vs. Stevie Devenport (4-0), lightweight


This article first appeared on KO on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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