Scotland's Ray stops Welshman Long at PFL Glasgow

Stevie Ray is a fomer Cage Warriors and UFC fighter

Hometown favourite Stevie Ray ended a three-fight losing streak to beat Welshman Lewis Long in the headline bout at PFL Glasgow.

Scotland's Ray, 34, won the welterweight contest with a first round stoppage at the OVO Hydro on Saturday.

Long, making his PFL debut, had been caught in a guillotine choke attempt after going for an early takedown and Ray then put an extended armbar on his 35-year-old opponent from Pontypridd.

Former UFC fighter Long finally tapped out after four minutes and 24 seconds of round one, Ray countering another takedown attempt by securing a twister submission.

It was an eighth loss in Long's 39-bout professional career, while Ray - who has several times flirted with retirement - is now 26-13.

The event was the first time PFL had put a show on in Scotland, which included the semi-finals of the PFL Europe $100,000 [£75,000] tournaments.

England's Connor Hughes, Lewis McGrillen-Evans and Shanelle Dyer all qualified for December's finals in Lyon, but Dean Garnett and Jack Grant both missed out.

Liverpool's Hughes took a unanimous decision win at lightwieght against Spain's Ignacio Capella, while London flyweight Dyer was on the right side of a split decision over Italian Valentina Scatizzi.

In the men's bantamweight semi-final, Garnett suffered a third-round knockout, Manchester's McGrillen-Evans catching his Liverpudlian rival with a left hook.

And Macedonian Florim Zendeli took a split decision win against Grimsby's Grant in their welterweight contest.