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June 21st -- For the first professional event, I have the privilege of going to, I am honored for it to be this legendary Bare Knuckle Card right here in the Sunshine State. It is a stacked card from top to bottom with talent scattered throughout the night.
Starting off the prelims, we have our hometown Markus "Murk" Suarez facing David Simpson. Murk pushed the pace in the first 2 rounds but Simpsons counters, especially on the inside caught Markus right through the guard. Simpson wins in 3rd round via TKO/Ref. Stoppage. Afterwards, Markus gave us some inspirational words see more in the video below!
Following up we have Yosdenis Cedeno facing Josh Zuckerman. With both men coming off of a loss, I see Yosdenis's hometown advantage coming through and pulling him ahead to win the fight. Round 1: Jack 10-9 Zuckerman /Brian 10-9 Zuckerman. Round 2: Jack 10-9 Zuckerman /Brian 10-9 Zuckerman. Round 3 : Jack 10-9 Cedano /Brian 10-9 Cedanno. Round 4 : Finish by Zuckerman TKO.
We have Peter Peraza facing Wayna Reid to close out our preliminary matches. I see the battle season Reid coming through on top. Round 1 : Jack 10-9 Reid /Brian 10-9 Reid. Round 2 : Jack 10-9 Reid/Brian 10-9 Peraza. Round 3 : Jack 10-9 Peraza /Brian 10-9 Peraza. Round 4: Jack 10-9 Peraza/Brian 10-9 Peraza. Round 5 : Jack 10-9 Reid/Brian 10-Peraza. Judges saw this completely for Reid and he gets the unanimous decision.
Opening this crazy Main Card, is Leonardo Perdomo fighting Leo Bercier. Both men are riding an excellent 3 fight-win streak. Perdomo proves to be a mismatch for Bercier after he destroys him with back-to-back knockdowns, ultimately ending in TKO.
Following up, we have the brother of a UFC veteran in John Dodson's brother, Eric Dodson facing Edgard Plazaola. This is a fight that bettors will stray away from as the odds are very close but I will go with Plazaola winning. Round 1 : Jack 10-9 Plazaola /Brian 10-9 Plazaola . Round 2 : Jack 10- 9 Dodson/Brian 10-9 Dodson . Round 3 : Jack 10-Plazaola /Brian 10-9 Plazaola. 4th round finish from Plazaola
Chris Garcia easily blows past his competition early on the main card and shows why his name is Dynamite. He's one of the homegrown talents that BKFC is so proud of because of nights like this. Garcia has been going up the ladder the old-fashioned way, kicking ass.
Justin Ibarrola takes his man out by KO in the first round! This new Miami sensation is eyeing a title fight soon, possibly with the newly crowned Alberto Blas.
Jared Warren has won the LHW title in a rematch against Jomi Escoboza. Warren defeated Jomi in a closely contested match-up in their first fight but this time Jared Warren put in a dominating performance that won the Miami crowd over.
For the Co-Main Event, Alberto Blas sends Keith Richardson into a confused-like state twice before the ref stops the match. Richardson was hit with pinpoint accuracy making it a short night and a viral moment. Alberto Blas is now your BKFC undisputed bantamweight champion and expressed he wants to take the featherweight belt. Blas said he originally did not want to fight at featherweight because of his friend El Gallo but after Duran's loss and potential move to lightweight, there is now a clear road to another belt for him.
The Main Event put two animals Bryan Duran and Kai Stewart against each other and ended up being the fight of the night. This proves selling the fight the way these guys do on media days greatly amplifies fights. Leading up to the fight, the Miami crowd was filled with energy as fight fans finally got to see this much-anticipated match-up.
Bryan Duran was heavily favored for this fight but in round 1 you could see that this was not going to be an easy night for the undefeated fighter. Kai Stewart pushed the pressure until the last moment of every round. In round 1 Duran suffered an injury to his shoulder which was his dominant hand and stopped him from using it. The rest of the match both fighters threw bombs that only they would catch and survive. This was truly a world-class bare knuckle fight. After the fight Jimmy Rivera entered the ring to face off with Kai, securing another job to get done for the Montana monster.
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