Bare Knuckle Fighter Gets KO'd On His Feet And Immediately Starts Swinging At The Ref

Here's a pretty wild clip outta BKFC (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship) last night, where Alberto Blas knocks Keith Richardson out on his feet, and Richardson - still dazed and confused - immediately starts swinging at the referee.

It's obviously scary to see a fighter concussed and out of it on that level, but the way he's still moving on autopilot is pretty genuinely fascinating to me. Lights on/nobody home like he was at the tail end of a Yak Case Race. 

Oh, and of course, shoutout to referee Sam Burgos for the tremendous striking defense he displayed here. Sure he might've gotten caught by the first few - but he didn't even know he was in a fight at that point! Once he implemented the Chael Sonnen "I can't let you get close" stance, he was fine....

Richardson stuck around for the post-fight presser, believe it or not, and made me laugh with this comment about the whole situation….

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He wouldn't be the first ref to throw on some shorts and get in the ring, either - shoutout Herb Dean….

The UFC's got a great card this afternoon with prelims starting at 12pm ET/main card at 3pm ET and we broke it all down on the Spinnin Backfist show this week….

I love Bobby Knuckles (Robert Whittaker) in the main event, siding with wide load Sergei Pavlovich in the co-main, and I'm even taking a shot at Daniel Rodriguez as an underdog against Kelvin Gastelum.