Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 8(2019)

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 8 is a bare-knuckle boxing event held on October 19, 2019, at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida. The card features UFC veterans squaring off in the ring without gloves, headlined by a heavyweight clash between Antônio "Bigfoot" Silva and Gabriel Gonzaga. Both fighters bring significant MMA pedigree to the sport, having competed at the highest levels of the UFC. Silva and Gonzaga's transition to bare-knuckle fighting marks a notable crossover moment for the emerging combat sport, drawing attention from fans curious about how elite mixed martial artists perform under these stripped-down fighting conditions.