There were two bare knuckles fight shows
in Connecticut last weekend, both claiming to be sold out. BKB made its Connecticut debut on Saturday, March 28th in front of a sold-out crowd at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Two new BKB champions were crowned. In the main event, BKB light heavyweight champion Cub “The Savage” Hawkins, the all-time leader in wins in BKB’s patented trigon, improved to 10-1 (9 KOs) with a finish over Canada’s Jesse Ronson. After being knocked down three times in the second round, Hawkins, age 28, turned the tables and scored a third-round knockout of the UFC veteran.
One of the world’s top young bare knuckles fighters, 22-year-old Cuban Yampier “The Samurai” Ramirez improved to 4-0 (4 KOs) and claimed the vacant BKB featherweight title over Wales’ previously-undefeated Ash “Bash” Williams with a second-round TKO.
Julian “Pit Bull Jr.” Fernandez stayed undefeated and made history by becoming the first Mexican male to win a bare knuckle world title with a quick first-round KO finish of England’s Alex Wilson, securing the vacant BKB super cruiserweight championship.
Former BKB heavyweight champion DJ Linderman improved to 5-2, spoiling UFC veteran Braxton Smith’s BKB debut with a corner stoppage after the third round.
Medford, Massachusetts’ Greg Bono brought the local crowd to its feet with a his BKB debut, defeating Matt Denning by second-round TKO.
In a back and forth firefight, Bekhzod Usmonov outlasted Luis Guerrero picking up a second-round TKO.
In another barnburner, Armus Guyton defeated Ozzie Alvarez with a second-round knockout.
Zion Tomlinson improved to 6-5-1 NC after a corner stoppage over bare knuckle veteran Zach Calmus in the second.
In the prelims, Ryan Venable outlasted Brandon Desrosier in his bare knuckle debut with a five-round unanimous decision.
Taylor Bull delivered a highlight reel first-round knockout of Bubba McDaniel.
Jesse Sparks, age 22, put the heavyweight division on notice with a nineteen-second first round knockout of Hassan Graham.
