The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is bringing one of the biggest combat sports events of 2026 to the brilliant Belgrade, Serbia!
BKFC Belgrade fight week festivities are coming to Serbia and the Balkans. The combat sports happenings in Eastern Europe will decide the future of the fight game worldwide.
First comes the highly anticipated BKFC Belgrade tryouts for the $20 million World’s Baddest Man (WBM) global tournament (2026-2027), on October 15, 2026.
Second comes the BKFC Fight Night Belgrade (aka BKFC Belgrade) event – featuring a stacked fight card of pivotal bare-knuckle boxing matches, including a heavyweight title tilt – on October 17, 2026.
Serbian stars, Balkan bare-knuckle fighters assert their confidence before BKFC Belgrade
Agi Faulkner vs. Dilan Prasovic, Aleksandar Konovalov vs. Eddy Ruiz, and Stefan Dobrijevic vs. Stefan Negucic – three fights that have captivated bare-knuckle boxing fans – will cap off BKFC Fight Night Belgrade.
The Dobrijevic vs. Negucic clash – Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Serbia – has thriller written all over it, promising to add another memorable chapter to the Balkan region’s sports rivalry. It’s been touted as a clash of superlatively skilled strikers seeking success. A few stars recently addressed the upcoming fight card, the historic first-ever BKFC event to be held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Featherweight Dejan Zlaticanin said, “I’m here to show him what boxing is and how to fight up close – face to face.”
Zlaticanin’s opponent, Said-Khusein Akhyadov, didn’t hold back in his warning, saying, “Some people should have retired a long time ago, and I’m going to help them do it.”
Elsewhere on the card, Vlad Tuinov takes on the ever-confident Alfred Koci in a middleweight clash. Koci warned, “The moment he accepted the fight with me, he had already lost.”
One of the most fiery matchups of the event is expected to be the welterweight fight between Serbia’s Dusan Radovic and Brazil’s Felipe Maia. True to his moniker “Mecava,” meaning blizzard or snowstorm in English, the Serbian fighter is known to speak his mind. Sending a word of caution to his Brazilian rival, Radovic stated, “I expect real hell — nonstop fire and flames. I know I won’t come out without getting burned, but I’ll walk through that hell and come out the winner.”
Also, heavyweights will collide, as Croatia’s Agron Smakici goes up against Hungary’s Istvan Bernath. Predicting a spectacular KO at BKFC Belgrade, Smakici declared, “I expect to win before the end of the fight — and I’m coming for Knockout of the Night.”
Furthermore, Serbia’s rising star Danilo Kalicanin will clash against North Macedonia’s Roberto Ackovski in a welterweight matchup. BKFC Belgrade is far more than a sports contest for Kalicanin, who’s indicated that competing at the Belgrade Arena has been his lifelong dream.
The Serbian talent is keen on performing across multiple fights for the BKFC and is viewed by many as a standout at 165 pounds. Kalicanin noted, “Against me, he won’t make it to the end of the round — and no one and nothing will save him.”
BKFC Belgrade tryouts for the World’s Baddest Man (WBM) global tournament – brings a $20 million prize pool, $10 million to the winner – on October 15, 2026
The BKFC World’s Baddest Man (WBM) global tournament (2026-2027) has been labeled as one of the most high-profile combat sports tournaments of all time. The much-awaited bare-knuckle fighting tournament comprises a $20 million prize pool, with its ultimate winner securing $10 million.
The world’s premier bare-knuckle boxing organization, the BKFC, is inviting fighters from around the world to the WBM global tournament’s Belgrade tryouts – anointed as Europe’s gateway into the tournament.
The BKFC Belgrade tryouts go down at a venue TBA in Belgrade, Serbia, on October 15, 2026. They’ll consist of no fights, and they’ll instead focus on athletes’ physical evaluation – athleticism, combat prowess, and more.
A number of Serbian and Balkan stars – including Aleksandar Konovalov, Dusan Radovic, Stefan Dobrijevic, Stefan Negucic, Danilo Kalicanin, Dilan Prasovic, and others – will engage in meet-and-greets with fans at the tryouts.
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BKFC Fight Night Belgrade – thrilling bare-knuckle fights on October 17, 2026
The BKFC Fight Night Belgrade event will be headlined by a European heavyweight championship match – British heavyweight staple Agi Faulkner has vowed to defend his title against Montenegro’s boxing maestro Dilan Prasovic.
The co-headlining match pits Serbian kickboxing phenom Aleksandar Konovalov against the ferocious Eddy Ruiz. That would be preceded by a high-octane middleweight match between Stefan Dobrijevic and Stefan Negucic. Moreover, several other electrifying fights are spread across the stacked fight card.
BKFC Fight Night Belgrade full fight card
- Main event – BKFC European heavyweight championship bout: Agi Faulkner (c) vs. Dilan Prasovic
- Co-main event – Middleweight: Aleksandar Konovalov vs. Eddy Ruiz
- Middleweight: Stefan Dobrijevic vs. Stefan Negucic
- Featherweight: Dejan Zlaticanin vs. Said-Khusein Akhyadov
- Middleweight: Vlad Tuinov vs. Alfred Koci
- Welterweight: Dusan Radovic vs. Felipe Maia
- Heavyweight: Agron Smakici vs. Istvan Bernath
- Women’s featherweight: Sheena Bathory vs. Sara Bitto
- Lightweight: Miroslav Pittner vs. Slavi Haralambov
- Middleweight: Strahinja Karabegovic vs. Brajan Jovanovic
- Welterweight: Danilo Kalicanin vs. Roberto Ackovski
- Lightweight: Petar Kovac vs. Ivan Grgec
BKFC fight-week festivities take place on October 15 and 17, 2026
- BKFC Belgrade tryouts for the WBM (World’s Baddest Man) global tournament (2026-2027) will take place at a venue TBA in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday, October 15, 2026.Register for the World’s Baddest Man global tournament here:
https://www.bkfc.com/wbm - BKFC Fight Night Belgrade will take place at the Beogradska Arena (Belgrade Arena) in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday, October 17, 2026.Get your BKFC Belgrade tickets here:
https://tickets.rs/event/bkfc_serbia_27438
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