News UPDATE: Justin Thornton who was brutally KO'd at BKFC 20 last August has passed away

[IDGETKTFO]

bye bye BKFC

 

[genecop]

Speedy recovery….

 

[beaglepuss]

The broadcast team and owner, David Feldman, spent the beginning of the evening speaking to how safe the sport is. In just 20 events, this is the second life-threatening injury to occur in BKFC. The first being Francesco Ricchi being put in a coma as a result of injuries sustained from an errant blow to the throat. Other fighters have sustained career ending injuries, such as Rowdy Ackers eye injury, while competing for the organization.

While the sport of Bare Knuckle Boxing is clearly not inherently safe, it also appears to be far less safe than it’s combat sport counterparts.

 

[Mammothman]

After a brutal KO sometimes they don't want to be bothered, they want their space alone, reflect before going back into public.

Chandler did an interview regarding this not long ago

 

[Hardkore]

Got damn. That's fucking brutal to put it lightly. Positive thoughts for a full recovery.

Prognosis isn't likely reassuring, but neuro isn't my specialty

 

[chardog]

the guy didnt belong there, that's for sure

 

[Jitter]

The broadcast team and owner, David Feldman, spent the beginning of the evening speaking to how safe the sport is. In just 20 events, this is the second life-threatening injury to occur in BKFC. The first being Francesco Ricchi being put in a coma as a result of injuries sustained from an errant blow to the throat. Other fighters have sustained career ending injuries, such as Rowdy Ackers eye injury, while competing for the organization.

While the sport of Bare Knuckle Boxing is clearly not inherently safe, it also appears to be far less safe than it’s combat sport counterparts.

That fall could have happened in any MMA fight or even boxing. Throat blow maybe be preventable with gloves, but other stuff seems more fluke injuries than anything. With as many eye pokes as the UFC has we are lucky there have not been more serious injuries there. Best argument for it being unsafe would be due to terrible matchmaking

 

[560ti]

Are you new to prizefighting or something.

No i'm just in shock. The matchmaking is terrible even by regional squash match standards (a fringe Welterweight on a 5 fight streak of getting finished fighting a 240lb 15-1 fighter in a bare knuckle fight is unheard of)

 

[TCE]

The broadcast team and owner, David Feldman, spent the beginning of the evening speaking to how safe the sport is. In just 20 events, this is the second life-threatening injury to occur in BKFC. The first being Francesco Ricchi being put in a coma as a result of injuries sustained from an errant blow to the throat. Other fighters have sustained career ending injuries, such as Rowdy Ackers eye injury, while competing for the organization.

While the sport of Bare Knuckle Boxing is clearly not inherently safe, it also appears to be far less safe than it’s combat sport counterparts.

And the really shitty thing is, the owner Feldman doesn't update anyone on the status of a seriously injured fighter.

He only publicly makes a statement after one of the fighters coaches or family members speak out.

 

[Local Plata]

And what does this have to do with the UFC, exactly?

 

[TCE]

And what does this have to do with the UFC, exactly?

This specific event, just like all of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship events are discussed in the UFC discussion when they're live. In fact, the threads are made a sticky at the very top of the UFC discussion.

So I posted this here, because many members here who watched the event and discussed the event in that thread, were more than likely wondering if this dude was okay.

 

[beaglepuss]

That fall could have happened in any MMA fight or even boxing. Throat blow maybe be preventable with gloves, but other stuff seems more fluke injuries than anything. With as many eye pokes as the UFC has we are lucky there have not been more serious injuries there. Best argument for it being unsafe would be due to terrible matchmaking

That’s all subjective though. To start a broadcast with how much safer Bare Knuckle Fighting is compared to its counterparts is objectively false. Whatever the reason, BKFC has proven to have more serious injuries in just 20 events than the UFC has had in hundreds and hundreds of events. Flukes, coincidences, jinxes, etc. The end result is that the injures are adding up in this new sport at an alarming rate while the owners are promoting how safe it is.

 

[Espresso]

HW darting in like that create some brutal counters

 

[koquerelle]

 

[SherdogFan23]

Hope he heals up okay.

Shame on the promoter as well. 30lbs smaller and on a 5 fight losing streak and they give him a fighter with a combined fight record of 15-1

It was a clear cut squash match. There's no way a guy with a 6-18 record who recent fought at 175lb catchweight should be fighting 240lb 15-1 guy

They purposely sent that guy out there to get knocked out brutally

I don't know much about this event but if this ^^^^ is true someone should beat the crap out of the promoter.

 

[Brettco]

I can't take it anymore !!

Im switching to Ballerina Championships

Some of their feet never recover.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

That’s all subjective though. To start a broadcast with how much safer Bare Knuckle Fighting is compared to its counterparts is objectively false. Whatever the reason, BKFC has proven to have more serious injuries in just 20 events than the UFC has had in hundreds and hundreds of events. Flukes, coincidences, jinxes, etc. The end result is that the injures are adding up in this new sport at an alarming rate while the owners are promoting how safe it is.

This was like putting CM Punk against Dominick Reyes. Just target practice from a much bigger, stronger and more skilled guy. If they made fights like this in UFC a lot of people would get hurt badly. Makes it tough to compare relative safety.

 

[Shoguns Prodigy**]

Shame on the promoter as well. 30lbs smaller and on a 5 fight losing streak and they give him a fighter with a combined fight record of 15-1

It was a clear cut squash match. There's no way a guy with a 6-18 record who recent fought at 175lb catchweight should be fighting 240lb 15-1 guy

They purposely sent that guy out there to get knocked out brutally

Man that is so fucked up.

 

[RiotWyatt]

Why is a guy who clearly doesn't know how to throw a punch or defend from punches even fighting?

Especially in bareknuckle. Who are the coaches who sent him out looking like that? They should be ashamed. This could have been prevented.

 

[TCE]

This was like putting CM Punk against Dominick Reyes. Just target practice from a much bigger, stronger and more skilled guy. If they made fights like this in UFC a lot of people would get hurt badly. Makes it tough to compare relative safety.

TBF, it does seem pure bad luck that BKFC has had a few life threatening injuries sustained to fighters since they started it, only a few years ago.

PRIDE had no serious injuries reported of their fighters, and they had 145'ers fighting HW's in freak show fights. Plus, soccer kicks and stomps, no one was seriously injured.

But the matchmakers and owner of BKFC should not be pitting WW's on 5 fight losing streaks against a 240 pound savage. If this is to be their undoing, then so be it, they deserve it for putting on such a mismatch.