RCC has announced the premiere schedule for Season 2 of its one-round knockout show, RCC One Round, dedicated to bare-knuckle bouts across three weight classes. The season opens July 2 with a lightweight grand prix headlined by RCC Hard lightweight champion Ivan Nushkin against former title contender Maxim Sulgin. July 9 features a bantamweight grand prix with RCC Hard bantamweight champion Tor Amirov taking on former league champion Viktor Batalov, and July 16 closes the season with a featherweight grand prix title bout between RCC Hard light heavyweight champion Vitaly Ananin and Alexander Severin. Winners of each grand prix earn a contract with RCC Hard after surviving three fights and a star-judge panel.
RCC has confirmed the premiere schedule for Season 2 of RCC One Round, its bare-knuckle knockout format, with three consecutive weekly events set to begin on July 2.
The season opens that night with a lightweight grand prix headlined by a clash between RCC Hard lightweight champion Ivan Nushkin and former title contender Maxim Sulgin. The format then shifts to bantamweight on July 9, where RCC Hard bantamweight champion Tor Amirov is scheduled to face former league champion Viktor Batalov. The series closes on July 16 with a featherweight grand prix title bout pitting RCC Hard light heavyweight champion Vitaly Ananin against Alexander Severin.
Each grand prix requires competitors to survive three fights in a single night under the promotion's bare-knuckle rules, with a star-judge panel evaluating the action alongside standard scoring. Winners of each respective grand prix earn a contract with RCC Hard, the promotion's main roster.
Why it matters
- Three championship-level headliners across three consecutive Wednesdays give the promotion a strong promotional run heading into summer.
- The grand prix structure raises the stakes considerably — fighters must perform across multiple bouts in one evening rather than a single contest.
- Winners stepping directly onto the RCC Hard roster means each grand prix carries genuine career implications for everyone involved.
- The Ananin versus Severin featherweight bout is notable given Ananin currently holds the RCC Hard light heavyweight title, adding cross-divisional intrigue to the closing event.
