Warriors in the (North) East (WMMA2) - Page 4

PilotMan · 03-28-2010, 08:38 PM

May 2011

This was a short month, and financially we made a profit, but with only running one show in addition to our fairly expensive TV show that meant that income was hampered. We still profited just over 24k though. We saw a nice jump in our merchandise sales of almost 25%. Along with that was an increase in our marketing costs. We didn’t hand our anywhere near as much in new signing bonuses either, and that helps.

Our great TV show has pushed our popularity up to new heights. Cage Warriors is currently the #3 promotion in the world, trailing only the UFC and Strikeforce. That’s right, WEC has seen their talent pool depleted to the point that their popularity has fallen behind the newly surging MMA organizations. Our popularity is at 35.9 % at the national level, which is the highest it’s been. However, we still expect some ups and downs. In Canada and England we are considered a mid level regional.

This month we are looking at the welterweight division again. Despite the guys that have been fighting for Cage Warriors there are some new names that have been poached from other organizations that are loitering around our top 10.

Cage Warriors Welterweight top 10 rankings

1. Lyman Good (14-0) #3 in the World, Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion
2. Magomed Shikshabekov (9-0) Undefeated, but still hasn’t faced the big guns.
3. Jason High (14-2) A logical choice for a title shot.
4. Brock Larson (30-3) See Jason High.
5. Jacob Volkmann (10-0) Signed from the UFC, yet to debut.
6. Jason Norwood (11-2) Poised for a rematch with Good, but when?
7. Jay Hieron (18-5) Joins us from Strikeforce, yet to debut.
8. Jesse Bongfeldt (20-3) Former MFC Welterweight Champion
9. Tamden McCrory (15-4)
10. Gary Wright (12-1)

PilotMan · 03-29-2010, 06:18 AM

Alright, 4 pages in, and I know someone is reading this. Is anyone enjoying it?

PilotMan · 04-07-2010, 09:53 PM

Fury FC Welterweight Champion Pedro Santos (27-6) made his second defense of his title with a first round TKO over Marcelo Brito (8-4).

Maximum Fighting Championship ran a show but it was a less than maximum card. The main event saw a showdown between welterweight Jess Liaudin (16-11) and MMA vet Brian Gassaway (28-21-2), that is terrible. Bobby Lashley (6-2) was beaten on the co-main by a split decision to Devin Cole (10-8). In a prelim fight, Brock Larson (31-3), who is a CW Welterweight title hopeful, won easily over Mike Sorenson (5-4).

In Japan, Cage Warriors featherweight champion, Din Thomas (28-9) failed in his bid for another title, losing to Cage Force Champion Akiyo Nishiura (13-4-1) when he was stopped in the 4th round. Thomas hasn’t fought in the US since August of last year.

Mike Ciesnolevicz (17-7), Mike Hayes (6-3), Rodrigo Munduruca (8-3), and Tony Ballout (4-3) were given pink slips. All four fighters had been struggling as of late, with Ciesnolevicz the only one who didn’t win a fight in Cage Warriors. Only Ballout is employed by another company. He works for CFC based out of Australia.

After some negotiation, Cage Warriors has secured a deal for a second television show. This show, called Cage Warriors: Unchained, will be shown on HDNet and will air in the US and Canada. It will add our presence in these markets, and become the new main show for showcasing talent outside of our twice monthly PPV’s. Our other show, Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV will now be used to showcase up and coming fighters, and to develop the next generation of title hopefuls.

PilotMan · 04-07-2010, 10:00 PM

It is time for our first May PPV, Cage Warriors 32: Puder v. Schoonover. We will be crowning an interim Heavyweight Champion. Neither fighter has been defeated, so this promises to be a great showdown. Schoonover hasn’t fought in CW in over a year, and now gets to fight for the title having only defeated Blagoi Ivanov. Puder meanwhile has mowed through 4 opponents in the last year, winning all of his fights by TKO and beating much bigger names than Blagoi Ivanov. Dave Herman, the current heavyweight champion, will be cage side watching all the action. The co-main of the night is another title fight in Cage Warriors. Jimi Manuwa, the first Cage Warrior, puts his light heavyweight title on the line against Rapahel Davis. Like Schoonover, Davis has been fighting elsewhere, and only has one win in CW. Meanwhile Manuwa, knocked out Marcus Sursa to claim the title in the initial tournament. Twelve fights on the card for tonight, lets head right to the action.

From Las Vegas, Nevada, this is Cage Warriors 32! Our first fight tonight is a lightweight battle between Ville Manninen (6-2, Grappler) and Matt Grice (10-4, Wrestling). Manninen made very short work of Grice, taking him down, mounting him against the cage and transitioning to an armbar in just under 90 seconds to get the tapout. That is likely the last that we will see of Matt Grice in Cage Warriors. Great fight.

The next fight is a welterweight battle between Rich Anderson (4-1, Submission Wrestling) and Yves Edwards (37-17-1, Thugjitsu). Anderson had Edwards in trouble in round one as he took the older man’s back, but Edwards managed to escape and outworked the younger fighter until he tired in round 3. Edwards took the fight on all three cards. Average fight.

Next up is a heavyweight battle between Neil Joslin (7-0, Freestyle Wrestling, 273) and Popek Rak (5-1, Wrestling, 260). Rak is making his Cage Warriors debut. Joslin used a powerful ground game to take control in round 1, and in round 2, both men did little more than throw punches from the outside. At the end of the round Joslin shot in powerfully again, but this time Rak was ready and nailed him coming in. Joslin went down in trouble, and Rak dove in to finish him off. One of the following punches knocked Joslin out. Excellent fight.

Middleweights are next. Louis Taylor (6-2, Striker) and Dragan Tesanovich (7-1, Submission Wrestling) are ready in the cage. Dragan had to be wary of Taylor’s punching and he worked from the outside until just the right moment. Then he shot in, and took Taylor down. Taylor showed little defense on his back, as Dragan moved to side control and pounded out the Chicago native in the first round. Fantastic fight.

A featherweight battle is next up between John Hosman (20-6-1, Wrestling) and Renan Barao (20-2, BJJ). Both men lost in their debuts. A really good battle, but it ended being Hosman as the more well rounded fighter in this one. Hosman took Barao down 3 times in the fight, but was in trouble almost immediately after each one. Hosman managed to escape each one, and put pressure on. He really didn’t take any damage and gave more than he got. The judged saw it 29-28 for Hosman in a good fight.

Trevor Prangley (22-7, Wrestling) and Benji Radach (20-8, Facesmashing Fu) are next up from the middleweight division. Prangley has the size advantage over Radach. Prangley looked good early on, as he reversed a takedown and controlled the first round from the top. But like his title fight against Jared Hess, Prangley seemed to wear out rather quickly. Radach stayed outside and landed a number of clean shots, and in the third landed a big head kick that knocked the South African fighter out cold. Decent fight.

The last prelim fight of the night is between debuting fighter, Josh Souder (10-2, BJJ) and Jeff Lawson (13-3, Judo). This is a lightweight battle. A very tight fight in the cage results in a 30-27 unanimous decision outside or it. Souder used good standup in round one, and scored a takedown in round 2. He was caught with good defense as Lawson was able to escape and nearly took Souder’s back. In round 3, Souder scored another takedown, but another escape left Lawson in side control for the rest of the fight. Fans didn’t agree with the judges 30-27 decision for Souder, and let them know it. Decent fight.

The main show begins with the Cage Warriors debut of Razak Al-Hassan (9-2, Wrestling) taking on Jason Brilz (18-2-1, Wrestling). Al-Hassan has a 6-inch reach advantage. Brilz scored an early takedown in round 1, and controlled Al-Hassan, although neither fighter did any damage. Brilz scored another takedown, but this time Al-Hassan used a guillotine to reverse the position, and then let Brilz stand back up. Al-Hassan then landed a big counter punch off of a missed kick that sent Brilz to the mat. Al-Hassan jumped in quickly and unleashed some heavy blows forcing the stoppage of the fight. Fantastic fight.

The next fight is a rematch in the welterweight division. Drew Fickett (39-13, Wrestling) looks for his 40th career win as he takes on Chris Wilson (16-8, Kick Boxing). Wilson stopped Fickett in under a minute in Cage Warriors 2. This one lasted longer than the first but the ultimate result was the same. Wilson was in control in round 1, using better striking and grappling to control the battle. In round 2, the end came when Wilson got Fickett in a muay thai clinch and tried to drive his knee through the back of Fickett’s head. Fickett went limp straight away. Great fight.

A pair of dangerous featherweights are in the cage next. Javier Vasquez (17-4, BJJ) and Jorge Evangelista (12-3-1, BJJ) are similarly skilled, but both are capable of ending the fight at any time. Both men are considered to have title ambitions. Just what the doctor ordered! These two put on quite a show. They traded takedowns, submission attempts, escapes, punches, kicks. Both men looked like they were going to take it, but it was Evangelista in the third, after securing a takedown, and a brilliant move to get side control, and seize the back of Vasquez. From there, he worked to the body triangle, and then managed to get the rear naked choke on the jiu-jitsu specialist and make him tap. Great fight.

The first of our two title fights is next. Jimi Manuwa (7-0, BJJ) makes his first defense of his Light Heavyweight title against Raphael Davis (11-1, Wrestling/BJJ). These two are the cream of the light heavyweight crop right now. This match was fought at blinding speed. Davis followed up some jabs with a takedown that forced Manuwa on his back right away. Manuwa was able to lock a triangle choke in and Davis was in major trouble. Davis fought it off though, and picked up the champion and slammed him down hard. The hold was broken, and Jimi was hurt. Davis attacked quickly, dropping bombs from side control. One of them knocked the champ out. Davis gets to wear the strap now. Great fight.

The main event is next. Daniel Puder (10-0, Wrestling, 255) and Darril Schoonover (13-0, BJJ/Kick Boxing 265) are fighting for the Cage Warriors Interim Heavyweight Title. This is a 5-round fight, but I doubt it goes the distance. Puder started off with some clean strikes that had Schoonover going backward. But it was Schoonover that got the fight to the ground. In Puder’s half guard, Schoonover rained down some big blows that looked to have hurt Puder. He survived and found room to guillotine the previously undefeated fighter for the win and the title. Great fight.

Fight of the Night goes to Javier Vasquez and Jorge Evangelista
Knockout of the Night goes to Chris Wilson
Submission of the Night goes to Jorge Evangelista

The show was rated as being fantastic. We had a record 4,900 fans in attendance and a PPV buyrate of almost 99k. Both of those are new records for us.

This was a great show all around, a lot of good finishes, and we kept the stinkers to a minimum. Yves Edwards got back into the win column, and aside from Grice, I don’t see any terminations out of this. Renan Barao has had two tough fights, but two losses, he needs a win or we are going to have to cut him loose. Chris Wilson punishes Drew Fickett again, and there are a number of guys who are on the ropes after this. Guys like Prangley and Lawson and maybe even Louis Taylor. It would be nice to keep this kind of popularity up, we could use payday’s like that more often. We are going to fall back to earth over the next few shows, but things are still looking up, and we have a lot of guys who are still moving up too. Our new deal with HDNet should help us to really give our national exposure a boost.

PilotMan · 04-07-2010, 10:16 PM

Matt Grice (10-5) is indeed cut from Cage Warriors. He was 1-3.

DREAM has broken back into national status with a show with the main event being Riki Fukuda (19-5) winning over Murilo Rua (19-11-1). Minowaman (46-31-8) submitted Melvin Manhoef (24-8-1) in the first round in the co-main.

Yahir Reyes (18-7) headlined a Bellator show where he picked up a win over Jimmie Rivera (5-4). Reyes fights for us, so it’s good to see him get the win here, but Bellator can’t be happy using him in the main event. He isn’t exactly a big name for them.

Jeff Bedard (14-4) who had been inactive for almost 3 years before making a comeback with KOTC last year, has retired. Bedard was 1-1 in his return. His last fight before his layoff was a loss to WEC Bantamweight champ Miguel Torres.

