that the fight should have been stopped much earlier. The referee who was in charge of the fight, Mariusz Domasat, defended his decision and said "If you watch the fight you see clearly there was no reason to stop the fight earlier. I stopped the fight when there was a reason to stop the fight, when the fighter wasn't willing to fight anymore, that's it. Everyone who has any idea about MMA knows the fight was stopped at the exact proper time. I am an experienced referee and part of the Irish Amateur Pankration Association of Safe MMA and I know what I am doing." Subsequently, Minister for Travel, Tourism and Sport Michael Ring, reiterated his long concern of the safety aspect of the sport which he had written to 17 MMA promoters in Ireland where he expected MMA should adhere to the safety standards as applied in other sports. Mixed martial arts record |- |Loss |align=center|10–6 |Mike Shipman |Decision (unanimous) |Bellator 291 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Dublin, Ireland | |- |Loss |align=center|10–5 |Fabian Edwards |Decision (unanimous) |Bellator 287 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Milan, Italy | |- |Win |align=center|10–4 |Alan Carlos |Decision (unanimous) |Bellator 281 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center|9–4 |Andy Manzolo |Decision (unanimous) |Bellator Milan 3 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Milan, Italy | |- |Win |align=center|8–4 |Kyle Kurtz |TKO (punches) |Bellator 240 | |align=center|3 |align=center|4:24 |Dublin, Ireland | |- |Loss |align=center|7–4 |Pietro Penini Jr. |Decision (unanimous) |Bellator London 2 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center|7–3 |Justin Moore |TKO (punches) |Bellator 223 | |align=center|2 |align=center|3:23 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center|6–3 |Jamie Stephenson |KO (punch) |Bellator 217 | |align=center|1 |align=center|0:34 |Dublin, Ireland | |- |Win |align=center|5–3 |Martin Hudson |TKO (punches) |Bellator 200 | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:23 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center|4–3 |John Redmond |KO (punch) |Bellator 187 | |align=center|1 |align=center|4:59 |Dublin, Ireland |Return to Middleweight. |- |Loss |align=center|3–3 |Galore Bofando |KO (slam and punches) |UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:10 |Glasgow, Scotland | |- | Loss | align=center| 3–2 | Abdul Razak Alhassan | KO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:53 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |- | Win | align=center| 3–1 | Gareth Williams | Decision (majority) | Adrenalin Fight Nights: Adrenalin Blast | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Swansea, Wales | |- | Win | align=center| 2–1 | João