Just 14 months ago, Lone’er Kavanagh was coming off the worst night of his career.
The British UFC flyweight, a 26-year-old prospect at the time, had been knocked out by Charles Johnson - a fighter with a career-high ranking of No 14 (and one of the most out-there haircuts in the fight game) - simultaneously stripping him of his undefeated record and dashing his momentum. “Obviously it was hard,” he told The Independent. “Losing is never fun.”
