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Thursday, December 14th, 2006By Mark Pickering FightSport Magazine, a staple publication in France and more recently America, premiered its British adaptation at Cage Warriors’ Enter The Rough House event, before a capacity crowd at the Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham, on December 9th.
Cage Rage set to debut on The Wrestling Channel
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006By Mark Pickering London’s Cage Rage have signed a contract with The Wrestling Channel to produce a daily magazine TV show, Cage Fighter, premiering on December 4th. After weeks of stringent negotiations, it has emerged that Cage Rage will front a shift in programming for the Dublin-based channel, with co-promoters Andy Geer and Dave O’Donnell […]
Superstar Seminar in the UK
Saturday, October 14th, 2006By Mark Pickering As the UFC looks to make in roads in the European market ahead of their British expansion, a superstar seminar featuring light-heavyweight king Chuck Liddell and an abundance of Ultimate Fighter alumni has been arranged for February 10th and 11th at the Liverpool Olympia, England.
Cage Rage 18 “Battleground” Preview
Thursday, September 28th, 2006By Mark Pickering Coming off a stellar second installment of feeder event Cage Rage: Contenders, the London-based promotion returns with their premiere pugilists and “Battleground†on Saturday, September 30th, at the new Wembley Arena. The marquee match-up features an all-English affair as Britain’s most celebrated fighter Ian Freeman challenges Cage Rage British Light-Heavyweight Champion, heavy […]
Tennis star Murray to make Muay Thai bow
Thursday, September 14th, 2006By Mark Pickering Teenage tennis sensation Andy Murray will leave the baseline and enter the squared circle when he competes in the Thailand Open this month. The British number one will don a weighty set of boxing gloves and combat attire in exhibition Muay Thai bouts against two of the sport’s finest combatants.
IFL: Lindland vs. Horn Results
Sunday, September 10th, 2006By Mark Pickering In addition to a domestic superfight pitting Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland against Jeremy Horn, two new teams graced the International Fight League on September 9th at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon (aka The Rose Quarter). The event drew over 5,300 fans. F4W Online has a live show report. Headliner Lindland […]
World Wide Cage Network Formed
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering GCM Communications, parent company of Japan’s only cage fighting organisation D.O.G have announced the formation of a World Wide Cage Network. The network features promotions who have nurtured fighters and worked tirelessly towards the development of the sport. Five promotions have been announced for the provisionally named initiative – England’s Cage Warriors, […]
Cage Gladiators 2 – ‘Next Generation’ Results
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering The fledgling Cage Gladiators promotion which superseded the Cage Fighting Championship presented ‘The Next Generation’ on Sunday, September 3rd, at the Liverpool Olympia, England. Liverpudlian Jason Tan competed before a partisan crowd in the main event against fellow welterweight standout Jim Wallhead in an eagerly awaited bout to crown the first Cage […]
Mario “Sukata” Neto out of UFC 63
Thursday, August 10th, 2006By Mark Pickering UFC bound Mario “Sukata†Neto who was due to face former Cage Rage Heavyweight Champion Tengiz Tedoradze this Saturday at Ultimate Force 3 in Doncaster, England has been forced to withdraw through injury. The Brazilian heavyweight who sports a 9-3-0 record broke a rib in training today, confining him to 6 weeks […]
2H2H – PRIDE & HONOR Card
Sunday, August 6th, 2006By Mark Pickering Holland’s Too Hot Too Handle (2H2H) promotion have announced the fight card for PRIDE & HONOR on November 12th at the Ahoy’ Rotterdam. The card presented in conjunction with PRIDE will be the organisation’s sixth event at the Rotterdam venue and will feature 12 international bouts. PRIDE & HONOR is set to […]
Coleman vs. Sukata in September
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006By Mark Pickering UFC’s latest acquisition, Mario Sukata, is set to face the returning former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Mark Coleman, in September (according to Sukata’s teammates).
Ian “The Machine” Freeman Statement
Thursday, July 13th, 2006By Mark Pickering Ian ‘The Machine’ Freeman: To leave my career and have a loss at the end of it is more than I can handle. Known as The Machine, I take no prisoners and to leave a great record with a poor loss, I would not live up to my name. I have just […]
Randleman out – Overeem vs Belfort at Strikeforce
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006By Mark Pickering Alistair “Demolition Man†Overeem has emerged as the replacement for the afflicted Kevin “The Monster†Randleman to face former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor “The Phenom†Belfort in the headline bout of Strikeforce’s second show at San Jose, California’s HP Pavilion on Friday, June 9th. Since Randleman was sidelined by a shoulder […]
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