It’s another busy weekend in combat sports the last weekend before Halloween. While traditional boxing takes place in Revere, MA on Friday evening, bare-knuckle action takes place on the West Coast. Denver, CO is the host city for Bare-Knuckle Fighting Championships’ latest event.
The Conor McGregor-co-owned promotion heads to Denver Coliseum for BKFC 67. Live coverage of the bare-knuckle boxing event begins at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT with the undercard before moving onto the main card at 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT on the BKFC app.
All told, absent of any postponed or cancelled fights between now and the weekend, the final version of BKFC 67 features an 11-fight card.
Vacant Cruiserweight Championship At Stake in BKFC 67 Main Event
Highlighting the night’s activities is a title fight in the cruiserweight division. The Vacant BKFC Cruiserweight Championship is up for grabs in the BKFC 67 main event when former UFC middleweight Chris Camozzi (2-1 BKFC), also an alumnus of GLORY Kickboxing, takes on Sawyer Depee (5-2 BKFC), onetime amateur middleweight in MMA.
As is the case for every fight in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, the BKFC 67 main event is an advertised maximum of five rounds at two minutes per round to close the show. Its winner succeeds former 205-lb. champion Lorenzo Hunt (9-2 BKFC), who was suspended for 18 months amid a positive drug test after KnuckleMania IV this past April.
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BKFC 67 Main Event Fighter Comparison
Heading into the BKFC 67 main event this Friday night, Chris Camozzi stands as the taller man at 6-foot-3, compared to Sawyer Depee at six feet even. Camozzi owns a three-inch reach advantage (78 inches to 75 inches) over Depee.
Currently, the oddsmakers have yet to release money lines for BKFC 67 this weekend. If you plan on betting on this or any other fight happening this weekend in combat sports, please wager responsibly.
Chris Camozzi Seeks Redemption in BKFC 67 Main Event Friday Night
Chris Camozzi enters the BKFC 67 main event on Friday night having posted a record of 4-1 in his last five combat sports appearances dating back to the tail-end of his MMA career in the summer of 2021. Most recently, he saw a four-fight winning streak get snapped (split decision) at the hands of the aforementioned Lorenzo Hunt in the latter’s first defense of the cruiserweight title in September of last year during the BKFC 50 main event.
Subsequent to that victory, Hunt made an effort to become a three-division champion, fighting at heavyweight during KnuckleMania IV against Mick Terrell (4-1 BKFC) and losing by first-round TKO (injury) before being banned for a year and a half.
Camozzi hasn’t fought in 13 months and while another shot at championship gold is always nice to get, the chance at redemption is even better when a fight happens in his own backyard A native Californian, he relocated to Colorado to raise his family and now lives less than eight miles away from Denver.
This is a man who’s had a shot at a championship before in BKFC, so can he get the job done in Denver on Friday night? Tune into the BKFC 67 main event and find out.
Depee Looks To Run Winning Streak to Four
In the other corner, Sawyer Depee has gone 4-1 in his last five fights. Currently, he’s on a three-fight winning streak, with all three of these wins coming via knockout.
Most recently, he scored a first-round knockout of Keegan Vandermeer (2-2 BKFC) on May 31 during BKFC Prospect Series from Denver’s National Western Center. While Depee was hopeful to be booked for a fight in his home state of Montana, he recently revealed in an interview that it doesn’t matter where he’s fighting, so long as he’s in the ring.
“I think it was always going to be in Colorado,” Depee said. “I always was calling [David] Feldman out and everything else, trying to get them to come back to Montana. I’m kind of happy that it’s in Colorado. It would have been great to have it here in Montana, but at the same time, we’re there fighting, it’s five and a half, six hours away.”
BKFC will return to Montana on Nov. 9 for its second card on DAZN, but if Sawyer Depee wins on Friday, the locals won’t have to wait an extra two weeks to celebrate the best the promotion has to offer.
Analysis, Film Study, and Prediction
Expect a lot of fireworks in the BKFC 67 main event on Friday night. As little as one punch can end the contest.
Camozzi is a Power Puncher
Chris Camozzi has ended both of his victories under the BKFC promotional banner by way of knockout, so it’s safe to say he’s got fists of fury. During the opening round of his fight at BKFC 31 vs. Bubba McDaniel, Camozzi repeatedly peppered his adversary with a slew of shots, including a right-handed punch that sent McDaniel to the canvas.
Although referee Dan Miragliotta administered the count, McDaniel could only crawl back, forcing him to call the fight. If Chris Camozzi comes out swinging on Friday, he’ll be the new champion.
Depee Has Vicious Shots in His Own Right
In the other corner, Sawyer Depee is a brilliant striker himself. Just a few seconds after the command to fight was given against Keegan Vandermeer, Depee knocked him down with a straight left.
Upon the restart, he uncorked another left hand to put Vandermeer down a second time. Although Vandermeer landed some counterpunches, Depee went back to the left hand, ending the fight.
All it’ll take Sawyer Depee to become the cruiserweight champion in the BKFC 67 main event is one left-handed punch square and true.
Final Thoughts
Get your popcorn ready for the BKFC 67 main event. This has Fight of the Night potential written all over it.
Prediction: Sawyer Depee by First-Round TKO.
