BKFC 68 Treats The Newcastle Fans To An Evening Of Knockouts: Recap

BKFC was filled with an action packed night in Newcastle this past Saturday. The night saw Agi Faulkner become the inaugural BKFC European Heavyweight Champion after a brutal second round knockout victory.

Fans were also treated to the appearance of MMA Icon Conor McGregor who sat ringside for his first ever BKFC event in the UK.

BKFC 68 TREATS THE NEWCASTLE FANS TO AN EVENING OF KNOCKOUTS, NEW CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING STARS, ALL WITH CO-OWNER AND COMBAT SPORT ICON CONOR MCGREGOR RINGSIDE

Agi Faulkner became the inaugural BKFC European Heavyweight Champion
Conor McGregor, co-owner of BKFC, was ringside for his first ever BKFC event in the UK
BKFC is the fastest growing combat sports promotion in the world, with over 2000 fans in attendance at the Utilita Arena.

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) made its return to British soil on Saturday with over 2000 fans packed into Newcastle’s Utilita Arena to watch BKFC 68.

British heavyweight Agi Faulkner topped the bill and proved too powerful for his opponent, Dawid Oskar. Despite going down himself in the first round, Faulkner stopped Oskar five seconds into the second round with a devastating left hand. The victory resulted in Faulkner being crowned the inaugural BKFC European Heavyweight champion. Speaking after the fight, the champion commented on what may be next for him:

“I would love a fight overseas. I want to keep pushing on and climbing up the ladder, and take on someone from within the Top 5 heavyweights in the world. I want to test myself against someone at that level now.”

In the evening’s co-main event, Irish fighter Conor Cooke beat the experienced Matty Hodgson in a Light Heavyweight matchup. The Irish fighter fought brilliantly to win 50-45 on all three of the judges’ scorecards, and consequently take his BKFC record to 4-1.

Earlier in the night, the energetic Newcastle crowd were treated to what many were calling one of the most unbelievable knockouts in BKFC history, as Middlesbrough based fighter Ben Bonner landed a huge right hand to stop his opponent Lewis Keen in the first round.

Another highlight of the evening was Bradley Taylor’s impressive win over his fierce rival and fellow Hartlepool fighter, Robbie Brown, extending his unbeaten BKFC record to 3-0.

For a full list of the evening’s results, please see the official fight card, here.

Roberto Villa

Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Executive Writer, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a passion for Combat Sports and also a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s also a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.