Cage Warriors News & FeaturesKyle Driscoll Clobbers James Lynch, Delivers First-Round Finish in CW 155 Headliner
Kyle
Driscoll needed to bounce back and did so in dominant fashion
under the
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship banner. The
CW 155 main event did not even last a full round, as Driscoll
(14-4, 2-1 CW) stopped James Lynch
in less than four minutes on Friday at the Sycuan Casino Resort in
San Diego.
Right out of the gate, Driscoll cut loose with powerful shots that forced his opponent to play self-preservation defense. Lynch (6-4, 4-3 CW) partially managed to intercept his counterpartโs strikes with hooks and some timid calf kicks, but he looked much slower than Driscoll. The key moment arrived with a right hand from Driscoll that impacted cleanly on Lynchโs chin, knocking him down. In a split second, Driscoll jumped into full-mount and landed hard ground-and-pound. Lynch preferred to give his back in a desperate attempt to escape, but it was to no avail as Driscoll kept scoring. Referee Herb Dean looked at the shots closely and called for the stoppage at the 3:58 mark of Round 1. In victory, Driscoll rebounded from a July 22 defeat to George Hardwick that had snapped his previous eight-fight winning streak.
In the billโs 145-pound co-headliner, Roberto Hernandez overcame Moses Diaz at the end of a technical tilt. Hernandez (7-1, 5-0 CW) fought on the back foot most of the contest, allowing his opponent to seize the initiative and fire back with counterstrikes. Diaz (5-1, 0-1 CW) was more proactive and put his jab to work throughout the fight, preventing โGreen Lightโ from moving the action to the canvas on different occasions. The clash remained competitive going into the third period, where Diaz received a stern warning from referee Jason Herzog for grabbing the fence. After neither of the contestants managed to finish the fight inside the distance, the cage announcer revealed three surprising 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 scorecards in favor of Hernandez, who scored his seventh straight win.
Elsewhere, John de Jesus (16-11, 2-1 CW) dominated Damon Wilson (6-2, 5-2 CW) ahead of a unanimous decision victoryโ30-27, 30-27, 30-27โat featherweight; flyweight David Lopez (3-1, 2-0 CW) scored an impressive comeback by dispatching Connor Wilson (4-3, 0-3 CW) with a tight rear-naked choke at 2:34 of Round 2; and in the main card opener, Sunni Imhotep (4-1, 1-0 CW) upended Jovidon Khojaev (2-2, 0-1 CW) on all scorecards at lightweight.
In preliminary action, James Settle (4-4, 1-2 CW) put away Frans Lincol Sormin (4-1, 0-1 CW) with punches at 2:28 of the second stanza in a 137-pound catchweight after Sormin failed to make weight by 0.4 pounds the day before; Chris Lewis (3-4, 1-0 CW) stopped Elijah Harris (4-3, 1-3 CW) with an elbow-and-punches combination at 3:42 of Round 3 in their heavyweight tilt; welterweight Anthony Orozco (1-0, 1-0 CW) crushed Jeremy Fattorusso (2-2, 0-1 CW) with punches at 2:44 of the first stanza; IMMAF alum Teddy Stringer (1-0, 1-0 CW) forced Bryant Shell (0-5, 0-1 CW) to tap via rear-naked choke at 1:42 in the opening period at lightweight; flyweight Francis Breen (1-0, 1-0 CW) outpointed Enrique Montalvo (0-1, 0-1 CW) by 30-27 counts on all scorecards; and Johnny Gill Jr. (2-0, 1-0 CW) overcame Jon Saragih (1-1, 0-1 CW) with a rear-naked choke at 4:07 of Round 1 at bantamweight.
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Right out of the gate, Driscoll cut loose with powerful shots that forced his opponent to play self-preservation defense. Lynch (6-4, 4-3 CW) partially managed to intercept his counterpartโs strikes with hooks and some timid calf kicks, but he looked much slower than Driscoll. The key moment arrived with a right hand from Driscoll that impacted cleanly on Lynchโs chin, knocking him down. In a split second, Driscoll jumped into full-mount and landed hard ground-and-pound. Lynch preferred to give his back in a desperate attempt to escape, but it was to no avail as Driscoll kept scoring. Referee Herb Dean looked at the shots closely and called for the stoppage at the 3:58 mark of Round 1. In victory, Driscoll rebounded from a July 22 defeat to George Hardwick that had snapped his previous eight-fight winning streak.
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In the billโs 145-pound co-headliner, Roberto Hernandez overcame Moses Diaz at the end of a technical tilt. Hernandez (7-1, 5-0 CW) fought on the back foot most of the contest, allowing his opponent to seize the initiative and fire back with counterstrikes. Diaz (5-1, 0-1 CW) was more proactive and put his jab to work throughout the fight, preventing โGreen Lightโ from moving the action to the canvas on different occasions. The clash remained competitive going into the third period, where Diaz received a stern warning from referee Jason Herzog for grabbing the fence. After neither of the contestants managed to finish the fight inside the distance, the cage announcer revealed three surprising 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 scorecards in favor of Hernandez, who scored his seventh straight win.
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Elsewhere, John de Jesus (16-11, 2-1 CW) dominated Damon Wilson (6-2, 5-2 CW) ahead of a unanimous decision victoryโ30-27, 30-27, 30-27โat featherweight; flyweight David Lopez (3-1, 2-0 CW) scored an impressive comeback by dispatching Connor Wilson (4-3, 0-3 CW) with a tight rear-naked choke at 2:34 of Round 2; and in the main card opener, Sunni Imhotep (4-1, 1-0 CW) upended Jovidon Khojaev (2-2, 0-1 CW) on all scorecards at lightweight.
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In preliminary action, James Settle (4-4, 1-2 CW) put away Frans Lincol Sormin (4-1, 0-1 CW) with punches at 2:28 of the second stanza in a 137-pound catchweight after Sormin failed to make weight by 0.4 pounds the day before; Chris Lewis (3-4, 1-0 CW) stopped Elijah Harris (4-3, 1-3 CW) with an elbow-and-punches combination at 3:42 of Round 3 in their heavyweight tilt; welterweight Anthony Orozco (1-0, 1-0 CW) crushed Jeremy Fattorusso (2-2, 0-1 CW) with punches at 2:44 of the first stanza; IMMAF alum Teddy Stringer (1-0, 1-0 CW) forced Bryant Shell (0-5, 0-1 CW) to tap via rear-naked choke at 1:42 in the opening period at lightweight; flyweight Francis Breen (1-0, 1-0 CW) outpointed Enrique Montalvo (0-1, 0-1 CW) by 30-27 counts on all scorecards; and Johnny Gill Jr. (2-0, 1-0 CW) overcame Jon Saragih (1-1, 0-1 CW) with a rear-naked choke at 4:07 of Round 1 at bantamweight.
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