A NUMBER OF Irish MMA’s best prospects were in action last night as the 3 Arena hosted Bamma’s first ever Irish event.
In the main event, 22-year-old Frenchman Tom ‘Fire Kid’ DuQuesnoy retained his featherweight title — defeating Manchester’s Brendan Loughnane by split decision.
Earlier in the night, middleweight Paul Byrne, who has recently moved from Drogheda to join up with coach John Kavanagh at SBG, remained unbeaten after winning his sixth consecutive fight. Byrne caught Conor Cooke with a ferocious head kick in the first round.
There was bad news for his team-mate as Christopher Jacquelin submitted Chris Fields with a triangle in the second round.
Elsewhere, SBG’s Sinead Kavanagh, a five-time national boxing champion, was hugely impressive as she took just 15 seconds to stop Hatice Ozyurt in her first professional bout.
Ballymena’s Alan Philpott claimed a split decision win over Regis Sugden, while Limerick fighter Catherine Costigan tapped out in the first round after Celine Haga put her in an armbar.
Bamma 22 results
- Tom DuQuesnoy def Brendan Loughnane via decision (split) after 3 rounds
- Chistopher Jacquelin def Chris Fields via submission (tap out) in Round 2
- Alan Philpott def Regis Sugden via decision (split) after 3 rounds
- Celine Haga def Catherine Costigan via submission (verbal) in Round 1
- Jack McGann def Jack Grant via TKO (strikes) in Round 1
- Paul Byrne def Conor Cooke via TKO (strikes) in Round 1
- Marc Diakiese def Rick Selvarajah via KO in Round 1
- Kane Mousah def Myles Price via unanimous decision after 3 rounds
- Sinead Kavanagh def Hatice Ozyurt via TKO (strikes) in Round 1
- Frans Mlambo def Darren O’Gorman via TKO (strikes) in Round 1
- Lukasz Parobiec def Jonathan Dargan via TKO (strikes) in Round 1
- Rhys McKee def John Redmond via submission (tap out) in Round 1
- Dylan Tuke def Adam Caffrey via submission (tap out) in Round 1
- Paul Craig def Karl Moore via submission (tap out) in Round 2
- Tim Wilde def Stephen Coll via majority decision after 3 rounds
- Mark Andrew def Sean Tobin via submission (tap out) in Round 3
- Patrick Wixted def Conor Dillon via TKO (strikes) in Round 2
- Alexandre Liete def Gerrard Gilmore via submission (tap out) in Round 2
- Keith Coady def Arnaud Dos Santos via TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 1
Huge achievement for Touhy. A win tomorrow against Port, will put them 2nd on the ladder. At the way he’s playing, hes in line to make the All-Australian team this season.
@John Paul: I reckon he will go past the 246 total of the Legend Jim Stynes,he’s been an outstanding player for the Cars this year and he’s in their leadership group for a reason.
@John Paul: no Huge achievement for Tuohy. Why does everyone misspell this. He’s earned the correct spelling. Fair play.
@Bunny Johnson: Oh shut up complaining
Stynes is an AFL legend, very highly regarded over here. Was a gentleman too , done great work with the GAA and irish communities over here. Touhy is doing very well for himself, has adapted well and is a genuinely great player.
@rocks0769: agreed. Anyone who hasn’t seen it the RTÉ Documentary on Jim Stynes is an incredibly powerful watch. It’s on YouTube “Every Heart Beats True: The Jim Stynes Story”
@rocks0769: Tuohy. Again, why does everyone misspell this.
@5☆Fily: cheers, I haven’t seen that. Will look it up tonight.
Dont follow AFL a great deal, but i assume it is very achievable for Touhy to break Stynes’ record. Is that the case?
@Gareth Ward: Big ask, but it’s doable.
@Gareth Ward: Tuohy not Touhy.
Jim styles ????! Jim Stynes im guessing is who youre trying to write about ?!