Bareknuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) presents “BKFC 27 London” this afternoon (Sat., Aug. 20, 2022) inside OVO Arena Wembley in London, England, streaming live on FITE.tv. In the main event, No. 2-ranked Bellator Welterweight, Michael “Venom” Page, will make his bareknuckle boxing debut against former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bruiser, “Platinum” Mike Perry. Also on the card are BKFC mainstay Sam Shewmaker fighting Mick Terrill in Heavyweight action and another former UFC competitor making his BK debut, Chris Fishgold, who will take on another former mixed martial arts (MMA) practitioner, “Brutal” Jake Bostwick.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire BKFC 27 London fight card below, starting with online “Prelims” undercard fights at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the main card broadcast at 2 p.m. ET (watch it on FITE.tv right here).
BKFC 27 Quick Results:
175 lbs.: Michael Page vs. Mike Perry
165 lbs.: Connor Tierney def. Joe Elmore - Unanimous decision 49-43, 50-46, 50-45
220 lbs.: Mick Terrill def. Sam Shewmaker - KO 2:00 rd. 1
155 lbs.: James Lilley def. Tyler Goodjohn - Unanimous decision 49-46, 50-44, 48-47
175 lbs.: Jake Bostwick vs. Chris Fishgold - TKO 1:58 rd. 2
180 lbs.: Danny Christie def. Terry Brazier - KO 1:22 rd. 2
220 lbs.: Dawid Zoltaszek def. Adam Harris - KO 2:00 rd. 1
175 lbs.: David Round def. Ash Griffith - TKO 0:40 rd. 2
145 lbs.: John Hick def. Ellish Shepherd - Unanimous decision 48-47 x2, 50-45
185 lbs.: Dan Vinni def. Conan Barbaru - KO 0:35 rd. 2
165 lbs.: Franco Tenaglia def. Chas Symonds - KO 2:00 rd. 2
220 lbs.: Rob Cunningham def. Brett May - TKO, doctor stoppage, end of rd. 2
BKFC 27 Play-By-Play Updates:
155 lbs.: Michael Page vs. Mike Perry
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165 lbs.: Connor Tierney vs. Joe Elmore
Round 1: Elmore in red, Tierney in blue and yellow. Tierney backs up immediately, but Elmore doesn’t oblige, forcing Tierney to come forward. Lead left from Tierney. Elmore with a nice right hand and they clinch to a ref break. Elmore winging big power shots. They clinch and power body shots into each other repeatedly.
Hard round to score, could go either way, and if I’m not going 10-10, I’ll say 10-9 Tierney
Round 2: Elmore trying to bait Tierney in, but Tierney is cautious and measured. Elmore grabs the lead hand of Tierney and hits a left. That gets a bit of a warning from the ref to make a fist and not grab. Not much else really happening here.
10-9 Elmore
Round 3: Tierney gets in the jab component of a 1-2. Both men get a right hand in. Suddenly Elmore stumbles from a left as they exchange in the pocket. Elmore leaking from what looks like the nose and head. Tierney hits an overhand right.
10-9 Tierney
Round 4: The replay from the last round shows that Elmore landed at the same time he got hurt by that shot. Impressive from Tierney. Big right hand from Tierney. Another. Elmore no sells them both, but they landed on the jawline. Tierney hits a 1-2. Elmore just misses a big right. Lands a left, though.
10-9 Tierney
Round 5: Lot of clinching here. Tierney gets double underhooks and Elmore spams ineffective shots to the ear. Flush check left hook from Tierney stops Elmore in his track. Both men get into a half clinch and start mashing short body shots in. Left hook from Tierney.
10-9 Tierney
Connor Tierney def. Joe Elmore
155 lbs.: James Lilley vs. Tyler Goodjohn
Round 1: Goodjohn in black, Lilley in red. Lilley comes out firing and clips Goodjohn. Lilley throwing big combos and flurries. Goodjohn is bleeding a lot from his left eye. Both men land right hands and now Lilley has some blood from the outside of his eye socket. Left from Goodjohn.
10-9 Lilley
Round 2: Doc checks the bad cut on Goodjohn, but we’re underway. Lilley gets in a jab. They clinch and are pistoning away at each other - Lilley with the left, Goodjohn using his right. Goodjohn comes forward, eats a jab for his trouble. 30 seconds to go. Lilley hits an uppercut. 1-2 from Goodjohn, who lands that two solid.
10-9 Goodjohn
Round 3: Goodjohn’s eye lookin ugly, but not closed. Right-left-right and QUICK from Lilley. Right by Goodjohn, 3-2 from Lilley in return. Couple of rights thrown and landed by Goodjohn. Lilley landing in multiples again. Both men with body punches.
10-9 Lilley
Round 4: Goodjohn pumps a jab. Both men connect rights. Lilly keeps circling and flurrying in counters, Goodjohn seems completely unable to cut off the ring. Goodjohn lands two very nice right hands, but Lilly eats them. Lilly with a double jab. Lilley with a double leg takedown off a clinch to sheepish apologies.
10-9 Goodjohn
Round 5: They give a brief hug in respect before attempting to punch each other in the face. Lilley circles off an entry and gets in a right hand. Goodjohn lands that right this time. Another right hand lands. A third, but it glances only. Jab to the body for Goodjohn.
10-9 Goodjohn
James Lilley def. Tyler Goodjohn
220 lbs.: Mick Terrill vs. Sam Shewmaker
Round 1: Shewmaker in the Stars & Stripes but with a black half on the other leg, Terrill in white. Shewmaker misses a lunging left to start. Missed punch, clinch and a ref break. Terrill with a big jab into a swarming series of punches and an uppercut drops Shewmaker. He’s up and we’re back. Terrill still being cautious. Terrill punches into the clinch again and gets a bit of a hockey-style, grab-behind-the-head-and-punch-with-the-other shot in that drops Shewmaker. Shewmaker isn’t going to make the count!
Mick Terrill def. Sam Shewmaker
175 lbs.: Jake Bostwick vs. Chris Fishgold
Round 1: Fishgold in black, Bostwick in yellow and pink. Fishgold starts out quick and takes the center. Bit of trash talking from Fishgold, but eats a right. They’re both swinging heavy. Bostwick with a solid hook that stops Fishgold in his tracks momentarily. Right hand from Fishgold. Bostwick dodges a pair. “Brutal” Bostwick 10-9
Round 2: Both men hit a right. Fishgold gets in a jab. Right-left combo from Bostwick. He’s swarming, gets a big shot in that bounces the mouthpiece out and opens up a big cut on Fishgold and down he goes! He beats the count and we’re back after he collects his mouthpiece. Not sure what happened in a clinch, but Fishgold goes down. He claims it’s a slip, but referee Dan Miragliotta counts an 8. Bostwick gets in a body shot right before the bell which drops Fishgold again and... WOW! Fishgold says he can’t breathe and we’re done!
“Brutal” Jake Bostwick def. Chris Fishgold
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