Lone'er Kavanagh

Royval controlled the opening round. Kavanagh dropped and hurt Royval in round two to swing the fight. Royval hurt Kavanagh in the third, took the back and locked up a rear-naked choke at 3:40.

Key moments

• Royval controlled the opening round.
• Kavanagh dropped and hurt Royval in round two to swing the fight.
• Royval hurt Kavanagh in the third, took the back and locked up a rear-naked choke at 3:40.

He out-landed Moreno on strikes and defended eight takedowns to sweep a clear decision.

Key moments

• Stepped in on short notice as a sizable underdog.
• Out-landed Moreno over five rounds.
• Defended eight takedown attempts.
• Earned his first six-figure performance bonus.

Kavanagh was winning with slick boxing and footwork before Johnson landed a right hook and follow-up late in round two; Kavanagh went limp in an alarming finish that was waved off immediately.

Key moments

• Out-classed Johnson early on the feet.
• A sudden right hook landed midway through round two.
• A follow-up combination dropped him.
• Immediate stoppage on a scary finish.

Kavanagh pressured forward with combinations and scored a body-to-head knockdown in round two for a controlled decision.

Key moments

• Pressured early with combinations.
• A body-head combo dropped Ochoa in round two.
• Controlled decision on debut.

A co-main event at Indigo At The O2 in London that served as the rescheduled rematch after da Silva pulled out of their originally booked CW 157 bout with injury. Kavanagh dropped da Silva multiple times in the first round before the Brazilian recovered and pushed back, making it a competitive three-round contest that Kavanagh edged on all three cards.

Key moments

• Originally booked to meet da Silva at CW 157 before an injury cancellation.
• Dropped da Silva multiple times in round one before da Silva regrouped.
• A competitive back-and-forth second and third round kept the result in question.

Kavanagh's Cage Warriors promotional debut, held at Indigo At The O2 in London. He went past the first round for the first time professionally before closing the show with a third-round KO finish — a result that convinced the promotion to sign him to a new deal.

Key moments

• CW promotional debut at Indigo At The O2 in London.
• Finished with punches at 1:13 of the third round.
• The debut performance prompted Cage Warriors to sign him to a new multi-fight contract.

An early regional win on the UK circuit, held at Brentford Fountain Leisure Centre in London. Kavanagh showed his grappling credentials by finishing Missin with a guillotine choke inside the first minute — a swift finish on a local FightStar show.

Key moments

• Held at Brentford Fountain Leisure Centre, a regular London regional MMA venue.
• Guillotine choke finish in under a minute of round one.
• One of his early UK regional bouts before signing with Cage Warriors.

An early regional win for the then-teenage Kavanagh, held at Brentwood Leisure Centre in Essex.

Key moments

• Kavanagh was still a teenager at the time of this fight.
• Held at Brentwood Leisure Centre in Essex.
• TKO finish with elbows at 4:05 of round two.