Matt Serra (10-8) has returned to MMA. He has been on a 6-month hiatus after being cut by the UFC following back to back losses to GSP and Josh Koscheck. His new deal with the WEC. Serra will have to compete at at 155lbs instead of his usual 170. But he also comes in as their top lightweight fighter.

Mike Swick, Dan Hornbuckle, Chris Wilson, Xavier Lucas, Rich Anderson, Justin Davis, Andy Kappas, Andrew Buckland and Danillo Villefort are all moving to middleweight. They are big welterweights right now, and none have really been able to break into the top ranks of the welterweight class. Middleweight is a little thin, so this should add some much needed depth and free up the welterweight division a bit. Right now, lightweight is still too thick.

Young Choi (16-7-1) has won the DEEP Middleweight Title.

Joachim Hansen (22-8-1) has signed a non-exclusive deal with the WEC. It will be his first foray into the US MMA scene. He is a two-time DREAM Lightweight Champion.

I was shocked to learn that Oleg Taktarov still hadn’t retired. He hasn’t had a fight since 2007, and is still employed by the UFC. As a matter of fact, he just signed a 4-fight extension. He is 42. Wow.

Takeshi Inoue (22-3) has defended his Shooto Featherweight Title with a win over Savant Young (11-10). Inoue has had that title for 3 ½ of the last 5 years. I would love to sign him, but we are going to have to be patient. Hidenori Nishino (5-6-2) lost again. He is undefeated in Cage Warriors but hasn’t won in Shooto.

Richard Montoya (9-5) has retained his X-1 Middleweight Title with a win over Chad Sutton (4-3).

Big news as the UFC has signed Japanese sensation Minowaman (46-31-8). Minowa has won 6 of his last 7 fights.

Jameel Massouh (23-8) won the Kings of the Cage Featherweight Title with a win over Alexandre Franca Nogueira (15-7-2). At the same show, Brad Morris (11-4) won the Light Heavyweight title with a first round TKO over Wes Combs (15-5).

Brett Cooper retained his PURECOMBAT Welterweight title with a first round TKO over Jason Von Flue (16-13-1). Cooper has held that title for 3 ½ years. That is one of the longest active MMA title reigns in the world.

We were outbid by the UFC for Renado Sorbal. He would have made a nice addition to our roster. But now he will compete at 205 in the UFC. Ryan Bader (12-0) is the current 205lb champ. That is a stacked division still with Bones Jones, Bader, Alexandre Ribero at the top. Rashad Evans, Machida, Thiago Silva, Rampage, Little Nog, and Tito round it out nicely.

Shark Fights has crowned a new heavyweight champ. He is Kelvin Fitial (3-3) he submitted big named, Tae Hyun Lee (2-5) in the 5th round in front of a stunned crowd in Texas. Yeah, right.

Former Cage Warrior Ikuo Usuda (9-3) who had just signed an exclusive deal to fight for WVR, won the lightweight title with a 5-round decision in a fairly boring fight against Rodrigo Damm (10-5).

UFC 121 ran just one day ahead of our next show. This one was headlined by welterweight Champion GSP defending his title in a rematch against Josh Koscheck. GSP (23-2) scored a clean KO in the 3rd round to silence the outspoken Koscheck (16-5). In the co-main event, Frank Mir (15-4) submitted Shane Carwin (13-2) in the second round in an exciting fight. Other winners on the card were, Big Nog (35-6-1) over Cro Cop (26-10-2), Paulo Thiago (14-1) over Matt Hughes (43-9), and Akiyama (16-2) over Sakara (16-8).

PilotMan · 04-23-2010, 02:26 PM

Cage Warriors has made the big trip across the country to the great state of California. Tonight, we will crown a new Interim Featherweight Champion. Tonight’s big fight is between Issei Tamura and Cub Swanson. Swanson will be the favorite, but Tamura has seen that game before. Former UFC fighter Roger Huerta takes on fellow newcomer Mike Easton in the co-feature. Undefeated Bulgarian Light Heavyweight Stanislov Nedkov is also scheduled to fight. Let’s get right to the action for Cage Warriors 33!

Our first fight will be in the featherweight divison. Isao Hirose (8-2, Boxing/Wrestling) is still looking for his first win here in Cage Warriors. His opponent will be Roberto Vargas (8-4, BJJ). Vargas is the bigger man with a 7-inch reach advantage. Not a bad start to the fight. Hirose used some good striking to build a nice lead, but found himself on his back with Vargas attacking. Vargas couldn’t quite put it away, and Hirose win in an average fight.

Next up is a battle in the Middleweight division. Reggie Orr (10-9-1, Boxing/Wrestling) will take on Jeremy Horn (83-21-5, Freestyle JJ). Horn was in control from the start of the fight. Horn took Orr down twice, each time working for the submission. It wasn’t until after the second takedown that he was able to finish it. Horn choked Orr out with a guillotine from the top position. Decent fight.

A couple of up and comers are next. Cameron Dollar (5-3, Wrestling) is taking on Martin Stapleton (6-3, Boxing/Wrestling). The first two rounds were terrible. Stapleton controlled all the action by holding Dollar against the cage, and doing nothing. Dollar came back with a takedwon in the third round but it was too little too later for Dollar and his fans. Decent fight.

Next up is a light heavyweight dual between Marcus Sursa (8-5, Wrestling) and Valentino Petrescu (8-2, Vale Tudo). Sursa was all over Valentino in this fight. He attacked and got a takedown right away, then finished the fight with strikes in short order. Fantastic Fight.

Heavyweight Ben Rothwell (31-8, Boxing/Wrestling, 290) makes his debut against fellow newcomer Chris Tuchscherer (17-2, Wrestling, 285). These two looked very good in the cage. I thought that they would struggle and cancel each other out, but they did well. Tuchscherer went for the takedown early on, but Rothwell stopped him, and clinched up. From the clinch, Rothwell got the takedown. Tuchscherer was equal to the task and defended well reversing with a guillotine choke. The round ended with Tuchscherer in side control. Round 2 was the same, Tuchscherer shooting, Rothwell stopping him, pounding away but letting Tuchscherer get back up. They grapple for a while, and somehow, Tuchscherer gets the big man up and slams him down hard. He works to half guard, and unleashes an elbow assault that stops the fight. Excellent fight.

After the former IFL heavyweight champ loses, the former IFL welterweight champ hit’s the cage for his debut. Jay Hieron (18-5, Wrestling/Boxing) enters to take on 21-year old, Rory McDonald (9-1, Muay Thai/BJJ). Another great fight, McDonalad gave Hieron way more than he wanted in his first fight. Hieron looked good in round one, with solid plan, that resulted in McDonald giving up his back, but he was saved by the bell. McDonald ruled in round 2, getting a takedown and surprising the experienced fighter. McDonald finished the round with by slamming Hieron. In round 3 Hieron got it back, snuffing a takedown, getting side control, ripping off some nice knee shots to soften up McDonald who gave up his back again and this time Hieron finished it with strikes. Fantastic fight.

Our last prelim fight is in the welterweight division. Undefeated Jacob Volkmann (10-0, Wrestling) is in the cage to take on Jesse Bongfeldt (20-3, Jeet Kune Do). Volkmann tried to get it going early on, but found himself on his back and defending as Bongfeldt defended the early takedown attempts, but also held him there. Aside from that, there war no other action. No stand up fighting at all, and Bongfeldt won in a really, really boring fight. Poor fight.

The main show is set to begin with a fight in the lightweight division. Rich Clementi (35-16-1, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Joseph Benavidez (11-4, Wrestling). Clementi is the much bigger fighter as Benavidez typically fights at bantamweight. Certainly no lack of action in this fight, and way better than the last fight. Benavidez took Clementi down at will, and was in Clementi’s guard for most of the fight. In the second round Clementi was knocked down with a big kick, but managed to hand in there to stay in the fight. Clementi was in trouble in the third again, but this time he had a plan and as the round ran down, locked a triangle choke on Benavidez that put him out. Great fight.

Bulgaria v. Croatia in our next fight. A battle of light heavyweight fighters, one is undefeated Stanislov Nedkov (12-0, Wrestling/BJJ) and Stipe Bekavac (16-3, Kick Boxing). From the farthest reaches of defeat even victory is still possible. Nedkov tried to press the action, shot for the takedown and was knocked down twice. Bekavac came in and went for the finish each time, but each time, Nedkov hung in there. Nedkov was simply being beaten silly. Nedkov did finally get the takedown, and when he did, it went quick. Bekavac found himself mounted, and Nedkov brutalized him with punches, forcing the ref to dive in and stop the fight. Excellent fight.

Heavyweights, Jon Madsen (6-0, Wrestling, 260) and Josh Hendricks (18-5, Wresting, 285) are next in the cage. Madsen is highly touted, but Hendricks has a long resume. Hendricks came out strong in the first round getting Madsen to the ground, and while he controlled him, he didn’t do much damage. Madsen took round 2 and in the third Hendricks scored another takedown, but again couldn’t seal the deal. Hendricks was able to slam Madsen as the fight ended. Hendricks hands Madsen his first professional loss in a good fight.

The co-main event is a lightweight fight between established Roger Huerta (22-4-1, Wrestling) and up and comer Mike Easton (9-1, Wrestling/Muay Thai). Except that Huerta is 3 years younger than Easton! This was a piss poor fight. Huerta took Easton over and over again, but did nothing with him. Easton couldn’t stop the takedown, and the fans groaned. The ref stood them up each time, and that was pretty much the fight. Huerta wins in very, very poor and unexciting fashion.

Our main event better be better than that. This fight is for the Interim Featherweight Title. Cub Swanson (17-2, BJJ) is vastly more experienced and comes in with a great reputation. His opponent, Issei Tamura (9-0, Shooto) has shocked many, on his rise to the top of the featherweight division. Din Thomas, who sits nearby, flashes a smile, even though it has been almost a year since he fought for Cage Warriors. Both fighters entered with a plan but only one executed. Swanson locked up Tamura early on and took him down. Tamura defended himself well, but Swanson’s JJ was too good. He worked to side control, where he locked Tamura up in an arm triangle. Tamura struggled a little, but tapped shortly after. Great fight. Cub Swanson is the new Interim Featherweight Champion.

We had a crowd of 4,380 on hand for the show and did PPV buys totaling just over 91k. The show was rated as average.

Fight of the Night goes to Jay Heiron and Rory McDonald
Knockout of the Night goes to Stanislov Nedkov
Submission of the Night goes to Cub Swanson

Finally someone was able to stop Issei Tamura. Swanson did it skillfully and quickly. There are probably going to be some more cuts after this show, certain fighters just don’t seem to have a future with us. Hendricks picking up the win and Nedkov staying undefeated were both surprises. Tuchscherer’s win over Rothwell was huge for him. Rothwell is still a big name, although he hasn’t really won much of anything lately. Roger Huerta didn’t win any points with me, even though he won his fight.

PilotMan · 04-23-2010, 02:28 PM

Our show went head to head with Strikeforce, who was running a show in Alabama. The main event there saw Duane Ludwig (22-10) take on Josh Thompson (19-3) for the lightweight title. It was the third time that these two have met, with Thompson winning the first two. This time it was Ludwig with a KO in the 4th round to win the fight and that title. Other winners on the card were, Sarah Kaufman (14-0) over Gina Carrano (8-4). Incidentally, Carrano is being dropped by Strikeforce. Brett Rogers (12-2), Akitoshi Tamura (15-8-2), and Mike Whitehead (26-7) were the other winners. Cage Warrior Alexander Trevino (9-3) won in a prelim fight.

Whooo! This is going to be a good month. In fact, I think that it will fundamentally change the way that we run our shows for the future. We have been running two PPV show a month, but now with our popularity increasing, I think it’s time to focus more on the TV shows, and to run the PPV just once a month. That will allow for a bigger PPV show and help us to keep our momentum from month to month. It should also boost the exposure of our fighters faster. Our 2 Tv shows will alternate in months, so that we can always have one show on. The result will be less money coming in, and our profit will be less, but it should allow for a faster rise, and more lucrative PPV contracts.

