Lucas “Prince” Bahdi looked set to lose the first fight of his career Saturday night on the Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry preliminary card.
Yet that’s how, in the sixth round of the fight at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, Bahdi somehow managed to achieve what could be considered the best knockout of the year.
Bahdi, after losing almost every minute of the fight up to that point, landed two quick punches and a perfect left hook to completely stun Ashton Sylve, who fell straight to the middle of the canvas. That sparked a massive celebration in the ring. Just watch:
Sylve was on the ground for a good while as medical personnel attended to him, leading to a brief scary scene inside the arena. Sylve eventually moved to a stool in the ring before congratulating Bahdi and walking off the ground under his own power. The loss was the first of Sylve’s career. He entered the night with a record of 11-0 with 9 KOs.
Bahdi now has a record of 17-0 and all but two of his wins have come by knockout. The most recent was a TKO win over Jose Luis Rodriguez last month in Canada.
The 10-round lightweight fight between Bahdi and Sylve took place before Paul’s bout with Perry, which was scheduled after Paul’s fight with Mike Tyson was canceled. That fight was postponed to November at AT&T Stadium in Arlington after Tyson, 58, suffered a health scare on a flight earlier this year.