Dustin Pague received again within the win column on March 21 when he confronted Andrew Angelcor in the primary occasion of BKFC Philly. The bare-knuckle boxing struggle card occurred on the 2300 Area in Philadelphia, PA.
The pair squared off in a scheduled five-round welterweight bout that ended earlier than the ultimate bell. Pague defeated Angelcor by TKO after the ringside doctor known as the struggle on the finish of the second spherical because of a brow lower suffered by Angelcor.
With the victory, Pague (4-2) of Carlisle, PA bounced again from a defeat through first-round TKO because of a health care provider stoppage in opposition to Carlos Trinidad-Snake final Could. Unbeaten Angelcor (3-1-1) of Barstow, CA suffered his first defeat and noticed his three-fight profitable streak snapped.
“For these of you who haven’t adopted me from the start, my solely loss was to the man who’s combating for the title subsequent month,” Dustin Pague stated. “I misplaced as a result of I broke my jaw 13 seconds into the primary spherical, and I saved going and I saved combating, the place 99% of all fighters would’ve been on the bottom crying. I fought via that first spherical, and I begged the physician to let me proceed within the second spherical.”
“I’m not going to be stopped except I’m put to sleep.”
In different BKFC Philly motion
Within the co-main occasion, Cody Vidal (1-1-1) of Pottsville, PA and Brandon Conley (2-0-1) of Chillicothe, OH fought to a majority draw. After 5 rounds at cruiserweight, the judges scored the struggle 48-46, 47-47, and 47-47.
Amongst different BKFC Philly outcomes, Philadelphia’s John Garbarino (2-0) knocked out Rayne Wells (0-3) of Bellingham, WA in 47 seconds at middleweight. AJ Craig (2-1) of Billings, MT earned a unanimous resolution over Travis Thompson (6-2) in a light-weight bout, with the scores 47-46, 48-45, and 47-46.
Maurice Horne (1-0) of Middletown, DE stopped Canada’s Adam De Freitas (0-2) in his first BKFC struggle at gentle heavyweight. Debuting heavyweight Lex Ludlow (1-0) of Bristol Township, PA took a cut up resolution in opposition to Connor McKenna (0-3) of Saint Albans City, VT with the scores 48-47, 47-48, and 49-46.
The occasion additionally featured two extra of the quickest knockouts, as Dalvin Blair (1-0) stopped fellow debutant Justin Walters (0-1) in 4 seconds at welterweight, and newcomer Elijah Harris (1-0) KO’d Brandon Honsvick (1-1) of Cedar Metropolis, UT in seven seconds at featherweight. Each under-10-second knockouts be a part of Tennessee’s Justin Watson (1-2), who floored Cole Ferrell (1-1) in two seconds throughout their welterweight bout at BKFC 69 in Atlanta in late 2024.
Atop the BKFC Philly prelims, Canadian heavyweight Patrick Carroll (1-0) efficiently debuted within the BKFC with a 46-second knockout of Mikey Furnier (0-4) of Portsmouth, OH. Kicking off the motion, Anthony Pagan (1-0) stopped fellow newcomer Colin Reeser (0-1) in 52 seconds at welterweight.
