Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Luis Palomino vs. Tom Shoaff
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00:00 - Round number two.
00:02 (crowd cheering)
00:04 - Jab off this grass line.
00:06 (crowd cheering)
00:09 - Exploding on the left hook.
00:12 Palomino rolling through on the level changes,
00:14 exploding body to handle.
00:16 - The event of the evening.
00:18 For the BKFC lightweight world title,
00:20 Luis Palomino, the champion, versus Tom Shove.
00:24 - You can see here Sean,
00:25 the main thing is that six inch reach advantage
00:27 that Tom Shove has.
00:29 You don't want to stay just outside of Luis Palomino's range
00:32 continue to stay in that pocket, land those hard shots.
00:35 (upbeat music)
00:38 (crowd cheering)
00:47 - This is bout number eight,
00:55 and by far the biggest for Tom Shove in BKFC.
00:59 He's also a veteran of 15 pro MMA fights,
01:03 including one in Bellator.
01:04 Shove said in our fighter meeting,
01:07 where he is always extremely honest,
01:10 extremely well-spoken, extremely humble.
01:13 He said, "I'm normally a really slow starter.
01:16 Luis Palomino's a fast starter.
01:17 I have a tendency to speed up.
01:19 Palomino slows down.
01:20 I have to start fast, set a pace,
01:23 and hold a pace for all five rounds."
01:26 - He feels like when his opponent, Palomino,
01:28 gets tired, he gets on his bike and moves.
01:30 So his job is to cut off the ring
01:32 and make him fight the entire time,
01:33 and that will wear him down even quicker.
01:35 - Tom Shove also told us,
01:36 with full respect to Luis Palomino,
01:38 who he has great respect for,
01:41 he said, "I think Palomino will start to fade
01:43 in the fourth round, and when Palomino fades,
01:46 he stops throwing and he starts moving a lot.
01:48 When he does so, I have to smartly cut off the ring."
01:53 - Shove feels like he has better dirty boxing
01:55 and grip strength. He wants to utilize that.
01:57 Once again, trying to wear his opponent down.
01:59 He feels like that's one of his keys.
02:01 Pushing the pace, making his opponent tired,
02:03 beating him in the later rounds.
02:05 You can see Tom is in a good frame of mind right now.
02:14 He's positive. He can taste this belt.
02:16 He really, really been looking for this for a long time.
02:20 ♪ Today is gonna be a happy day ♪
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02:28 [crowd cheering]
02:31 [crowd cheering]
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02:37 ♪
02:42 [speaking Spanish]
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02:59 - The Peruvian Luis Palomino.
03:02 Longtime resident of Miami, Florida.
03:05 Has been absolutely brilliant in his BKFC career.
03:10 Has a master record of 7-0.
03:12 As he enters this, our main event of the evening,
03:15 Palomino, a double champion.
03:17 He is the reigning BKFC 165- and 155-pound world titleist.
03:24 This bout for his 155-pound lightweight strap,
03:27 which he has successfully defended four times previously.
03:31 Palomino, before coming to BKFC,
03:33 had an outstanding pro-MMA career
03:35 that spanned 43 bouts, including six in Bellator.
03:39 December, February 2010,
03:42 Palomino defeated Borja Mosvidal
03:44 by way of unanimous decision.
03:46 Palomino said, "In MMA, though, I was a 50/50 fighter.
03:50 "I was going to finish or get finished.
03:52 "Now I'm a smart fighter in BKFC."
03:54 - Since he wants to combine that sweet science
03:56 with the brutal, old-school fighting style that he had
03:59 that made him win his first two so dominantly,
04:02 let's change that and make him a special, smarter fighter.
04:05 - Here we go with Jeff Houston.
04:09 - Ladies and gentlemen,
04:13 we are now set...
04:16 for the main event!
04:23 Scheduled for five two-minute rounds
04:26 for the undisputed BKFC World Lightweight Championship!
04:33 Presented to you by DraftKings Sportsbook.
04:36 Sanctioned by the Florida State Boxing Commission,
04:39 Chairman Dr. Mark Williams,
04:41 Executive Director Patrick Cunningham,
04:44 the three judges scoring our championship main event,
04:47 Lorenzo Toledo, Vicente Rodriguez, Richard Green,
04:52 and the third man inside the squared circle,
04:56 our referee in charge of the action at the bell,
04:58 Chris Young.
05:00 And now, with our bare-knuckle fans
05:04 watching live worldwide
05:08 on the BKFC app
05:11 from the sold-out Hard Rock Live!
