Jeremy Stephens stops Eddie Alvarez in front of McGregor at BKFC Knucklemania V

Jeremy Stephens picked up a stoppage victory over former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in their bareknuckle boxing main event at Saturday night’s Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship event.

Stephens forced a corner stoppage after three rounds, and knocked Alvarez down multiple times in the featured bout at BKFC Knucklemania V. Stephens, 38, is now 3-0 in the sport as Alvarez, 41, fell to 1-2 in BKFC.

Former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor is a part owner of the organization and attended the event in person.

McGregor has a history with both fighters, becoming the UFC’s 155-pound champion in 2016 when he knocked out Alvarez at UFC 205. Earlier that year, McGregor had a viral “who the (bleep) is that guy?” moment with Stephens at a press conference.

Following Stephens’ win, McGregor congratulated him in the ring and suggested he’d be open to fighting Stephens in a bareknuckle contest in the future. McGregor has not competed in mixed martial arts since breaking his leg in a loss to Dustin Poirier in 2021.

The event took place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Former UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell won the BKFC world heavyweight championship with a 36-second knockout of Mick Terrill in the co-main event.

Below are the official results for BKFC Knucklemania V:

— Jeremy Stephens def. Eddie Alvarez by TKO (corner stoppage)

— Ben Rothwell def. England Mick Terrill by KO

— Bec Rawlings def. Taylor Starling by unanimous decision

— Pat Brady def. Zach Calmus by TKO

— John Garbarino def. Apostle Spencer by KO

— Kaine Tomlinson, Jr. def. Pat Sullivan by KO

— Steve Banks def. Joey Dawejko by TKO 

— Brandon Meyer def. Zedekiah Montanez by KO

— Travis Thompson def. Zachary Pannell by KO 

— Phil Caracappa def. Noah Norman by DQ

— Cody Russell def. Logan Tucker by KO

— Itso Babulaidze def. Bryan McDowell by unanimous decision

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