Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship made a smashing first impression with Virginia combat sports fans on Friday night with BKFC 39 – the first ever bare-knuckle fighting event in state history – at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. The event was broadcast live internationally on the BKFC app.
In the main event, Chesapeake, Virginia’s Reggie “Educated Hands” Barnett Jr. improved to 9-2 (2 KO) with a doctor stoppage TKO victory over Daniel Alvarez at the end of the third round of their bantamweight fight. Barnett Jr., who made his debut at BKFC 1 in June 2018, on Friday became the first fighter in BKFC history to compete 11 times in the squared circle. With the loss, the Mexican-American Alvarez dropped to 1-1 (1 KO).
In the co-main event, Britain Hart, representing Bedford, Virginia, defended her BKFC women’s world strawweight championship for the first time with a unanimous decision over Jenny “Savage” Clausius. Hart improved to 7-3 (2 KO) with the win and made history Friday as the first female fighter in BKFC history to enter the squared circle 10 times. With the loss, Clausius fell to 3-2 (2 KO). Scores for Hart were 50-44 twice and 49-45.
BKFC 39 results include:
- Champ Reggie Barnett Jr. def. Daniel Alvarez via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 3, 2:00 – to retain bantamweight title
- Champ Britain Hart def. Jenny Clausius via unanimous decision (50-44, 50-44. 49-45) – to retain strawweight title
- Will Worley def. Dimitri Angelini via knockout – Round 1, 1:10
- Kasim Ruffin def. Trai Santos via knockout – Round 4, 1:47
- Jay Jackson def. David Simpson via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 2 , 1:32
- Stanislav Grosu def. Quartus Stitt via knockout – Round 2, 1:59
- Kyle Wright def. Pat Casey via TKO – Round 3, 1:18
- Zach Calmus def. Michael Furnier via knockout – Round 2, 0:49
- Quintan Foye def. Cody Jenkins via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
