Uncasville, CT (December 12, 2025) Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The World’s Fastest Growing Combat Sports Promotion, returns to the famed Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, January 17, 2026 headlined by a sensational title clash between arch-rivals, Bare-Knuckle Fighting Legend and BKFC Welterweight World Champion Julian ‘Let Me Bang’ Lane, (9-8), of Mansfield, OH and #5 Ranked Dustin ‘The Disciple’ Pague, (5-2), of Harrisburg, PA.
Tickets for BKFC-86 will go on-sale Tomorrow, Saturday, December 13 at 12:00 p.m. EST and can be purchased online at BKFC.com. The Mohegan Sun Arena is located at 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville, CT 06382. The event will also be broadcast live globally on DAZN.
“Julian Lane has fought for BKFC since our fourth event in 2019 and has a well-earned reputation as one of the toughest men fighting in our promotion; he’s fought everyone and in many of BKFC’s most unforgettable battles,” said David Feldman, Founder and President. “However, Dustin Pague has earned this opportunity and they both want this fight to settle their rivalry in the squared circle with the highest stakes possible. This fight will be explosive from the opening bell.”
Julian Lane capped his current five fight winning streak and earned the BKFC Welterweight Crown with a dynamic performance over former world champion Gorjan Slaveski in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 2, 2025 as a record-setting crowd of over 30,000 watched the live event. Additional victories during this undefeated period have included; Cameron VanCamp (BKFC on DAZN 4), Alfredo Angulo (BKFC on DAZN 2), Evgeny Kurdanov (KnuckleMania IV) and Murat Kazgan
(BKFC-53).
Lane fought in a memorable clash with ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry at KnuckleMania II in addition to exciting battles with world champions David Mundell and Thiago Alves as well as top contenders David Rickels and Leonardo Garcia.
Dustin Pague has moved up the rankings to the world title fight with show-stopping second round knockouts this year of Ryan Petersen on July 25, 2025 and Andrew Angelcor on March 21, 2025. He also holds victories over battle-tested veterans Joe Elmore, Wade Johnson and Eddie Hoch.
Additional fights for BKFC-86 will be announced shortly.
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