BKFC Fight Night Edmonton Recap & Results – 9 August 2025

Edmonton, AB, Canada – Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), The world’s fastest growing combat promotionmade his exciting return to Edmonton with a sold -out crowd at the River Cree Resort & Casino. Fans witnessed a night full of knockouts with highlight-reel, dominant versions and daring callouts while hunters looked to climb the BKFC ranks.

Main Event: Drew “Wild Boy” Stuve vs. Will “The Brown Bomber” Santiago

Unbeaten Edmonton Middleweight Drew “Wild Boy” Stuve Improved to 3-0 with a beautiful knockout in the first round, which Will Santiago finished in just 97 seconds. Stuve dropped Santiago twice and continued his streak of winning all BKFC attacks with Stop.

After the fight, Stuve did not waste time to raise larger opportunities:

“I am not here to play around. I am here to win the belt. Bring me to the United States. I am 3-0 here at home and you can see the support I have here. Who wants to see ‘Wild Boy’ in the United States?”

Santiago, from Albuquerque, NM, is now 2-2-1.

Co-Main Event: Chad Lucanas vs. Tim “The Chin” Tamaki

Edmonton’s “Super” Chad Lucanas Held his perfect record alive and stopped Tim Tamaki with another second left in the first round. Lucanas scored two knockdowns in the lightweight battle and is now 3-0, with all the victories via the first round.

Lucanas made a direct call to BKFC world champion Vederweight Kai Stewart:

“I’m going to get into weight and play with the 45ers. I come for you, Kai Stewart. You can’t hide in front of me long, my boy. I come for that belt and I bring it back to Edmonton.”

Feature Fight: Hasan al-Ghanim vs. Zach “Lil Mac” Pannell

Iraqse in Edmonton lightweight from Edmonton “Hunngry” Hashan al-Ghanim Necessary 22 seconds To beat Zach Pannell van Tko, to 4-0 with three first round finishes.

Afterwards Al-Ghanim shouted the entire lightweight division:

“I have signed many contracts for this fight against top competition, but nobody signed the contract except Zach Pannell, so props for him. Come on, 155ers. What is this? Do I have to fall to 145 to get a good fight?”

Other highlights of BKFC Fight Night Edmonton

• Bohdan “The Iron Hammer” Kotok (Sherwood Park, AB) improved to 2-0 with a first round Ko about Brady Meister, who scored four knockdowns in less than two minutes.
• Joseph “The Dark Knight” Create (Columbus, go) Kayden beat “The Giant” Giroux via TKO in the fourth round after a doctor’s stop.
• Kimani “The King” Crawford (Calgary) earned a unanimous decision about Matt Socholotiuk and scored a knockdown on the way to improvement to 2-0.
• Alexandra Delgado-Lopez (Edmonton) Emma dominated “Eazy E” Murray with three knockdowns to win through a unanimous decision and remained unbeaten on 2-0.
• Caeden “Most Beautiful” Scott (Edmonton) Justin Kennedy put in the first round via TKO.
• Nick “The Fury” Felber (Calgary) James Dalzell played in his BKFC debut in just 36 seconds.
• Adam “Castle” by Freitas (Toronto) opened the night with a 65-second Ko over Skyler Mauller.

BKFC Fight Night Edmonton Official results – 9 August 2025

• Drew Stuve Def. Will Santiago – Ko, Round 1 (1:37)
• Chad Lucanas def. Tim Tamaki – Who, Round 1 (1:59)
• Hasan al-Ghanim def. Zach Pannel – Tko, Round 1 (0:22)
• Bohdan Kotok Def. Brady Meister – Ko, Round 1 (1:53)
• Joseph Creeper Def. Kayden Giroux – TKO, Round 4 (2:00)
• Kimani Crawford Def. Matt SoCholotiuk-unanimous decision (48-46 × 2, 50-44)
• Alexandra Delgado-Lopez def. Emma Murray-Unanieme decision (50-42 × 3)
• Caeden Scott Def. Justin Kennedy – Tko, Round 1 (1:26)
• Nick Felber Def. James Dalzell – Ko, Round 1 (0:36)
• Adam de Freitas def. Skyler Mauller – Ko, Round 1 (1:05)

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