PilotMan · 04-23-2010, 02:30 PM

Cage Warriors 35 is on the schedule for the end of June, 2011. It will be the last of the twice a month PPV shows. In the main event, Lyman Good makes his return to the Cage Warriors Cage, to defend his welterweight title. Good is one of the top welterweights in the world, and is undefeated. His opponent is no stranger to big fights, and has handled all 4 opponents by submission in his Cage Warriors fight. Jason High, brings his 14-2 record into the cage and hasn’t lost since his loss to Maruis Zaromskis almost 2 years ago. Good possesses the better standup of the two fighters, but High has to be considered more dangerous up close and on the ground, having submitted his last 4 opponents. And while High has been submitting fighters, Good has been knocking them out. That’s the story of this one, and it should be a doozy.

The co-main event sees the debut of one of the most anticipated fighters in Cage Warriors. Former UFC heavyweight, Sergei Kharitonov, who is coming off of a win against Cheik Kongo, will meet Neil Cooke. Cooke is much bigger than Kongo, and is still the KOTC Super Heavyweight Champion. Other fighters who are scheduled to appear are: Gary Wright, Henry Martinez, and Zach Micklewright. Here is the list of the complete card.

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Cage Warriors 35: Good v. High

Cage Warriors Welterweight Title Fight
Lyman Good (14-0) (#3 Welterweight) v. Jason High (14-2) WW
Sergei Kharitonov (18-4) v. Neil Cooke (8-1) HW
Gary Wright (12-1) v. JJ Ambrose (12-3) WW
Henry Martinez (6-1) v. Manny Gamburyan (10-6) FW
Zach Makeweight (9-1) v. Thiago Tavares (15-3) LW

----Prelims----

Glover Teixeira (11-2) v. Christian M’Pumbu (15-3-1) LHW
Dragan Tesanovic (8-1) v. Jacob O’Connell (7-1) MW
Shannon Gugerty (13-3) v. Koetsu Okazaki (9-1-1) LW
Reese Andy (10-5) v. David Heath (12-7) LHW
Gan McGee (14-5) v. Kirill Sidelnikov (6-4) HW
Dan Hornbuckle (21-4) v. Louis Taylor (6-3) MW
Buck Bisbey (10-2) v. Cole Province (9-2) FW

Heath, Silelnikov, and Taylor are already on the verge of getting cut should they lose their fights.

PilotMan · 04-23-2010, 02:31 PM

Oh, and I know somebody is at least reading this! A comment every once in a while wouldn't hurt you!

PilotMan · 05-01-2010, 10:22 PM

Middleweight Reggie Orr (10-10-1), featherweight Roberto Vargas (8-5), and light heavyweight Valentino Petrescu (8-3), have all be cut from Cage Warriors. None of them had really made an impact and all will be unemployed as a result. All have lost 3 fights for our organization.

There was a huge upset in Japan last night. The light heavyweight title was on the line and heavily favored Ricardo Arona (17-6), who is the current DREAM Light Heavyweight champion, was taking on Judo Silver medalist Hiroshi Izumi (2-2). Izumi had been knocked out by Stanislov Nedkov in his last fight. The fight went the distance but it was Izumi who claimed the title in a 5-round decision. Cage Warrior, Travis Wiuff (61-15) won via first round TKO.

At a UK UC show in England, Andre Arlovski (19-6) continued his run of late with a first round TKO of Brit, Rob Broughton (12-8-1). Roman Shipp (3-3) who still fights for us, lost.

PilotMan · 05-01-2010, 10:26 PM

JUNE 2011

And so concludes the most profitable month in the young history of Cage Warriors MMA. This month we netted over 950k. That is an incredible feat that is driven by the success that the company has had over the last year. We are here to stay and are now legitimate in the MMA world. Our gate receipts were almost 4 times higher than our previous highest. Our PPV revenues were more than double (760k) our previous highest. The fact that we have been able to do this while containing costs has been our secret. Our worker costs were at an all time high as well, but being only 175k we could afford it. And now we can afford to find guys who cost a little more. We are starting to see some more merchandise and sponsorship money come in too. We handed out 63k in signing bonuses, that is the second most ever. We have also added another member of the broadcast booth. While it was tempting to make a run at Joe Rogan, we decided that he was still best served at UFC. So instead we have added Steven Quadros. Quadros has worked with Rutten and is a familiar face to MMA fans.

Our popularity is also still at an all-time high. We are currently the number 2 promotion in the world, behind the UFC. Make that way, way, way behind the UFC. We have seen out popularity in Canada move up so we are #3 there, and we are #3 in the UK. We are currently looking at adding a third TV show that would give us some coverage in Mexico, and give us the opportunity to showcase more of the young and up-and-coming fighters in MMA. More to come on that though.

So at this point we are sitting at 1.28 mil in the black. Our plans are solid looking forward, and although our costs our rising we are still turning a profit. As long as that keeps up the D can’t fire me, can he?

This month we take another look at the Cage Warriors middleweight division. This division has historically been the thinnest of the weight classes. Recently some fighters were moved here to provide a bit more competition as well as to give some guys a better stage to shine on.

Cage Warriors Middleweight Top Ten

1. Fabio Silva (19-5) CW Middleweight Champion
2. Rory Markham (18-5) Yet to debut
3. Tom Watson (12-3) Still largely unknown in the US
4. Chris Wilson (17-8) Moves up from WW
5. Doug Marshall (12-3) Former WEC Light Heavyweight and PURECOMBAT Middleweight Champion
6. Joe Riggs (33-11)
7. Gerald Harris (16-4)
8. Jared Hess (12-2-1) Recovering after losing the title
9. Chris Price (18-2) Taking the long road
10. Siyar Bahadurzada (19-5-1) Still stung after his loss to Price

Silva has been unstoppable, while there is some talent here, it appears to still be the weakest in Cage Warriors. I could see Silva moving up to Light Heavyweight to challenge Raphael Davis for the 205 title in a Superfight, if you will.

PilotMan · 05-01-2010, 10:31 PM

Robbie Lawler (21-5) won in the main event of his fight on CBS for Strikeforce. He beat Luke Rockhold (8-3) in a 3-round decision. Other winners on the show were, Victor Ribeiro (22-5), Kenji Osawa (15-9-2), and Raphael Cavalcante (10-3).

Like I alluded to at the end of the month, there are some changes that are going to happen in Cage Warriors. First off, I know that I had said that the end of 2 PPV’s per month was here, but I apparently lied. I tried to convince ESPN Deportes to run a new show for us that would showcase up and coming fighters. They said no. So, I still like my idea, and I think that I have an idea of how I can still accomplish what I want.

Cage Warriors is proud to announce the creation of the Cage Warriors Juniors class. This class, in each weight class, will have it’s own title belt, and will feature fighters with 10 or less professional fights. The only fighters who are grandfathered out are Phil Davis and Jimi Manuwa. That is because they are already immensely popular and are legit title contenders. We have entered into negotiations with a number of fighters that could fight for us at this level. The best part is that these fights will show every other month on Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV. We are still negotiating with Deportes to show this show, so that these fighters can get exposure not only in the US, but in the UK, Canada, and Mexico. The show will air every other month. The caveat will be that the main event and co-main will feature the #3 and #4 fights from the PPV that will be scheduled to air the week before. So that those fighters can headline cards. That will allow us not have to worry about disappointing viewers who want to see known fighters. Two fights will then be scheduled on the undercard of the PPV to replace those fighters.

We will still run 2 PPV’s a month, on the months where FIGHT falls. Unchained will become the main television showcase for our main run fighters and of course, our PPV’s will still showcase out top fighters. There will be slightly less detail for the less important fights, but you will still get a solid idea of what went down.

The first show with the new format will be at the end of June, and will run in it’s normal slot during the last week of the month.

Due to booking modifications the Glover Teixeira and Christian M’Pumbu, and Dragan Tesanovic and Jacob O’Connell have been promoted to the main card of Cage Warriors 35. Tesanovic and O’Connell will now fight for the Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Title. Two fights were added to the prelims of that card and they are:

Bill Boland (7-1) v. Joe Duarte (7-2) LW
Ben Askren (4-0) v. Jin-Kyu Lee (3-1) WW

Askren makes his return to MMA following his yearlong suspension.

PilotMan · 05-11-2010, 11:40 AM

Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV has now been booked and will air featuring 5 title fights for various Juniors titles. It also marks the first time that Cage Warriors has visited Connecticut. The main event will be between Gary Wright and JJ Ambrose. The co-main will be between Henry Martinez and Manny Gamburyan. As stated, both of those fights were pushed back to the television card to showcase the fighters better then as the #3 and #4 fights on the PPV. Here is the rundown of the entire card:

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Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV

Gary Wright (12-1) v. JJ Ambrose (12-3) WW
Henry Martinez (6-1) v. Manny Gamburyan (10-6) FW
Blagoi Ivanov (5-2) v. Neil Wain (7-2) HW Juniors Title
David Douglas (7-1) v. Joe Brammer (8-0-1) LW Juniors Title

----Prelims----

Norman Paraisy (7-3) v. Ben Holscher (8-2) WW Juniors Title
Andy Kappas (4-3) v. Cristobal Verrissimo (5-1) MW
Besiki Generava (7-2) v. Danny Valimaki (5-2) LHW Juniors Title
Peter Dominguez (2-3) v. Russ Miura (6-3) FW Juniors Title
Christian Uflacker (4-2) v. Ville Manninen (7-2) LW
Michael Pastou (6-1) v. Kim My (2-2) WW
Bobby Rehman (8-2) v. Jeremy Williams (6-2-1) LHW
Brian McLaughlin (7-2) v. Kevin Croke (5-2)  LW

I don’t like some of the match-ups but I can live with them. At least we award titles in every weight class, and with some fresh blood coming in, we should be in better shape in 2 months when the next card will air. Hopefully, we can convince Deportes to add this show to it’s lineup.

PilotMan · 05-11-2010, 02:36 PM

Takenori Gomi’s (32-7) UFC career appears to be over. Gomi went 1-2 in the UFC, and has recently signed a deal that sends him back to Japan. This time he will be fighting for DREAM. The former Pride fighter had been fighting for WVR before coming stateside.

Man, things have been busy. I have been working in Texas this week trying to get ready for our big show down here. Cage Warriors 34 is ready to go. Tonight, Jeff Curran will defend his lightweight title against Karen Darabedyan. Dominick Cruz makes his Cage Warriors debut in the co-main, Abel Cullum tries to stop Diego Nunes, and 9 other fights. Things are just getting ready to kick off.

The first fight is in the light heavyweight division. Pat Berry (7-3, Kick Boxing) will take on Mark Lajhner (7-2, Judo). Berry lands a couple of very hard shots and avoids being taken down until the very end of the fight. Berry hangs on to win an average fight.

Heavyweight Josh Diekman (12-2, Hybrid, 257) makes his debut against Brad Imes (15-7, Wrestling, 285). A boring grappling contest where neither fighter could really get anything going. Imes controls more of the action to get the win. Poor fight.

Middleweight Doug Marshall (12-3, Striker) makes his debut against Spencer Herns (4-1, Wrestling). This was a good fight. Marshall took round one with clean strikes and a takedown. But Herns owned the rest of the fight scoring takedowns and landing some vicious knees. Herns took the decision. That’s disappointing for Marshall.

Middleweights TJ Grant (14-4, BJJ) and Kendall Grove (11-8, Muay Thai/BJJ). Grove is a freak who has a 7-inch height, and 11-inch reach advantage. Not too exciting. Grant couldn’t get the fight to the ground and that was all the advantage the big man needed. Grove pulls off a win in a poor fight.

Light Heavyweight Andre Gusmao (9-1, BJJ) and Rawdon Lee (3-1, Boxing/Wrestling) are next. Gusmao has been impressive. Gusmao took Lee down right away. Action slowed, but Gusmao finally mounted Lee and pounded him out. Good fight.

