Cage Warriors 52 Weigh-in Results & Video

Press Release – London, England (March 8, 2013) – ALL bouts are set for Cage Warriors 52 tomorrow evening following this afternoon’s weigh-ins in London. Three of the 28 professional fighters on the bill – Alex Enlund, Anthony Ferguson and Shah Hussain – were unable to make the contracted weight for their respective bouts. The […]

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Cage Warriors 52Press Release – London, England (March 8, 2013) – ALL bouts are set for Cage Warriors 52 tomorrow evening following this afternoon’s weigh-ins in London.

Three of the 28 professional fighters on the bill – Alex Enlund, Anthony Ferguson and Shah Hussain – were unable to make the contracted weight for their respective bouts. The trio will each surrender 25 percent of their purse to their opponents as a result.

Cathal Pendred and defending champion Gael Grimaud (pictured) both hit the mark without any problems ahead of their CWFC welterweight title clash in the night’s main event.

MAIN CARD

Gael Grimaud (champion, 169.3lbs) v Cathal Pendred (169.4lbs) – CWFC welterweight title bout
Fouad Mesdari (145.2lbs) v Graham Turner (145.8lbs) – featherweight
Bruno Carvalho (170.2lbs) v Steve Dinsdale (170.5lbs) – welterweight
Matt Inman (170.2lbs) v Jack Mason (170.7lbs) – welterweight
Paul Marin (127.3lbs) v Paul McVeigh (128.7lbs) – 128lbs catchweight
Liam James (135.6lbs) v Alan Philpott (136lbs) – bantamweight

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Chris Fishgold (145.8lbs) v Steve O’Keeffe (145.3lbs) – featherweight
Alex Enlund (136.8lbs)* v Martin McDonough (133.8lbs) – bantamweight
Paul Redmond (156lbs) v Alexei Roberts (154.5lbs) – lightweight
Merv Mulholland (154.5lbs) v Brad Wheeler (156lbs) – lightweight
Dan Hope (170.4lbs) v Gary Kono (170.2lbs) – welterweight

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Anthony Ferguson (127.6lbs)* v Ben Hajir (125.6lbs) – flyweight
Richard Griffin (159.5lbs) v Shah Hussain (163.2lbs)* – 160lbs catchweight
Olly Battell (144.5lbs) v Shaj Haque (140.7lbs) – featherweight

*Fighter missed weight and surrenders 25 percent of purse to his opponent.

Following the Facebook prelims at 7.15pm (GMT), check local listings for the main card broadcast.

Cage Warriors Signs Che Mills To Five-Fight Contract

Press Release – London, England (March 4, 2013) – CAGE Warriors Fighting Championship has secured the signature of top English welterweight Che Mills. The UFC veteran has put pen to paper on an exclusive five-fight contract, committing his immediate future to the organisation. Mills (15-5-0-2nc) has spent the last two years of his career with […]

Che MillsPress Release – London, England (March 4, 2013) – CAGE Warriors Fighting Championship has secured the signature of top English welterweight Che Mills.

The UFC veteran has put pen to paper on an exclusive five-fight contract, committing his immediate future to the organisation.

Mills (15-5-0-2nc) has spent the last two years of his career with the UFC, where he clocked up a 2-1-0-1 record.

The 30-year-old Gloucester native made a winning start to his UFC career in November 2011, picking up a KO of the Night bonus after taking just 40 seconds to dispose of Chris Cope.

In his only official UFC defeat, Mills suffered a second-round TKO loss to fourth-ranked welterweight Rory McDonald last April but rebounded with a win over Duane Ludwig in Nottingham in September.

At UFC on Fuel TV 7 at London’s Wembley Arena last month, Mills was beaten by Matt Riddle by split decision, but the result was later overturned as a ‘no contest’ after Riddle failed a drug test.

“Che Mills is the best UK welterweight outside of the UFC at the moment so I’m extremely happy that he has decided to come on board,” said Cage Warriors CEO Graham Boylan.

“A fighter of his calibre wouldn’t have been short of offers but the fact that Che has opted to sign for Cage Warriors is proof that the guy is determined to return to the top. I have no doubt that he’ll get there too.

