
Luis Palomino vs Tom Shoaff weight title fight headlines BKFC 34
FIGHTER INFORMATION
NAME | Luis Palomino | HEIGHT | 5’8″ |
NICK NAMES | Baboon | WEIGHT | 146.0 lb |
BIRTH DATE | 1980-10-09 | REACH | 69.0″ |
AGE | 42 | LEG REACH | 0.0″ |
NATIONALITY | Peru | REPRESENTING | Miami, Florida |
PHILADELPHIA – Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will go back to Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida for his or her fourth sensational occasion on the venue, BKFC 34, on Saturday, December 3.
Headlined through the BKFC light-weight global championship among Luis “Baboon” Palomino (7-0, 2 KOs) of Miami and Tom “A Gentleman of Violence” Shoaff, (4-3, 2 KOs) of Chicago, tickets for BKFC 34, beginning at $55, are actually on-sale and may be bought at BKFC.com.
Doors will open at the night time of the occasion at 7 p.m. ET. For greater facts, go to their internet site at SeminoleHardRockHollywood.com. BKFC 34 may also be broadcast the world over as a part of the BKFC+ subscription for $4.ninety nine in step with month on the brand new BKFC app.
“Hard Rock Live is surely a unique venue for BKFC; it`s been domestic to a few large occasions we have got promoted, the maximum latest in June of this yr putting the venue’s fight sports activities attendance record,” BKFC president David Feldman said. “We’re excited to convey our first ‘double champ,’ Luis Palomino, returned to Hard Rock Live for a global name protection in opposition to the hard-charging Tom Shoaff. For Palomino, it is a name protection in opposition to a totally sturdy and hard fighter, and for Shoaff, it is an possibility to alternate his complete existence with a victory.
“Our co-function for the vacant BKFC middleweight global championship has fighters, Francesco Ricchi and David Mundell, who’ve earned the possibility to combat for this prestigious name thru their tremendous preceding performances withinside the squared circle.
“Tickets are already transferring very speedy and I strongly recommend BKFC lovers to buy their tickets properly earlier to make certain access on December 3.”
BKFC’s first “double champ,” Palomino, in his maximum latest combat gained the BKFC welterweight global name, defeating Elvin Brito on June 24 at Hard Rock Live. Palomino earned the BKFC light-weight global name on July 24, 2020 with a first-spherical knockout of Isaac Vallie-Flagg. The famous local of Peru has made 4 a success defenses of the light-weight name in opposition to Jim Alers, Tyler Goodjohn, Dat Nguyen and Martin Brown. Palomino currently sits atop the BKFC pound-for-pound rankings.
Shoaff is presently driving a three-combat prevailing streak, preventing Bruce Lutchmedial withinside the 0.33 spherical on April 21 at BKFC Fight Night Fort Lauderdale. Other stoppage wins got here in opposition to Josh Wright at BKFC Fight Night Montana on October 9, 2021 and Nathan Mitchell on April 30, 2021 at BKFC 17.
Co-featured at BKFC 34, No. 1-ranked and meantime titleholder Ricchi (5-0) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and “Redneck” Mundell (5-1) of Dunedin, Florida will conflict for the vacant BKFC middleweight global name. Since his BKFC debut in 2020, Ricchi has demonstrated his role as a pinnacle contender, maximum currently scoring a first-spherical stoppage over former global name challenger Uly Diaz on June 24, 2022 at BKFC 26. The hard-hitting, Italian born Ricchi additionally holds dominant victories over Jake Bostwick, Noah Cutter, Brian Maxwell and Fred Pierce.
Heavy-passed southpaw Mundell demanding situations for the sector name following a top notch performance, knocking out David Simpson withinside the 5th spherical at BKFC Fight Night Tampa 2 on July 23. Mundell additionally holds commanding victories over Julian Lane, Stanislav Grosu, Ronnie Forney and Drew Lipton, his most effective loss coming to former global champion Hector Lombard at BKFC 10. Mundell is presently the No. 1-ranked mild heavyweight and could be losing right all the way down to middleweight for the sector name combat in opposition to Ricchi.
Additional facts on BKFC 34 could be introduced shortly.