Lone’er Kavanagh and Felipe dos Santos, UFC London Ceremonial Weigh-In Credit score: Patrick McCorry/Cageside Press
Unbeaten flyweight and Cage Warriors alum Lone’er Kavanagh appeared to placed on one other robust exhibiting at UFC London on Saturday — however Brazil’s Felipe dos Santos confirmed him little respect early of their preliminary card encounter.
It was dos Santos touchdown a proper hand within the early going, earlier than the pair discovered themselves in a grappling trade alongside the fence. Leg kicks have been additionally within the combine early for dos Santos, little doubt hoping to sluggish Kavanagh a step. In clinch, dos Santos fired knees whereas Kavanagh tried to wrap up a choke to no avail. A spinning elbow from dos Santos off the break then drew a pant from the group on the O2 Area. It additionally opened up a small lower on Kavanagh.
The motion in spherical two was quick and livid, with Kavanagh hemming in dos Santos alongside the fence, firing lefts and rights. The gang, very into the motion contained in the cage, was on their toes; the fighters themselves would find yourself going to the bottom, and whereas Kavanagh was on high, dos Santos was artful off his again. He fired punches up at his opponent whereas trying to management the wrists, and probably arrange a submission. When dos Santos scrambled again to his toes, nevertheless, Kavanagh slammed him proper again down, simply defending a guillotine and settling into his opponent’s guard.
Although dos Santos would pop again up once more, it was rinse and repeat for Kavanagh, who regardless of being bloodied from that early elbow completed on high in a particularly dominant spherical.
Early within the third, Lone’er Kavanagh simply ever so barely grazed dos Santos with a head kick. Because the spherical progressed, he gave the impression to be within the zone, finally getting dos Santos to his again. Kavanagh needed to be cautious of (unlawful) upkicks; dos Santos once more escaped to his toes, and once more was taken proper again down. This time, following a failed guillotine try, dos Santos was warned for firing elbows to the backbone.
Felipe dos Santos would end the struggle on his toes, searching for an more and more mandatory end that by no means arrived. As an alternative, it was Lone’er Kavanagh enhancing to 9-0 in his second UFC struggle.
Official End result: Lone’er Kavanagh def. Felipe dos Santos by unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
