Ben Bonner surprised Tony ‘Loco’ Soto within the BKFC 76 headliner on Saturday evening to seize the interim light-weight championship.
Lower than a minute into the primary, Bonner caught Soto with a left hand that sat the previous BKFC titleholder down. Soto shortly received again to his ft and made out out of the spherical regardless of absorbing some vicious physique blows from the Brit.
Soto hit the mat a second time within the second stanza, however the referee was fast to rule it a sleep, permitting the motion to proceed uninterrupted. Nonetheless, Bonner landed a tough proper hand with 10 seconds to go within the spherical, sending Soto to the canvas as soon as once more. Whereas it was dominated a knockdown, Soto appeared to disagree with the ruling. Regardless, referee Dan Miragliotta issued a standing eight-count, and the struggle continued.
Struggling two knockdowns, Soto knew that he wanted to show it up.
Bonner appeared to lose some steam within the third, prompting Soto to show up the warmth and unleash a bevy of brutal strikes in opposition to the ropes. That development continued within the fourth as Bonner’s strikes began to look more and more labored. Bonner might barely preserve his palms up, however he managed to make it out of the fourth, virtually collapsing in opposition to the ropes between rounds.
Soto went headhunting within the fifth and ultimate spherical, however he was unable to search out the knockout blow, sending us to the scorecards to find out who will turn into the brand new BKFC interim light-weight world champ.
Official Outcome: Ben Bonner def. Tony Soto by way of unanimous resolution (49-46, 47-46, 48-45)
