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Knockouts All Around As BKFC Rocks 2300 Arena

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Published21 Mar 2025

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Philadelphia: After a very successful debut back in January, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship would make its return to Philadelphia. This time, they would be showcased at the house of hardcore wrestling, the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia. This would be the 1st time that BKFC would have an event at 2300 Arena.

The event was headlined by Dustin Pague, vs. Andrew Angelcor.

The lineup with weight for the fights:

Weigh-In Results

Dustin Pague, 163.9lbs. vs. Andrew Angelcor, 164.1

Cory Vidal, 185.4 vs. Brandon Conley, 184.5

John Garbarino, 175.4. vs. Rayne Wells, 175.4

Travis Thompson, 136 vs. AJ Craig, 135.7

Maurice Horne, 185.1 vs. Adam De Freitas, 183

Lex Ludlow, 218.6 vs. Connor McKenna, 248.7

Dalvin Blair, 160.6 vs. Justin Walters, 169

Elijah Harris, 145.8 vs. Brandon Honsvick, 146

Pat Carroll, 250 vs. Mike Furnier, 264.1

Anthony Pagan, 154.9 vs. Colin Reeser, 153.6

How the fights went:

The first 4 fights of the night would end by 1st-round knockout and 2 of the 4 fights were done in under 10 seconds. The first one was Anthony Pagan vs. Colin Reeser – Pagan would win by 1st round TKO at 52 seconds:

Next up was Pat Carroll vs. Mike Furnier & this fight would not make it out of the 1st round as it would end at 46 seconds.

What your about to see and hear is something crazy, but will make you say “holy crap”.

The Elijah Harris vs. Brandon Honsvick fight started the HOLY CRAP Trend as Harris would win the fight by KO  in 7 seconds.

 

Then the HOLY **** Moment of the night was the Dalvin Blair vs. Justin Walters fight as this would set a record –  Blair would KO Walters in 4 seconds and they looked back and changed the time to just 2 seconds:

Yes you are reading that right: 2 second knockout & the crowd inside 2300 Arena could not believe what they saw.

 

How could the rest of the fights on the card keep up the pace from the 4 first-round knockouts?  There would be 2 bouts that would go the distance in Travis Thompson vs AJ Craig (Craig by decision) & Lex Ludlow vs. Connor McKenna (split decision win for Ludlow).

The knockout action would pick back up as Maurice Horne would win his fight by knockout at 1:08 of Round 2 & South Philly’s own John Garbarino, who now has a nickname “Johnny Cannoli” based off what happened in the weigh-in must see videos.

This is how Johnny would win his fight by by KO at 47 seconds of round 1 against Rayne Wells:

The Co-Main Event was Cory Vidal vs. Brandon Conley & this fight would go all 5 rounds but the judges had something to say about it, ruling it a Majority DRAW. It showed by the fight going all 5 rounds.

In the Main Event was Dustin Pague vs Andrew Angelcor. This fight had some good action and, in round 2, Andrew had a massive cut & the fight would not make it to round 3 as it was called off. It would have been a decision by the corner or ring side doctor & Dustin Pague would win by TKO in round 2.

Postfight Interviews:

Dalvin Blair:

John Garbarino:

 

BKFC President David Feldman:

Lex Ludlow:

 

 

Final Thoughts:
Overall, it was a great night of action for the 1st Bare Knuckle Event held at 2300 Arena & the crowd was into the event the entire night. The first 4 fights with the knockouts that ended in Round 1 were crazy and nuts. We now wait and see when Bare Knuckle comes back to Philly, in particular the Wells Fargo Center: BKFC President would say the smaller shows would be held at 2300 Arena & the bigger ones at Wells Fargo Center.