With the UFC taking per week off, this weekend belongs to the opposite fight sports activities promotions on the earth they usually’re making the most of it. On Saturday, BKFC returns for its massive Knucklemania 5 occasion in Philadelphia, headlined by a five-round scrap between Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens. However earlier than that goes down, PFL hosts its first occasion of 2025 with a Champions Collection card in Dubai headlined by a sensational light-weight title struggle between Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes.
MMA Combating’s Jed Meshew and Alexander Ok. Lee take a deep dive into each massive fight sports activities playing cards this weekend, together with who wins the BKFC headliner, how the BKFC heavyweight title struggle between Mick Terrill and Ben Rothwell would possibly go, which different fights they’re wanting ahead to on Saturday, reply viewer questions, and extra.
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