“The Moloch” Hunt, widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time, came off the canvas twice and rallied for the breathtaking knockout with just one second left in the opening round of his highly anticipated rematch with Dyer. Hunt and Dyer first met at BKFC 17 in 2021, with Hunt winning by technical knockout in the fifth round.
Jacksonville, FL product Hunt is now 12-2 in his BKFC career and declared BKFC King of Violence “Platinum” Mike Perry in his post-fight interview at the packed Acrisure Arena: “I want you to understand that I am the best fighter in the world; I will figure out a way. Now I need to know – who is really the King of Violence? It’s me, Mike Perry! Fight me, Mike Perry! I want a third belt, and I want yours!”
Dyer, a product of Sioux Falls, SD, defended the BKFC World Light Heavyweight Title for the first time. He is now 5-2, 2 NC in his BKFC career. Saturday’s event was broadcast LIVE worldwide on DAZN.
Undefeated Canadian middleweight contender Drew ‘Wild Boy’ Stuve after a hard-fought decision it rose to 4-0 Zeb “CWB” Vincent during Saturday’s Co-Main Event. Two judges scored the fight 49-46 and one had it 48-47, all in favor of the Edmonton, AB product.
Stuve, who accepted this fight last week as a short-notice replacement, declared BKFC middleweight world champion David ‘Redneck’ Mundell in his post-fight interview: “Give me a full camp and I’ll cause trouble for ‘Redneck.’ I am 4-0 and have to be at the top of the rankings now.” Vincent, a native of Wyandotte County, KS, is now 3-3 under the BKFC banner.
Former UFC star Aspen Ladd was sensational during its BKFC premiere. The Pollock Pines, CA, who competed in the BKFC 84 Featured Fight, was sent down at featherweight Shyanna Bintliff three times on the canvas en route to the knockout stoppage with just one second left in the opening round.
Ladd declared both BKFC Women’s Flyweight World Champion Christine “Misfit” Fereawho was sitting ringside, and BKFC Women’s Featherweight World Champion Jessica “The Black Widow” Borga in her post-fight interview: “I’m here for a reason. I’m here because I want hardware. I want to be the best, I want to fight the best. Give me Christine, give me Borga; I want to fight the worst (expletive) you got.” Bintliff, who represents San Antonio, Texas, is now 2-2.
On the broadcast of BKFC 84 on DAZN, founder/chairman of BKFC David Veldman has announced that BKFC will make its highly anticipated Australian premiere on January 17 with BKFC 86 in Townsville, Queensland. More information will follow.
Here are some highlights from David Feldman’s post-fight press conference:
Knockout of the night: Lorenzo Hunt.
Fight of the Night: Drew Stuve vs. Zeb Vincent.
Performance of the night: David Diaz.
Balls of the night: Cody Vidal.
On BKFC 84: “Sold out crowd tonight – 7,250 in attendance. Our first show in Palm Desert and it was a great show. We showed everyone here that bare knuckles are the real deal and it’s the best thing in the (expletive) world – it really, really is, because we have the baddest men and women on the planet, and we showed that tonight.”
Enkhtur Bayartsogt made history as the first fighter from Mongolia to compete with BKFC on Saturday, taking the opportunity with a stunning 22-second victory over Ryan “Ryu” Petersen. Peterson, a product of Humboldt County, CA, is now 3-2 under the BKFC banner. ‘Great’ John McCarthy was the referee in charge of this lightning-fast welterweight bout – the first BKFC fight of his historic combat sports career.
Undefeated Long Beach, CA cruiserweight Iman ‘Stross’ Williams improved to 2-0 with a second straight win at the expense of Lewis ‘Sweet Lew’ Glover in the opening match of the evening. The end came at 1:35 into the second frame. Williams is the son of former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization world champion Jeremy Williams. Glover, a native of Savannah, GA, is now 1-2 under the BKFC banner.
Huntington Beach, CA light-heavyweight Cody “The Knuckle Maniac” Vidal improved to 3-1-1 after his back-and-forth battle with David ‘Thunder’ Simpson. Vidal picked himself up from the canvas and rallied for the knockout 43 seconds into the fifth round. All of Vidal’s victories have come by stoppage. The Smith Center, KS product Simpson falls to 4-5 in defeat.
Paulo “Ze Crazy” games achieved his second victory in a row with a technical knockout in the third round at the expense of Evgenii “The Sailor” Kurdanov. The stoppage came at the end of the third round. The Brazilian-born Coconut Creek, FL welterweight Games is now 2-1 in the Squared Circle, with both of his wins coming by stoppage. Kurdanov, a Russian-born Los Angeles product, is now 5-2 in his fighting career.
Bantamweight from Los Angeles David “The Mad Dog” Diaz punched his way to 3-1-1 at the Squared Circle with a technical knockout win in the third round Justyn Martinez. The fight was stopped with two seconds left in the third frame after Martinez was down for the third time. Martinez, who represents Wichita, KS, is now 2-6 under the BKFC banner.
Mount Vernon, Washington Juan Figuerva turned heads during his BKFC premiere as he steered Caleb ‘Panda’ Avila three times to the canvas to end in the first round in their heavyweight match. The fight was stopped with five seconds left in the opening stanza. Avila, who represents Valley Center, CA, is now 1-2 in his BKFC career.
BKFC 84 Results
Lorenzo Hunt def. Josh Dyer via KO in Round 1 (1:59) – Wins BKFC light heavyweight world title
Drew Stuve def. Zeb Vincent via unanimous decision (49-46×2, 48-47)
Aspen Ladd def. Shyanna Bintliff via KO in round 1 (1:59)
Cody Vidal def. David Simpson via KO in round 5 (0:43)
Paulo Games final. Evgenii Kurdanov via TKO in round 3 (2:00)
David Diaz def. Justyn Martinez via TKO in round 3 (1:58)
Enkhtur Bayartsogt def. Ryan Petersen via TKO in round 1 (0:22)
Juan Figuerva def. Caleb Avila via TKO in round 1 (1:55)
Iman Williams def. Lewis Glover via TKO in round 2 (1:35)
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