Welterweights Joe Scarola (6-1-1, BJJ) and Ryan Stonitsch (10-2, Muay Thai) are next in the cage. Embarrassing for Scarola. He had put some good fights together, but was hurt by the first blow, and the ref jumped in seconds later as Stonitsch dominated. Great fight.

The last prelim fight is at lightweight. Marcin Held (7-1, BJJ) takes on Ben Henderson (13-2, Wrestling/Tae Kwon Do). This fight should be a main card fight. Henderson used good striking in round one, but was knocked down in round 2, and Held was in charge. Round 3 was more action with both fighters throwing punches, but Held’s inability to get Henderson to the ground cost him as Henderson wins a close one. Good fight.

The first fight of the main card is at welterweight. Tamden McCrory (15-4, Muay Thai/Wrestling) takes on Ryan Ford (12-5, Boxing/Wrestling). McCrory took Ford down twice, but did no damage, and Ford couldn’t get any offense going at all. Neither fighter was hurt and the crowd was left wanting. McCrory wins all 3 rounds. Poor fight.

Featherweights Abel Cullum (19-3, Freestyle) and Diego Nunes (15-1, Muay Thai/Boxing) are next up. Wow, what a fight! It was quick, but Cullum used superior tactics to pull it off. Cullum came close but avoided the clinch and scored a fast takedown. He worked to half guard, before unleashing a series of killer punches that stopped the fight. Fantastic fight.

A battle of heavyweights next. Dan Cormier (4-1, Wrestling, 265) takes on Wes Shivers (2-0, Muay Thai, 290). Cormier overwhelmed Shivers with punches, a takedown to mount, and big shots to finish the fight. Great fight.

Dominck Cruz (17-2, Wrestling) takes on Matt Fiordirosa (13-3, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Good God that was bad. Cruz wanted to fight, Fiordirosa wanted to be on defense. Fiordirosa mounted no offense, but didn’t get hit. He is a hard opponent but Cruz was just too good, but Cruz wasn’t good enough to put him away. Poor fight.

Finally, we come to the main event. Hopefully we can salvage a decent show here. Jeff Curran (33-12-1, BJJ) defends his title in a 5-round fight against Karen Darabedyan (12-1, Boxing/Judo). Darabedyan is 6-inches taller than Curran who is a natural bantamweight. Jeff Curran let it all hang out early taking Darabedyan down and controlling him, but not damaging him. Round 2 was more of the same, but by round 3 conditioning looked to be an issue for Curran. Darabedyan avoided the takedowns and landed some clean shots. By round 5 Curran was getting desparate and tried to jump guard. Darabedayan knocked him hard sending him crashing down. Darabedyan then moved in quickly and landed a number of killer shots, one knocking Curran out cold. Good fight.

Our show was attended by 3,536 people and we had a buy rate of just over 71k. Our show was rated as being very poor.

Fight of the Night goes to Jeff Curran and Karen Darabedyan
Knockout of the Night goes to Ryan Stonitsch
Submission of the Night goes to nobody, we didn’t have one.

So we fall back to earth a little bit. Big deal, we still do very well in the books, and another original title holder falls. How long can Darabedyan hold that title. Lightweight is a killer weight class. Abel Cullum’s win over Diego Nunes was super impressive.

PilotMan · 05-11-2010, 02:41 PM

Cage Warriors 36 has been announced. It will be the third show in 3 weeks for Cage Warriors, and is scheduled to run the first week of July. The show will air on PPV live from Columbus, OH. The main event for the show will pit a fighter from Pennsylvania and a fighter from Indiana. Having the fight in Ohio only seemed fitting. No titles on the line at this show, but there will be plenty of reason to turn in. First off, the main event. All American Phil Davis makes his return to the Cage Warriors cage, this time in the main event squaring off against Jake O’Brien. O’Brien is on a 4-fight win streak, and is looking to climb back into the 205lb title picture. Davis has other ideas, he has decimated his opponents and is not only undefeated in MMA, but one of the most popular fighters in Cage Warriors. The Co-main event will be a lightweight fight between Brian Cobb and Paul Sass. Sass has been in Cage Warriors longer, and experienced his only loss at the hands of the current champion Karen Darabedyan, but his name is still not that known. Cobb on the other hand, won his debut by submitting Toby Imada, and would love another win against a quality fighter like Sass. Jose Aldo makes his return, fighting Hideo Tokoro in what is sure to be an exciting fight. Rory Markham makes his debut and Ritchie Whitson returns to the cage after his loss to Ben Henderson. Here is the full card:

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Cage Warriors 36: Davis v. O’Brien 

Phil Davis (8-0) v. Jake O’Brien (15-4) LHW
Brian Cobb (19-5) v. Paul Sass (11-1) LW
Jose Aldo (16-3) v. Hideo Tokoro (25-18-1) FW
Rory Markham (18-5) v. Danillo Villefort (12-3) MW
Richie Whitson (10-1) v. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (20-7) LW

----Prelims---

Steve Bruno (16-6) v. Marcus Hicks (11-4) WW
Toby Imada (25-15) v. Katsunori Kikuno (14-4-2) LW
Ricardo Almeida (11-5) v. Justin Davis (11-8) MW
Lavar Johnson (13-3) v. Ricco Rodriguez (38-13) HW
Hans Stringer (12-6-1) v. Jeremiah Billington (12-4) LHW
Rex Richards (9-4) v. Tim Hague (9-2) HW
Sidney Silva (9-4) v. Hiromitsu Miura (10-9) WW

I thought that when I was putting this card together that it was fairly weak, but looking back at it, there are some pretty good fighters and fights, especially on the main card. The Aldo/Tokoro fight could be fantastic and I always love a good Phil Davis fight. A few fighters on the prelim part of the show should be concerned for their employment if they lose.

PilotMan · 05-16-2010, 10:45 PM

Down under Matt Cain (9-3-1) has won the CFC welterweight title.

In Japan, Masashi Takeda (13-4-1) was won the Cage Force lightweight title.

At a Bellator show, Cage Warrior, Jesse Juarez (14-8) was stopped in the second round by Lorenzo Borgomeo (8-4).

Marcus Jones (7-3) has won the X-1 Heavyweight Title beating Jefferson Silva (5-3).

ESPN Deportes has agreed to a contract with us that will give our show Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV even more exposure. Deportes is a very small channel, and it will be shown late night. But now, FIGHT will now be shown in 4 countries giving our younger fighters plenty of exposure for the future. It’s not the deal that I was hoping for, as I wanted a new television show, but hopefully the extra exposure will do nothing but benefit us. At the very least it helps open Mexico up as a market for our product.

The King of the Cage lightweight title changed hands last night as Buddy Clinton (11-4) won the title in his first fight with the organization, with a 5th round submission of Rafael Dos Anjos (13-5). Also on the card, former heavyweight champion and Cage Warrior, Tony Lopez (16-6) earned his 4th loss in a row, when he was TKOed in the second round.

In Japan, DREAM 30 ran, and although there were no titles on the line, there were some big names on the card. The main event saw Alavutdin Gadzhiyev (13-5) defeat Kazushi Sakuraba (28-14-1). American Joe Warren (7-3), Joachim Hansen (23-8-1) were also winners. The big upset though was Kid Yamamoto (21-3) losing via decision to Yoshiro Maeda (29-9-2).

Tim Sylvia (29-7) at the age of 35, has won the MFC Heavyweight title after beating Steve Bosse (9-2) in a mildly entertaining 25-minute fight. This is Sylvia’s first title in over 4 years. On the same MFC card, Kimbo Slice (6-4) lost in the co-main to British fighter Stav Economu (10-2). Slice was TKOed at 4 minutes in the first round.

In Poland, at a KSW 28, Krzysztof Kulak (24-10-2) defended his light heavyweight title for the first time with a first round submission of Daniel Tabera (15-4-3). Nobutatsu Suzuki (7-0-2) defended his middleweight title for the first time as well.

Not sure what the gameplan was here, but the WEC and UFC ran big cards on the same night. Interesting decision. Here’s what went down in the WEC. Jamie Varner (19-2) defended his lightweight title with a submission win over Ed Ratcliff (10-2) with just one second remaining in the first round. That’s Varner’s 5th defense of a title that he has held for over 3 ½ years. Other winners on the show were: Manny Tapia (12-5-1), Uriah Faber (27-2), Matt Serra (11-8) in his debut over Cage Warrior, Anthony Njokuani (11-6) and Chris Cariaso (10-1).

The UFC show was in front of 16,000+ in Mississippi. IN the main event, Anderson Silva avenged his loss to Yushin Okami (25-6) with a 3rd round TKO. Allistar Overeem (33-12) won in terrible fashion over Gabe Gonzaga (13-6), Tito Ortiz (17-7-1) beat Alexandre Ribero (5-1), Forrest Griffin (18-7) beat Steve Lopez (12-3) in a close one. And Stephen Bonnar (12-6) beat Rich Franklin (26-8) in another less than inspiring fight.

PilotMan · 05-16-2010, 10:53 PM

It’s time for Cage Warriors 35. We are coming to you live from our hometown of New Jersey. Tonight’s main event will be for the Cage Warriors Welterweight title. Lyman Good, who hails from Manhattan, NY, has a large fan base on hand for tonight’s defense against Jason High. Neither fighter has been beaten here in Cage Warriors. Our co-feature is a big, heavyweight battle with Russian, Sergei Kharritonov, taking on untested Neil Cooke. We will also crown the Cage Warriors Juniors middleweight champion too. Lot’s of other contender battles, so let’s get right to the action.

The first fight is a juniors welterweight fight that sees the return of Ben Askren (4-0, Wrestling/BJJ) from his yearlong drug suspension. He will take on Jin-Kyu Lee (3-1, Striker). Ben Askren dominated the entire fight, staying on the offensive and controlling the fight on the ground. Lee did well not to be submitted, but really never got into the fight. Decent fight.

Next up is a juniors lightweight battle between Bill Boland (7-1, Wrestling) and Joe Duarte (7-2, Muay Thai). A see-saw battle with Boland taking round one, and Duarte taking round 2. Boland scored a takedown and was in control in round 3, but Duarte caught Boland’s head when he left it in, and submitted him with a guillotine choke. Good fight.

Young Buck Bisbey (10-2, Hybrid) takes on up and coming star Cole Province (9-2, Wrestling). This fight is in the featherweight division. Ugh, this was a piss poor fight. Mostly standing, Province looked like he left his best fighting in the training room. Bisbey controlled the standing action, took Province down twice, but didn’t hurt him once. Bisbey wins a very poor fight.

Middleweights Dan Hornbuckle (21-4, Muay Thai/BJJ) and Louis Taylor (6-3, Striker) are next to square off. This is Hornbuckle’s first fight after stepping up in weight class. Hornbuckle build up a lead early on by outworking Taylor, but didn’t have him in trouble. The fight was struggling in the end, Taylor was getting stronger. Hornbuckle wins an average fight.

Next is a heavyweight battle between 6’10” Gan McGee (14-5, Submission Wrestling, 280) and young 5’11” Russian, Kirill Sidelnikov (6-4, Sambo, 242). McGee has an 11-inch reach advantage as well. The fight started off with the clean strikes from the Russian. McGee was able to get in close and in Kirill against the cage, and maintain control. Sidelnikov blocked a takedown, then locked a guillotine choke and drug the big man down with it. McGee tapped out seconds later. Great fight.

A light heavyweight battle is next. Reese Andy (10-5, Wrestling) is looking to get back into the win column against David Heath (12-7, Wrestling). This could be a very boring fight. Heath must have been paying attention to the young Russian in the last fight. Both men had been grappling on the cage when Heath caught Andy with a choke that finished the fight. Fantastic fight. At least it didn’t suck.

