BKFC Fight Night Philly: Pague vs. Petersen is an upcoming bare-knuckle fighting event to be held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on July 25, 2025, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card
Welterweight 75 kg United States Dustin Pague vs. United States Ryan Petersen
Women's Flyweight 57 kg United States Rosalinda Rodriguez vs. United States Gabrielle Roman
Middleweight 79 kg United States John Garbarino vs. United States Erik Lopez
Cruiserweight 93 kg Italy Alessio Sakara vs. United States Erick Lozano
Light Heavyweight 84 kg United States Maurice Horne vs. United States Cody Vidal
Bantamweight 61 kg United States Travis Thompson vs. United States Darrick Gates
Featherweight 66 kg United States Elijah Harris vs. United States Ishiah Carson
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Lex Ludlow vs. United States Lewis Rumsey
Lightweight 70 kg United States Jason DiNunzio vs. United States Dalvin Blair
Welterweight 75 kg United States Pat Sullivan vs. United States Austin Peterson
Background
A super heavyweight bout between Dustin Pague and Ryan Petersen is scheduled to headline the event.
BKFC returns to Philly’s 2300 arena on Friday, July 25! Dustin Pague vs. Ryan Petersen headlines.
Plus the return of john Garbarino and Rosalinda Rodriguez vs. Gabrielle Roman.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, returns to the famed 2300 Arena in their hometown of Philadelphia, PA on Friday, July 25.
BKFC Fight Night Philly is headlined by a can’t miss welterweight clash between Dustin ‘The Disciple’ Pague, (4-2), of Carlisle, PA and Ryan ‘Ryu’ Petersen, (2-0), of Humboldt County, CA.
Also featured on the card is popular Philly sports star, John ‘Johnny Garb’ Garbarino competing in a middleweight fight against opposition to be announced.
“This is our third event in our hometown of Philadelphia and we’re very proud to bring another stellar event to the 2300 Arena,” said David Feldman, Founder and President of BKFC. “From our record-breaking KnuckleMania V event in January, Philadelphia fight fans truly have shown their passion for our bare-knuckle promotions.”
With an attendance of 17,762 on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at the Wells Fargo Center, KnuckleMania V set a new modern-day combat sports record for the city of Philadelphia.
Fighting at the 2300 Arena on March 21, 2025, Dustin Pague stopped Andrew Angelcor in the second round. He also holds exciting victories over Joe Elmore (BKFC-51), Wade Johnson (BKFC-42) and Eddie Hoch (BKFC Fight Night New York 2).
Ryan Petersen impressed immediately in his BKFC debut with a second-round knockout of Dan Godoy at BKFC Fight Night Los Angeles (November 23,2024). He followed up with a dominant unanimous decision over Matt Socholotiuk at BKFC Fight Night Pechanga (January 18, 2025).
Middleweight John Garbarino stopped the show at KnuckleMania V with a first-round knockout of Apostle Spencer. Celebrating the victory, Garbarino took a knee and proposed marriage to his longtime fiancé. The Philly Sports Star continued his impressive showings with a first-round knockout of Rayne Wells on March 21, 2025 at the 2300 Arena.
Fighting in the co-main event, women’s flyweights will clash as Rosalinda ‘Venom’ Rodriguez, (2-0), of Miami, FL battles Gabrielle Roman, (1-2-1), of South Amboy, NJ. Sporting an undefeated professional boxing of 14-0, the Chicago born Rodriguez returns to the squared circle following a third-round stoppage of Monica Franco on March 15, 2024. The upset minded Gabrielle Roman looks to bounce back into the winner’s column following a hotly contested distance fight against Natalie Gage on November 9, 2024.
Also featured at BKFC Fight Night Philly in the featherweight division, Elijah ‘The Buffalo Soldier’ Harris, (1-0), faces BKFC debuting Isaac ‘Ice’ Matamoros of Mission, TX. Heavyweights will see action with Lex Ludlow, (1-0), of Levittown, PA looking to stay undefeated against Lewis ‘The Beast’ Rumsey, (2-4), of Williamsport, PA. Lightweight Jason DiNunzio makes his BKFC debut against Dalvin Blair, (1-0). Returning in the welterweight division, Philly’s Pat Sullivan, (1-0), will face an opponent to be announced.