05:17 Fight fans of Hollywood!
05:22 It's time to knuckle up!
05:35 Introducing to you first, Fighting of the Red Corner.
05:40 Tonight he wears blue and red.
05:42 He stands at even six feet tall.
05:45 His official weight, 154.6 pounds.
05:49 His bare-knuckle record
05:51 stands at four victories opposite three defeats.
05:54 Here is the number one
05:58 lightweight challenger in the world,
06:01 fighting out of Lawton, Oklahoma,
06:06 the Gentleman of Violence, Tom Schultz!
06:20 And across the ring, his opponent,
06:23 Fighting of the Blue Corner.
06:24 Tonight he wears black and red, trimmed in white.
06:27 He stands five feet, eight inches tall.
06:29 His official weight, 154.4 pounds.
06:33 His bare-knuckle record is perfect at seven and oh.
06:38 Here is the current BKFC World Welterweight Champion
06:45 and your defending
06:49 undefeated, uncontested, undisputed
06:56 BKFC World Lightweight Champion
07:01 and the number one pound-for-pound
07:05 bare-knuckle fighter in the world,
07:09 fighting out of Miami, Florida,
07:15 by way of Lima, Peru,
07:19 Luis "Baboon" Falomita!
07:31 In our fighter meeting, we asked Luis Falomita,
07:34 "What is the difference between you at 165 and 155?"
07:38 He said, "I have more explosive speed at 155.
07:41 I will showcase that," versus Tom Schultz.
07:44 Both fighters actively up the scratch.
07:47 A main advance is upon us.
07:50 The champion, Luis Falomita,
07:52 versus the challenger, Tom Schultz,
07:54 for Falomita's 155-pound BKFC title.
07:58 The bell rang number one.
08:01 Black trucks for the champion, Luis Falomita.
08:04 The red trucks for the challenger, Tom Schultz.
08:07 Schultz to the floor, Falomita!
08:09 Jack left hook on the entry.
08:11 There was that explosive speed overhead right.
08:13 He said he had the power and the speed advantage.
08:16 He didn't want to eat a lot of that right away.
08:18 Good left hand!
08:19 Schultz crouched. He did not go down.
08:21 Right hand, Schultz not getting that through.
08:24 Schultz shuffled up, perfect.
08:25 Yes, there's Falomita stepping in right back out.
08:29 Straight hard swings from Tom Schultz.
08:31 Falomita moving on the outside.
08:35 Good left hand from Falomita.
08:38 Oh, and down goes Tom Schultz.
08:41 [cheers and applause]
08:44 - Tom seems like he's all right, though.
08:46 He's gonna get up.
08:47 Kinda laughed when he first got knocked down,
08:50 so that got caught. Well done.
08:52 - Some thumbs up from Schultz to referee Chris Young
08:55 while Young was counting.
08:57 [cheers and applause]
09:00 Schultz pulling back the left hand.
09:03 - There was that speed and explosive power
09:05 that Falomita talked about.
09:08 - Schultz coming forward, right hand.
09:10 Falomita, big right hand.
09:12 [cheers and applause]
09:14 The champion landing big early.
09:16 The jab to the body from Falomita.
09:18 Jab to the sternum, left hook.
09:20 35 seconds remaining in round number one.
09:23 - Another big punch.
09:25 - Huge left hand. That's knockdown number two.
09:28 [cheers and applause]
09:31 - Wow.
09:33 - Tom Schultz needs to just get past his right hand.
09:35 - Ready to go, baby? - All right.
09:37 - He's ready to go.
09:39 [cheers and applause]
09:41 - 15 seconds remaining, opening round of our main event.
09:44 Been a massive round for the undefeated champion,
09:47 Luis Falomita.
09:49 [cheers and applause]
09:51 Schultz coming forward, takes that left hand, right hand.
09:54 - Schultz just stayed right in front of the opponent right now.
09:57 Very tough round for Tom Schultz right there.
10:00 - Look at that nice, clean right hand.
10:03 [cheers and applause]
10:05 - Looks like Tom went to throw his uppercut.
10:07 Got beat to the punch with an overhand right.
10:10 Here's our second knockdown.
10:13 [indistinct chatter]
10:16 - Just a left hand in the mix.
10:19 In the middle of a combination
10:21 of those guys with throwing punches.
10:24 It's just been the speed and the accuracy right now
10:27 of Falomita that's been dominating this fight so far, Sean.
10:30 - Take it off. Take it off.
