Judges Split, Ferea Narrowly Retains at BKFC65
The performance wasn’t memorable but the result was as desired.
Christine Ferea accomplished her main objective at BKFC 65 retaining the Women’s Flyweight Championship, but the path to get there was unexpected. Ferea & Masson-Wong both made their bones in BKFC trading bombs in the pocket.
This fight was far from that. What the Salt Lake audience got was clinch filled fight. The cleaner single shots where landed by Ferea but those moments where few and far between as Masson-Wong was determined to lock up with Ferea in an attempt to stifle the champions power. Masson-Wong will regret her lack of volume where the “Misfit” took every opportunity to land short punches.
All five rounds were close. The judges returning a split decision all scoring the fight four rounds to one, two judges to one for Ferea. The champion is now on a seven fight win streak with four title defenses.
Jeremy Stephens has taken Bare Knuckle as many expected he would. The UFC vet has earned a Lightweight title shot after a convincing decision win over Bobby Taylor in the co-main event.
A close fight for the first two rounds Stephens power making the difference as the bout went on. The “Lil Heathen” scored knockdowns in the third, fourth, and fifth rounds.
In the third Stephens knocked the mouthpiece from Taylor’s mouth. In a moment of pause it appeared that the ref was going to stop the action to address the mouthpiece but he didn’t and Stephen put right hook on Taylor’s chin for the first knockdown. Remarkable that Taylor was able to continue.
A right uppercut put Taylor down in the fourth. With lacerations under both eyes and above the left eye Taylor took a knee in fifth making it the final bell. Stephens will happily be awaiting the BKFC Spain main event winner.
In the feature fight Drako Rodriguez ran his record to 2-0 stopping Trever Bradshaw in the second round with a life uppercut to the body.
The Mike Jones swept the scorecards out jabbing Diego Romo. One perfectly placed jab from Alex Davis shut the left eye of Hayden Brown in only twenty seconds.
Lewis Rumsey scored a second round TKO over Jeremy Morrison. Rumsey sat Morrison down twice with left hooks. The doctor stopping the fight in the second round with Morrison bleeding from inside his left ear.
Kyle McElroy got his second win in BKFC opening a gash under Lehi Dominguez’s right eye with two sharp left hands. Dominico Salas impressed in his promotional debut knocking down Kaine Tomlinson Jr four times in two rounds. The corner wisely ending the bout after the second round. And Bryan McDowell knocked out Justin Donald with a short left cross.
The prelims went by in the blink of an eye. All three fights combine lasted less than two minutes. David Sanchez froze up bed Robinson with left hooks and just 12 seconds. Zac Cavender crumbled Conor Bracken with a left hook in 53 seconds. And Brandon Honsvick stopped Troy Dennison in 51 seconds with an overhand right.
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