The last prelim fight is in the lightweight division, and is between Shannon Gugerty (13-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) and Koetsu Okazaki (9-1-1, Freestyle). Okazaki typically fights at bantamweight. These two guys put on a hell of a show tonight. Gugerty controlled round one with good ground control, even though he was swept out of position by a kimura. Round two saw Okazaki use great striking to do damage and control the fight. Round three saw Okazaki escape from a takedown and sweep straight to mount, where he had Gugerty in trouble with a series of submission attempts. Somehow, the judges saw fit to score the fight as a split decision win for Gugerty. I really don’t agree with that. Okazaki got robbed. Decent fight.

The opening fight of the card will be for the Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight title. Dragan Tesanovic (8-1, Submission Wrestling) will take on Jacob O’Connell (7-1, BJJ). Can these guys go 25-minutes? Dragan controlled the action early on, getting O’Connell into a Muay Thai clinch and just missing with a couple of knees. Dragan scored a takedown but didn’t go much damage. In round 3, with Dragan firmly in control of the fight, it appeared that he was finally starting to tire. O’Connell went for a takedown, but Dragan reversed and took him down. Dragan went to pass, but the jiu-jitsu fighter caught his head and locked a guillotine choke on that caught Tesanovic off guard and finished the fight. Great fight.

Light heavyweights, Glover Teixeira (11-2, BJJ/Kempo) takes on Christian M’Pumbu (15-3-1, Muay Thai, BJJ). M’Pumbu came out fast looking to set the tone of the fight. He took Teixeira down and controlled him there for most of the first round. M’Pumbu came out for round two and pressed again. He took control and went for another takedown. Teixeira was ready and countered strongly, landing a hard combination that sent the Frenchman reeling. The ref jumped in to stop the fight, perhaps a bit early. M’Pumbu is pissed. Decent fight.

Next up are Cage Warriors lightweights Zach Micklewright (9-1, Wrestling) and the debuting Thiago Tavares (15-3, BJJ). Obviously this one was going to take place on the ground. Micklewright jumped guard and drug Tavares down. He kept him there the whole round attempting choke after choke to try and win. Tavares took control in round 2, and round 3 was too close to call. In fact, it might have been the takedown that Micklewright got at the end of the fight that won the fight for him. Decent fight.

The co-main is next with Russian, Sergei Kharitonov (18-4, Sambo, 240) takes on Neil Cooke (8-1, Boxing/Wrestling, 290). Cooke’s got 50 pounds on the Russian, but will it turn into a fight advantage. I don’t expect this fight to go very long. Sergei went for the takedown, but Cooke defended well and spent the next 4 minutes raining down blows from above. Kharitononv stayed alive, but took a beating eventually getting back to his feet. That might have been all she wrote for Cooke though. Kharitonov took Cooke down in round 2 but the ref got them back up after a lack of action. Cooke was visibly tired coming back for round 3, and the Russian saw it. He landed a few hard blows, and staggered the bigger man. Kharitonov kept on him, and forced the ref to stop it in a come from behind win. Great fight.

Next up is the big main event. Hometown boy, Lyman Good (14-0, Kick Boxing) defends his welterweight title against Jason High (14-2, Wrestling). Good is a massive physical specimen, but this is a 25-minute fight, will he last that long? Will High get another submission win and take the title? Well this didn’t live up to expectation. I have to be honest it didn’t. Jason High used superior speed and skills to get Good to the ground. High build up a 3 round lead before Good really did much. Good was at his best standing at distance, but High kept him close and even though he was tiring in round 4, he still kept Good on the back foot. Round 5 was uneventful. Good really never had High in trouble and Good had good defense on his back and was never really in trouble either. Jason High won the fight, losing only 1 round. Average fight.

We had an attendance of 1,805 and a PPV buyrate of just under 39k. The show was rated as being average.

Fight of the night goes to Shannon Gugerty and Koetsu Okazaki
Knockout of the Night goes to Sergei Kharitonov
Submission of the Night goes to Kiril Sidelnikov

An alright show I guess. Our popularity has fallen enough that our gate and PPV isn’t bringing in the money that we have seen recently. As far as the fights go. I think that the Juniors group got off to a great start, Jacob O’Connell has at least one more fight to defend his title. Kirill Sidelnikov saved himself with a nice win. It’s good to see Ben Askren back to winning. I still think he has a bright future ahead of him. I would have liked to have seen a better main event, but it could have been worse too. A Jason High/Brock Larson title showdown should be next as long as we can schedule it. Larson just signed to fight with DREAM as well as his commitment to us and MFC. Zach Micklewright looked fantastic taking a win against Tavares.

PilotMan · 05-16-2010, 10:56 PM

At Sengoku on Japan, Cage Warrior Kwang Hee Lee (8-5) was knocked out by Mizuto Hirota (16-4-1). Nothing else of interest happened on that card.

The booking has been finalized for our first show on HDNet. Cage Warriors: Unchained is going to be a huge show, and while it may not bring in a lot of revenue it is guaranteed to pack the house. The bad news is that Phil Davis had to be moved off of the main event where he was headlining against Jake O’Brien in the main event. The good news is that Phil Davis is in a title fight against Raphael Davis for the Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title. Filling in for Davis at Cage Warriors 36 will be 27-year old Shane Primm. Primm (8-1) spent last year fighting in Bellator. Primm has one previous fight in Cage Warriors with a win over Valentino Petrescu. Primm has been boring in the cage and this will be a big step up for him. Jake O’Brien will still have his hands full, he can’t lay back, nor can he underestimate Primm.

Here is the full card for Cage Warriors: Unchained.

Code:

Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title fight
Raphael Davis (12-1) v. Phil Davis (8-0)
Richard Crunkilton (19-4) v. Donald Cerrone (12-3) LW
Brock Larson (31-3) v. Jason Norwood (11-2) WW
Jim Miller (18-3) v. Ricardo Lamas (9-2) LW
Xavier Lucas (11-2-1) v. Nate Moore (10-3) MW

----Prelims----

Nate Diaz (13-6) v. Bobby Stack (9-3) LW
Joey Villasenor (28-9) v. David Loiseau (18-14) MW
Dan Evensen (13-6) v. Eddie Sanchez (10-6) HW
Darren Uyenoyama (8-6) v. Micah Miller (14-7) FW
Damien Stelly (10-4) v. Dong Yi Yang (9-3) LHW
Noah Thomas (14-8) v. Bryan Travers (12-3) WW

Ideally, the winner of the Larson and Norwood fight would get the next shot at the welterweight title. Davis v. Davis could cause some trouble and on paper this is a hell good fight. Both men are well rounded and have just mowed down the opposition. This might be a bigger step up for Phil, but being one of the most popular guys in Cage Warriors he gets a pass. The prelims feature the debut of Joey Villasenor and the last chance for a number of other fighters who aren’t juniors and who haven’t had very many good fights with us.

PilotMan · 05-19-2010, 04:06 PM

We are going to finish off the month with the biggest Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV show of the year. We are going to crown a full list of Cage Warriors Juniors champions at this show. And hopefully introduce some new and rising stars to the MMA world. The main event of the show is almost an afterthought due to the plethora of big fights on the card. In the main event we will see Gary Wright take on JJ Ambrose in a battle of two grappling warriors. The co-feature has young featherweight hopeful Henry Martinez take on Manny Gamburyan. Martinez could be fighting for a Juniors title, but instead he is taking on Gamburyan in the hopes that he can be a legitimate title contender. For Gamburyan, he is a former WEC fighter making his debut in Cage Warriors. Gamburyan is coming off of two wins, but is only 2-2 in the last year. Martinez should give him a good challenge. Our show isn’t in New Jersey like most of our other TV shows, but from nearby Connecticut.

The opening fight of the night starts off with lightweight juniors Brian McLaughlin (7-2, BJJ) and Kevin Croke (5-2, Freestyle). Both fighters have been inconsistent so far and hope to get the big win here. McLaughlin scored an early takedown and showed dominant ground skills. Croke couldn’t stop from being mounted and from there had no answer as McLaughlin pounded him out. Great fight.

Light heavyweight juniors Bobby Rehman (8-2, Muay Thai) and Jeremy Williams (6-2-1, Boxing) hit the cage. Both men are looking to get some momentum. Bobby Rehman gets the win using better striking and takedown defense. Williams really didn’t accomplish anything in there. Good fight.

Englishman Michael Pastou (6-1, Freestyle) and fellow welterweight junior Kim My (2-2, Wrestling) are next up. My is going to have his work cut our for him here. As predicted Pastou dominates using ground and pound skills to subdue My and get the TKO late in round 1. Great fight.

Back to the lightweight division for the battle between juniors Christian Uflacker (4-2, BJJ) and Ville Manninen (7-2, Grappler). A bad fight for us. Uflacker scored quick takedowns but couldn’t better his position at all. When Manninen finally got some offense going Uflacker caught him with a standing guillotine choke that finished the fight. Poor fight

The first title fight of the night is for the CW Featherweight Juniors title. Peter Dominguez (2-3, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Russ Miura (6-3, BJJ). Well, it was almost as bad as it looked. Miura had a really good second round, but wore out and Dominguez controlled all the remaining round threatening to finish in 5, but not being able to. The scored were closer than expected but Peter Dominguez becomes the first CW Featherweight Juniors champion in an average fight.

Light heavyweight juniors Besiki Gerenava (7-2, Sambo) and Danny Valimaki (5-2, Wrestling) are in the cage for the CW Light Heavyweight Juniors Title. Gerenava came in as the odds on favorite here. Valimaki changed all that with hard work and good defense off his back. He twice caught Gerenava in chokes that could have ended the fight but the round ended. All in all a complete win for Valimaki and the first CW Light Heavyweight Champion. Average fight.

Middleweight juniors Andy Kappas (4-3, Submission fighting) and Cristobal Verissimo (5-1, Kick Boxing) are next up. Verissimo controlled Kappas on the ground and had him hurt in the second, but had to settle for a decision win in a decent fight.

The welterweight juniors title is on the line between Norman Paraisy (7-3, Boxing/Wrestling) and Ben Holscher (8-2, Wrestling). Holscher dominates Paraisy using a big ground and pound to take the win and the title. Fantastic fight.

We head to the main show. First up is the CW Lightweight Juniors title. David Douglas (7-1, Kick Boxing/BJJ) has made a solid impression but has yet to break into the ranks of the Lightweight title contenders. He gets his shot here. His opponent is making his Cage Warriors debut. Joe Brammer (8-0-1, Muay Thai/Wrestling) gets what no other fighter gets. A shot at a title in his debut fight. Both fighters were cautious early on and it was the striking game of Brammer that controlled the early action. Douglas got a takedown and might have stolen round 1. Joe Brammer caught Douglas with a right hand that stunned him early in the second. That was all it took as Joe Brammer made quick work from there, and finished the fight. Great fight.

The heavyweight juniors are next. Blagoi Ivanov (5-2, Sambo, 265) has already been in some big fights but has struggled in them. Neil Wain (7-2, Brawler, 285) is large and in charge. Both men are looking to claim that first CW Heavyweight Juniors title. Wain has a 7-inch reach advantage and is a good 4 inches taller than the Bulgarian fight. Ivanov knew that if he was going to win he had to close the distance. He did so right away and put the big man down. Ivanov then took Wain’s arm and locked an armbar on that Wain had to tap out of. Just under two minutes was all Ivanov needed to win the title. Great fight.

The co-main event is next up . Young featherweight Henry Martinez (6-1, Boxing/Wrestling) has his biggest challenge in front of him in the form of Manny Gamburyan (10-6, Judo). A highly entertaining contest here. Both men gave it their all and it was 15 minutes of non stop action. Most of it was grappling with each fighter taking turns going for submissions and counters and more submissions. Both fighters defended well, but the only real danger was at the end of the second when Gamburyan survived a kimura from Martinez. In the end it was Martinez rising to the challenge and getting the win. Good fight.

We have come to the main event of the night. Welterweight title contender Gary Wright (12-1, Wrestling) has been near the top of the list of welterweights as looks to permanently stake his claim with a win against rising JJ Ambrose (12-3, BJJ). Wright took control of the fight early on and put Ambrose on his back right away. Wright was working within Ambrose’s guard when the BJJ specialist caught him with a guillotine choke and swept him to side control. Then we saw something we don’t normally see as Ambrose used a great ground and pound to stun Wright and finish the fight. A bit of an upset here I would say. Fantastic fight, and a great fight to cap the night!