10:32 - Speed and accuracy, Chris.
10:35 - What was Falomita telling us about explosive speed?
10:39 - He said he's gonna have to utilize that.
10:42 He did it very well that first round.
10:45 - A little bit of determination
10:47 on the face of Luis Falomita off the scratch.
10:50 [cheers and applause]
10:53 - Round number two.
10:56 - Had to jab off the scratch line.
10:59 - Jab, left hook.
11:01 - Falomita exploding on the left hook.
11:04 Falomita rolling through on the level changes,
11:07 exploding body to hand.
11:09 [cheers and applause]
11:12 [indistinct chatter]
11:15 - Off the jab.
11:18 [indistinct chatter]
11:21 - Falomita.
11:24 [indistinct chatter]
11:27 - To the body. That was clever.
11:29 Just missing that right uppercut.
11:31 Good left hand from Falomita.
11:33 Falomita right hand to the body.
11:35 - You can see here more presence being formed by Shelf.
11:38 More landed by Falomita.
11:40 Much better presence for Falomita.
11:42 64 to 24.
11:45 - Falomita stiff left jab.
11:47 Shelf is cut under.
11:49 His left thigh takes that left hand from Falomita.
11:52 [indistinct chatter]
11:55 Falomita, though, slowly starting to get his offense going
11:58 after a dominant knockdown, two-knockdown round
12:01 recorded by Luis Falomita in round number one.
12:04 Right hand from Falomita, left hand.
12:06 - You know, one thing I think Shelf is doing really well,
12:08 is he's making Falomita fight the entire time.
12:11 That could whirlwind on "We Shall See."
12:14 - Right to the body from Shelf.
12:17 Shelf starting to land to the body
12:19 of the champion, Luis Falomita.
12:21 - A good game plan right there.
12:22 You have to slow this bad guy.
12:24 He's doing that explosive, powerful stuff he's talking about.
12:26 You cannot let him keep doing that
12:28 if you want this fight to be good.
12:29 - To the clinch halftime.
12:30 - The big right hand from Falomita.
12:32 On the turn.
12:34 Underhook.
12:36 - Oh, a free kick shot.
12:38 - Letting this go.
12:39 Left hand, right hand, left hand on the entry from Falomita.
12:42 Big right hand.
12:43 Shelf trying to counter with the left hook.
12:45 Step in left hand from Falomita.
12:47 Final seconds, round number two.
12:50 Shelf trying to push this pace towards the right hand.
12:56 Knicks the pallet, shuffles it to Falomita.
12:58 We move to round three.
13:00 - Much better round, thanks.
13:02 Falomita still landing a lot of clean punches right there.
13:04 - Explosive speed we talked about.
13:06 - Yeah, together.
13:07 - The thing I like, like I said, is Shelf was pushing the pace right there.
13:11 He's making Falomita fight all the time.
13:13 This was his game plan.
13:14 I don't think he planned on getting knocked out.
13:16 He's going to have to get those back if he wants to win this fight.
13:18 - Look at the distance.
13:19 And sit up straight.
13:20 Put it in the middle.
13:21 When he's going to throw the opening, raise your hand and throw the opening.
13:24 - That's when you throw it.
13:25 It's always very dangerous.
13:26 - Let's go.
13:27 - Put the third hand.
13:28 - The third hand.
13:29 Always.
13:30 - Always.
13:31 - Always.
13:32 - Okay.
13:33 - Falomita definitely doing the right thing,
13:36 continuing to come at it and land hard punches against Tom Shelf.
13:40 He's taking the punches that Shelf has given him.
13:42 He's giving him those punches, so he's got to keep landing.
13:44 But at the same time, he needs to find a little bit more time to rest after.
13:48 He doesn't want to keep going at this pace.
13:50 This is what Tom Shelf wants to do.
13:52 - Tom Shelf, you see, so keen, standing in front of the scratch line.
13:57 - Yes!
13:58 - Number three.
14:00 - Shelf forward off the straight jab, then the right hand.
14:04 - Right hand from Falomita.
14:08 - Right hand from Luis Falomita.
14:12 - Falomita has not only been dominant,
14:15 amassing a 7-0 record and two world titles at BKFC,
14:18 he's also been one of the most elusive fighters,
14:21 if not the most elusive fighter in the roster.
14:23 - Left hand, right hand from Falomita.
14:27 - Left hand, right hand from Shelf,
14:29 there's the jab from Luis Falomita.
14:31 - Left hand, big shots on the inside,
14:35 Falomita now can't spare a blood on his face.
