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Two big knockouts capped a very successful night for SBG at BAMMA 24

The future looks bright following another big event for John Kavanagh’s charges at Dublin’s 3Arena.

inpho_00970706 Straight Blast Gym Ireland head coach John Kavanagh. INPHO / Gary Carr INPHO / Gary Carr / Gary Carr

FANS WHO MADE their way along to Dublin’s 3Arena last night certainly got value for money as British MMA organisation BAMMA returned for their second event on Irish shores.

BAMMA 24 featured 16 bouts, 12 of which ended inside the distance. The main event saw Welshman John Phillips crowned BAMMA’s middleweight champion as he upset the odds to deny France’s Cheick Kone a seventh consecutive victory.

Kone has been tipped as a likely candidate for a UFC contract but his hopes of that were dashed after just 65 seconds of last night’s headliner when Phillips secured a KO win.

Phillips, a former member of the Welsh commonwealth boxing team who recently moved to Straight Blast Gym to train under John Kavanagh, knocked Kone to the mat twice before finishing him off with a left hook.
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Phillips’ triumph was the seventh and final win of the night for SBG: Chris Fields returned to winning ways with a first-round submission of late replacement Dan Konecke; Brian Moore needed less than three minutes to dispose of Mick Brennan via TKO; Peter Queally furthered his claims for a UFC call-up by taking his professional record to 8-2 with a unanimous-decision win against Nathan Jones, while Sinead Kavanagh edged out Zarah Fairn Dos Santos via split decision.

Two of John Kavanagh’s most highly-regarded young prospects also continued their progress. James Gallagher scored a first-round submission of Gerard Gilmore and Dylan Tuke overwhelmed Mark Andrew inside a minute, stopping his opponent with a clinical TKO.
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Elsewhere, Paul Byrne was unable to get the better of Andy DeVent, Tom Duquesnoy continued to show why he’s one of MMA’s top prospects outside the UFC at Damien Ronney’s expense, and there were also big wins for Alan Philpott, Myles Price and Decky Dalton.

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who’s currently in the US preparing for Saturday night’s clash with Nate Diaz at UFC 196 in Las Vegas, took to social media this morning to pay tribute to his SBG team-mates following last night’s bouts.

“My SBG brothers and sister ran a muck [sic] at Bamma this weekend!!!” said McGregor. “Congrats Peter Queally, Chris Fields, Dylan Tuke, Brian Moore, James Gallagher, Sinead Kavanagh on some really phenomenal wins! Some sweet KO’s and beautiful submissions!

“Congrats John Phillips also and hard luck Paul Byrne and Cian Cowley on his debut. Proud and motivated witnessing so many beautiful wins a week before I get to go again!
Congrats everyone! Onto the next one! Ready to represent my gym, my team and my country again in 7 days time!!!”

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BAMMA 24 results

  • John Phillips def. Cheick Kone via KO (punch) after 1:05 of round one
  • Andy DeVent def. Paul Byrne via TKO (punches) after 0:59 of round one
  • Tom Duquesnoy def. Damien Rooney via KO (punch) after 1:23 of round one
  • Chris Fields def. Dan Konecke via submission (D’arce choke) after 4:03 of round one
  • Alan Philpott def. Nathaniel Wood via TKO (doctor stoppage) after 3:40 of round three
  • Myles Price def. Mario Saeed via TKO (strikes) after 1:24 of round two
  • Peter Queally def. Nathan Jones via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
  • Dylan Tuke def. Mark Andrew via TKO (strikes) after 0:51 of round one
  • Brian Moore def. Mick Brennan via TKO (strikes) after 2:39 of round one
  • Decky Dalton def. Michael Cutting via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • James Gallagher def. Gerard Gilmore via submission (rear-naked choke) after 2:55 of round one
  • Sinead Kavanagh def. Zarah Fairn Dos Santos via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
  • Sean Tobin def. Gary Morris via submission (rear-naked choke) after 3:53 of round two
  • Lloyd Manning def. Nicholas Ott via TKO (strikes) after 0:59 of round one
  • Rhys McKee def. Alex Masuku via (KO (head kick) after 2:51 of round two
  • Amateur bout: Jay Moogan def. Cian Cowley via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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