Andrei Arlovksi bludgeons Ben Rothwell in bloody BKFC heavyweight title fight at Knucklemania 6

Not long after Andrei Arlovski lifted the BKFC heavyweight title aloft, the commentator asks if he’ll fight Leonardo Perdomo — known as a bare-knuckle Mike Tyson because of his age and penchant for first-round knockouts!

Arlovski says he’ll take time to reset after the Rothwell fight but, man, that could be a banger. Sheesh!!!

The lasting image of this fight is a V-shaped cut on the middle of Rothwell’s forehead, leaking, blood all over his face. A ringside physician wipes his blood-soaked face in front of the referee and they realize it’s not the V that’s causing the worst of the blood, it’s a cut around his eye. Here’s the kicker. We can”t actually see the eye because of both bruising, and the amount of blood pooling across that part of his face. He was never going to be allowed to continue.

Arlovski had done it.

A knockout not with Rothwell on the ground, but simply unable to continue. A great performance from Arlovski!!!

Rothwell starts the second with a solid counter right hand. Arlovski powers a right hand through Rothwell’s face. AND AGAIN! That right hand is a nuisance weapon — my Gosh. Rothwell fences but he’s fighting in slow-motion, and cut from his scalp, compared to the free-flowing Arlovski. One-two from Arlovksi. Rothwell now has a mask of blood. Rothwell now on wobbly legs … can he get a knockdown?! There’s the bell!!!

Round 2: 20-18 — Arlovski

Stance-wise already suggests Arlovski eyes openings and sure enough he lands a right hand and sends Rothwell back to the ropes, before he bouncing off them like a WWE wrestler! There was little pace and little action and then BANG! The commentator suggests Rothwell may actually be intimidated, judging from his posture. And Arlovski isn’t giving him a moment’s respite. Huge round from the challenger!

Round 1: 10-9 — Arlovski

If that co-main wasn’t epic enough, we’ve still got two MMA heavyweights ready to slug it out without gloves — a trilogy fight — between Andrei Arlovski and Ben Rothwell!

David Mundell was ALWAYS seen as the guy to give Mike Perry his biggest BKFC challenge. He called for it himself, to Uncrowned columnist Alan Dawson. And it always seemed Mundell vs Perry could happen before Mundell vs Hunt. But now we’ve had the latter before the former, and Hunt dominated Mundell, could we still see Perry against the winner? One thing for sure … it would be violent.

Things pick up in the fourth with Mundell unafraid to hurl shots at Hunt’s midsection. And moments later Hunt pummels Mundell to the floor with a BRUTAL one-punch knockout! OH. My. GAWD! That man has a family!!! Hunt — you’re a bad man! A step-in lead right hand and Hunt re-announces himself as the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet! WOW!

Hunt with a right and a left and Mundell is down! The referee calls it a slip. Mundell takes control of the middle of the ring. Hunt adjusts his stance and Mundell moves around the periphery, looking for a way in. The pace has slowed and the crowd is booing but this remains a technical chess game, and it’s still edge-of-the-seat stuff. Mundell pops a jab. Keeps his head moving. AND HUNT SCORES A KNOCKDOWN! Just as Mundell looked to capture the round, Hunt scores a knockdown right at the end

Round 2: 20-18 — Hunt

Lorenzo Hunt, despite his age, remains one of the most powerful strikers in all of BKFC — and it’s really a sight to behold.

Round 1: 10-9 — Hunt

What the hell is this walk-out! Kanye, a massive Juggernaut seemingly chaperoning Lorenzo Hunt to the ring, smoke everywhere. This is big fight feel, folks! Man, I’m pumped. Lorenzo rules.

“Let’s f****** go!” His cornerman screams, rushing to the ring to congratulate Garbarino, who had Tomlinson on the floor, like, 10 times, through a combination of slips and legitimate knockdowns. But, ultimately, in the fifth, the referee had seen enough and was just like, you’re done, dude.

Ok, so Garbarino is in trouble with the ref for using Tomlinson’s motion to get him on his back and flip him to the floor. Can’t do that in bare knuckle! We may not have gloves but we do have rules, people! And another knockdown but the ref looks like he’s not counting. That one is clean, though! Isn’t it? Why’s the referee not counting here?? Replay shows Tomlinson might have already been down. Doesn’t count.

Garbarino shovel hooks Tomlinson to the canvas in the second! What a knockdown, and what a punch — one of my favorite shots. And now another knockdown — the third of the night — as Garbarino, again, gets Tomlinson to the canvas.

John Garbarino fights Kaine Tomlinson Jr. in the middleweight division.

Ben Bonner out-struck Tony Loco Soto by 152 strikes to 105, and was more accurate with what he landed to what he threw, with a 63% connect rate compared to his opponents 55%. Bonner landed almost all of his body shots, too.

The results confirmed the stats, too, with judges scoring it 49-46, 48-47, and 49-46 to BONNER!

An BJJ player, MMA fighter, and three-time BKFC fighter, Pat Brady retired with a win, as, after defeating Bear Hill by UD, he calls time on a multi-discipline combat career.

… and the judges score it similarly to Uncrowned with scores of 50-42, 50-41, and 49-43 for Brady!

Hill is landing his heaviest shots of the night, in the fourth round, after getting battered in rounds two and three! Has Hill gassed himself again?! He’s now on the floor. He’s totally done. Referee is asking if he wants to keep going. He does. We’re back at it. This is a brutal, grueling fight. Hill’s corner need to pull him out.

Round 4: 39-23 — Brady

Brady drops Hill again! And this time it’s early in the round and there’s time to either get a third knockdown in the fight, or push for the knockout. There’s life in the old bear, yet, and somehow Hill is on the canvas again! Referee rules it a slip. Honestly, Hill might just be completely gassed by this point. Brady’s landing some heavy smacks. Bear is done.

Round 3: 29-25 — Brady