Our show in Connecticut drew 892 fans and was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Henry Martinez and Manny Gamburyan
Knockout of the Night goes to JJ Ambrose
Submission of the Night goes to Blagoi Ivanov

JJ Ambrose puts him name in the hat for title contenders, meanwhile Henry Martinez steps up and scores with his win. We crown 5 new champions and a couple of upsets. A very entertaining night of TV and our debut on ESPN Deportes to boot.

PilotMan · 05-19-2010, 04:09 PM

JULY 2011

Another month gone by, and another meeting downtown at the big office. Spirits have been high here in Cage Warriors. Word is coming off of latest TV show is that we are rapidly growing and starting to get noticed. We expect to continue to see new faces show up in the cage, as well as developing our own fighters. We profited 375k last month, and that is down from the nearly 1 mil from the previous month, but that was due running only one PPV. We are embarking on a new schedule that will see the number of PPV’s cut from 24 per year to 18 per year. While our TV shows will double.

The biggest number on the balance sheet that stands out is the amount of bonus money handed out in signing bonus money. That number was over 125k. Easily the most we have ever spent, as well as, the second biggest expense. Needless to say, we have hired some bigger money fighters.

This next month we have another PPV, and the debut of Cage Warriors: Unchained, the new flagship TV show for the company, airing on HD Net.

We have reached mid-level national status, good for number 2 in the world. We are also mid level regional in Canada and the UK. With our new exposure on ESPN Deportes, our popularity in Mexico is also growing.

Our look this month will be at the 205lb weight class. Here are the current top 10 rankings for Cage Warriors Light Heavyweights.

Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Rankings

1. Raphael Davis (12-1) CW LHW Champion, defending on national TV
2. Jimi Manuwa (7-1) Former LHW Champion
3. Glover Teixeira (12-2) Highly ranked but needs to face top 10 opponents
4. Stanislov Nedkov (13-0) Great Debut, fight with Teixeira?
5. Phil Davis (8-0) Getting his title shot
6. Marcus Sursa (9-5) Might get a rematch with Manuwa who knocked him out
7. Shane Primm (8-1) Headlining next PPV
8. Jake O’Brien (15-4) Headlining next PPV
9. Razak Al-Hassan (10-2) UFC vet and X-1 fighter won in debut
10. Jared Hamman (13-2) Left UFC with a 3-1 record

I am excited about this weight class. These guys aren’t the biggest names in the world, but we have a very good collection of fighters here. The Davis v. Davis fight is really getting me excited. But again, until we can develop some of these guys a little more it’s going to be a crapshoot for who gets the next title shot.

PilotMan · 05-19-2010, 04:11 PM

A whole slew of fighters have fought for the last time in the Cage Warriors Cage. They are Andy Kappas (4-4), Jeremy Williams (6-3-1), Kevin Croke (5-3), Kim My (2-3), Louis Taylor (6-4), and Russ Miura (6-4). Kappas and Croke are still employed by CFC down under. Louis Taylor will still be working for Strikeforce, but the rest of these guys are out of a job.

The 2010 Fighter of the Year, Masakazu Imanari (21-6-1) has retained his DEEP Bantamweight Title with a win over Cage Warrior, Mark Oshiro (12-5), Oshiro has been fighting at featherweight in CW, here he misses his chance to pick up a bantamweight strap.

Strikeforce kept pace with our promotion by running an excellent show. In the main event, Zoila Frausto (7-0) defended her title by beating Chris Cyborg (8-3) for a second time with a very late 5th round TKO. Fedor got another win with a quick TKO over Jae Young Kim (13-10). Other winners were Tim Kennedy (16-3), Bibiano Fernandes (6-4), and Fabricio Werdum (17-4-1).

PilotMan · 05-23-2010, 10:00 AM

Cage Warriors is live, and on Pay Per View tonight! Tonight, our show comes to you live from Columbus, Ohio. The crowd was expecting to face Phil Davis, but tonight, they will see Shane Primm, who hails from Tampa, Florida. So instead, they’ll cheer for Jake O’Brien from Indy. Primm has only been stopped once in his short career, and that was in his one fight deal with the UFC. He spent the last year fighting in Bellator and won in his CW debut. The real show could be the co-main where Paul Sass looks to make a name for himself by taking out Brian Cobb, a 24-fight vet and former UFC fighter. Jose Aldo, Rory Markham and Richie Whitson all fill out the main show. Here we go!

Our first fight takes place in the welterweight division. Sidney Silva (9-4, BJJ) will take on Hiromitsu Mirua (10-9, Judo). I would hate to be on the losing end of this fight. A great start to the night! Miura owned Silva in round one, and in round 2 pulverized him with knees from the Muay Thai clinch. Silva didn’t fare any better in round 3. He shot but was taken down by Miura, but that was where it all changed. Silva immediately took control from his back, swept Miura, slipped behind him, and locked an armbar on from behind, all the while, Miura was helpless as the BJJ master forced him to tap out. Miura has to wonder what happened here. Fantastic fight.

Big heavyweights hit the cage next. Rex Richards (9-4, Wrestling, 290) will be welcoming Tim Hague (9-2, Wrestling, 265) to Cage Warriors in his first fight. Another great fight. Richards is the heavy favorite and scored big in round one by ferociously slamming the big man, and taking his back, but was unable to finish the fight. Hague answered by stealing round two with a huge knockdown at the end. Round three opened with Hague landing a monstrous counterpunch that knocked Richards out. Big debut! Fantastic fight.

Light heavies are next. Hans Stringer (12-6-1, BJJ/Muay Thai) takes on Jeremiah Billington (12-4, Wrestling). A less exciting affair, as Stringer scored 2 takedowns and controlled all the ground action while Billington couldn’t seem to get his own offense going at all. Stringer wins a decision in a poor fight.

Back to the heavyweights as Lavar Johnson (13-3, Muay Thai, 278) takes his chances against Ricco Rodriguez (38-13, BJJ, Wrestling, 262). Rodriguez presses the action quickly and got a takedown very quickly. Johnson found himself scrambling to avoid the experienced JJ ace. Rodriguez took advantage of the mistake and secured a rear naked choke that finished the fight. Fantastic fight.

Ricardo Almeida (11-5, BJJ) makes his Cage Warriors debut taking on Justin Davis (11-8, Boxing/Wrestling). This fight is at the 185lb weight limit. While Davis came in the underdog he proved that a win can be had by controlling the grapple, and pinning your opponent against the cage. Almeida scored a takedown at the end of each round, but the decision wasn’t swayed. Davis gets a big win in an average fight.

Lightweights Toby Imada (25-15, Judo) and Katsunori Kikuno (14-4-2, Judo/Karate) are next in the cage. Ther was some concern that Kikuno had a bad camp. Imada took him down then worked to mount quickly. From there he locked a triangle lock around the neck of Kikuno then fell backward to cinch it up. Kikuno was out not knowing what had just happened. Fantastic fight.

The last prelim fight is about to get underway. Steve Bruno (16-6, Muay Thai) takes on Marcus Hicks (11-4, Boxing/Wrestling) in a welterweight dual. Bruno shot in and was nearly caught with a guillotine choke. Hicks didn’t let it go any further as he locked another on just as fast, and there was no escape this time. Great fight.

Our first fight on the main show is between lightweights Richie Whitson (10-1, Boxing) and Kuniyoshi Hironaka (20-7, BJJ). Whitson is trying to overcome that first loss in his professional career. Whitson found himself on his back at the end of round 1, a place that he didn’t want to be. He quickly answered his skeptics by starting round 2 quickly and put the hurt on the Japanese fighter, forcing the ref to stop the fight. Average fight.

The next fight is in the middleweight division as Rory Markham (18-5, Wrestling) takes on Danillo Villefort (12-3, BJJ). Markham is making his debut. Villefort proved very difficult for Markham as he won the first round. Markham scored a knockdown in the second and third, but Villefort was able to hold on. Villefort has a couple of other chances, but it was Markham who walked away with the win. Decent fight.

Featherweight Jose Aldo (16-3, BJJ) is the first fighter in the cage. His opponent Hideo Tokoro (25-18-1, Boxing/Wrestling) follows him in. Both fighters put on a good show. The fight was close with Tokoro scoring takedowns in each of the first two rounds. He managed to keep Aldo from using his strikes and control the fight. Tokoro was knocked down late in the third round, but the fight ended before Aldo could do any damage. Tokoro sneaks a win out of this in a good fight.

The co-main is the next fight on the card. Lightweight Brian Cobb (19-5, Wrestling) will take on Paul Sass (11-1, Muay Thai/BJJ). Cobb wanted this fight to be fought from close quarters, and he got what he wanted. What he didn’t expect was Sass to lock him in a standing guillotine. Cobb tapped out quickly from there, as Paul Sass gets the win in an excellent fight.

The main event is next with Shane Primm (8-1, Boxing/BJJ) taking on Jake O’Brien (15-4, Wrestling). The crowd is clearly behind O’Brien. If Primm can get a win here, he will have passed a huge mark in his career. O’Brien jumped out powering through the defense of Primm and getting a fast takedown. O’Brien basically forced Primm onto his back, and pounded him out for the early first round TKO. Great fight.

We had a gate attendance of 4,437 and almost 76k PPV buys. The show was rated as being very poor.

Fight of the Night is going to go to Sidney Silva and Hiromitsu Miura.
Knockout of the Night goes to Tim Hague
Submission of the Night goes to Toby Imada with another crazy submission.

We took a big hit not having big names in the final fights. It’s certainly hurts our popularity right now. Not too concerned about it though. I did not expect Aldo to suffer the loss in this one. The other fights pretty much went the way that they were expected to go. Ricardo Almeida should have won, he is getting paid too much money to lose like that, to someone like that. I am glad that we are passed this show. I was never really happy with the way it came together. Primm was just destroyed by O’Brien.

MrBug708 · 05-23-2010, 10:03 AM

Good stuff PM!

PilotMan · 05-23-2010, 10:05 AM

On the heels of Cage Warriors 36, we have announced another PPV to take place one month from now at the beginning of August, and scheduled to take place once again in Florida. This show will be headlined by the biggest fight to date in CW history. Our main event will see the unification of the Cage Warriors Heavyweight title, as current champ, Dave Herman will put his title on the line against interim champion, Daniel Puder. Puder is the biggest name in Cage Warriors and we expect this show to do very well. The co-main will feature middleweight title contenders Tom Watson and Chris Wilson. Wilson has successfully made the step up from welterweight and now takes on the English striking sensation. Our show also features Abel Cullum, Marcus Sursa, and Yosmanny Cabezas. Here is the full card for the show.

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Cage Warrior 37: Herman v. Puder

Cage Warriors Heavyweight Title Fight
Cage Warriors Interim Heavyweight Title Fight

Dave Herman (21-3) v. Daniel Puder (11-0) HW
Tom Watson (12-3) v. Chris Wilson (17-8) MW
Abel Cullum (20-3) v. Ivan Lopez (12-2) FW
Marcus Sursa (9-5) v. Jared Hamman (13-2) LHW
Ryan Stonistch (11-2) v. Yosmanny Cabezas (11-4) WW

----Prelims----

Ryan Jimmo (15-2) v. Victor Valimaki (19-7) LHW
Dave Jansen (15-2) v. Ross Pearson (13-4) LW
Assuerio Silva (17-9) v. Kirill Sidelnikov (7-4) HW
Alan Omer (16-3) v. Bao Quach (17-11-1) FW
Per Eklund (19-5-1) v. Jeff Lawson (13-4) LW
Shamar Bailey (13-2) v. Dave Menne (43-18-2) WW
Ryan Jensen (17-6) v. Dan Miller (11-4) MW

My relationship with Dave Menne will end after this show unless he can come up with something against Shamar Bailey, who should destroy him. Jeff Lawson will also have his back against the wall against one of the best in Per Eklund. The Omer/Quach fight should be very entertaining. Victor Valimaki tries to get his revenge against Ryan Jimmo. This is a rematch from about a year ago where Jimmo knocked him out in the first round. Ivan Lopez and Jared Hamman both make their Cage Warriors debuts. Lopez spent the last year fighting in the WEC and then signed and deal with WVR. He has won his last 4 fights. Hamman, a former Elite XC fighter who has fought for the UFC. Hamman’s most notable victory was at UFC 107 where he knocked out Forest Griffin. He was 3-1 with the promotion.

