Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 85

Following an outstanding professional boxing career, which included two reigns as a world champion, Austin ‘No Doubt’ Trout, of Las Cruces, N.M., has mastered the skill set of bare-knuckle fighting in the squared circle.

Bursting into the BKFC promotion with a fourth-round stoppage in Albuquerque, N.M., former UFC Star Diego Sanchez at KnuckleMania III, Trout has continued his victorious streak with wins over Luis Palomino (BKFC-57), garnering the BKFC Welterweight World Title. His two world title defenses came in dominant performances against Rico Franco and Carlos Trinidad-Snake.

Luis ‘Baboon’ Palomino, whose last five fights have headlined Hard Rock Live, first made his mark at BKFC-10, defeating Future BKFC World Champion Elvin Brito. Further victories through out his acclaimed career have come against Isaac Vallie-Flagg at BKFC-11 for the BKFC Lightweight World Title and defenses versus Jim Akers, Tyler Goodjohn, Dat Nguyen, and Martin Brown.

Moving up to welterweight and rematching Elvin Brito at BKFC-26, Palomino earned the BKFC Welterweight World Title. Holding both titles, Palomino defeated Tom Shoaff at BKFC-34 and James Lilley at BKFC-45, defending the lightweight version.

At BKFC-57, Palomino would suffer his only promotional loss to Austin Trout with the welterweight title on the line. The native of Peru would bounce back to the winner’s column with a victory over Howard Davis for the Inaugural BKFC ‘King of the Streets' Title at BKFC-70.

Further fights for this outstanding event will be announced shortly.