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BKFC 84 Results & Highlights: Hunt Regains Belt in Wild Fight

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Lorenzo Hunt regained the BKFC Light Heavyweight Title in spectacular fashion, knocking out Josh Dyer in the first round. The bout headlined BKFC 84 at the Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California on Saturday.

Dyer knocked Hunt down seconds into the match with a right hand. He knocked Hunt down again, and Hunt was stunned. Dyer tried to finish the fight.

Hunt caught Dyer coming in with a huge right hand, flattening the now former champion and the fight was over. The knockout was eerily similar to Hunt’s stoppage win over Mike Richman. In that fight, Hunt was down and in trouble before catching Richman and winning the fight.

After the bout, Hunt called Mike Perry. Hunt challenged Perry to defend the BKFC “King of Violence” belt against him at next year’s Knucklemania in Philadelphia in February.

In the co-feature, Canada’s Drew Stuve improved to 4-0 with a unanimous decision over Zeb Vincent (3-3).

Aspen Ladd Makes Impressive BKFC Debut

UFC veteran Aspen Ladd (1-0) impressively debuted, dominating Shyanna Bintliff (2-2) to win by first-round TKO.

Ladd pressured, moving her head and keeping a high guard. She landed some good shots before knocking Bintliff down. After Bintliff got up, a Ladd overhand left dropped her for the second time.

Ladd finished the fight in the clinch. She landed upstairs and downstairs, Bintliff went down and took the full count on a knee.

Enkhtur Bayartsogt Makes History

Mongolia’s Enkhtur Bayartsogt made history as the first-ever Mongolian to compete in BKFC.

It was also Bayartsogt’s bare knuckle debut. “The Wolf” had a short night.

Bayartsogt closed distance with a right hand before unloading on Ryan Petersen (2-2). Petersen went down and rose to his feet shakily. Referee Big John McCarthy waved off the bout immediately.

Bayartsogt told Cyrus Fees after the bout through a translator he was “really happy” to be the first Mongolian in BKFC, calling the promotion “the best in the world”.

Diaz Beats Martinez

David Diaz improved to 3-1 with a third-round TKO over Justyn Martinez (2-6). Martinez was down three times in the fight.

Games Upsets Kurdanov

Brazil’s Paulo Games (2-1) defeated Russia’s Evgenii Kurdanov (5-3) by third-round TKO.

The taller Games found a home for his right hand against the shorter Kurdanov. Games stepped in with a right hand late in round one that dropped the Russian.

Games continued to get the better of the action. Kurdanov was cut near the right eye in round three, and the fight was stopped in his corner before the fourth round began.

Vidal Scores Late Kayo Over Simpson

Cody Vidal (3-1-1) scored a come from behind knockout win over veteran David Simpson (3-5).

Vidal knocked Simpson down seconds into round one. The veteran recovered, letting his hands go while Vidal shelled up.

Simpson knocked Vidal down early in round two and was the more active fighter. It seemed the Kansas man was ahead heading into the fifth against Huntington Beach’s Vidal.

Vidal pressured Simpson behind his guard, and landed a well-placed right that dropped the tiring Simpson for the count.

BKFC 84 Prelims Results

In the opening bout, cruiserweight prospect Iman Williams (2-0, 2 KOs) stopped game Lewis Glover (1-2) in the second round. Williams dropped Glover with a right to the body. Glover beat the count but referee Chris Leben waved the bout off at the 1:35 mark.

Juan Figuerva (1-0) knocked down Caleb Avila (1-2) three times en route to a first-round TKO win. Figuerva knocked Avila down seconds in with a right hand.

Avila was knocked down by another right moments later. He battled back but his high chin left him open for counters. Figuerva finished him with a crushing left hook at short range. Avila got up but ref Andrew Glenn waved the bout off.

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