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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Friday, September 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering The fledgling Cage Gladiators promotion which superseded the Cage Fighting Championship presented ‘The Next Generation’ on Sunday, September 3rd, at the Liverpool Olympia, England.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 […]
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 […]
Lawmaker attempts to stop MMA in Britain
Thursday, June 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold 24dash.com reports that London Assembly member Bob Blackman (of Wembley, the area which will be hosting Cage Rage this weekend at the Wembley Arena) is attempting to stop “cage fighting” (MMA). “The ‘sport’ of Cage Fighting offers no protection to its participants and it excites the worst sides of human emotion in […]
The Return of ROSS~!
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson This week on The Utimate Fighter, Ross Pointon, the Brit who lost to Kendall Grove back in week three, will return to the show to fight at LHW against Mike Bisping because Matt Hamill was forced out due to injury. Most people aren’t picking Ross to beat Mike, and I don’t think […]
WFA chasing British Welterweight
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006By Mark Pickering British welterweight Paul “Semtex†Daley has revealed he’s in negotiation with the newly formed WFA and could debut for the promotion on July 23rd in Las Vegas. The FX3 Welterweight Champion has become a sought-after talent due to his continued run of victories over stellar opposition in his native England and America. […]
Cage Rage 17 Card
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006By Mark Pickering Cage Rage have announced the card for CR: 17 Ultimate Challenge’ on 1st July at the Wembley Arena, London. The much anticipated clash between Tank Abbott and Algerian behemoth Amokrane “Kiane†Sabet headlines. Meanwhile, Ian Freeman steps out of retirement to face Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Champion Melvin Manhoef. David “Tank†[…]
Return of Ian Freeman
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006By Mark Pickering Ian Freeman will return to MMA at Cage Rage 17 against the promotions World Light Heavyweight Champion Melvin Manhoef in an openweight contest. Cage Rage promoter Dave O’Donnell confirmed the bout earlier today and mentioned contracts could be officially signed at Europe’s biggest MMA expo, Seni Show, this weekend in Birmingham, England. […]
Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy reacts to suspension
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006By Mark Pickering On April 14th FIGHTFEST held FF:1 at the Canton Civic Center, Ohio with an intriguing fight card that included the much anticipated clash between welterweight standouts Forest Petz and Dan Hardy. The vacant FIGHTFEST Welterweight Title was in contention while England’s Dan “The Outlaw†Hardy put Cagewarriors version of the title on […]
Cagewarriors release Strike Force 5 bouts for free download
Saturday, April 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering After a successful Strike Force 5 show last month the Cagewarriors Fighting Championships have had numerous requests from its pan-European fanbase to see the action that went on inside the Skydome Arena on March 25th. Well thanks in part to their Production Company, Cagewarriors are proud to announce that 2 fights from […]
Jason Tan Interview
Monday, April 3rd, 2006By Mark Pickering Jason Tan is a promising welterweight prospect from Liverpool, England who is set to pursue the sport on a full-time basis. Tan has a perfect record of 4-0 with his most recent victory coming against Cage Rage’s top ranked middleweight Alex Reid at WCFC No Guts No Glory on March 18th.
More mainstream dribble about UFC.
Friday, March 24th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson I was just scanning the news-pack at wrestlingobserver.com today, and I came across a link to a poor mainstream piece regarding UFC, and its health issues compared to boxing. This is worth checking out. And, be sure to e-mail your feedback to the lazy ‘tard who wrote this. Basically, it alleges that […]
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