Keith Richardson vs. Bekhzod Usmonov: BKFC Fight Recap

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00:00And let's first go with the headlining main event and that was Keith the Rockstar Richardson versus Usmanov,

00:06Vexad Usmanov, the 29-year-old from Tajikistan who lives in New Mexico, was 1-1 in the BKFC.

00:12Now 2-1 as he gets the victory over Rockstar Richardson, the former Bantamweight title holder,

00:17who now falls to 5-2 in the BKFC. We thought Richardson was going to get this in the third round.

00:22He looked strong against Larimore in his comeback fight last December,

00:24but Usmanov was just too much to bear for him. Gets a first round KO victory less than a minute in.

00:31There were some questionable issues here for me with, you know, that first knockdown as you saw.

00:36Richardson goes down, gets hit again as he's trying to get back up.

00:39I mean, this is supposed to be, you know, boxing rules and that the guy touches.

00:43We get a standing eight count. Ref didn't get in there quick enough.

00:46Took a couple more shots before he got knocked down again and got back up,

00:49but was not right, was not the same, and Usmanov came in there and blasted him a little bit more.

00:55Continues to unload towards the end of that first round against the ropes.

00:58Goes down and Usmanov even tried to jump on him and beat him up some more on the second knockdown,

01:04but the ref at least jumped in the middle of that one and kept him from doing more damage,

01:08but calls it off immediately. Does not give Keith Richardson the chance to get back and see if he can recover more.

01:14Didn't look like he was right ever since that first one, so I don't give too much blame on the ref there.

01:19Usmanov now coming in there getting over 500, but he's got some big aspirations.

01:23Listen to him after the fight.

01:25Finally, I'm going to say Conor BKFC, guys. Number one bantamweight.

01:30I kill him. I'm going to win. I won't fight for a title shot.

01:35I will kill that guy from Cuba.

01:39All an applause, getting right into it, getting his, you know,

01:42his second win and thinking that he can go right for the champ.

01:44But I mean, reasoning isn't completely wrong there in that you beat the number one guy.

01:48Who else is there to fight except the one above him?

01:50We'll see if he gets that shot, showing some good grit there.

01:53We'll see if he is tough enough to face Blas,

01:55who just steamrolled through everybody in that division on his way to that title,

01:58including Rockstar Richardson. Then the co-main event,

02:01you had a light heavyweight between Donald Sanchez, a little guy against Harrison Aiken.

02:04Aiken, tough dude, 35-year-old from Georgia,

02:07now falls to 1-1 the BKFC and 3-4 in bare-knuckle overall after he got the win in December.

02:13Now loses to Sanchez, a 20-year vet who's now 4-1 in the BKFC.

02:17Sanchez gets the, we thought he'd get a second round KO.

02:20It was almost done in the first round.

02:22The credit to Aiken, the guy hung on.

02:23It goes all five rounds.

02:24Sanchez gets unanimous decision, 49-43 on two judges' scorecards, 48-44 on another.

02:30He got two knockdowns in that first round to get the 10-7 round.

02:33It looked like it was all over but the shouting.

02:35You know, surprised that Aiken was able to hang in, but he did.

02:37You know, things kind of slowed down over the rest of the fight there.

02:40In two and three and four, Sanchez gets another knockdown to get a 10-8 round.

02:44So, it's clear that all he has to do is wait till the end.

02:48Still throw some punches.

02:49He's not a guy to back down and, you know, a guy to just coast on his bicycle until the end of the fight.

02:53Although Aiken didn't really come out as strong as I would expect in the fifth round

02:57or even after, you know, the second, third, fourth,

02:59because when you get knocked down twice in the first,

03:01you pretty much know it's finished or be done in that fight.

03:04Does not get it at any point.

03:06Does not turn it up to the level that he really need to.

03:08Don Sanchez is able to get a unanimous decision victory.

03:11A great performance by him.

03:14Not his strongest one.

03:15I thought that he's been better at times, but of course, this was at light heavyweight.

03:19He said in the post fight that he's more of a middleweight

03:21and he wants to go back to that division.

03:23And again, you know, fight somebody that he's been calling out for a while

03:26and has not gotten that shot at yet.

03:28Let's do this. How many times do I got to say it?

03:31Feldman, give it to me already.

03:33It was supposed to be here at Team Leaf.

03:36And we did this instead.

03:38Thank you for my guy, but Mundell, that belt is mine.

03:41Let's go. Come on.

03:42I got to say it again. Let's go.

03:45All right.

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