14:38 - Inside, left hand from Falomita.
14:43 - You can just see the power displayed by Falomita,
14:46 he's hitting Tom Shelf, he's moving away.
14:48 - Just a great jab from the champion, Luis Falomita,
14:53 step in jab from Falomita.
14:55 - Double jab, big shots to the body now from Shelf,
14:58 that's effective, can't run, hand,
15:00 knock down number three against the floor, that sequence.
15:04 - That wasn't hurt Tom so bad,
15:06 you can tell, look on his face.
15:08 - Seven, eight, nine, ten.
15:11 - We'll continue.
15:13 - Shelf again meeting the count of referee Chris Young.
15:16 Shelf is landing to the body,
15:21 and then caught him and dropped on the counter from Falomita,
15:24 and Shelf right back.
15:26 Shelf again to the body.
15:28 Huge swings now from Falomita.
15:31 Shelf trying to effectively cut off the ring.
15:34 - I don't know how much longer Shelf can be able to see
15:37 all that right now, once I get swum up really good.
15:40 - Right on the face of Falomita, right on the face of Shelf.
15:46 With a ten second clap, final seconds round number three.
15:53 Shelf down three times, including once here in round number three.
15:57 Still throwing to the body, we move to round four.
16:01 - Shelf has just did a great job of landing two body shots
16:05 right there when Falomita came in with a wicked combination.
16:08 Look at those good body punches being landed,
16:15 and that great punch, you can just see the look of pain
16:18 on Tom Shelf's face right there.
16:20 Probably one of his best sequences, didn't matter,
16:23 he got hit right there, busted his eye open.
16:26 Falomita has blood on his face now as well.
16:32 Sean, sometimes in title fights you feel like people just wanna
16:37 win at all costs, they're out there, they're jamming,
16:39 but not this time, these guys are going after it.
16:42 - If a point were taken with every fighter on the BKFC roster,
16:47 then who is your favorite BKFC fighter?
16:50 I guarantee you Tom Shelf would be the winner.
16:52 You're seeing why in this fight.
16:54 It's not just his fighter spirit, his warrior spirit,
16:57 it's his heart, it's his intensity.
17:00 Down three times.
17:02 Here we go with round number four.
17:05 Medical timeout.
17:08 Before we start round number four,
17:10 the other chief medical officer of BKFC, Dr. Don Muzi.
17:15 This fight is over.
17:17 Luis Palomino, the dominance continues.
17:23 - Sean, that was Luis Palomino's most impressive fight
17:27 I've seen in a while.
17:28 I know he's undefeated before, but there's different times,
17:31 different ways people fight.
17:32 To me, that was his best performance he's ever had.
17:35 - Luis Palomino, now with eight at home
17:42 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship,
17:44 and that's five successful defenses of his 155 pound title.
17:50 And that was valiant.
17:54 Indeed, at times, brilliant to defeat for Tom Shelf.
17:58 Show his heart, show his skill, show his character.
18:01 And Luis Palomino, showing why he is arguably,
18:05 or perhaps inarguably, the pound for pound best fighter
18:08 in the world of bare knuckle.
18:10 Beyond our promotion of BKFC,
18:12 in the world of the sport of bare knuckle fighting.
18:15 - Absolutely.
18:16 Like I said, he showed that explosive power, that speed.
18:20 You're on his play right there.
18:22 Tom Shelf was coming in to do a lot of damage to the body.
18:26 Landed some good punches there.
18:27 It didn't matter.
18:28 Palomino continued to come with hard punches.
18:30 Took his opportunities,
18:31 waited for the right punches to land,
18:32 and he landed them and hurt his opponent every time.
18:35 - So you want to be a fighter, huh?
18:37 So you want to be a fighter, huh?
18:39 - Yeah.
18:40 - Great fights like that.
18:41 - Bare knuckle hits different.
18:42 - A lot of fun to watch.
18:43 - Hit the dark side.
18:44 - Ladies and gentlemen,
18:47 our rimside physician steps in
18:49 and calls a stop to this fight
18:51 at one second into round number four.
18:54 For your winner, by TKO,
18:57 and still undisputed
19:03 BKFC World Lightweight Champion,
19:09 Luis "Baboon" Palomino!
19:16 - Luis Palomino continues his dominant,
19:21 undefeated run in BKFC.
19:24 The winner, by way of fourth round TKO,
19:27 due to physician stoppage,
19:29 Luis Palomino defeats Tom Shelf.