Lone’er Kavanagh is still undefeated in his professional MMA career.
The British-Chinese MMA prospect beat Jose Ochoa on Saturday morning in his UFC debut to extend a perfect pro record.
Kavanagh went the distance with Ochoa but deserved the victory[/caption]
Kavanagh was signed by the UFC after being invited to take part on Dana White‘s Contender Series in August.
He impressed UFC bosses after leaving An Tuan Ho unconscious for a concerning amount of time following his first-round knockout.
In fact, his spectacular KO was so devastating that it made White spit out: ‘Holy s***!’ in the aftermath of the contest.
Kavanagh, who trains at Great Britain Top Team, has been competing since the age of 10 and has dedicated his life to combat sports.
The former Cage Warriors fighter was only competing in his eighth pro MMA fights on Saturday, but has already established himself as an elite highlight-reel KO artist.
Although his bout against a similarly impressive Jose Ochoa went the distance at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, China, Kavanagh proved there is some very exciting potential there.
MMA fans were quick to reach to the fight on X, with one putting it simple with: “This guy is a savage.”
Another said Kavanagh had: “The best debut,” while a third added: “Great debut. Will be exciting to watch moving forward.”
A fourth fan said: “Both of them have insane potential. Hope to see them more in the Flyweight.”
Both men were undefeated in seven professional bouts and making their UFC debuts heading into their China fight.
It was a very entertaining opening round in the third fight of the UFC Fight Night 248 prelims, which was headlined by Petr Yan vs Deiveson Figueiredo in a top bantamweight contender bout
The quality only came to a halt when Kavanagh was deemed to have landed a high groyne kick in the direction of his opponent, which, upon replays, certainly landed.
In the second round, 25-year-old Kavanagh landed a beautiful right hand that floored his Peruvian opponent and definitely had alarm bells sounding.
Ochoa sensed he had to do land more significant strikes towards the end round and he certainly did that after recovered well to damage Kavanagh with consecutive shots to the body.
The London-born man was stunned, but carried himself well into the third round that was packed with quality, before dropping Ochoa again.
Both men went toe-to-toe and showed elite MMA skills as the fight came to a conclusion.
Kavanagh had landed more significant strikes in the first but his opponent bettered him in the second.
The final round was neck and neck in terms of significant strikes, which arguably painted the bigger picture of the fight.
In the final few seconds of the bout Kavanagh attempted a whild spinning wheel kick that was close to landing, but the fight would go the distance.
The judges scored the contest 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 all in favour of Kavanagh, who secured the victory.
Every unranked flyweight fight shows how good this division is and Kavanagh is another with a bright future ahead of him.
