The worlds of combat sports and heavy metal music collided on Wednesday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. BKFC's Blood 4 Blood show a professional bull rider, Cameron “The Bull” Delano, who smashed his way to 2-0 under the BKFC banner, taking out Aleksandr “Alex The Terrible” Shikolay in the third round of a back-and-forth, light-heavyweight matchup. Delano logged three knockdowns and Shikolay sent Delano to the canvas once before their bout was stopped 29 seconds into the third stanza. Shikolay opened the night with a musical performance fas part of Slaughter To Prevail, the band that he heads up as lead singer. Delano, who hails from Liberty, SC, showed love to Shikolay and took aim at John “Johnny Cannoli” Garbarino in his post-fight interview: “Alex is a tough son of a (expletive). I knew we were going to go at it. I love it. I’m a huge fan. I want (expletive) Garbarino next! Stop (expletive) hiding! Come out and play!”
The fan-favorite Shikolay, who represents Yekaterinburg, Russia, added: “I lost. It sucks. But sometimes (expletive) happens. I feel sad, but at the same time I’m so (expletive) happy because we made this amazing event happen!” Blood 4 Blood also included musical performances between fights from Black Label Society, Crowbar and Malevolence.
“Brutal” Jake Bostwick also shined on Wednesday, earning his second straight victory at the expense of Roderick “Ice Water” Stewart in the Blood 4 Blood Co-Main Event. The time of the TKO stoppage was 1:25 in the second round. The Miami-based Southeast London, England product is now 5-2-1 in the BKFC squared circle. Stewart, who hails from Abilene, TX, is now 2-3 in his BKFC career.
Taylor “Killa Bee” Starling climbed to 6-4 under the BKFC banner with a second straight victory over Sydney “Sundance” Smith in women’s strawweight action. The referee called a stop to the fight at 1:32 of the second round for the winner out of Rock Hill, SC. With her win, Starling becomes just the third female combatant in BKFC history to record 10 or more fights (Britain Hart has 13 bouts and Christine “Misfit” Ferea has 12). The Charlottesville, VA product Smith is now 1-4 in her BKFC career after accepting this fight as a short-notice replacement earlier this week.
Yekaterinburg, Russia’s Sergey “Kratos” Kalinin made a strong first impression in his BKFC premiere, stopping Brock “Alpha Dawg” Walker in just 66 seconds. Following his lightning-fast TKO victory, Kalinin now holds an overall bare knuckle fighting record of 7-4, while the Big Stone Gap, VA product Walker falls to 2-2 overall.
Celebrities in attendance Wednesday included BKFC Interim Cruiserweight Champion Esteban “Mohawk” Rodriguez, professional wrestling standout Braun Strowman, as well as former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title challenger Anthony “Lionheart” Smith and former UFC heavyweight champion Josh “The Warmaster” Barnett, who joined the BKFC broadcast booth with Sean Wheelock and Chris Lytle for a number of fights.
Blood 4 Blood Results
Cameron Delano def. Aleksandr Shikolay via TKO in Round 3 (0:29)
Jake Bostwick def. Roderick Stewart via KO in Round 2 (1:25)
Taylor Starling def. Sydney Smith via TKO in Round 2 (1:32)
Sergey Kalinin def. Brock Walker via TKO in Round 1 (1:06)
