Despite the main event ending in anticlimactic fashion when Brian Ortega dislocated his shoulder, UFC Long Island featured a number of notable results throughout the card. After returning to the usual habit of just a pair of Performance of the Night bo…
Despite the main event ending in anticlimactic fashion when Brian Ortega dislocated his shoulder, UFC Long Island featured a number of notable results throughout the card. After returning to the usual habit of just a pair of Performance of the Night bonuses last week, the UFC elected to award 6 Performance of the Night bonuses…
GLORY Kickboxing veteran, Dustin Jacoby continues his impressive run at the light heavyweight limit — stopping Da Un Jung with an impressive walk-off knockout win in the first round of the pair’s UFC Long Island preliminary card matchup. Jacoby, an alum of Dana White‘s Contender Series — entered this evening’s matchup against Jung off the […]
GLORY Kickboxing veteran, Dustin Jacoby continues his impressive run at the light heavyweight limit — stopping Da Un Jung with an impressive walk-off knockout win in the first round of the pair’s UFC Long Island preliminary card matchup.
Jacoby, an alum of Dana White‘s Contender Series — entered this evening’s matchup against Jung off the back of unanimous judging win against Michal Oleksiejczuk.
Scoring his impressive sixth successful Octagon victory since his debut back in October 2020, Jacoby’s sole matchup in the Octagon without a victory came back in the form of a split draw against Ion Cutelaba.
Extending his undefeated run to four consecutive fights, Jacoby wobbled Jung with a jab before following up with a brutal right hand, clipping the South Korean on the side of his head, sending him to the Octagon canvas for a first round, walk-off knockout success.
Below, catch the highlights from Dustin Jacoby’s first round KO win against Da Un Jung
UFC light heavyweight prospect, Dustin Jacoby, recently picked up an impressive decision victory over a crafty veteran in Maxim Grishin. That brings Jacoby to a 2-0 record during his second tenure in the UFC, and ‘The Hanyak’ doesn’t plan on slowing his momentum any time soon. An Interview With The Hanyak Jacoby recently sat down […]
UFC light heavyweight prospect, Dustin Jacoby, recently picked up an impressive decision victory over a crafty veteran in Maxim Grishin. That brings Jacoby to a 2-0 record during his second tenure in the UFC, and ‘The Hanyak’ doesn’t plan on slowing his momentum any time soon.
An Interview With The Hanyak
Jacoby recently sat down with LowKick MMA to discuss his impressive win, and to reveal what the future holds for the promising light heavyweight. On discussing the fight against Grishin, Jacoby had the following to say:
“For the most part I felt the fight went as expected. Max is a very durable, gritty, tough veteran. He’s got a lot of great wins on his record.. I knew it was going to be a very hard fight. I’m very proud of myself. I think I showed a lot of grit. I thought I showed a lot of veteran status. I’m very happy to walk away with the victory.”
Jacoby also raised the point that he is not only an MMA fighter. He also has extensive experience and accolades in the world of kickboxing.
“A lot of people don’t realise my resume and my career with Glory Kickboxing, and what I’ve been through. I tell everyone, I’ve been through it to get to it. I’ve been through the wringer, I’ve been at the bottom, I’ve been dragged through the mud, I’ve walked through the fires, sometimes I’ve burned to the ground and I’ve rose from the ashes. It’s just moulded me into the fighter that I am.”
With back to back UFC wins for Jacoby, as well as a contender series victory, he believes that he is now in a strong place in regards to the rest of his division.
“I think all of that hard work is really starting to pay off right now. I think timing is everything and I’m in a really good position right now. I’ll just continue to climb the ladder, to climb the ranks. I got into the top ten in Glory Kickboxing, all the way to number two in the world. And fought for a world title against Simon Markus who is one of the best in all of Glory.”
“That shows me that I can get into the top 15. I think I’m knocking on top 15’s door in one or two more fights. I’ve done it before, I don’t see why I can’t do it again. I’m super excited to be where I’m sitting in my career.”
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UFC Light Heavyweight Dustin Jacoby (13-5) talks with Ryan MacCarthy for LowKickMMA to recap his huge KO win over Justin Ledet (9-4-1) this past weekend at UFC Vegas 12.
UFC Light Heavyweight Dustin Jacoby (13-5) talks with Ryan MacCarthy for LowKickMMA to recap his huge KO win over Justin Ledet (9-4-1) this past weekend at UFC Vegas 12.
Dustin Jacoby knows Justin Ledet will be competing for his UFC job on Halloween night. Jacoby is coming off a very impressive win on the Contender Series and will make his return to the UFC this Saturday against Ledet. For Jacoby, he says he and his co…
Dustin Jacoby knows Justin Ledet will be competing for his UFC job on Halloween night. Jacoby is coming off a very impressive win on the Contender Series and will make his return to the UFC this Saturday against Ledet. For Jacoby, he says he and his coaches like the style matchup. “It was just something […]
Dustin Jacoby can say he is a UFC fighter once again. The 32-year-old was in the Las Vegas-based promotion in 2011 and 2012 and went 0-2. He then had a two-fight stint in Bellator, and just like the UFC, went 0-2. Jacoby then had a ton of success in Gl…
Dustin Jacoby can say he is a UFC fighter once again. The 32-year-old was in the Las Vegas-based promotion in 2011 and 2012 and went 0-2. He then had a two-fight stint in Bellator, and just like the UFC, went 0-2. Jacoby then had a ton of success in Glory Kickboxing and week one of […]