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Fight week is here! Cage Warriors 99 goes down at the Colchester Charter Hall this Saturday night, headlined by a flyweight title fight between reigning Champion Nathan Greyson and Blaine O’Driscoll.
Nathan Greyson’s spectacular knockout win to win the belt at CW92 sent shockwaves through the European flyweight ranks, and positioned him as one of the most dangerous men in Europe at 125lbs. Greyson has knocked out his last three opponents and is confident he can do the same to every man that comes for his belt.
“Line them all up. I’m knocking them down like bowling pins,” says Greyson. “Bring them all. I’m here for world domination, nothing less.”
Meeting Greyson in Colchester on November 17th is Irish prospect Blaine O’Driscoll, who returns to the cage after a first-round submission victory over Aaron Robinson in May. O’Driscoll is one of the 50+ fighters that Cage Warriors has signed to exclusive deals this year alone, and is trained by head coach John Kavanagh at SBG Ireland (home of former two-weight Cage Warriors champion Conor McGregor), making his Cage Warriors debut with a record of 6-2 and finishes in his last three wins.
Cage Warriors President Graham Boylan said: “Nathan Greyson is not an easy man to match because he can end the fight in so many ways even in the later rounds, as we learnt earlier this year. It takes a truly game competitor to get in that cage with him and we have that in Blaine O’Driscoll. This will be an awesome main event.”
Also added to the CW99 card is a Welterweight matchup between Phil Wells and Jamie Richardson. Both men have six knockouts each to their name and are looking to climb the incredibly competitive Cage Warriors welterweight division with another impressive finish. Steve Aimable, fresh off a 14-second knockout win at CW97 last month, will face Josh Abraham, who has ended every one of his five wins within the distance.
Other big names stepping up to fight this weekend include Mads Burnell, who makes his CW debut after a 3-fight run with the UFC. He faces Polish lightweight Lukasz Rajewski on the CW99 main card.
Appearances from South-East England names Steve Aimable, Craig Edwards and James Webb will ensure that the home fans have plenty to shout about at the Charter Hall.
Cage Warriors 99 will take place at the Charter Hall in Colchester on Saturday November 17th. The show – Cage Warriors 10th announced for 2018 so far – is an additional event to the originally-planned 2018 calendar, added to ensure that the promotions’ growing roster of elite athletes is kept active. The event will give fans in Essex a chance to witness Cage Warriors’ renowned atmosphere and live TV production, and will build on the excellent work done in the region by the Cage Warriors Academy South East team.
Doors open at 4pm, with the first amateur fight of the night underway at 5pm. Tickets for CW99 are very limited but still available here.
HOW TO WATCH
Cage Warriors has a host of premium broadcast partners, serving countries across the globe.
Main Card (from 9pm) will be broadcast live on BT Sport 1, UFC FightPass and a host of premium global partners including:
Eleven Sports Network: Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan, Myanmar
ViaPlay: Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
PPTV: Thailand
Spo TV: South Korea
D Sports: India
CYTA: Cyprus
Gol TV: Spain
Setanta Eurasia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
StarTimes: Sub Saharan Africa
Pro Prelims (from 7.30pm UK time) will be LIVE and FREE worldwide on the Cage Warriors Facebook page.
Main Card (order TBC)
Nathan Greyson vs Blaine O’Driscoll (Flyweight Title Fight)
Mads Burnell vs Lukasz Rajewski (Featherweight)
Gavin Kelly vs Cory Tait (Bantamweight)
James Webb vs Jason Radcliffe (Middleweight)
Nathan Jones vs Brad Wheeler (Welterweight)
Pro Prelims (order TBC)
Phil Wells vs Jamie Richardson (Welterweight)
Steve Aimable vs Josh Abraham (Featherweight)
Craig Edwards vs Mehdi Ben Lakhdhar (Lightweight)
Amateur Card
Eric Veyrier vs Steve Riformato (Amateur Middleweight Title Fight)
Kim Bravie vs PK Zadeh (Amateur Lightweight Title Fight)
Jack Bartlett vs Jason Russell (Featherweight)
Eduardo Gonzalez vs Ethan Barry (Welterweight)
Chey Veal vs Mik Pereira (Flyweight)
Tickets for CW99 are still available HERE.
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It was billed as the biggest MMA event in Welsh history, and it lived up to the hype. CW97 gave the sold out crowd at Cardiff’s Ice Arena one of the most explosive European MMA showcases of the year, ending with a huge first-round win for Jack Shore.
After a turbulent twenty-four hours which saw Jack Shore’s previous opponent deemed medically unfit to fight at late notice, the Welsh prospect stepped up a weight class to face Brazilian featherweight Weslley Maia in the main event. Shore didn’t disappoint, weathering the storm of heavy shots that Maia unleashed in the opening round and taking the Brazilian down. From there, he closed the show with some incredible ground and pound from top position.
The noise inside Cardiff’s Ice Arena prove that Jack Shore’s fanbase are truly one of the most notorious in Europe.
In the co-main event, Wales’ Mason Jones gave the home fans another performance that took the roof off the Cardiff Ice Arena. After taking some heavy shots that nearly handed him the first loss of his career in the opening seconds, Jones fired back in the clinch with a barrage of devastating strikes that kept his undefeated streak intact.
Before that, a hard-fought win for Belgium’s Brian Bouland put him back in the win column with a unanimous decision victory over home favourite Kris Edwards.
A third main-card win for Wales came when Aaron Khalid submitted Jamie Richardson in the very first round, staking his claim as a top name to watch in the Welterweight division. He’ll no doubt have his eye on the Welterweight title fight between Stefano Paterno and Ross Houston at CW98 in Birmingham next month.
Italy’s Micol DiSegni went to war with young Welsh Prospect Cory McKenna and put on a striking masterclass to edge the split decision. DiSegni joins the stellar list of Italian’s doing big things with Cage Warriors, alongside champions Stefano Paterno and Mauro Cerilli.
Highlights from the pro prelims included a first round knockout win for Steve Aimable, who stepped up on late notice despite already being confirmed to fight at Cage Warriors 99 in Colchester. Keep an eye out for Aimable’s fight-ending power at the Charter Hall on November 17th. To start the night, amateur prospects Christian Duncan, Jordan Peake and Chris Sterling all picked up impressive wins to advance to the finals of the Cage Warriors Academy Grand Prix at CW100. That’s two wins for the South East Academy and one for the Welsh, with the above fighters taking on finalists from the North West England and Irish Academies on December 8th.
Cage Warriors next event takes them to Birmingham’s Genting Arena for CW98, headlined by a Welterweight title fight between champion Stefano Paterno and Ross Houston, with a featherweight title eliminator tournament also on the card. After that, CW99 in Colchester and the historic CW100 back in the Cardiff Ice Arena close off a huge year for Europe’s leading MMA promotion.
What’s more, with 3 events in 15 days just announced for the beginning of 2019 in Liverpool, London and Copenhagen, Cage Warriors’ mission to showcase the best in European MMA is showing no signs of slowing.
Cage Warriors 97 full results
Main Card
Jack Shore def. Weslley Maia via TKO
Mason Jones def. Kacper Formela via TKO
Brian Bouland def. Kris Edwards via unanimous decision
Aaron Khalid def. Jamie Richardson via submission
Micol DiSegni def. Cory McKenna via split decision
Pro Prelims
Steve Aimable def. Liam Bennett via TKO
Struan Croxan def. Michael Corsten via unanimous decision
Luiz Finocchio def. Brett Hassett via submission
Luke Shanks def. Jason Jenkins via unanimous decision