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BKB Fightnight will introduce Bally's ForceIQ punch-tracking sensors during its event Friday, Oct. 23, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi, Mississippi. The league will embed the technology in hand wraps to capture punch speed, retraction speed, punch type and G-force.
Statistics will appear live on arena screens and broadcasts, along with fighter rankings and punch breakdowns. The ForceIQ system does not affect official fight scoring.
The main event features former BKB lightweight champion Jarod "Kid Gatti" Grant (8-3, 6 KOs) against Luis "Pantera" Guerrero (1-1, 1 KO), who replaces Bekhzod Usmonov. In the co-main, BKB light heavyweight champion Cub "The Savage" Hawkins (10-1, 9 KOs) moves down to middleweight to face unbeaten Rowdy Montgomery (2-0, 1 KO).
The card also includes Ike Villanueva versus Cody East; Monica "Phenomamom" Medina against Claudia Zamora; Brandon Shavers versus German Ramos; and Jeff Denton against Cody Jenkins. Coverage begins at 8 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Live and EstrellaTV.
Bally's Chairman Soo Kim said the company has "always been about creating experiences you can't get anywhere else." BKB returns Nov. 20 at Bally's Dover Casino Resort in Delaware, with Hank Lundy facing Jairo Santos in a bare-knuckle debut for both.
Source: Sherdog - Wed Oct 21, 3:40 PM ET
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