BKFC 89 goes down Friday at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California, live worldwide on DAZN. Former WBO 130-pound champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring and Michael “Papa G” Larrimore collide for the vacant BKFC (bare knuckles) championship in BKFC's bantamweight division. [BKFC recognizes different weight classes from traditional boxing, with 135 pounds referred to as bantamweight by BKFC]. Herring holds a 1-0 record in BKFC, winning a lopsided unanimous decision against Matt Guymon in January. 

 

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Major rankings implications in BKFC’s light-heavyweight division are at stake in Friday’s co-feature, as JoMi “The Archangel” Escoboza faces Cody “The Knuckle Maniac” Vidal. Fans will be watching, and so will BKFC light heavyweight champion Lorenzo “The Juggernaut” Hunt.

 

The judges’ scorecards shouldn’t be needed for Friday’s heavyweight battle. In their combined five trips to the BKFC squared circle, heavy hitters Levi “Pitbull” Costa and Chase Gormley haven’t yet reached the fourth round of action. Friday’s action from Palm Desert features a slate of fresh-faced debuting fighters and a lineup of familiar combatants, like Daniel “Machete” Alvarez, David “El Perro Necio” Diaz, Cody Kerr, Evgenii “The Sailor” Kurdanov, Jared “Lenny” Lennon, Erik “Lights Out” Lopez, Keith “The Officer” Richardson, Ryan “Ryu” Petersen, Steven “Savage” Sainsbury, Anthony Sanchez, Devon “Dapper Scrapper” Schwan and Iman “Stross” Williams.