{"id":228088,"date":"2025-10-21T00:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228088\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:16:10","slug":"bryce-henry-plays-chess-mid-fight-at-bkfc-hammond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/228088\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Henry plays chess mid-fight at BKFC Hammond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">IIn the main event, undefeated rising prospect Bryce Henry clashed with Roderick Stewart in a high-energy bout that showcased Henry\u2019s skill, confidence, and personality \u2014 all at once. While Henry delivered arguably his best performance to date, what happened between rounds one and two stole the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Instead of sitting down to recover or listening to his corner, Henry decided to play a game of chess. Yes, chess \u2014 mid-fight. Cameras caught him moving pieces on a small board during the break, t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/4\/19\/24411900\/video-fighter-trolls-coaching-cornerman-on-own-stool-proceeds-to-score-vicious-knockout-bkfc-omaha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he bizarre moment immediately went viral online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the absurd clip below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Unfortunately for the bare-knuckle brawler, his chess fundamentals weren\u2019t as sharp as his punches \u2014 as he tried to move a pawn sideways (spoiler: pawns can\u2019t do that).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Once the bell rang again, Henry returned to what he does best. He dropped Stewart two more times in the second round before the referee waved it off with one second left on the clock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After the fight, Henry (6-0) called for a title fight with Julian Lane (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2021\/6\/25\/22551064\/video-julian-lane-nearly-incites-brawl-at-bkfc-18-weigh-ins-mma-boxing-bare-knuckle-vanzant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yeah that Julian Lan<\/a>e), and considering all six of his wins have come by stoppage, that call might not be too far-fetched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To checkout the latest BKFC-related news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bare-knuckle-boxing-results-rules-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IIn the main event, undefeated rising prospect Bryce Henry clashed with Roderick Stewart in a high-energy bout that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[29053,49,48,641,33601,638,82,3194],"class_list":["post-228088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-bare-knuckle-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}