Last weekend (Saturday 7 November 2026) saw the first ever Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) event in Scotland, hosting BKFC 96 at a sold-out OVO Hydro in Glasgow.
In the main event Sean Weir won the vacant BKFC UK Light Heavyweight Championship by stoppage Leigh Cohoon in the first round (watch the highlights here).
However, the second fight on the BKFC 96 main card produced the most chilling highlight of the night.
Cory Chapman it only took 40 seconds to get brutally knocked out Lewis Dixon at their bantamweight showdown. Chapman backed Dixon up with a straight right hand towards the ropes before unleashing a perfectly placed left hook that immediately turned the lights out on the debutant fighter.
Dixon fell stiffly to the canvas and the referee dragged his body away from the ropes.
Watch the terrifying ending below:
Chapman improved to 2-0 under the BKFC banner, with both wins coming via knockout. The last ending also earned “El Chapo” one of the awards of the “Night Knockout” campaign.
With two knockouts in as many BKFC bouts, Chapman has quickly established himself as a dangerous UK prospect to watch in the Bantamweight division.
As for Dixon, his promotional debut could hardly have gone worse. He barely got to settle into the fight before Chapman’s left hand put a scary end to his night.
Chapman’s knockout wasn’t the only finish that turned heads in Glasgow.
Former UFC and Professional Fighters League (PFL) standout Stevie Ray also returned from retirement to make his bare-knuckle debut against the long-time BKFC veteran Danny Christie at the joint main event.
Unfortunately, Ray’s return to his hometown crowd ended badly.
Christie dropped “Braveheart” twice before the fight was stopped with just one second remaining in the second round, handing Ray a TKO loss in his first bare-knuckle appearance.
Check out the finish below:
Between Chapman’s one-hitting destruction and Christie spoiling Ray’s comeback, there was certainly no shortage of violence on BKFC’s first trip to Scotland.
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