{"id":204504,"date":"2025-06-22T06:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204504\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T06:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:51:14","slug":"son-of-legendary-boxer-tommy-morrison-destroys-opponent-in-bkfc-debut-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204504\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of legendary boxer Tommy Morrison destroys opponent in BKFC debut in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The BKFC has a potential superstar on their hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/bkfc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BKFC<\/a> 76 took off without a hitch in Fort Worth, Texas. The first fight of the night ended in multiple lacerations and was followed by back-to-back knockouts in the Squared Circle.<\/p>\n<p>The main card features former UFC stars <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/06\/19\/ex-ufc-title-challenger-jessica-eye-reveals-why-shes-coming-out-of-retirement-for-bkfc-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Eye<\/a> and ex-heavyweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/andrei-arlovski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrei Arlovski<\/a>, with an interim lightweight title fight between Tony Soto and Ben Bonner in the headliner after <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/06\/19\/bkfc-strips-champion-months-after-winning-title-in-most-vicious-fight-in-combat-sports-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franco Tenaglia was stripped of the championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BKFC Texas also featured the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/03\/12\/best-heavyweight-division-conor-mcgregor-brags-after-adding-boxing-legends-son-to-the-bkfc-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenzie Morrison<\/a>, the son of the late, great WBO Heavyweight Champion and \u2018Rocky V\u2019 star Tommy Morrison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/06\/21\/ufc-veteran-jessica-eye-responds-to-conor-mcgregor-welcoming-her-to-bkfc-with-open-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC veteran Jessica Eye responds to Conor McGregor welcoming her to BKFC with open arms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"  data-id=\"214356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-Inset-39.png\" alt=\"Image of Kenzie Morrison punching Alex Davis at BKFC Texas\" class=\"wp-image-214356\" \/>Kenzie Morrison punching Alex Davis at BKFC Texas. Credit: BKFCKenzie Morrison aces BKFC debut with ferocious first-round knockout<\/p>\n<p>34-year-old Kenzie Morrison is building a legacy of his own in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Morrison went an impressive 22-1-2 in professional boxing before he ultimately switched sports and signed with BKFC.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison entered his bare-knuckle boxing debut against Alex \u2018The Rhino\u2019 Davis in a heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for Oklahoma\u2019s Morrison to find a home for his punches, cracking Davis with shots in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison scored an early knockdown of Davis by stinging with a jab and sending him down to the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Davis was unable to continue and Morrison let out a scream after the first-round TKO victory.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the BKFC, Kenzie \u2018TCB\u2019 Morrison.<\/p>\n<p>Kenzie Morrison says father Tommy Morrison would\u2019ve been a BKFC fan<\/p>\n<p>Kenzie\u2019s father, Tommy Morrison, wasn\u2019t just a boxer. Along with playing \u2018Tommy Gunn\u2019 in Rocky V across from Sylvester Stallone, Morrison fought one of his final bouts under a MMA ruleset.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison was allowed to use punches and elbows in a fight that saw him win by first-round knockout in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Kenzie Morrison was asked what his father would\u2019ve thought of him fighting in BKFC, with no gloves on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that he would have thought it was interesting and excited just like everyone else does,\u201d Morrison said at the BKFC 76 press conference.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BKFC has a potential superstar on their hands. 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