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Bec Rawlings Returns to Win Column with Five-Round Beatdown of Taylor Starling – BKFC KnuckleMania 5 Highlights

Bec Rawlings Returns to Win Column with Five-Round Beatdown of Taylor Starling - BKFC KnuckleMania 5 Highlights‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings climbed back into the win column at BKFC KnuckleMania 5 in Philadelphia on Saturday night. After…

Bec Rawlings Returns to Win Column with Five-Round Beatdown of Taylor Starling - BKFC KnuckleMania 5 Highlights

‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings climbed back into the win column at BKFC KnuckleMania 5 in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

After coming up short in her last three outings inside the squared circle, the former UFC fighter looked nothing short of spectacular as she largely dominated her scrap with ‘Killa Bee’ throughout the five-round affair.

Starling came out aggressive and attempted to close the distance early, but ate a nasty counter-right from Rawlings that sent her crashing to the canvas in the opening round. Starling answered the count and never once backed down, but she was unable to match the volume of Rawlings and ultimately came up short on all three judges’ scorecards as a result.

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

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Check out highlights from Taylor Starling vs. Bec Rawlings at BKFC KnuckleMania 5:

Video – BKFC Brawlers Taylor Starling and ‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings Leave Little to the Imagination

Video - BKFC Brawlers Taylor Starling and 'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings Leave Little to the ImaginationTaylor Starling and former UFC fighter ‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings put on a show before the show. Emanating from Wells…

Video - BKFC Brawlers Taylor Starling and 'Rowdy' Bec Rawlings Leave Little to the Imagination

Taylor Starling and former UFC fighter ‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings put on a show before the show.

Emanating from Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship will deliver its fifth annual KnuckleMania event headlined by a showdown between former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and 20-year veteran Jeremy ‘Lil Heathen’ Stephens.

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Featuring in the co-main event will be former UFC heavyweight standout ‘Big’ Ben Rothwell as he is set to challenge reigning and defending BKFC heavyweight titleholder Mick Terrill.

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Rounding out the top of the card will be a women’s bare-knuckle bout that is sure to bring the fireworks as BKFC mainstay Taylor Starling meets TUF alumnus Bec Rawlings.

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Ahead of their highly anticipated clash in The City of Brotherly Love, Starling and Rawlings went face-to-face for the final time. Needless to say, their intense staredown offered a little something for every kind of fight fan out there. Check out the video clip below courtesy of MMA Junkie:

Taylor Starling and Bec Rawlings Looking to get back into the win column at knuckleMania 5

Taylor Starling is 4-3 under the BKFC banner with wins over Charisa Sigala, Cassie Robb, Hannah Guy, and Jenny Savage. Her fight with Sigala at the inaugural KnuckleMania event in 2021 is still considered to be one of the wildest fights in promotional history.

Meanwhile, Rawlings goes into her seventh appearance in the promotion with a 3-3 record and riding a three-fight losing streak, including back-to-back losses against reigning women’s flyweight titleholder Christine Ferea.

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Check out the full KnuckleMania 5 fight card below:

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BKFC KnuckleMania 5 on DAZN Main Card (9 p.m. ET):

  • Eddie Alvarez vs. Jeremy Stephens
  • Mick Terrill vs. Ben Rothwell – BKFC heavyweight championship
  • Taylor Starling vs. Bec Rawlings
  • Patrick Brady vs. Zachary Calmus
  • Dustin Pague vs. JD Burns
  • Travis Thompson vs. Zachary Pannell
  • John Garbarino vs. Apostle Spencer
  • Pat Sullivan vs. Kaine Tomlinson, Jr.
  • Zedekiah Montanez vs. Brandon Meyer
  • Joey Dawejko vs. Steven Banks

BKFC KnuckleMania 5 on YouTube Prelim Card (8 p.m. ET):

  • Cody Russell vs. Logan Tucker
  • Phil Caracappa vs. Noah Norman
  • Itso Babulaidze vs. Bryan McDowell

Just Bleed: Britain Hart and Taylor Starling’s Gruesome Title Fight at BKFC 63 – Highlights

Britain Hart, Taylor StarlingBare Knuckle FC strawweight champion Britain Hart retained her title in a wild fight against Taylor Starling at BKFC…

Britain Hart, Taylor Starling

Bare Knuckle FC strawweight champion Britain Hart retained her title in a wild fight against Taylor Starling at BKFC 63.

Hart defeated Starling by unanimous decision in the BKFC 63 main event on Saturday in Sturgis, South Dakota. After weeks of bad blood brewed between her and Starling, Hart backed up the pre-fight trash talk with one of the most impressive performances of her fighting career.

Hart vs. Starling lived up to the pre-fight hype as the two bare-knucklers threw wild exchanges over five rounds of action.

WATCH: Britain Hart Outpoints Taylor Starling At BKFC 63

Check out some of the highlights from Hart vs. Starling below.

Hart has now won five consecutive fights since a loss to Christine Ferea at BKFC: KnuckleMania 2 in 2022. She won the inaugural BKFC women’s strawweight strap by defeating Charisa Sigala at BKFC 29.

After winning the belt, Hart hasn’t slowed down, defending the title three times over the likes of Melanie Shah and Jenny Clausius. An up-and-down start to her bare-knuckle boxing career has been followed up by wins in nine of her last ten fights.

Starling’s loss to Hart came after a unanimous decision win over Jenny Clausius in the BKFC Prospect Series in January. Before that, she defeated the likes of Sigala, Hannah Guy, and Cassie Robb in the BKFC ring.

Hart’s star power grew when she defeated former UFC star Page VanZant at BKFC KnuckleMania 1 in Feb. 2021. She followed up the VanZant win with victories over Pearl Gonzalez and Bec Rawlings en route to the strawweight title win.

Hart’s win wasn’t the only standout performance from an eventful night at BKFC 63. Heavyweight Sam Shewmaker and middleweight Josh Dyer earned wild knockouts that sent the Sturgis crowd into a frenzy.

Hart’s latest title win came with UFC superstar Conor McGregor sitting ringside. The former two-division UFC champion holds a stake in BKFC ownership.