The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships (BKFC) returned to Philadelphia on July 25. The event sold out 2300 Arena in South Philly. Following are the results from the nine-bout fight card.
Main event: Dustin Pague def. Ryan Petersen via TKO in Round 2 (0:29)
Women’s bout: Rosa Rodriguez def. Gabrielle Roman via TKO in Round 3 (1:08)
John Garbarino def. Erik Lopez via TKO in Round 2 (1:48)
Alessio Sakara def. Erick Lozano via KO in Round 2 (0:48)
Pat Sullivan def. Austin Peterson via TKO in Round 1 (0:15)
Cody Vidal def. Maurice Horne via KO in Round 4 (1:28)
Elijah Harris def. Ishiah Carson via KO in Round 1 (0:07)
Lex Ludlow def. Lewis Rumsey via TKO in Round 2 (0:29)
Dalvin Blair def. Jason Dinunzio via TKO in Round 1 (1:23)
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In the main event, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Louis Pague overcame a knockdown in the first round. He rallied and landed a flurry of blows in Round Two. With Petersen in severe trouble, the referee stopped the bout 29 seconds into the second round. Pague is a Carlisle, PA native.
Harris gets credit for the “blink and you’ll miss it” victory of the night. Just seven seconds into the first round, he caught opponent Carson flush with a thunderous punch. Carson went down and stayed down.
Crowd favorite John Garbarino (AKA “Johnny Cannoli”), a Philadelphia native, crushed Lopez in their two-round bout. Light heavyweight Garbarino recorded five separate knockdowns before the referee stopped the fight and declared Garbarino the winner by technical knockout with 12 seconds remaining in the round. Garbarino is now 3-0 in BKFC fights.
BKFC will hold a Prudential Center card in Newark on October 4. Meanwhile, BKFC Ice Wars returns to the “Ice Box” in September.
