BKFC Fight Night Australia took place today 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. 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 down 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.
Prasovic TKO’s “Bam Bam”
Former boxing contender Mark “Bam Bam” Flanagan’s bare knuckle debut ended in a loss. Flanagan ate some sharp counters from Dilan Prasovic and the fight was stopped by the doctors before round two. Flanagan had a nasty swelling under his right eye.
“Surprise surprise, motherfucker,” Prasovic told the interviewer as the local crowd booed the Montenegran
Flanagan started quickly but the slick Prasovic, an active pro boxer, was up to the task and countered effectively. Prasovic landed a clean check hook and right hand, among other shots. Flanagan looked the worse for wear as he headed back to his corner. He wouldn’t get the chance to try and turn the fight around.
Speaking through a cornerman translator, Prasovic agreed with the stoppage. He improves to 2-0 (2 KOs) with the victory.
Haze Hepi Gains Revenge
Haze Hepi made one of the most colourful entrances in BKFC history, accompanied to the ring by tribal warriors.
The Maori tribesman, a New Zealand native now living in Australia, also put on a show.
Hazi (4-1) impressively avenged his sole bare knuckle defeat with a second-round TKO over Krzyzstof Wisniewski (2-1). Wisniewski defeated Hepi by doctor’s stoppage at BKFC Rome last October.
The fighters jabbed and studied each other early. Wisniewski’s left hand bloodied Hepi’s nose. Late in the round, Hepi caught Winsiewski with a big right that dropped the UK based Pole.
Hepi’s right hand was the difference. He caught Wisniewski with another big right for the second knockdown. After Wisniewski gamely got up, another Hepi right felled him for the third and final time. Referee Big Dan called off the fight.
BKFC President David Feldman was ringside and congratulated Hepi in the ring after the win.
