There’s multitasking and then there’s what Bryce Henry pulled off Saturday night.
An undefeated rising talent in the bare-knuckle middleweight ranks, Henry scored three knockdowns on Roderick Stewart to win this weekend’s BKFC main event with a second-round knockout in Hammond, Indiana. But it was what Henry did prior to the stoppage that perhaps may have been most impressive.
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Rather than sit on the stool during the one-minute break between Rounds 1 and 2 to collect his breath and receive some mid-fight advice from his corner, Henry got his Garry Kasparov on and was instead caught by BKFC cameras taking a knee while playing a literal game of chess with his team.
Yes, you read that right.
Chess on a miniature chessboard. In the middle of a bare-knuckle boxing fight.
The video is exactly as ridiculous as you’d think it’d be.
By tempting the fight gods in such an inventive and brazen way, Henry (6-0, 6 KOs) risked being forever stuck with a place in the Fight Game Hall of Shame had things gone poorly in Round 2 against Stewart. But the 24-year-old Floridian swiftly put those worries to bed, downing Stewart with a right hand to the body in the closing seconds of the round to earn his sixth straight stoppage under the BKFC banner.
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Afterward, Henry issued an open challenge to BKFC middleweight champion Julian Lane, he of “Let me bang” fame from the infamous drunken meltdown on 2012’s “The Ultimate Fighter 16.”
Stewart dropped to 2-3 in bare-knuckle boxing in the losing effort.
Full BKFC Fight Night Hammond results can be seen below.
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Bryce Henry def. Roderick Stewart via R2 KO (1:59)
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Cameron Vancamp def. Derrick Findley via R2 TKO (:35)
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Nate Maness def. Tyler Randall via R2 KO (:45)
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Ronny Hauser def. Julian Valencia via R1 TKO (:15)
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Gabriel Mota def. Sean Schultz via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45)
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Brooke Evans def. Marisol Ruelas via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46)
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Thomas Angeloff def. Travis Smith via R2 TKO (1:48)
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Octavin Turner def. Cary Caprio via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-26)
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Darren Whitney def. Adam Brady via R1 TKO (:18)