Duran's opening combination sends Perez to the canvas in BKFC clip

The official highlight has passed a million views, while questions about permitted holds dominate an unusually busy comment section.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,062,426 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (100,558).

BRYAN DURAN absolutely demolished Derek Perez just seconds into Round 1 at BKFC 87 in Hollywood! 👊💥

Derek Perez gets back up, and the referee has a question: "You want to fight?" That exchange follows the opening burst of punches in BKFC's fast-spreading Bryan Duran highlight, which shows a knockdown rather than a fight-ending knockout.

The Short moves from a close, confrontational face-off to the action in the ring. Duran lands a combination that sends Perez to the canvas. Perez rises around the count of eight, signals that he wants to continue, and the referee assesses him before restarting the action.

Posted on Sunday, the clip has reached roughly 1.3 million views, far beyond the channel's usual first-day Shorts audience. The discussion is even more unusual: comments arrived about twenty-five times faster than on a typical first day. Much of that conversation concerns whether hair-grabbing is permitted and how the referee should handle it, rather than simply the force of the punches.

Duran isn't the only fighter drawing attention on the official channel. Its Charles Bennett highlight from KnuckleMania VI has also passed a million views, putting two very different personalities among BKFC's widely watched recent uploads.

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The numbers

Duran's highlight drew an unusually large first-day audience, with an even sharper increase in comments.

the video's first day

usual first day here

100,558

this video

1,062,426

subscribers

1,320,000

▲ 30,000 in the last 7 days

total views

382,154,683

views per day

8,592,903

typical day: 2,481,627

the video

views

1,297,955

likes

23,122

comments

1,594

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

UFC

23,200,000

Top Rank Boxing

3,440,000

GLORY Kickboxing

1,640,000

Bare Knuckle Fighting Cha…

1,320,000

Frank Warren's Queensberr…

379,000

UFC BJJ

112,000

As of November 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.