Ben Lonsdale | GladiatEire FC 2
27 Dec 2025 · other · Combat Confidential
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Promotion: gladiateire_fighting_championships
Event: gladiateire_fighting_championships_2
Summary
Ben Lonsdale walks through his dominant performance at GladiatEire Fighting Championship, where he leaned on his grappling despite coming in as a striker. He explains how nerves pushed him toward the takedown, why his training partners prepared him for the grind and how his…
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This is a short Combat Confidential clip tied to GFC 2 - GladiatEire Fighting Championships 2 and Ben Lonsdale. A host notes that Lonsdale’s opponent tried more than once to buck him off or set up a light sweep, and that Lonsdale defended those moments well. Lonsdale credits his corner: coaches Johnny and Emmet, whom he says anticipated what was coming, and Louie Polly, who told him to stay alert. Lonsdale describes listening while his coaches warned him when a heavy attack was incoming, and says they were correct every time. The exchange does not name the opponent, give a result, weight class, or date for the event beyond what appears in the title; it focuses on grappling defense and corner communication during the fight.
Transcript (youtube_captions)
Um, and then there were several times he, uh, tried to buck you off or even, uh, go for a slight sweep and, um, you were able to defend that very well. Yeah, well, I could cuz you're a coaches Johnny and Emmet. They're both encyclopedias as Louie Polly would say. Absolutely. Yeah, so I think they were predicting it for me. I was just listening. Louie just told me to keep my ears open and they were letting me know when the bomb was coming and they got it right every time. Yeah. Right on.