BKFC Fight Night Australia is taking place at the Townsville Convention Center in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
In the heavyweight opener, Darcy Braine scored an early knockdown en route to a three-round unanimous decision win over Richie Fa’oso/strong>. Judges’ scores were 30-26 across the board.
Sebastian Temesi scored a first-round TKO over Alvin Kanehailua in a light heavyweight bout. Kanehailua came out swinging but was dropped in the bout’s early moments. He got up and kept battling widly but was knocked down again. Referee Andy Glenn waved off the fight after Kanehailua arose.
New Zealand’s Asher Jack defeated Chris Drummond by second-round TKO in a middleweight bout. Early in round two, the aggressive Jack knocked Drummond down and the ref stopped the fight. Drummond’s left eye was badly swollen.
Fetongi Tuinauvai didn’t take long to finish Patrick Tolone in their heavyweight bout. Tuinauvai won by knockout in just 30 seconds. A right hand crashed Tolome to the canvas.
Ryan Winnet defeated Cooper Clarke by third-round TKO in a lightweight bout. Winnet took over the fight in the second round. He knocked Clarke down three times during the stanza.
Hunter Ioane was a third-round stoppage winner over Luke Bampton in a lightweight bout.
Boaz Kapua silenced the hometown crowd with a first-round stoppage of Townsville’s Brayden Marzona. Kapua knocked Marzona down twice before the welterweight fight was halted.
Whitehead Overwhelmed by “Kamikaze” in Featured Fight
In the BKFC Fight Night Australia Featured Fight, Josh “Kamikaze” Kuhne wore down Mick Whitehead to win by third-round TKO in a welterweight battle.
Kuhne came out blasting. He knocked Whitehead seconds into round one, and kept up the attack. Whitehead landed clean shots here and there but it was all Kuhne. Whitehead went down a second time in round one.
A tiring Whitehead visited the canvas in round two. After Kuhne scored another knockdown in round three, referee Andrew Glenn had seen enough and waved the fight off.
