Mike Perry overwhelms Luke Rockhold, picks up second round TKO in BKFC 41 main event

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship returned to us tonight, April 29, 2023, for BKFC 41, going down live from the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.

Headlining the event is an epic clash between Mike Perry and former multi-organization MMA world champion (Strikeforce & UFC) Luke Rockhold.

Perry had gone 2-0 thus far into his bare knuckle career, while Rockhold made his bare knuckle debut tonight.

Continue reading to see how our main event of the evening went down:

Official Result: Mike Perry def. Luke Rockhold via TKO (retirement) at 1:15 of round one

Perry blitzes Rockhold from the start of the bout and keeps this pace through the first minute. He’s doing a good job of backing Rockhold up, but eats a couple left hands doing so. The third left hand Rockhold lands stuns Perry and wobbles him backward, before Perry cracks an incoming Rockhold with a left hand of his own that immediately backs him up as the round ends.

Perry keeps this pace into round two and Rockhold just doesn’t have an answer for it, as the referee is forced to stop the action 75 seconds in.

These boys are throwing down 👊🏼 #BKFC41 pic.twitter.com/ALubEReJth

— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) April 30, 2023

Mike Perry improves to 3-0 as a bare knuckle boxer tonight at BKFC 41.

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Brady Ordway

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