BKFC 76 Fort Worth Previews: Soto vs. Bonner & More

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00:00BKFC 76, down there in Fort Worth, Texas, tomorrow, Saturday, June 21st, headlined by a lightweight

00:06fight that is no longer a title fight. We're supposed to get a rematch between Sonos, Tony

00:11Soto, and Franco Tanaglia. Unfortunately, Tanaglia is out. Late replacement now is Ben Bonner,

00:17the 34-year-old from the UK, who is 3-1 over there. All his fights have been for the BKFC

00:22in the UK, all by stoppage, all four of them. Two wins in a row for him going against Tony Soto,

00:27the 37-year-old from South Carolina, 6-1 in the BKFC. That one loss came in his last fight

00:32against Tanaglia in Spain for the title. Other than that, had been moving through everybody

00:36the BKFC put in front of him. We were wondering when he was going to get his title shot. Finally

00:40did in a fight of the year against Tanaglia. Now does not get to rematch on them, fortunately.

00:45I'm taking Soto. I'm going to go by TKO, too. I know he's had a couple decisions in the last

00:49few fights, but I think he's been trading to be at his best for the title. Not to look down

00:55on Bonner, but he is in Franco Tanaglia, and I think Soto is going to take it out on him.

00:58Then, also, co-headline event, Andre Arlovsky versus Josh Copeland at heavyweight. Arlovsky,

01:05the pit bull, the 46-year-old, long-time UFC fighter, former UFC champion, fought as well

01:12for affliction, making his BKFC debut after a 34-24 career in MMA. Going against Josh Cuddlybear

01:21Copeland, the 42-year-old from Colorado, who's stepping in here as a replacement. Hasn't fought

01:25since being her earliest by third-round TKO in September of 2023, but that's a big step up in

01:30competition from what Arlovsky was going to face before. Now he gets Copeland. This is going to

01:34be a great fight between these two. Can't wait to see how that one ends. Someone's going down,

01:37I think, once again, as we saw with the heavyweights this past weekend. Then, also,

01:41making their debuts at women's flyweight. Jessica Ai versus Maria Agapova. Ai, the 38-year-old

01:46from the U.S., former UFC and MMA fighter for a Bellator fighter, 15-11 in her MMA career,

01:5211 wins by decision. Hasn't fought since 2022. Going against Agapova, the 28-year-old from

01:56Kazakhstan, who now trains out of Florida, 10-5 for her career, five wins by submission.

02:01So she's going to have to stand and trade more than she probably is used to before.

02:04Former UFC fighter. Has fought a few boxing matches before this with gloves on. Lost notably

02:09to Nicole Schaefer, who we've seen in the BKFC. So now, when she takes the gloves off,

02:13is she going to do better than she did with him on? I don't know. That's tough. Both these women

02:17haven't had a lot of wins lately. I'm going to roll with either. I think she's just a little bit

02:21tougher than we've seen from Agapova so far in her career. Also, in heavyweight, you have Anthony

02:26Garrett versus Hayes Wilson. Wilson, the hooligan, the 38-year-old from Oklahoma, a kickboxer making

02:31his BKFC debut. Three bare-knuckle boxing fights and other promotions. First time here in the premier

02:36promotion. Lost all first or second round finishes of his fights, whether he wins or loses. Two of those,

02:43in under a minute. So now he's going against Anthony Garrett. You want to talk about quick

02:47finishes? Well, Lionheart, the 35-year-old who now trains in Texas, former kickboxer and MMA fighter,

02:53is 2-0 in the BKFC. Won by 16 seconds. Won by 12 seconds. So he is a guy that is going to go in

03:01there and try to get the victory. He's not in there for long. He's just in there for the victory.

03:05We'll see if he can do that against his opponent in Wilson coming over and making his debut for the

03:10BKFC. I'm rolling with Garrett. How can you not with the way the guys put people down with just

03:14one punch? Also at heavyweight, you got Kenzie Morrison versus Alex Davis. Davis, the 30-year-old

03:19from West Virginia, former glove boxer. 1-0 in the BKFC. 22nd knockout in September of 2024.

03:25And the third round KO loss to Braxton Smith in December of 2024. Going against Morrison,

03:30the son of Tommy Morrison, the 34-year-old from Oklahoma, former glove boxer. 22-1-2 with lots of

03:38KOs, TKOs in his boxing career. Now he takes them off and is going to go BKFC. First time for him.

03:46I'm going to roll with Morrison. Not just because of the name. When you see that record, you see the

03:50results. How could you not? This guy has been dropping guys with the padding. Now he's going

03:54to take it off. I think he's going to do the same here. Then at lightweight, we get another fan

03:57favorite getting in there and mixing it up for the BKFC. When Ruben Ward gets back in the square

04:02circle, he's going to fight J.C. DeLeon. DeLeon from Texas. 1-3 in his MMA career. Making his BKFC

04:08debut. He went 2-0 fighting in other bare-knuckle promotions. It's going to be a first time with the

04:12BKFC though. And of course, bad boy Ruben Ward, the 36-year-old from Louisville. 2-1 in his 1-0

04:19contest as well in his BKFC career. Coming off his decision loss to Bovar Konnikov in November of

04:252024. Before that, he had a six-second KO of Robbie Problems Peralta back in July of 2024. So

04:30he wants some retribution here. He wants to get his name back in the mix. And coming in a very

04:35happy man. I saw recently engaged as well. So, you know, things are going well for him in many

04:39aspects. We'll see if it does in the fight game as well as he gets in the mix here for this BKFC

04:44card in Texas.

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