BKFC 45 live stream results, play-by-play coverage | Palomino vs. Lilley

BareKnuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is live TONIGHT (Fri., June 23, 2023), streaming live online via FITE+ straight from inside Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. We’ve got a promising banger for tonight’s main event with former Bellator and World Series of Fighting (WSOF) competitor, Luis Palomino, taking on fellow undefeated (in boxing), James Lilley. Palomino — who has found a second life after mixed martial arts (MMA) in the bareknuckle world — is BKFC’s reigning Lightweight and Welterweight champion and boasts an unblemished record (8-0) since switching sports in 2020 at age 39.

Suffice it to say that “Baboon” is in rarified air, right now, as he races Father Time to keep up his streak.

His opponent, Lilley, is another MMA fighter-turned boxer who has also managed to avoid tasting defeat in the bareknuckle world. Sporting a 7-0-1 record since joining the nascent resurgent sport in 2018, “Lights Out” is hoping to wrest Palomino’s Lightweight belt away from him in one of the more talent-rich weight classes in all of combat sports.

Unless you’re a die-hard of this type of fisticuffs, there’s a good chance the rest of the card is full of names new to you. But, that’s alright! The good thing about this particular sport is that it’s chock full of slips and rips, swangin’ and bangin,’ and highlights up the wazoo (like this one).

BKFC 45 ‘Palomino vs. Lilley’ Quick Results

155 lbs. Luis Palomino def. James Lilley — (48-47, 48-47, 49-46)
190 lbs. Jake Bostwick def. Erick Lozano — Decision (50-45, 49-46, 49-46)
165 lbs. Howard Davis def. Eduardo Peralta — KO, Rd. 1, 1:36
155 lbs. Bryan Duran def. Gilberto Aguilar — TKO, Rd. 3, 2:00
165 lbs. James Dennis vs. Rene Rodriguez — TKO, Rd. 2, 1:32
205 lbs. Dillion Winemiller def. Stephen Townsel — KO, Rd. 2, 1:07
135 lbs. Gee Perez def. Philip Ryan Carroll — KO, Rd. 1, 1:52
135 lbs. Alberto Blas def. Robert Armas — TKO, Rd 1, 0:47

BKFC 45 Play-By-Play Results

Luis Palomino vs James Lilley for the BKFC Lightweight Championship

Round 1: Palomino in black, Lilley in red. Palomino opens with a lunging left. Lilley goes for a straight left. Palomino gets in one of his own. Lilley jab, Palomino to the body. Tough round to score here, think I’m leaning Lilley on volume.

10-9 Lilley

Round 2: Glancing right by Lilley. Palomino lands a hard left and Lilley looks a bit unsteady. Palomino parries the jab. Clinch and a ref break. Luis gets in a left to the chest. Palomino moving well, jumps in with a left that doesn’t land clean. Nice jab by Lilly.

10-9 Palomino

Round 3: They clinch and both men land some decent shots as the ref lets it go for a little. Palomino looks like his were a bit better. Another clinch initiated by Lilley and the crowd doesn’t care for it. Palomino hits…