BKFC 73 Results
Results from BKFC’s debut event in Italy where the BKFC Cruiserweight championship in on the line.
For their first time in Italy BKFC is at Palazzo Wanny in Florence. In the main event Chris Camozzi defends his BKFC Cruiserweight title for the first time against Florence’s own Andrea Bicchi who come in on 9-days’ notice after Lorenzo Hunt was forced to withdraw due to a cut suffered in training.
In the co-main event, it’s a trilogy fight over three years in the making to finish off one of the most storied rivalries in Bare-Knuckle as Rico Franco & Jimmy Sweeney fight for the inaugural BKFC European Welterweight championship. Franco took the first bout by 6th round TKO in November 2019. Sweeney evened the score in the rematch in September 2021. Event streams on DAZN at 1 p.m. ET.
Main Card
- Cruiserweight World Title: (Still Champion) Chris Camozzi (4-1) def. Andrea Bicchi (4-2) by (50-44, 49-45 x2) Unanimous Decision
- European Welterweight Title: (Now Champion) Rico Franco (10-3) def. Jimmy Sweeney (29-5) by (10-9 x3) Unanimous Decision in Overtime
- Heavyweight: Haze Kepi (3-0) def. Steve Banks (4-3) by TKO (Right Cross) 1:36 R1
- Cruiserweight: Ernesto Papa (1-0) def. Toni Estorer (1-2) by KO (Right Hook) 1:25 R1
- Lightweight: Navid Mansouri (1-0) def. Ruslan Tokhtarov (1-1) by TKO (Right Hook) 0:44 R1
- Cruiserweight: Jindrich Byrtus (1-0) def. Arbi Chakaev (1-1) by KO (Left Cross & Right Hook) 0:32 R1
- Light Heavyweight: Jesus DE Nazaret (1-0) def. Tomas Melis (0-1) by KO (Hooks from each side) 1:34 R1
- Women’s Bantamweight: Nicole Schaefer (2-0) def. Sara Brito (0-1) by (46-49, 50-44, 48-47) Split Decision
- Cruiserweight Waler Pugliesi (1-0) def. Dominik Herold (1-1) by (47-46 x3) Unanimous Decision
Prelims
- Featherweight: Macro Guistarini (1-1) def. Zdravko Dimitrov (0-3) by (50-45, 49-46, 48-47) Unanimous Decision
- Light Heavyweight: Josef Hala (1-0) def. Giovanni Carpentieri (0-1) by TKO 1:59 R1
- Light Heavyweight: Enzo Tobbia (1-0) def. Michael Igweba (0-1) by KO (Overhand Left) 1:29 R2
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