{"id":772563,"date":"2026-07-01T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/772563\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:22:09","slug":"jon-jones-iba-bare-knuckle-promotion-heads-to-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/772563\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones\u2019 IBA Bare Knuckle Promotion Heads To Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The bare-knuckle promotion, which former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champion Jon Jones serves as an ambassador for, is leaving Russia and bringing its first North American event to Downtown Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">IBA Bare Knuckle will make its United States debut on Sat., July 18, 2026, inside James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Now, the promotion is attempting to make a splash in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Headlining the event will be former BKFC champion Elvin Brito, who takes on former UFC veteran Viacheslav Borshchev, better known as \u201cSlava Claus.\u201d Borshchev will be making his bare-knuckle debut and competing for just the second time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-roster-watch-cuts-tracker-free-agent-aquisitions-mma\/410382\/merry-cut-mas-ufc-releases-four-fighters-in-latest-roster-purge-including-slava-claus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since being released from UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In addition, former WBA Super Featherweight champion Javier Fortuna will make his bare-knuckle debut against former boxer-turned-bare-knuckle brawler Alejandro Munera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The promotion also announced that several former UFC, LFA, Contender Series, local and international fighters will compete on the debut card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cLegendary UFC champion Jon \u2018Bones\u2019 Jones will be on hand as the official ambassador for IBA Bare Knuckle as the fast-growing international promotion launches its first event in the United States,\u201d the promotion wrote in a press release. \u201cExperience an unforgettable night of world-class bare-knuckle action as one of combat sports\u2019 fastest-rising organizations brings its global platform to Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Doors open at 6 p.m. ET, with the first fight scheduled for 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let the bare-knuckle wars begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">To checkout the latest bare knuckle-related news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bare-knuckle-boxing-results-rules-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bare-knuckle promotion, which former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champion Jon Jones serves as an ambassador for,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[29053,703,49,48,33601,82],"class_list":["post-772563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-bare-knuckle-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}