“I’m a big fan of Che Mills. When the UFC recently released a bunch of guys, Che was the one I really wanted to bring in. He comes from a great camp and is always exciting to watch.

“As is the case with all fighters, I believe Cage Warriors is the perfect platform to help Che to achieve his goals and show the world that they still haven’t seen the best of him.”

A contestant on season nine of The Ultimate Fighter, Mills previously fought for CWFC in October 2010, when he scored a unanimous decision win over fellow UFC veteran Jake Hecht at Cage Warriors 38. He also holds two notable wins over Bellator star Marius Zaromskis.

Che Mills will make his return to Cage Warriors action in the coming months. Details of his next bout will be released shortly.

Hot Potato: 15 Photos of Cage Warriors Ring Girl Natalie Lawrence


(Full gallery is after the jump.)

Props to the tireless talent-scouts at Babes of MMA for alerting us to Natalie Lawrence, the foxy new ring girl for Cage Warriors Fighting Championship. Natalie, who joins blonde bombshell Brooke Lynette, is a 24-year-old model and pageant competitor from London, who comes from “a mixed background of english, portugese, indian.” (Sounds tasty!) Check out some of our favorite photos of Ms. Lawrence in the gallery below, and get to know her better on Facebook and Twitter.

Weird side-note: Natalie’s boobs aren’t real, unfortunately. How do we know this? Because there’s actually a video of her breast-enlargement surgery on YouTube.

Props to the tireless talent-scouts at Babes of MMA for alerting us to Natalie Lawrence, the foxy new ring girl for Cage Warriors Fighting Championship. Natalie, who joins blonde bombshell Brooke Lynette, is a 24-year-old model and pageant competitor from London, who comes from “a mixed background of english, portugese, indian.” (Sounds tasty!) Check out some of our favorite photos of Ms. Lawrence in the gallery above, and get to know her better on Facebook and Twitter.

Weird side-note: Natalie’s boobs aren’t real, unfortunately. How do we know this? Because there’s actually a video of her breast-enlargement surgery on YouTube.

Hot Potato: 14 Photos of U.K. Ring Girl Hayley Sams


(Full gallery is after the jump.)

Hayley Sams is a 25-year-old glamour model and ring girl from Birmingham, England, who has held round cards for BAMMA and Cage Warriors. Her modeling credits include appearances in Front magazine, Zoo, Daily Star, and Loaded. Show her some love on Twitter @miss_sams, and check out more of our favorite Hayley Sams photos below…

Hayley Sams is a 25-year-old glamour model and ring girl from Birmingham, England, who has held round cards for BAMMA and Cage Warriors. Her modeling credits include appearances in Front magazine, Zoo, Daily Star, and Loaded. Show her some love on Twitter @miss_sams, and check out more of our favorite Hayley Sams photos in the gallery above.

Hump Day Headlines with Stephanie Ann Cook

Dana White says Nick Diaz will get the next Welterweight title-shot should he beat BJ Penn at UFC 137. Let’s see how Diaz can f*** this up… M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion, Vinny Magalhaes competes.

Dana White says Nick Diaz will get the next Welterweight title-shot should he beat BJ Penn at UFC 137. Let’s see how Diaz can f*** this up…

M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion, Vinny Magalhaes competes against Mikhail Zayats at M-1 Challenge XXVII tournament this Friday, October 14th, is more concerned about not breaking his win streak than maintaining his title..but essentially it’s the same thing.

Cage Warriors promotion getting with the times by implementing blood testing (My God, they weren’t testing before? WTF! Those guys could have gotten the herp or HIV and they probably only get $300 to fight. That doesn’t even cover a year’s supply of VALTREX, not that I would know this…) and possible steroid testing.

Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal to add KJ Noons vs. Billy Evangelista to December 17th card.

UFC plans to move pay-per-view times back to 10pm (ET) and 7pm (PT) possibly due to a slump in ppv buys. The new-old time slot (or “classic” time slot to those of you who recall the failure of New Coke) will start with UFC 141.

If you haven’t read the dirty details of 22 year-old model? actress? waitress? …whatever she is, she’s at least 6 figures richer, Sara Leal‘s unprotected sex romp with Ashton Kutcher on the eve of his 6th year anniversary to Demi Moore, for which he patted himself on the back, you can check it out: here.