PilotMan · 05-23-2010, 10:12 AM

Hector Ramirez (13-3-1) has won the X-1 Light Heavyweight Title with a win over James Te Huna (13-7). On the same card, Jarrod Card (11-4-1) has won the X-1 featherweight title with a win over Alvin Robinson (11-5). Robinson’s title reign lasted just under one year.

Katsunori Kikuno (14-5-2) and Hiromitsu Miura (10-10) were released from Cage Warriors today. Kikuno had arrived with great pomp and circumstance having been the DEEP lightweight champion and a gaudy record to go with it. But his 1-3 record didn’t impress me at all. Kikuno is still employed by DEEP and is still the lightweight champion. Miura had a number of exciting fights while he was here, and won his debut, but his last fight, where he lost to a nobody despite being very far ahead sealed his fate. Miura is still employed by DREAM.

At a KOTC show, the main event was a middleweight title fight where Hector Urbina (16-7) submitted Crafton Wallace (19-5-1) in the 4th round to win the title. Hong Man Choi (5-2) also grabbed a win.

UFC 123 was live from California last night. Shinya Aoki (26-4) subbed Kenny Florian (14-5) in the 3rd round of the main event. Other winners on the card were Poai Suganuma (14-3), Jae Suk Lim (17-7), Nate Marquardt (31-10-2), and Renato Sorbal (37-11).

MFC was in British Columbia where Thales Leites (18-3) submitted Patrick Cote (14-6) late in the 5th round to win the MFC Middleweight title. Cage Warrior Ricardo Tirlone (10-4) won on the main card.

Shooto stud Masakatsu Ueda (14-0-2) defended his Shooto Bantamweight title with a first round submission over Haruo Ochi (3-2). Akihiro Gono (32-17-7) made his return to Shooto after an absence of 13 years and picked up a win.

PilotMan · 05-27-2010, 08:49 AM

Cage Warriors has made the big trip to Reno for tonight’s television showcase on HD Net. Tonight, on free TV, the Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight title will be on the line. Cage Warriors has been busy and burning up the phone lines. There are a number of new fighters that have been hired by us. Fighters who are some of the biggest names in the sport. Fighters who will help to take Cage Warriors to international status. In fact we have two of them here tonight. They are Lyoto Machida, the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Mike Brown, the former WEC Featherweight Champion. Big names!

The co-main event tonight on Unchained will be between lightweights Richard Crunkilton and Donald Cerrone. Brock Larson is here. So is Jim Miller and Nate Moore. Let’s get right to the action!

The first fight tonight is in the welterweight divison. Noah Thomas (14-8, Wrestling) hopes he can get on the right track as he takes on Bryan Travers (12-3, Wrestling) in what amounts to a loser out fight. Neither fighter has been able to establish themselves here. Travers is taller, but Thomas is the one with the 4-inch reach advantage. Thomas shot in and was able to pick up and slam Travers from the grapple. It didn’t take long from there as Thomas moved to side control and pounded until the ref pulled him off. Great fight.

Next up is a light heavyweight fight between Damien Stelly (10-4, Wrestling) and Dong Yi Yang (9-3, Wrestling). Yang looks good at 205. He would normally have been cut but we are giving him a chance to save himself at this lower weight class. Yang came out and took Stelly down right away, and unleashed a ground and pound that nearly ended the fight. Yang landed a number of knees from side control and eventually secured Stelly’s back. Stelly managed to hang on but was beaten pretty badly. Stelly answered in round 2 with a fast, powerful takedown of his own, and swift mount and his own ground and pound that did finish the fight. Yang has to wonder why it wasn’t stopped in the first round. Fantastic fight.

A featherweight battle and another loser out fight. Darren Uyenoyama (8-6, BJJ/Wrestling) doesn’t have the record to stay here, but he has been in some fantastic fights. His opponent Micah Miller (14-7, Wrestling) was on his way out when a surprise triangle kept him alive. He will need another win to stay in Cage Warriors. Miller has a 6-inch height advantage. Each fighter tried and failed to get a takedown and Miller went for a slam from the clinch. Uyenoyama shocked him and took Miller’s back, sunk his hooks in and choked out Miller in fantastic fashion. Fantastic fight.

Heavyweights are next to check into the cage. Dan Evensen (13-6, Kick Boxing/BJJ, 270) takes on Eddie Sanchez (10-6, Striker, 250). Sanchez clearly wanted this fight to take place standing and was alarmed when Evensen closed him down and got the takedown. Evensen was able to move to half guard and that was all he needed. He dropped a couple of bombs on Sanchez and that was that. The ref stopped the fight in the first round. Good fight.

Joey Villasenor (28-9, Boxing) makes his Cage Warriors debut in a middleweight fight with David Loiseau (18-14, Vale Tudo). Some good striking in this one, but the biggest difference between them was that Loiseau was able to out grapple Villasenor. Loiseau landed some solid shots in round one and even had Villasenor hurt early on. Good fight, the Crow get’s his first win in Cage Warriors, just as I thought he was going to be shown the door.

Lightweight Nate Diaz (13-6, Boxing/BJJ) will face off against Bobby Stack (9-3, Wrestling/Muay Thai). Diaz has both the size and reach advantage. Bobby Stack showed good takedown defense and landed some solid ground and pound in round one. Diaz finally got the takedown in round 2, then in the last round Stack again played solid defense to secure the win. Decent fight.

We head to the first fight on the main show. This one is in the middleweight division. Xavier Lucas (11-2-1, Boxing) takes on Nate Moore (10-3, Wrestling). Lucas tried to keep this one on the feet, but Moore was too quick and got the takedown. Moore slipped quickly to mount, again showing Lucas’ terrible ground defense. Moore then pounded away until the ref stopped the fight. Fantastic fight.

The next fight is in the lightweight division. Jim Miller (18-3, Wrestling) takes on Ricardo Lamas (9-2, Wrestling). Lamas pulled Miller in close and managed to get him up for a big slam. Miller was dazed a little, but still managed to defend himself. Miller defended himself well, but couldn’t escape back to standing. Instead what he did was catch Lamas in a triangle choke to finish it from the bottom in round 1. Great fight.

The number one contenders fight is next up in the welterweight division. Brock Larson (31-3, Submission Wrestling) takes on Jason Norwood (11-2, Boxing/Wrestling). In theory, the winner of this fight should get the next title fight.Larson took Norwood down early , but Norwood was able to escape while taking only minimal damage. Norwood then came back and took Larson down, and while trying to control him on the ground, Larson was able to lock a triangle choke on from his back. Norwood had to tap at just under 3 minutes of round one. Fantastic fight.

Lightweights are next in the co-main event. Richard Crunkilton (19-4, Wrestling) takes on Donald Cerrone (12-3, Wrestling/Kick Boxing). Cerrone towers above Crunkilton. Another very good fight. Both men fought a close round one, that ended up with Crunkilton turtled up and Cerrone taking his back. Round 2 ended quickly too. Crunkilton knocked Cerrone down. Crunkilton was very fast to come in, and did a lot of damage from side control. Cerrone was helpless and the ref was forced to stop the fight. Great fight.

The main event is next up. Five rounds of fighting from the light heavyweight division. Cage Warriors Champion Rapahel Davis (12-1, Wrestling/BJJ) has been unbeatable and seemed to have little trouble taking the title from Jimi Manuwa. He makes his first defense against Phil Davis (8-0, Wrestling) a man who has had no trouble in any of his Cage Warrior fights. This is a great matchup. Raphael Davis had a good strategy. Get close, press Phil against the cage, then take him down. And that worked for 3 rounds. Raphael build a 3 round lead as Phil couldn’t move him and couldn’t escape, but he did little damage. Phil’s corner was imploring him to stay up. In round 4 Phil landed a series of counter punches that rocked Raphael. Phil then moved in and finished the fight with clinical strikes. Decent fight. Phil Davis takes the title.

We had a gate of 2,336 for the show, and it was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Damien Stelly and Dong Yi Yang
Knockout of the Night goes to Phil Davis
Submission of the Night goes to Darren Uyenoyama

It really looked like Phil Davis had finally met his match, not that Raphael was going to do that much to stop him but more along the lines of just neutralizing all of his strengths. Phil continues to impress, and he is so young! Cerrone being stopped was a surprise. I figured that he would be more than enough to stop Crunkilton. I thought that Norwood would prove difficult for Larson, but I was wrong again. Xavier Lucas can’t fight on his back at all. Villasenor should have been able to win, so should Nate Diaz. Bobby Stack is harder than he looks. Very happy the show, the exposure on a much more widely distributed channel is great for our company's growth.

PilotMan · 05-27-2010, 08:51 AM

Speaking of show popularity. Our last show of Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV drew a record high of 517k viewers on The Fight Network, and another 326k viewers on debuting ESPN: Deportes. But last night’s show on HD Net drew over 1 million viewers. That is more than Strikeforce has drawn on both CBS and Showtime combined!

Brandon Melendez (23-14) is the new Shark Fights Featherweight Champion after his 5-round decision over Jason Georgiana (10-6) last night from Texas. Nick Osterneck (9-3) retained his SF Middleweight Title with a knockout over Edwin Dewees (39-14).

Welterweight Brian Travers (12-4), Light Heavyweight Dong Yi Yang (9-4), Heavyweight Eddie Sanchez (10-7) and featherweight Micah Miller (14-8) were cut from their Cage Warriors contracts. Sanchez had the chance to be a gatekeeper fighter of sorts, but his loss this week killed that chance. The other three were just waiting for their chance to get cut and finally they got their chance.

PilotMan · 05-27-2010, 08:54 AM

Cage Warriors 38 will take place from New Jersey late in August, next month. I will readily admit. It isn’t the greatest card ever put on. We are draining our roster a bit, and it shows this month. The main event will be between Russian welterweight Magomed Shikshabekov and Marcus Hicks. It really isn’t a main event worthy show, but so be it. The co-main event will be between Ran Weathers and Toby Imada. Here is the full card.

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Cage Warriors 38: Shikshabekov v. Hicks

Magomed Shikshabekov (9-0) v.  Marcus Hicks (12-4) WW
Ran Weathers (17-5) v. Toby Imada (26-15) LW
Raphael Calvancante (10-3) v. Travis Wiuff (61-15) LHW
Yahir Reyes (18-7) v. John Hosman (21-6-1) FW
Benji Radach (21-8) v. Jesse Forbes (14-4) MW

----Prelims----

Yves Edwards (38-17-1) v. Ben Holscher (9-2) WW
Ricco Rodriguez (39-13) v. George Bush (8-3) HW
Zac George (20-4) v. Diego Saraiva (15-10-1) LW
Renan Barao (20-3) v. LC Davis (15-4) FW
Andrew Buckland (12-7) v. Jeremy Horn (84-21-5) MW

The card is a couple of fights shorter than the other PPV cards that we have been running. One note, Ben Holscher had won the CW Juniors Welterweight Title, but since that fight put him over the 10 fight limit, he won’t be able to defend it. Holscher has given up his title and hopes to make a good showing against Edwards so that he can continue his rise in the welterweight division. Lots of experience here. I didn’t realize it until now that we have all of the most experienced guys on the card. Interesting. Like I said, not the greatest card ever. In fact, I think that the TV card was better, but each and every fight is still important.

PilotMan · 05-30-2010, 06:53 AM

The CFC Light heavyweight title changed hands last night as Kazuhiro Hamanaka (8-5-1) defeated Kym Robinson (9-4). Robinson had held the title for 14 months.

