The next show of
Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV has been scheduled for the last week of August, and will take place in Mobile, Alabama. It will be our first trip to that state. Our show will again be broadcast on The Fight Network, and ESPN Deportes. FIGHT! TV also has become the developmental show for our organization and will highlight lesser known fighters, and fighters on the way up in MMA. It also serves as the central focus for
Cage Warriors Juniors title holders to defend their titles. Having said all of that let’s get on to the show.
The main event will be for the
Cage Warriors Juniors Heavyweight title.
Blagoi Ivanov will defend his title against former CW Heavyweight Champion,
Brandon Cash. Cash, who lost his title to
Dave Herman, has been training with Xtreme Couture, and is happy to get another title shot so soon. This will be Cash’s last fight at the juniors level, and he understands that if he wins the title that he will have to vacate it before his next fight. The other big fight on the card is also at heavyweight.
Cage Warriors is proud to re-introduce
Bobby Lashley to the American MMA audience. Lashley had been fighting in Canada for the last couple of years. His opponent will be the large Korean
Hae Joon Yang. Yang is coming off of his first career loss, which was to
Brenden Schaub. Two other Juniors title fights are on the main card. The welterweight title is on the line after
Ben Holscher vacated it. The Light Heavyweight title is on the line too, a fight that features a rematch from almost 17 months ago. Here is the whole FIGHT! TV card:
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Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV from Mobile, Alabama
Cage Warriors Juniors Heavyweight Title
Blagoi Ivanov (6-2) v. Brandon Cash (8-2) HW
Bobby Lashley (6-2) v. Hae Joon Yang (4-1) HW
Cage Warriors Juniors Welterweight Title
Joe Scarola (6-2-1) v. Dylan Clay (7-1) WW
Cage Warriors Juniors Light Heavyweight Title
Danny Valimaki (6-2) v. Karn Grigoryan (7-1-1) LHW
----Prelims----
Wesley Johnson (6-2) v. Martin Stapleton (7-3) LW
Michael Pastou (7-1) v. Jin-Kyu Lee (3-2) WW
Christobal Verissimo (6-1) v. Brian Barnes (6-0) MW
Mark Lajhner (7-3) v. Demico Rogers (5-3) LHW
Jussier de Silva (4-2) v. Nariaki Fukazawa (6-0) FW
Brian Joplin (6-1) v. Charles Diaz (5-1) LW
Sadhu Bott (4-2) v. James Caron (4-0) FW
Benjamin Rude (5-0) v. Melvin Bailey (4-0) MW
Quite a few new names. We have been hiring a lot of younger guys to make sure that this Juniors concept can get off of the ground. I wouldn’t get too attached to the title holders at the Juniors level. The title is going to change a lot, and guys will be dumping it when they hit their maximum allotment of fights. Also, it will keep viewers interested to see title fights on regular TV where otherwise they may not be all that interested in what is going on.