Jorge Masvidal‘s promotion, Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA, is back, but this time they are teaming up with Russian bare knuckle boxing promotion RCC Hard and bringing a fun card with several former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters. Half of the fights are bare knuckle MMA and the other half is bare knuckle boxing.
The event: Gamebed Bareknuckle MMA X RCC: “Shtyrkov vs. Vagabov”
The date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
Location: Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Show: DAZN
Start time: 12:00 PM ET
GBC X RCC bare knuckle MMA The main event
265 pounds: Ivan Shtyrkov vs. Vagab Vagabov – MMA
Game Boost Bare Knuckle MMA The main one Map
265 pounds: Denis Petrov vs. Said Sowma – MMA
265 pounds: Thiago Santos vs. Tafon Nchukwi – MMA
185 pounds: Valery Myasnikov vs. Magomed Magomedov – MMA
155 pounds: Rafael Alves vs. Luis Pena – MMA
205 pounds: Nikolay Kovalenko vs. Marcus Vinicius – MMA
265 pounds: Oleg Olenichev vs. Guto Inocente – MMA
RCC Hard Knuckles Boxing Preliminaries
145 pounds: Shokhrukh Dzhiyanov vs. Andrey Chebotarev – Boxing (title fight)
155 pounds: Vladislav Kovalev vs. Timur Akaimov – boxing
170 pounds: Vladimir Mazur vs. Yevgeni Smirnov – Boxing (title fight)
205 pounds: Vitaliy Baikal vs. Oleg Fomich – Boxing
155 pounds: Ivan Nushkin vs. Andrei Sheshin – Boxing (title fight)
135 pounds: Torgynbek Amirov vs. Leonid Chirkov – Boxing (title fight)
155 pounds: Ilya Simonov vs. Rodion Semenchuk – Boxing
145 pounds: Vladimir Shelopugin vs. Viktor Batalov – boxing
135 pounds: Daniil Shkolin vs. Adilet Kurmetov – boxing
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