Saturday February 11th marked the first time the UFC has come to Brooklyn New York. The Barclay Center was home to UFC’s first show in Brooklyn, headlined by the first female featherweight fight. But another first that many people overlooked was the first time that Long Islander Ryan LaFlare would fight in front of his home town crowd as a professional fighter. Ryan was instrumental in lobbying for MMA to be legal inside NY, once we found out that Ryan wasn’t going to be fighting at UFC 205 the first fight in the Garden we were shocked. How ever the UFC would make up for it by having Ryan not only be on the first ever card in Brooklyn, but also being the first fight ever in Brooklyn. Ryan would not disapoint, Ryan went out there and defeating Roan Carneiro 3 rounds to none. Ryan wound up knocking down Carneiro twice with a straight left hand, Ryan also was landing kicks on Carneiro at all different angles. This combining with pushing the pace for the whole 15 minute affair is the reason all the judges saw the fight in LaFlares favor. This was LaFlares 7th appearance inside the octagon. We are excited to see what is next for Ryan and we are even more excited that he came out of this fight healthy and injury free!