Connor Tierney and Rico Franco will run it again for his or her rematch this weekend, as an undercard combatant at BKFC 90 has weighed in on that headlining bout. In Birmingham on Might thirtieth, Tierney vs. Franco II will transpire for the interim BKFC welterweight belt.
The combatant who provided his ideas on this looming championship contest is George Hillyard, who’s crossing over from BKB Naked Knuckle, and he’s booked to battle Luke Brassfield within the coming days. This can happen on the identical occasion that will even characteristic Darren Until’s BKFC debut within the night’s co-main occasion. The primary battle between Franco and Tierney occurred in BKB which, as talked about, is the place Hillyard was additionally plying his commerce in gloveless fight.
It was a fairly fast outing within the opening battle between the pair of UK standouts, and when requested if he noticed the Tierney-Franco rematch going an ideal deal in another way at BKFC 90, Hillyard stated [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Yeah, I do. I do. Effectively, I don’t see it being the identical approach as [the first fight]. I nonetheless see it being the identical victorious, however I don’t assume it’ll be as fast as what folks assume it’s going to be, if that is sensible. I feel we’ll see a little bit bit extra motion from it. “
BKFC 90 Connor Tierney vs. Rico Franco II: A Historic Overview
Connor Tierney vs. Rico Franco II is sort of the intriguing sequel conflict, and there are some notable transferring elements to look at forward of BKFC 90. In a contest that emanated from Indigo on the O2 in Greenwich, Franco and Tierney would do battle for the primary time on March nineteenth, 2019. At BKB 16 within the prizefighter light-weight semi-final, ‘Bon Bon’ would earn considered one of his sweeter victories inside naked knuckle boxing.
Franco would end Tierney with a knockout that occurred mere seconds into the bout and superior the previous to the prizefighter match finals, which Franco would win outright in opposition to modern-day icon of the sport, James Connelly.
That loss noticed Tierney take his first defeat inside bare-knuckle boxing, however now they’re working it again underneath a brand new promotional banner and in a brand new decade, no much less. Each combatants have held European and UK gold inside Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, and regardless of Franco beforehand contending for world gold, neither has captured a world championship in BKFC. That every one adjustments this weekend when the 2 interact in a basic dance of ‘repeat or revenge’ with the interim strap at 165 kilos being awarded to the winner.
