Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s (BKFC) Fight Night: Mohegan Sun saw Bryce Henry knock out Carlos Trinidad-Snake, in the second round of the main event this past Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Henry is now the unequivocal No. 1 contender in the BKFC welterweight division.
The 25-year-old Broward County, Florida, native, now 8-0, called out several of BKFC’s best after the win, including two of its titleholders.
“There are two guys I really want to fight: BKFC welterweight champion Dustin Pague and Rico Franco,” Henry said after his victory. Both are top threats in the division.
“If I can’t get them, I’ve got to fight again before the end of the year. At Hard Rock, I want the one and only [BKFC middleweight champion] David Mundell — easy money … If I can’t get them, I want [BKFC ironweight champion] Lorenzo Hunt, ‘The Juggernaut.’”
BKFC’s next event, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, is set for Sept. 11. In last Friday’s co-main event, Joseph Creer won his fourth straight with a unanimous decision over Cody Vidal.
Last Saturday, Brooklyn native Teofimo Lopez Jr. captured the WBA welterweight title to become a three-division champion with a 115-113, 114-114, and 116-112 majority decision in dethroning Rolando Romero at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It was redemption for Lopez Jr., whose WBO junior welterweight and The Ring super lightweight titles were taken by Shakur Stevenson in a defeat at Madison Square Garden in January 2026.
“I expected something similar to this, but more combinations from Rolly,” Lopez Jr. (23-2, 13 KOs) noted in assessing his opponent. “He was staying composed and listening to his corner. We had to push the fight. He hit me with a shot that woke me up.
“I told him he has to do better than that. I was just buzzed. I got right back to it. I stayed cool, calm, and collected. We have the ring experience. That’s what’s helped me throughout my journey.”
A dejected Romero disputed the outcome.
“I got hit with two punches the whole fight that barely grazed me,” he said.. “I was never in any trouble. When I heard 114-114, I knew it was a robbery.” The former champion landed only 73 punches, as opposed to 123 by Lopez Jr., who used a consistent jab.
Former unified heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. (35-2-1 22 KOs), who last competed in August 2024 when he battled to a draw against Brooklyn native Jarrell Miller, will face Damian Knyba (17-1 11 KOs) in the main event at Prudential Center in Newark on Friday, Sept. 4. In the co-main event, New Jersey native Vito Mielnicki Jr. (23-1 13 KOs) will take on Austin Williams (20-2 12 KOs).
