“Royal” Ryan Reber has fought for the BKFC bantamweight title twice, and on Friday he starts the climb back against Justin “The Nightmare” Street, who has won three in a row. The fight headlines BKFC Fight Night Clearwater at the OCC Road House in Clearwater, Florida, on Friday 23 October. The main card starts at 8:00 PM ET on Friday, which is 01:00 BST and 03:00 Riga time early on Saturday 24 October. It’s five two-minute rounds at 135 lb, and it’s Street’s first main event.
Tale of the tape
| Ryan Reber | Justin Street | |
|---|---|---|
| BKFC record | 8-2 | 4-2 |
| Nickname | Royal | The Nightmare |
| Age on fight night | 39 (born August 1987) | 33 (born November 1992) |
| Height | 175 cm (5’9″) | 168 cm (5’6″) |
| Reach | 178 cm (70″) | 170 cm (67″) |
| Fighting out of | Florida | Westland, Michigan |
| Last fight | Won, Joshua Oxendine (UD), April 2026 | Won, Ronny Hauser (TKO, R4), June 2026 |
| Title fights | 2 (both lost) | None |
Reber: every loss has come with a belt on the line
Reber’s BKFC record starts in 2022. He stopped Micah Mitchell in the second round at BKFC 25, then stopped Rick Caruso in the fourth in Tampa. His win over Jack Grady at BKFC 32 came by disqualification in round two, after a series of illegal headbutts and a brawl in the ring afterwards. The fight that made his name was the one against Travis Thompson at BKFC 47 in July 2023: it went to a sixth, sudden-death round, and Reber won the split decision.
He beat Derek Perez in the fourth round and outpointed Quinton Foye in 2024. That earned him a title fight with Alberto Blas at BKFC 66 in September 2024, and it was over in 56 seconds. He won his way back with a majority decision over Matthew Guymon at this same venue in May 2025. In December 2025 he fought for the title again, this time against Justin Ibarrola at BKFC 85 in Hollywood, Florida, and Ibarrola knocked him out in the third round.
His comeback was a unanimous decision over Joshua Oxendine in Clearwater in April. Outside those two title fights, Reber has never lost in BKFC.
Street: a boxer who’s found his rhythm
Street fights out of Westland, Michigan. BKFC’s profile calls him a two-time Golden Gloves winner who trains at Strikes MMA and fights in a boxing-heavy style built on head movement and footwork. He won his BKFC debut against Anthony Sanchez on points in March 2024. Then he lost decisions to Justin Ibarrola at BKFC 66 and Nathan Rivera at BKFC 69, both at featherweight.
Since then he hasn’t lost. He stopped Matt Russo in the second round in March 2025, outpointed AJ Craig in Michigan in November and finished Ronny Hauser in the fourth round in Hammond, Indiana, in June. BKFC calls it a bid for a fourth straight win.
There’s a shared opponent. Ibarrola beat Street over five rounds at BKFC 66, the same night Blas knocked Reber out in the title fight, and 15 months later Ibarrola was the man who beat Reber in his second title fight. Street went the full ten minutes with Ibarrola. Reber didn’t.
How the styles match up
Reber is the bigger man. He’s 7 cm taller with 8 cm more reach, and BKFC’s own scouting describes him as efficient and technical: he gets outthrown and still lands more. Four of his eight wins went to the judges, one of them after a sixth round, so going the distance doesn’t scare him.
Street has the hand speed and the defensive habits of an amateur boxer, and he’s coming in on a roll. The question is whether he can get inside Reber’s jab without eating the counter. Reber’s two losses were knockouts by elite punchers in title fights. Street has two stoppages in six BKFC fights, so it’s fair to ask whether he hits hard enough to repeat that.
Our pick: Reber by decision
Reber has been in deeper water against better opponents, and he has the size to keep Street at the end of his punches. Street will have his moments in the exchanges, but over five rounds we think Reber’s length and experience win the clearer rounds. Reber on the scorecards.
The rest of the main card
The co-main event is a bantamweight fight between Michael “Papa G” Larrimore (3-2) and Nate “The Bad Man” Morrow (2-0). All three of Larrimore’s BKFC wins came in the first round, and he challenged Jamel Herring for the title at BKFC 89 in May, losing on points. Morrow, a finisher out of Nebraska, knocked out Josh Krejci in the third round in Omaha in 2024.
The featured fight sees Tony “TMurph” Murphy (3-0) put his perfect record on the line at middleweight against Doug “ColdRed” Coltrane (4-2). Murphy has stopped all three of his opponents, most recently Skylar Mauller in the second round in Clearwater in April. Coltrane’s losses came against David Mundell, then the middleweight champion, in a title fight and against Zeb Vincent. He bounced back by knocking out Maki Pitolo in the first round in Honolulu in April. Coltrane’s 200 cm (79″) reach is the number to watch here.
Also on the main card, as BKFC’s event page listed it on 21 October:
- Mike Heckert (2-1) vs Rickie McConnico (0-1), welterweight
- Frankie Solomon Jr. (1-0), middleweight, opponent to be confirmed: BKFC’s own listings have named two different opponents this week
- Chachi Versace (0-2-1) vs Angelo Trujillo (0-2), flyweight
Jason DiNunzio vs Gabriel Freyre (lightweight), Sam DeLao vs Chris Keirn (light heavyweight) and Tyler Baker vs Yari Kaganovsky (middleweight) are listed as free fights. BKFC says the card is subject to change, and we’ll check it again after Thursday’s weigh-ins.
Where to watch Reber vs Street BKFC LIVE Stream
The main card starts on Friday 23 October at 8:00 PM ET in Clearwater. That’s 01:00 BST and 03:00 Riga time on Saturday 24 October. The free fights start an hour earlier: 7:00 PM ET, 00:00 BST, 02:00 Riga.
How to watch: BKFC says the event is live worldwide on the BKFC app. Subscriptions are sold through BKFC+. The free fights stream on BKFC’s official YouTube channel:
