Overview
- BKFC confirmed Romero’s removal from the Feb. 7 card in Philadelphia due to the flu.
- Middleweight champion Dave Mundell moves up to face Hunt in a 199-pound non-title catchweight bout.
- Hunt vs. Mundell is set as the co-main event, with Ben Rothwell vs. Andrei Arlovski headlining for the heavyweight title on DAZN.
- A release attributed to Romero said symptoms began after his Jan. 10 Real American Freestyle match, and BKFC plans to reschedule him.
- Lorenzo Hunt criticized Romero’s withdrawal, while BKFC president David Feldman promoted Hunt–Mundell as a marquee matchup; Mundell enters at 10-1 with eight straight wins.