Results: Friday Night Fights 8-to-1 event recap

New York -- The Night's event began with the eight fighters in the tournament randomly drawing their numbers to see who they would face in the quarter finals of the tournament. One would fight two, three would fight four and so on. The drawing was held in front of the audience at the beginning of the event to show there was nothing predetermined about match-ups for the tournament.

The night's first tournament bout featured Shawn Fagan of Kingston, NY against Diarmaid McGregor of Boston, MA. Fagan was a last minute replacement for Hiro Perrera of Washington D.C. who did not make weight for the tournament. From the start of the fight Fagan pressed the action as he looked to work the body and legs of McGregor. Despite Fagan’s aggression McGregor seemed comfortable counter fighting as he looked to work the head and body of Fagan with some strong punches. The fight was close from start to finish as both fighters connected with solid strikes. Fagan’s aggression seemed like it should have paid dividends as the fight reached the judges scorecard, but they saw things differently as the fight was awarded to Diarmaid McGregor via split decision.