Only four fighters who competed at BKFC KnuckleMania 4 went over the limits for recommended weight gains on fight night for the promotion’s first event in California.
On Monday, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) released the fight night weights to MMA Fighting for the BKFC card, which featured Mike Perry scoring a blistering 60-second knockout of Thiago Alves in the main event. As part of a long-term plan to curb extreme weight-cutting, CSAC, headed by executive director Andy Foster, documents the changes fighters endure from stepping onto the scale to actually competing the next day.
Fighters who exceed certain limits may receive recommendations from CSAC to consider a change in weight class.
Perry, who spent most of his UFC career competing at 170 pounds, faced no such struggles for his middleweight affair against Alves. Perry weighed 184 pounds at weigh-ins and only gained five pounds for fight night, hitting the scale at 189 pounds.
Alves actually gained more than Perry but still didn’t go over the recommended CSAC percentages. The UFC veteran weighed 183.9 pounds at weigh-ins and then set foot into the ring at 196 pounds, a seven-percent gain of his total body weight.
The heavyweight co-main event saw both fighters involved actually drop a few pounds between weigh-ins and fight night. Reigning BKFC heavyweight king Mick Terrill tipped the scale at 249 pounds before losing 3.8 pounds and competing at 245.2 pounds, while Lorenzo Hunt weighed 236.3 pounds at weigh-ins and then 231.1 pounds on fight night.
Ben Rothwell actually had one of the biggest jumps in weight on the entire card, but it was still only six percent of his overall body weight. He first hit the scale at 274.3 pounds and then put on 17.4 pounds to weigh 291.7 pounds on fight night.
The only fighter from the main card who went over the recommended allowance was Sydney Smith, who suffered a first-round knockout loss to Crystal Pittman. Smith weighed 134.4 pounds at weigh-ins and then 150.6 pounds on fight night, a 12-percent gain in weight.
The full fight night weights for BKFC KnuckleMania 4 can be read below.
- Mike Perry (184 to 189 pounds = 3 percent) vs. Thiago Alves (183.9 to 196 = 7 percent)
- Mick Terrill (249 to 245.2 = -2 percent) vs. Lorenzo Hunt (236.3 to 231.1 = -2 percent)
- Ben Rothwell (274.3 to 291.7 = 6 percent) vs. Todd Duffee (243 to 240 = -1 percent)
- Alfredo Angulo (171.7 to 182.9 = 7 percent) vs. Jeremiah Riggs (171.1 to 182.9 = 7 percent)
- Evgenii Kurdanov (169.8 to 179.5 = 6 percent) vs. Julian Lane (168.6 to 184.5 = 9 percent)
- Crystal Pittman (135 to 144.6 = 7 percent) vs. Sydney Smith (134.4 to 150.6 = 12 percent)
- David Diaz (137.5 to 151 = 10 percent) vs. Shane Jordan (134.8 to 138.7 = 3 percent)
- Andrew Algelcor (154.6 to 161.1 = 4 percent) vs. Ruben Warr (154.8 to 166.7 = 8 percent)
- Daniel Alvarez (135.4 to 157.9 = 17 percent) vs. Victor Rosas (135.4 to 141 = 4 percent)
- Vincent Familiari (177.6 to 195.2 = 10 percent) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (180.6 to 202.4 = 12 percent)
- Tommy Aaron (154.2 to 173.8 = 13 percent) vs. Richard Brooks (153.3 to 157.3 = 3 percent)
- Keith Richardson (203.4 to 209.2 = 3 precent) vs. Cody Vidal (202.3 to 198.5 = -1.8 percent)