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After years of BKFC chaos spilling past the final bell, BKFC 92 already had Fenway Park weirdness baked in. Kai Stewart made sure the main event left with some actual record-book weight on it, beating Harry Gigliotti by unanimous decision on Saturday night in Boston to retain the BKFC featherweight title after five rounds in the squared circle. The cards came back 49-46, 48-47 and 48-47 for Stewart, who stayed perfect at 10-0 in BKFC. Gigliotti walked in unbeaten as a bare-knuckle fighter and left at 6-1, which is about as harsh as Fenway can get when the other guy has a title belt and a mustache built for villain monologues. Watch BKFC’s post-event press conference below: Kai Stewart Turns Fenway Into Record Business Stewart’s latest defense was not some three-second viral clip. It was the champion doing what he keeps doing, dragging another challenger through enough rounds to make the judges write his name three times. The win marked Stewart’s sixth successful title defense, tying him with Luis Palomino for the most successful defenses in BKFC history. After the fight, Stewart leaned into the big-stage moment and said, “I broke the record. I’m at seven world titles now.” He also made it clear he is not exactly begging for charity matchups, saying, “I have dominated everybody in this freaking division, man.” That is not soft matchmaking language. That is a champion looking around the room and asking who still wants to find out the hard way. David Feldman was just as fired up about the night itself. After BKFC planted bare knuckle at one of baseball’s most famous buildings, Feldman said, “I truly mean that this was the most energetic, best crowd that we’ve ever had. It was unbelievable. I’m ecstatic.” For a promotion that sells itself on chaos with a ring bell, that is basically a five-star review from the boss. The rest of the top card did not exactly go quiet either. Christine Ferea flattened Sofia Landi in the second round to keep the Queen of Violence title and immediately pointed the cannon at Cris Cyborg, while Joe Lauzon’s bare-knuckle debut ended with Stash Kuykendall getting stopped in round two. BKFC has been pushing bigger stages and heavier spotlights, from former UFC names stepping into the bare-knuckle storm to event-week theater built for the clip machine. Stewart now has the kind of BKFC run that stops being a hot streak and starts becoming a company problem. He is unbeaten, decorated, and already talking about future stages like BKFC 100 after handling a local Boston challenger in front of a loud Fenway crowd. Between Stewart’s record chase, Ferea’s Cyborg callout, and bare-knuckle’s appetite for circus-sized moments, BKFC 92 turned into one of those nights where the sport looked ridiculous in the best possible way.