Karate Fight’s last occasion of 2024 takes place Thursday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the place a brand new bantamweight champion shall be topped.
Right here’s methods to watch Karate Fight 51, with lineups, battle information, and far more.
Broadcast and streaming information
Karate Fight 51 takes place Thursday at Airport Hangat at Fort Lauderdale Govt Airport in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
The preliminary card streams stay on YouTube at 7 p.m. ET. The primary card additionally streams stay on YouTube, beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET, topped by a vacant bantamweight championship bout between Arturo Vergara and Eoghan Chelmiah.
Bantamweight championship: Arturo Vergara vs. Eoghan Chelmiah
Arturo Vergara is undefeated in Karate Fight with a 4-0 file. He has TKO wins over Nathan Fought and Jesse Bazzi, a knockout of Joe Penafiel and a unanimous decsiion over Safarmamad Akhmadov. … Eoghan Chelmiah turned the primary Karate Fight bantamweight champion be defeating Ilies Mardhi in September 2021. At 7-2, Chelmiah enters on a two-fight win streak with knockouts of Maximo Nunez and Jordan Winski.
Middleweight: Cosmo Alexandre vs. Igor de Castañeda
Cosmo Alexandre makes his Karate Fight debut. Alexandre has competed in a number of fight sports activities all through his profession, together with MMA underneath the Bellator and ONE Championship banners, and kickboxing and muay Thai. … Igor de Castañeda challenged for the Karate Fight middleweight title in his final outing, however got here up brief towards Ross Levine. At 4-4 in Karate Fight, Castañeda has two knockouts, together with a TKO and a unanimous choice win.
UFC veterans competing at Karate Fight 51
Karate Fight 51 will characteristic just a few UFC veterans that MMA followers are accustomed to.
Robelis Despaigne, a 6-foot-7 heavyweight who turned heads along with his dimension, makes his debut in Karate Fight towards Dominik Jedrzejczyk in a heavyweight bout.
A pair of UFC veterans Rafael Alves and Khama Worthy conflict on the primary card in a catchweight contest.
Alves has received his first two Karate Fight fights, taking out a pair of fellow UFC veterans earlier this 12 months. In February, he received a unanimous choice over Efrain Escudero, and viciously knocked out James Vick with a head kick in June. Worthy makes his Karate Fight debut in his fourth fight sports activities bout in 2024. He has gone 1-1 in MMA bouts and 1-0 in kickboxing.
Karate Fight president Asim Zaidi occasion preview with MMA Junkie Radio
Karate Fight 51 battle card
MAIN CARD (MMA Junkie, 8:30 p.m. ET)
Arturo Vergara vs. Eoghan Chelmiah – for vacant bantamweight title
Cosmo Alexandre vs. Igor de Castañeda
Rafael Alves vs. Khama Worthy
Robelis Despaigne vs. Dominik Jedrzejczyk
Gabriel Varga vs. Andres Madera
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 7 p.m. ET)
Jayden Eynaud vs. Adam Rosa
Loxbey Montalvan vs. Israel Gonzalaez
Jade Jorand vs. Saba Nabavinejad
Gorjan Slaveski vs. Noah Cutter
Oussama Assli vs. Michel Martinez
Alexandre de Jesus vs. Michael Sainz – grappling
Roosevelt Sousa vs. Daishi Goto – grappling
You’ll be able to watch the total occasion stay within the video above.
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