Parker Porter vs. Dillon Cleckler Clash in Newcastle

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00:00Going to be headlined by heavyweights, the big boys swinging up there in Newcastle,

00:04and that will be Parker Porter versus Dylan Kleckler.

00:07Porter, the 40-year-old New Englander, former MMA fighter, 6'73", reach, 1-0 in the BKFC,

00:13his only fight, a first-round TKO win over Chase Gormley in February at the Mohegan Sun,

00:18so very familiar with that arena.

00:19Going to be taking on Kleckler, the 43-year-old from Florida, former MMA fighter,

00:2411-1 in his MMA career.

00:25He's going to be a little bit taller, a little bit longer, 6'3", 76-inch reach,

00:30won his first three BKFC fights in 2020 and 2021 before facing Arnold Adams for the title

00:35and lost by a second-round TKO there, but hasn't fought in the BKFC since.

00:39That was three years ago, making his return here after fighting in glove boxing

00:43and some bare-knuckle MMA.

00:45You have the new fighter, but not new as far as age, but, you know, they're similar in age,

00:50but Porter, the 40-year-old, new to the BKFC still, Kleckler a little more experienced,

00:54but could he be rusty coming back to the sport he hasn't been in?

00:57I'm going with Kleckler.

00:58Both these guys, either way, no matter who wins, I think someone's getting dropped,

01:03as you often have with the heavyweights, but I'm going to go with Kleckler this one by KO.

01:06I think he's just fought a little bit better competition so far,

01:09and I think I'm a little more, you know, a little more confident in his game

01:15from what we've seen early in his BKFC career,

01:18even if it's been a couple years out of the squared circle.

01:21Then at heavyweight, again, more big boys swinging, more probably KO finishes here

01:26as you get Jorgen DeCastro versus Josh Staydown Watson.

01:29DeCastro, the mad Titan, the 38-year-old, originally from Cafe Verde,

01:33now lives in Massachusetts, a former UFC fighter.

01:356'2", 73-inch reach.

01:38He beat Bobby Brents by second-round TKO at the Mohegan Sun in February.

01:41Again, a lot of fights from these guys on this card that have already been there before

01:45in this arena, knowing what they're dealing with, that could be an advantage maybe for those guys.

01:51You know, you get a little bit of a smaller arena, different feel, smaller ring than you might have had

01:55in some of these other fights that they have had before in other arenas.

02:00Staydown Watson, though, well-experienced, a 35-year-old New Englander

02:03who now lives out in Vegas, training out there.

02:05He's a former NFL player and MMA fighter.

02:08Going to be a little short, a 6-foot, but a 78-inch reach,

02:11and that's going to be a big thing for him to try to keep the mad Titan at bay.

02:143-1 to BKFC, lost his first fight, now has won three in a row,

02:18all by first or second round KO, TKO in his BKFC career.

02:22So again, as I said, this ain't going five.

02:25Now these guys, we'll see who ends up on the winning side of this.

02:29I'm leaning towards the cash show.

02:32Staydown Watson has showed how tough he is.

02:33He showed he's a badass. He showed he can drop guys.

02:36But I think even despite that reach, you know, for a lot of guys,

02:39that could be the death knoll, you know, just being able to throw out that jab

02:42before you land the big power punch behind it that the guy's not expecting.

02:46I think we've seen from the cash show over his career,

02:48both in the UFC and now here in the BKFC, that the guy's got a chin,

02:52and he's not afraid to walk through some punches to get his hands on you.

02:56So I'm going to go with Jorgen de Castro getting the victory here.

02:58Also on the card, you have a middleweight fight between Brennan Ward, Irish Brennan Ward,

03:04versus J.R. Rumley.

03:06Rumley, the 32-year-old from Virginia, former MMA fighter who had a long amateur career.

03:11Most of his wins by submission.

03:12Now taking off the gloves, making his BKFC debut.

03:16And, you know, we'll see how that translates.

03:17It's one thing to make that transition from boxing, MMA,

03:20or, you know, some other form of combat sport where your primary way of winning was knocking fools out.

03:25But now when you can take a guy to the mat, now when you can choke him out or tap him out any which way,

03:30that takes something out of your game.

03:31You know, what do all those years of training for that go for?

03:34Can you just transition easy?

03:35Some guys are able to do it.

03:37Some have a little bit more struggles with that.

03:39We'll see if Irish Brennan Ward can take advantage of that.

03:41The 37-year-old from Connecticut, former MMA fighter in the UFC and Bellator,

03:45where he had a 19-7 record for his career, went on the BKFC.

03:49His only fight in the BKFC, a 38-second knockout over James Dennis in February.

03:54Again, at this Mohegan Sun, a guy from the area, from Connecticut.

03:58Again, I have a lot of people behind him, a lot of experience, you know, fighting in that area,

04:02experience fighting in this ring for the BKFC at this venue.

04:05I'm going to go Irish Brennan Ward by TKO in this one to take out the debuting J.R. Rumley.

04:12Also, at Bantamweight, you have Lardy Navarro versus Anthony Foy.

04:16Navarro, youngster, 23 years old, 5'10", 17-inch reach, former amateur boxer.

04:20Now, he's 2-1 in the BKFC.

04:23He beat Prater by first-round KO in March of 22, lost to Gonzalez by KO in February of 23,

04:28beat Grady by fourth-round KO in February, this February, at the Mohegan Sun.

04:32So, again, it's fought here in this ring.

04:35A little bit of time in between his fights.

04:36We'll be taking on Foy, the hitman from North Carolina,

04:38who's going to be a little shorter, but a lot longer reach.

04:41The former MMA fighter is only 1-3 in the BKFC, though.

04:44So, I'm going to go with the youngster here, Navarro, by TKO.

04:46We're also excited to see Rick Hahn back in action here.

04:50The 48-year-old former Judo Olympian and MMA fighter getting back in there for the BKFC.

04:55I think he wins by TKO.

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