Kai Stewart delivered a dominant performance to retain his featherweight world championship in the BKFC 72 headliner on Friday.
Things got off to a fast start in the first with Stewart scoring a knockdown past the one-minute mark. Strydom answered the count and ultimately made it out of the round, but it was Stewart’s immense pressure and clear speed advantage that was the story of the stanza.
Strydom hit the mat in the second and third rounds, but both were ruled slips by referee Dan Miragliotta, which infuriated Stewart. Still, ‘Hefty Bag’ was in complete control and likely up 3-0 on the scorecards going into the championship rounds.