This Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) debut couldn’t get much worse.
BKFC Fight Night: Los Angeles went down last night (Sat., Nov. 23, 2024) from inside Thunder Studio in Long Beach, Calif. In the main event, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight “Big” Lavar Johnson got starched in just 12 seconds against Anthony Garrett, who stepped up on three days notice.
Watch the quick knockout below:
ON 3 DAYS NOTICE Anthony Garrett puts Johnson DOWN in 12 seconds! #BKFCLA | Presented by @BuckedUp pic.twitter.com/PJPfdTfsiX
— Bare Knuckle FC (@bareknucklefc) November 24, 2024
As you can see, both men came out swinging wildly, but it was Garrett who landed the kill shot on Lavar’s chin.
Johnson, 47, was making his BKFC debut after a couple of bare-knuckle fights in other promotions and was supposed to take on fellow ex-UFC Heavyweight Rashad Coulter. However, Coulter withdrew from the fight on Thursday. Johnson was a -456 betting favorite over new opponent, Garrett.
Garrett, 35, broke his own record for the fastest Heavyweight BKFC knockout last night. In his previous outing at BKFC Fight Night: Kansas City, he knocked out John Orr in just 16 seconds.
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