"Everybody was against me, big dog. Came in here and wrecked this sh*t. Let's go."

"I lost so many times in the UFC, like a thousand times, but I put myself back together 1,003 f*cking times, big dog. You cannot stop me. This is resilience, years of hard work."

"My own promoters were against me. The whole city was against me. McGregor's against me. Mike Perry. Everybody doubted me. Look at me now. Pay me my f*cking money!"

Stephens then faces off with Conor McGregor for a fight that will never, ever happen.

Jeremy Stephens def. Eddie Alvarez via third-round TKO (corner stoppage) (2:00).

BKFC confirms that Alvarez's corner stopped the bout between rounds.

The fight is stopped between rounds. Jeremy Stephens is your winner — and this crowd is LIVID. Stephens eggs them on. This man is such a great heel.

Stephens' corner begs their fighter to open up more. Alvarez immediately starts the round on the offensive. OOOHH! Big counter right from Stephens drops him!!!! Alvarez makes the 10-count.

Alvarez resumes his forward pressure but he still may be hurt. Alvarez getting wild here. Counter right from Stephens. They're trading fast and furious. Stiff uppercut from Stephens. Alvarez bulldozes Stephens into the ropes and they reset. Alvarez lunges inside with short uppercuts but Stephens gets some clinch work in as well. Hard right hand knocks down Alvarez again!! He makes the count.

10-7 Stephens. 28-27 Stephens.

Alvarez waltzes inside and unloads a flurry of punches. A few of those landed flush. Stephens answers back with a hard shot, but Alvarez eats it. They trade jabs. Slick combination goes head-body-head for Alvarez. Stephens opening up more now as well. This one is heating up.

Nasty left hand connects for Alvarez. Stephens ducks under another wild looping shot. They tie up and Stephens batters the body with short punches. Alvarez continues to mix up his offense, going high-low-high. Short uppercuts from the clinch by Alvarez.

10-9 Alvarez. 20-18 Alvarez.

They meet in the center and Stephens paws out a jab. Feeling out process here to start. Alvarez wades inside and works the body. Stiff right hand catches Stephens in the jaw. Alvarez doubles up his jab then follows with a right hand. Double jab from Stephens. Very close opening round.

10-9 Alvarez.

They touch 'em up and we're off!

Of course, "The Underground King" makes that walk to the Rocky theme song. Beautiful. This crowd is loving it. Big fight feel here to this one.

Huge boos for the invading challenger. He's been terrorizing Philly fans all week. Stellar heel work, tbh.

Nicolena does the honors with the National Anthem. The less said about this, the better. It was ... not great.

Here we go, y'all. This Philly crowd has been red-hot all night — but man, they are going to EXPLODE for their native son Eddie Alvarez.

Let's do this.

"I have been doing this in combat sports for 25 years and I'm telling you, your energy was in my right hand and you helped me win this title!"

This man is FIRED UP.

Heavyweight title: Ben Rothwell def. Mick Terrill via first-round KO (:36).

A perfect right hand is the shot that did it. Terrill dropped instantly. Man. That's a big, big boy in there. Ben Rothwell was born for bare-knuckle boxing.

Andrew Glenn is our referee. No touch of hands for this one. We're off. Rothwell jabs to the body early. And an immediate eyepoke by Rothwell. Ooof, that was a nasty one. OK, we're back.

OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! BIG BEN DOES IT! ONE-SHOT KO!!!! That was MONSTROUS!!! My goodness. Y'all, we have a new heavyweight champ.

Mick Terrill with the decidedly less theatrical walkout. He's the picture of focus, though. This should be fun. Big boys up next!

"Big" Ben Rothwell enters the ring under his Dark Lord guise, draped in a Sith lord robe as absurdly dramatic music plays over the loudspeaker. I love this man so much.

It's time for the big boys: UFC veteran Ben Rothwell gets his long-awaited title shot against BKFC heavyweight champion Mick Terrill.

Rawlings begs BKFC to book her more in 2025 after not fighting since December 2023. After a performance like that, I suspect she'll get her wish.

Flyweight: Bec Rawlings def. Taylor Starling via unanimous decision (50-44, 49-45, 50-44).

Rawlings lunges inside with a combination. Starling returns fire and they're both eating shots now. This is a war. Nice head movement from Rawlings as she dances inside the pocket. Rawlings resets and connects with a nasty right hand. OH! Another right hand BLASTS Starling to the canvas! The referee rules that a slip, but I don't know, that looked clean. Either way, Starling's face is a bloody mess. Rawlings continues to wade forward with punches and pressure. Hell of a showing from the UFC veteran Rawlings.

10-9 Rawlings. 50-44 Rawlings.

Rawlings immediately resumes her forward pressure. She's stalking here. One-two lands for Rawlings. Starling tries to throw back and connects hard. Rawlings goes body-head but Starling returns fire! Both women are wearing the damage now. Big mouse developing under Starling's right eye. Another right hand slips through for Rawlings. Starling misses with two of her own. Rawlings is setting up everything with bodywork. They wade into the pocket and just start trading.

10-9 Rawlings. 40-35 Rawlings.

Nasty right hand flies down the pipe for Rawlings. Starling eats another right hand. The action has slowed here in round three. Rawlings punches her way into the clinch then resets. Nothing coming back from Starling at this point. Stiff right hand lands again for Rawlings. And another. Starling finally connects with a few short punches.

10-9 Rawlings. 30-26 Rawlings.

Sneaky counter right hand was the punch that dropped Starling in the first. We're back at it now. Monster right hand connects for Rawlings. She continues to paw out that right hand. Everything is landing right now for Rawlings. Rawlings works the body. Starling whiffs on a big overhand right. Another flurry from Rawlings.

10-9 Rawlings. 20-17 Rawlings.

Here we go, we've reached our top three fights of the night. Starling and Rawlings collide in the center of the ring and stand toe-to-toe. Big punches from Rawlings! She catches a charging Starling and drops her!

Starling is back up and swinging. Rawlings catches her again, but Starling eats it. More punches land on the button for Rawlings. She's advancing, working off the front foot. Big round for Rawlings.

10-8 Rawlings.