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San Luis Obispo bare knuckle fighter wins first professional bout

November 25, 2024

 

Steve Sainsbury

By KAREN VELIE

San Luis Obispo bare knuckle fighter Steven Sainsbury won his first professional match last week by landing a vicious punch in the third round of the “Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship” event in Los Angeles.

Sainsbury entered the ring against Paulo Games of Brazil on Nov. 23 with a nine-inch reach advantage. Games has a 50 win 11 loss record as a mixed martial arts fighter while Sainsbury has a 2-0 win record.

It was both Sainsbury and Games’ first bout as professional bare knuckle fighters.

The fighters came out punching in the first round with Sainsbury landing a blow to Games’ face resulting in a bloody gash. By the end, Sainsbury appeared to have a slight edge. In the second round, Games made a series of punches with Sainsbury landing on his buttocks.

In the third round, Sainsbury landed a loud punch, that resulted in Games handing the win to Sainsbury.

Watch the fight on YouTube, Sainsbury’s fight starts at one hour and 22 minutes into the video.

More than 11 million people watched the fight live on Saturday night.

 


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So white people can knock themselves silly, volunteering to become a Social Security liability while the Mexicans get busted for their fight cocks, the same creatures we BBQ for dinner. Don’t even go to the gambling BS when this year’s gambling on who our next president will be was very public.


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Violence… that is the appeal for the viewers of this gimmick “sport”. Disturbing to say the least imo.


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Violence, has been a human trait since Cain slew Abel. If these men choose to be violent in an arena, rather than on the streets, I’m all for it.


It’s nothing new. The entirety of the Olympics, was and is based on combative and war time skills. Shot put, javelin, marathon, 100m dash, swimming, shooting bows and guns, wrestling, boxing, equestrian, fencing, the triathlon, the pentathlon, the decathlon, weightlifting among the originals, with modern sport coming with the modern age, notably football–which simulates combat of two foes. Even the lowly tug-of-war, is the most correctly named of all these!


So, yes, if two men want to beat each other silly, it is a natural human condition.


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