BKFC Fight Night Budva fight week is here! This Saturday, David Feldman’s promotion returns from a hiatus of several weeks to give fight fans a dose of action on a UFC-free weekend.
With no major MMA in action over the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend, BKFC Fight Night Budva is the only game in town when it comes to the world of competitive violence. Budva, Montenegro’s Top Hill is the setting for this weekend’s edition of BKFC Fight Night.
Coverage of this Saturday’s show begins with the countdown at 1:30 pm ET/ 10:30 am PT on the official BKFC YouTube channel before moving onto the fights themselves at 2 pm ET/ 11 am PT. As usual, this card can be seen via DAZN.
All told, if there are no adjustments made to the schedule between now and this Saturday, the final version of BKFC Fight Night Budva will feature a slate of 11 fights on the evening.
At the top of the bill on Saturday, the middleweight division (175 lbs) takes center stage in the main event of the evening. Vaso Bakocevic (6-1 bare-knuckle) takes on Wilhelm Ott (1-1 bare-knuckle.) This fight, along with all fights on the card, will be an advertised maximum of five rounds at two minutes per round.
Bakocevic enters BKFC Fight Night Budva with a record of 4-1 in his last five fights dating back to his days as an MMA fighter. Last time out, he scored a first-round knockout by way of punches in just 39 seconds to defeat Dimitri Angelini (0-3 bare-knuckle.)
He’s only had slightly over three months between fights and finished his last opponent in under a minute, so there’s no concerns of ring rust by any stretch of the imagination for Bakocevic. Saturday’s fight will be his opponent’s first under the BKFC promotional banner, so can he spoil the party for Ott?
Across the way, Wilhelm Ott will knuckle-up having posted a mark of 3-2 in his past five contests dating back to 2019. Much like Bakocevic, he just fought this past May, but Ott’s last fight didn’t result in a favorable outcome.
On May 10, Ott was on the receiving end of a fourth-round knockout with 13 seconds remaining on the clock from Diego Santos (1-0 bare-knuckle) in Vendetta Fight Nights 45. Ott had been considered for the BKFC active roster long before BKFC Fight Night Budva.
A planned fight between Ott and Vladislav Kanchev in November of 2023 was scrubbed ahead of the card in Sofia, Bulgaria after he withdrew from the event. Will Ott’s long-awaited debut result in a victory here?
Immediately beforehand, the co-main event of the evening sees action take place in the welterweight ranks (165 lbs) between Petar Razov (3-0 bare-knuckle) and Bojan Kosednar (0-2 bare-knuckle.) The former, who went 1-2 in amateur MMA and also competes in traditional boxing, has yet to lose under bare-knuckle rules and comes in with a 3-2 mark in his last five fights dating back to his amateur career.
Back in February, he scored a unanimous decision win over the aforementioned Vaso Bakocevic. Razov’s career in bare-knuckle boxing is in its earliest days, having only debuted in April of last year,
A victory under the BKFC promotional banner in his BKFC debut would be a definite resume-builder for Razov, as well as the first stepping stone toward a bid at a championship at a later date. Only time will tell, however, if he can go 4-for-4 in bare-knuckle.
Meanwhile, Bojan Kosednar is sporting a 2-3 record in his past five appearances. He’s yet to get his hand raised under bare-knuckle rules.
This past April, he went down in defeat by way of majority decision to Rafael Hudson during FNC 22. Kosednar was supposed to have fought Alexandre Ribeiro that same night before the contest was postponed.
At the core, this BKFC Fight Night Budva co-main event is a story of two fighters at a crossroads: Razov is coming in on a hot streak, while Kosednar’s still hungry for that first notch in the win column.
Get your popcorn ready for this one. This should be an entertaining scrap.
Also on BKFC Fight Night Budva this Saturday night, the heavyweights take to the ring for a bout between 27-fight veteran Dilan Prasovic (20-7, 17 KOs, bare-knuckle debut) and Lasha Ronishvili (2-1 bare-knuckle.) Prasovic has already had quite an active year so far in 2025, having stepped into the ring five times.
In those five contests, he’s amassed a 3-2 record. He’ll be coming into this one just two weeks removed from a first-round knockout victory over Ali Ismayilov (21-19-1, 15 KOs) on Aug. 16 in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
How will he transition to bare-knuckle rules? Tune in and find out.
In the other corner, Lasha Ronishvili has posted a 2-2 record with one no-contest in his last five bouts. Last December, he bested Yousuf Mohamad (0-1 bare-knuckle) with a first-round knockout.
He’s been out of action for over nine months ahead of this contest, compared to only a fortnight for Prasovic. How much ring rust does he have here?
Which fight or fights are you looking forward to on BKFC Fight Night Budva?
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