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Thiago Alves to face Julian Lane in bare knuckle fight after Phil Baroni pulls out

According to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship former UFC welterweight title challenger Thiago Alves has had a change of opponent for his forthcoming bare knuckle boxing debut. ‘Pitbull’ had been scheduled to face for Phil Baroni, but the ‘New York Bad Ass’ is out of the match-up for an undisclosed reason. Stepping in is two-time TUF contestant Julian ‘Nitrane’ Lane.

Julian Lane has replaced Phil Baroni and will now face Thiago Alves in the main event for BKFC 12! pic.twitter.com/zcCpF4hjrf

— Bare Knuckle FC (@bareknucklefc) September 3, 2020

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