This past Friday, fans in attendance at BKFC 69 at Gas South Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, witnessed the fastest KO in combat sports history.
On Friday, BKFC continued their run of events when they touched down in Atlanta for BKFC 69 with a card headlined by bantamweights, Keith Richardson and Michael Larrimore.
Former UFC bantamweight, Nate Maness also made his BKFC debut on the card following his controversial release from the UFC earlier this year, winning by TKO in round three.
Conor McGregor reacts as the fastest KO in combat sports history is scoredBKFC has undoubtedly grown in popularity over this past year, with a lot of that being down to the fact that UFC star, Conor McGregor, became a part owner of the promotion earlier this year.
Photo by JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Irishman has continuously promoted events since taking up his new role and has even hinted at potentially taking the gloves off and competing under the BKFC banner himself.
On the BKFC 69 undercard, the fastest KO in combat sports history was scored when Justin Watson knocked out Cole Ferrell within the first two seconds of their featherweight fight.
The fight began with the referee standing in between the two as they already stood toe to toe and as soon as the referee moved out of the way, Watson landed a hellacious right hand, sinking Ferrell to the ground.
Ferrell stood up shortly after face-planting the ground and seemingly began to protest the stoppage, which garnered a reaction from Watson who began to walk him down again before being pulled away.
“The world’s fastest KO! WOW!” Conor McGregor reacted on his Instagram story.
“2.9 seconds, the fastest knockout in combat sports, unbelievable,” BKFC president Dave Feldman said whilst showing a stopwatch.
BOTTLES THROWN: Nate Diaz and Islam Makhachev throw bottles after UFC 311 presser as feud with Team Khabib escalatesUFC fans will remember McGregor’s KO of Jose Aldo back in 2015 which took just 13 seconds and still stands as the fastest KO in UFC title fight history.
Watson’s 2.9-second KO is being touted as the fastest KO in combat sports history by the promotion. Phil Williams holds the record for the fastest KO in boxing with a 10-second KO over Brandon Burke and Jorge Masvidal holds the record for the fastest KO in UFC history with his 5-second KO over Ben Askren.
Former UFC champion set for BKFC return at Knuckle Mania 5It was recently announced by the promotion that former UFC lightweight champion and opponent of McGregor, Eddie Alvarez, will return to the BKFC ring for a fight at Knuckle Mania 5 on January 25.
‘The Underground King’ made his promotional debut back in April, winning a split decision over fellow former UFC star, Chad Mendes.
Ahead of his return, he and his opponent, Jeremy Stephens faced off where they exchanged words and began to get heated with each other.
“You lost way too much. You ain’t ever beat no world champion. You’ve never been a champion. You’ll never be a f*cking champion,” Alvarez told Stephens following their Knuckle Mania 5 press conference.
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