Bare
Knuckle
FightinG

RICO FRANCO

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10

Wins

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3

losses

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draws

last fight

RICO FRANCO
JIMMY SWEENEY
VS

FRANCO vs SWEENEY

April 26, 2025 5:00 PM UTC

April 26, 2025 1:00 PM

RICO FRANCO
  • Wins-loses-Draws

    10

    0

    -

    3

    0

    -

    0

    0

  • Division

    Welterweight

  • Reach

    69"

  • height

    5'8"

    1.73

  • nickname

    BON BON

  • age

    10/1992

    32

  • Nationality

    United Kingdom

  • social media

Rico ‘Bon Bon’ Franco is a UK based bare-knuckle fighter and mixed martial artist with a lot of experience outside of BKFC. Early on in his career, he had an impressive knockout over Conor Tierney which has aged better and better as time goes on.

Early on in Franco’s life, he realized that fighting was a deep part of who he is. He couldn’t explain it to himself why fighting just felt so good, but when his MMA career began, he was able to harness all of that energy and use it in a productive way. Actually, many people outside of the UK may not have known about his MMA career where he went 6-4, because he has established himself so well as a bare-knuckle fighter. 

Franco enjoys a brawl but will look to use quick footwork and exceptional movement to fight smart. Don’t let that lead you to believe he is a point fighter because he is anything but. *Since first stepping into the Squared Circle, he has gone 3-0, all by way of finish and he’s scored more and more knockdowns each time out. Against Caleb Harris, he scored nine knockdowns which may actually be a BKFC record.

Franco has cardio for days and a will to win like very few men have. That drive and determination partly comes from him battling Colon issues for nine years while still training at 100%. He has stories of taking chemotherapy and then going straight to the gym, low on blood and energy and still giving it his all. He has learned to listen to his body more and it has improved his health to the point where he is no doubt one of the most physically fit active members of the BKFC roster. He’s a triathlete and runs a boxing gym called Francos Boxing Club out of Gainsborough.

fighter record

result
Event
method
round
time

FRANCO vs SWEENEY

April 26, 2025 5:00 PM UTC

April 26, 2025 1:00 PM

PALAZZO WANNY FLORENCE

Italy

method/referee

TBC
TBC

round

TBC

time

TBC

TROUT vs FRANCO

October 12, 2024 5:00 PM UTC

October 12, 2024 1:00 PM

MARBELLA, SPAIN

method/referee

Unanimous Decision
Dan Miragliotta

round

5

time

02:00

Franco vs Harris

July 1, 2023 6:00 PM UTC

July 1, 2023 2:00 PM

Newcastle

method/referee

TBC
TBC

round

TBC

time

TBC

Franco vs Birbes

April 22, 2023 6:00 PM UTC

April 22, 2023 2:00 PM

Leeds, United Kingdom

method/referee

TKO

round

2

time

01:07

Franco vs Godfrey

March 4, 2023 7:00 PM UTC

March 4, 2023 2:00 PM

London, UK

method/referee

TBC
TBC

round

TBC

time

TBC

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