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Bukauskas vs Prachino – Round 2

They immediately swing heavily after the restart and the crowd gasps.

Bukauskas is getting the better of the exchanges as Prachino is telegraphing his attacks.

Bukauskas rocks Prachino with a right hand and goes in for the kill.

But he gets wobbled with a head kick as he comes in to try and close the show.

Big takedown from Bukauskas with just over a minute and a half of the round to go.

Bukauskas goes for a kimura attempt but Prachino is wise to it. The horn goes.

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Bukauskas vs Prachino – Round 1

Bukauskas is happy to operate on the back foot early doors but has found himself eating some hard leg kicks.

He’s switching stances trying to get a read on Prachino and lands a good straight left that draws a big reaction from the crowd.

Prachino responds with a hard low kick that echoes throughout the arena.

A spinning heel kick from Prachino is blocked well by Bukauskas, who eats a big looping left hand a few seconds later.

Bukauskas is doing a good job managing distance. They clinch against the fence and exchange knees.

A spinning elbow on the break from Bukauskas. Bukauskas briefly staggers Prachino with a two-punch combination but the Pole recovers well.

Bukauskas goes head hunting in the final few seconds before the horn sounds.

Light-heavyweights up next

Lithuanian-born Brit Modestas Bukauskas is about to compete for the first time on UK soil as a UFC fighter.

He’ll look to bounce back from defeat to Vitor Petrinho against veteran 205er Marcin Prachino.

Let’s see if he can keep up the currently perfect run for the Brits tonight.

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Patterson wins!

Sam Patterson has just submitted Kiefer Crosbie via a nasty arm triangle.

That’s two wins on the bounce for the Team Crossface standout.

And that’s two losses on the bounce for SBG Ireland’s Crosbie.

Patterson vs Crosbie – Round 1

No touch of gloves between the pair as they go hunting for one another straight away.

Crosbie is looking to close the distance aginst the much taller and rangier Patterson.

Crosbie is going to the leg kick well early but soon gets the attention of Patteson with two stiff jabs.

Crosbie gets rocked by a big uppercut shortly after a restart following an accidental low blow.

And he closes the distance with a clunch against the fence, but gets taken down.

Patterson sinks in a deep arm triangle. Crosbie survives but Patterson still has the hold.

Patterson gets out of the guard and turns into the choke. Crosbie is going to have to tap here.

That’s it.

Welterweights on deck

We move to the first welterweight fight of the night between Sam Patterson and Kiefer Crosbie.

Patterson picked up his first win in the promotion in January after suffering a brutal KO loss in his debut last March.

Ireland’s Crosbie, meanwhile, will be looking to pick up his first win in the promotion after losing his short-notice debut last September.

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