Photo by BKFC / Phil Lambert
- A before and after shot of Bare Knuckle FC's ring again shows it's the bloodiest show in town.
- American fighting veteran Leonard Garcia beat Joe Elmore in a punishing main event.
- BKFC returns in April.
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A before and after shot of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's ring once again shows it's the bloodiest show in town.
The upstart combat sports promotion returned Friday for its second event of the year with BKFC 16, and it needed only 10 fights to take place at the Biloxi Civic Center in Mississippi before the canvas started looking like a crime scene.
The American fighter Leonard Garcia beat Joe Elmore in the main event and called time on a fighting career that had seen him compete in boxing, mixed martial arts, and bare knuckle.
The super welterweight bout was a particularly nasty affair as Elmore suffered a ghastly cut in the opening round that bled profusely throughout the contest, while Garcia could barely see out of one eye at the finish.
But this is what Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is all about – it is brutal and merciless but bloody and brilliant providing you're a fighting degenerate like me.
See some of the damage in this clip here:
-Bare Knuckle FC (@bareknucklefc) March 20, 2021
"I still got a lot left in the tank," said Garcia after his decision win was confirmed, in a statement sent to Insider.
"I'm still a legend, I still did everything I said I was going to do, but fighting a guy like Joe was something else.
"I learned a lot about myself and I learned a lot about Joe. I got all the respect in the world for him and I don't take anything from him."
"I've got an important decision to make and it's a hard one. My deal with God was to be the No.1 guy when I left. That's why I took the fight with Joe Elmore.
"I wanted to prove to the world I was the No. 1 fighter at 165 when I retired."
The broadcast displayed a before-and-after shot of Saturday's BKFC canvas:
-caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) March 20, 2021
Reggie Barnett Jr. advanced his bare knuckle record to six wins against one loss as he forced the former world champion boxer DeMarcus Corley to retire after four rounds of fighting in the co-main event.
Following his stoppage win, Barnett Jr. issued a challenge to BKFC lightweight champion Dat Nguyen. "[He] disrespected me as a man and as a fighter," Barnett Jr. said.
"If you are the so-called champion, you know who's next so stop hiding."
Elsewhere on the card, Arnold Adams bulldozed through Bobo O'Bannon with a first-round knockout, needing only 1 minute and 58 seconds to close the show.
The company's founder and president David Feldman recently told Insider that he plans to hold at least two shows per month.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship's next event, BKFC 17, will take place April 16 in Miami.