This past Wednesday, Bare Knuckle FC joined with musical festival promoter Danny Wimmer Presents and Slaughter to Prevail frontman Alex Terrible for Blood4Blood. Fans who attended the event were treated to four live music performances and four bare knuckle fights.
Kratos def. Brock Walker-TKO Round 1
The opening bout pitted Sergey “Kratos” Kalinin, a Russian bare knuckle and MMA veteran, against Brock Walker. Kalinin is from Terrible’s hometown of Yeketerinburg, Russia and was cornered by Terrible.
Kalinin dropped Walker in the bout’s opening seconds with uppercuts from the clinch. He grabbed an overhook after Walker rose and knocked Walker to his knees with more uppercuts.
After the action resumed, Kratos continued his close range assault. Walker went down again and arose with the left side of his face bloodied.
Walker gamely got up. After another knockdown, referee Christoper Young mercifully waved off the fight.
Taylor Starling def. Sydney Smith-TKO Round 2
Former title challenger Starling (6-4, 2 KOs) was too much for late substitute Smith (1-4) in a women’s flyweight battle.
Starling found a home for her right hand in round one, as she got the better of the action. Smith bled from a cut near her right eye.
Starling continued to get the best of Smith in round two. A Starling right knocked Smith off balance, and Smith covered up and turned sideways while Starling fired follow up shots.
With Starling punching and Smith shelled up and not intelligently defending herself, referee Andrew Glenn stepped in and rescued Smith near the 1:30 mark of round two.
It’s the second win a row for Starling, who unsuccessfully challenged Christne Ferea and Britain Hart for the women’s flyweight and strawweight titles in 2022 and 2024.
Jake Bostwick def. Roderick Stewart-KO Round 2
Britain’s Jake Bostwick, fighting out of Miami, needed less than two rounds to beat Roderick Stewart in a middleweight bout.
Both men were cautious early. Bostwick gauged distance against his taller opponent.
In round two, Stewart seemed hurt by a Bostwick right. Bostwick stepped in with a left and then unloaded another right that knocked Stewart down. Referee Chris Young counted Stewart out at the 1:25 mark.
After the bout, Bostwick told BKFC’s Cyrus Fees it’s possible he will move down in weight from 175 to 165 lbs (middleweight to welterweight). He mentioned Julian Lane and Gorjan Slaveski as potential opponents. The more experienced Lane defeated Bostwick by unanimous decision in Bostwick’s second bare knuckle bout in 2021.
Cameron Delano def. Alex Terrible-TKO Round 3
Delano’s power and accuracy were too much for Terrible in the Blood4Blood light heavyweight main event.
Delano caught the aggressive Terrible with a left jab early that knocked him off balance for the fight’s first knockdown.
Terrible was the aggressor and was stunned with a right early in round two. A Delano right-left combo dropped the singer turned bare knuckler for the second time in the fight.
Terrible got up and knocked Delano down with a right during an exchange to even the round 2 knockdown total.
Early in round three, Delano caught Terrible with a right on the chin for his third knockdown. Terrible staggered after he got up and referee Andrew Glenn waved the fight off.
It was an entertaining battle between two fighters early in their bare knuckle career. Delano, a professional bull rider improved to 2-0 (2 KOs).
Alex Terrible slips to 1-2 in pro bare knuckle. He showed a warrior’s heart but couldn’t deal with Delano’s greater skills and power.
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