Conor McGregor couldn’t resist reacting to Tyler Randall’s knockout of Austin Lewis in Hollywood on Saturday night.
The fight ended in the first round after Randall caught Lewis with a devastating two-punch combination in the first round.
The wild finish featured one of BKFC’s cards in partnership with DAZN in Hollywood, Florida.
BKFC (Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championship) is a bare-knuckle boxing promotion which has been co-owned by UFC star McGregor since April.
The event was headlined by a light heavyweight title bout between Jared Warren and Mike Richman, and featured another championship fight in the women’s flyweight division.
But it was the first fight on the main card that caught the eyes of ‘The Notorious’.
“Ye, its like that,” McGregor said, sharing Randall’s KO on his popular Instagram account.
Many BKFC fans tune in for big knockouts that usually occur in the heavier divisions as we have seen numerous times in the past.
However, Randall vs Lewis in the men’s flyweight division proved that lower weight classes can be just as exciting.
McGregor was watching the card from Dubai, where he is currently on vacation and training for a potential fight next year.
He was treated to a night of brutal KO’s, but this one stood out most.
Randall, whose fighting style has been compared to McGregor’s before, was sizing up his opponent in the very first round.
And from out of nowhere he caught him with a thudding left hand that sounded like it shattered Lewis’ jaw into one million pieces.
He quickly followed up with a straight right hand that folded his opponent in half before the referee made his 10 count and the fight was over.
Bare-knuckle fans reacted to the insane finish on Instagram.
One wrote: “Those cracks are still echoing across the universe.”
While another added: “Looks like a young McGregor with that fighting style.”
This wasn’t the first time McGregor’s BKFC has treated him to vicious knockouts.
Back in November, the Irishman attended one of his promotion’s events at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, after watching Newcastle United beat Arsenal in the Premier League earlier in the day.
He was left visibly stunned when Ben Bonner delivered a wild overhand right that instantly knocked Lewis Keen out cold and left him in an oxygen mask.
The crowd were silenced and the KO was so brutal that it left Keen motionless inside the squared circle with his eyes rolled back.
In the main event of the same card, two heavyweights in Agi Faulker and David Oscar went toe-to-toe.
The headline act had a total of five knockdowns in the first two-minute round before Cumbria’s Faulkner delivered the final blow seconds into round two to be crowned BKFC’s European heavyweight champion.
Randall now boasts a record of four wins and two losses under BKFC’s banner since debuting for the promotion in 2021.
He has an elite wrestling background but has spent most of his professional career in the boxing gym.
The Cape Coral native has shown his ability to throw naked punches with zero setup.
Whether it’s an overhand right without the jab or a two without the preceding one, he makes this possible with the use of many fades and big movements.
