Ho vs Kavanagh

Who won Ho vs Kavanagh?

Lone’er Kavanagh beat An Ho by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Contender Series 2024 – Week 1, on Tuesday 13th August 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Ho vs Kavanagh stats

An Ho stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Lone’er Kavanagh made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for Dana White’s Contender Series.

The stats suggested Kavanagh had a slight advantage in power over Ho, with a 60% knock out percentage over Ho's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kavanagh had a slight advantage over Ho, with a 20% submission rate over Ho's 17%.

An Ho was the younger man by 25 years, at years old.

Ho was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in , 6 years and 1 month earlier than Kavanagh, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 13 to Kavanagh's 22.

Ho vs Kavanagh form

Ho had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Miguel Sanson at LFA 176 on 9th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kendrick Latchman at LFA 168 on 22nd September 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Edwin De Los Santos at LFA 158 on 19th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Resorts & Casinos, Chandler.

Before that, he was victorious against Enkhjargal Banzaragch at LFA 152 on 10th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

He had won against Matthew Barrow at LFA 135 on 8th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix.

Activity check

Ho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Kavanagh's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 1 month, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ho vs Kavanagh?

An Ho was a 7/5 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Lone’er Kavanagh made his way into the ring at 4/7 (-170) with oddsmakers.