Strikeforce had a big show yesterday and they crowned a new welterweight champion as well. Nick Thompson (43-13-1) defeated Tyron Woodley (8-2) via submission just 40 seconds into the fight to claim the victory. Also winning on the card was Gilbert Melendez (20-3), Jacare Souza (14-3), Roger Gracie (4-2), and Maruis Zaromskis (17-3). In a preliminary fight, Cage Warrior Kevin Casey (6-3) won, and Alexander Trevino (9-4) was defeated by former Cage Warrior Rudy Bears (13-6). Thomas Longacre (7-2) another Cage Warrior was also beaten.

PilotMan · 05-30-2010, 06:57 AM

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.

PilotMan · 05-30-2010, 07:01 AM

AUGUST 2011

Well, I got into a bit of trouble at this meeting. Out month was not all that successful, and it was entirely my fault. I spent some of the profits that have been coming in, but I did it with nothing but progressive thinking in mind. I have signed some very big names in MMA, and positioned Cage Warriors to get ready to start it’s run toward the UFC in terms of global MMA reach and quality. Our profits shrank from 375k in June to $6,800 in July. I was surprised that we didn’t lose money honestly. It’s not like we are in the red as a company. I shelled out nearly half a million in bonuses to resign guys to exclusive deals, and bring in the best MMA fighters in the world. Whatever, we are in a great spot, and still are 1.7 mil flush over the initial 5 million that the Donald put into the company. We can afford it.

Our popularity has never been higher. We are considered the #2 MMA promotion in the world. A spot that we have been sharing with Strikeforce of late. Our popularity has grown in the countries where we have more media coverage. We are currently the #3 promotion in Canada (behind the UFC and MFC). We are #3 in the UK, behind the UFC and UC UK. And in Mexico we are #3, behind the UFC and Bellator. I am confident that in a matter of months we will be the #2 promotion in all of those places.

Here are the top 10 promotions in order of popularity:
1. UFC (US)
2. Cage Warriors FC (US)
3. Strike force (US)
4. WEC (US)
5. DREAM (Japan)
6. WVR (Japan)
7. MFC (Canada)
8. Shooto (Japan)
9. Ultimate Challenge UK (UK)
10. DEEP (Japan)

You can see that American companies dominate the top of the list, but that the Japanese companies aren’t far behind.

This month we take a look at the heavyweight division. With a huge unification title fight coming up, the landscape could change greatly in a short period of time. It also gives you a sneak peek into some of one new face to Cage Warriors that has yet to fight.

Cage Warriors Heavyweight Top Ten Rankings

1. Daniel Puder (11-0) Interim Heavyweight Champion
2. Andre Arlovski (19-6) Career is reborn after fighting in the UK and Canada.
3. Josh Hendricks (19-5) Shocked Jon Madsen, won last 4 fights
4. Jon Madsen (6-1) Suffered first loss. Ranking is questionable
5. Daniel Cormier (5-1) Won debut fight with Wes Shivers
6. Brenden Schaub (8-1) Loss to Justin Wren still bothers him, undefeated since.
7. Sergei Kharitonov (19-4) Won debut handily, could be ranked higher.
8. Darril Schoonover (13-1) Coming off of Puder
9. Dave Herman (21-3) Heavyweight Champion, Underrated???
10. Wes Shivers (2-1) Don’t ask.

Obviously a division still in development. A lot of young, juniors quality fighters are up there, and it’s will take a bit to mold this division into something more. The Puder-Herman fight is greatly anticipated.

PilotMan · 06-01-2010, 05:40 PM

Frank Trigg has retired from MMA. Trigg was 39 at his retirement, and had a record of (19-7). His last fight was at UFC 103 almost 2 years ago, where he was TKOed in under 90 seconds by Josh Koscheck.

Cage Warriors returns to Florida for Cage Warriors 37. Our first trip since February when Lyman Good defended his title against Ryan Ford at Cage Warriors 27. Obviously the most important fight is the main event battle for the unified heavyweight title. But we shouldn’t underestimate the importance of any fight on this card. The co-feature between Tom Watson and Chris Wilson promises to be a stand up striking contest to see which fighter will land the big blow first. A win for Wilson and his step up in weight class will be considered legit and a title shot can’t be too far from that. A win for Watson and he has to wonder where Fabio Silva is with his shot. Two fighters make their debut’s on the main card. Hopefully, we will also see the last of Dave Menne after tonight as well. We head down to cage side for the action.

Our first fight is in the middleweight class. This battle is between Ryan Jensen (17-6, BJJ/Kick Boxing) and Dan Miller (11-4, Freestyle). Miller is making his debut, while Jensen lost his. A good fight. Jensen did well when he got Miller to the ground, but struggled to advance position. Jensen was able to sweep Miller into side control where he worked an arm triangle for the submission win. Decent fight.

Next up is a welterweight battle between Shamar Bailey (13-2, Wrestling) and Dave Menne (43-18-2, Freestyle). My hatred of Dave Menne is no secret. Yeah! Standing on my seat I watched as Bailey took Menne down and pounded him out in the first round. Bye bye Dave. Great fight.

Per Eklund (19-5-1, Freestyle) and Jeff Lawson (13-4, Judo) are next up in the lightweight division. Eklund has been a top contender and Lawson is still climbing the ladder. Eklund really pressed the action, closing the distance and taking his grappling game to Lawson. Eklund scored a powerful takedown then locked a guillotine choke for the win in the first. Fantastic fight.

The next fight is in the featherweight divison. Alan Omer (16-3, Submission Wrestling) and Bao Quach (17-11-1, BJJ) are set to go. Omer has a big size advantage, 6 inches of height and 7 inches of reach. Quach controlled round one with a neat takedown and control. Omer let his hands go in round 2 catching Quach coming in and knocking him out. Great fight.

Assuerio Silva (17-9, Muay Thai/BJJ, 257) and Kirill Sidelnikov (7-4, Sambo, 242) are next up in the heavyweight division. Both fighters really need a win. A close fight where the judges disagreed with who should have won. Sidelnikov probably did more, but completely ran out of gas in round 2, and Silva just couldn’t take advantage soon enough. Sidelnikov wins a split decision. Average fight.

Lightweights are next. Dave Jansen (15-2, Wrestling) takes on Ross Pearson (13-4, Boxing/Wrestling). It was no secret that Jansen wanted to get close. Pearson did a great job of striking in round one, and kept him at bay, narrowly missing some very big punches. Jansen got his wish in round 2, and got it to the mat. From there, he launched a vicious ground and pound that finished the fight. Fantastic fight.

The last prelim fight of the night is between Ryan Jimmo (15-2, Karate) and Victor Valimaki (19-7, Karate). Valimaki was embarrassed by Jimmo in their first fight, when Jimmo submitted him early in round 1. Jimmo did it again. I guess this one is over. Valimaki pressed the action in round 1, but couldn’t corral Jimmo. In round 2, he took a big head kick that stunned him, then Jimmo knocked him out cold with his ground and pound. Great fight.

The opening fight of the PPV card is in the welterweight division. Ryan Stonitsch (11-2, Muay Thai) takes on Yosmanny Cabezas (11-4, Judo). Stonitsch was expected to use this fight to springboard into the next level of competition, but all he did was make Cabezas look really good. It was a close fight, but Cabezas was very aggressive, using good grappling and takedowns to take away the striking advantage of Stonitsch. Cabezas steals the fight. Decent fight

Next up are light heavyweights Marcus Sursa (9-5, Wrestling) and Jared Hamman (13-2, Kick Boxing). Sursa just signed a contract extension. Beautiful fight. Sursa maneuvered wonderfully and took Hamman down. A little ground and pound, then a move to side control. He took Hamman’s back when he tried to escape, then tapped him out with the rear naked choke. Great fight.

Abel Cullum (20-3, Freestyle) is taking on Ivan Lopez (12-2, Kick Boxing/Tae Kwon Do) in a featherweight battle. Cullum dominated Lopez in his debut. Cullum got an early takedown took Lopez back and beat him with furious punches until the ref stopped the fight. Fantastic fight.

The co-main is a middleweight fight between Tom Watson (12-3, Boxing) and Chris Wilson (17-8, Kick Boxing). Both men are in the thick of the title contention. Wilson’s plan was to use his grappling to get the advantage but Watson was slippery, then when he had the advantage Watson unleashed a barrage of punches that stunned Wilson. Watson was relentless and Wilson stopped defending himself. Watson scores the TKO in the early first round. Great fight.

The main event is next. The unification title fight in the heavyweight division between Daniel Puder (11-0, Wrestling), the interim champ, and Dave Herman (21-3, Wrestling) the heavyweight champ is next. Puder wanted to get to the mat where he has dominated fighters with his ground and pound, but found himself turtled up after a failed takedown. He took a number of large shots from Herman, but survived the round. Neither fighter did much in round 2, it was very close. Round three started like round one. Puder wanted to get to the mat, but it was Herman that landed the huge punch that turned the fight. Herman put the fight away as the ref stopped it to save Puder from being hurt any more. Decent fight.

Our show had an attendance of 6,518 with another 111k PPV buys. It was rated as being good.

Fight of the Night goes to Dave Herman and Daniel Puder
Knockout of the Night goes to Alan Omer
Submission of the Night goes to Marcus Sursa

PilotMan · 06-01-2010, 05:42 PM

Following the fight it was announced that both Dave Menne and Jeff Lawson will be cut from the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship promotion. Menne obviously was going out after his suspension for drugs shortly after he was signed and was one of the biggest names in the company. Lawson went 1-3 for the promotion and never seemed to catch his stride. Both men will be out of work, but you have to figure, at least for Lawson, that he will find new work soon.

Akira Shoji (18-16) a former Pride fighter, has won the Middleweight King of Pancrase with a win over fellow MMA journeyman Cyrille Diabate (15-9-1).

Cheik Kongo has retired from MMA. Kongo finished his career with a record of 13-7-1. Kongo was in the UFC Heavyweight title picture just two years ago, but his loss to Cain Velasquez was the beginning of the fall. From there he lost his next three fights to Gabe Gonzaga, Todd Duffee, and Sergei Kharitonov. Kongo was 36.

Cage Warrior Yoshihiro Nakao (10-5) has also retired. Nakao only had three fights for our promotion, but won only one. His last fight saw him submitted by Marcio Cruz in Japan in a World Victory Road fight.

PilotMan · 06-01-2010, 05:48 PM

I have been saying that there have been some exciting developments in CWFC and that they would be unveiled soon. Well, now is the time for some. Cage Warriors 39 will be live from Colorado, and will be, without a shadow of a doubt the biggest, best and the standard for which all future Cage Warriors shows are based. This show represents a start of a new run for our company. From here, Cage Warriors will grow toward international domination, and it’s going to start right here.

From top to bottom on this card, from the main event to the first preliminary fight there are great fights and fighters. This card also features the first triple main event in company history. The main event is a light heavyweight matchup of former UFC fighters. One is new to Cage Warriors and one has been here since the beginning. Lyoto Machida is certainly no stranger to the cage, and as a former UFC light heavyweight champion, he figures that he is ready right now to challenge Phil Davis for the title. His opponent will be Jake O’Brien. O’Brien is coming off of headlining a show in July, and is will now be headlining his third PPV show. O’Brien only has one loss in CWFC and that was to Ralek Gracie in his first fight. Since then he is on a 5-fight win streak and gets the chance now to put a big exclamation point on it. The second main event of the night features the debut’s of two new fighters to CWFC. This welterweight battle will be between former UFC fighter Martin Kampmann, a stand-up fighter who trains at Xtreme Couture, and former Strikeforce fighter, Nick Diaz, who trains with Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Our third main event of the night sees the return of the Cage Warriors featherweight champion, Din Thomas. Thomas hasn’t fought for us in over a year, and is now ready to defend his title. His opponent will be none other than interim featherweight champion, Cub Swanson. That’s right, a unification title fight.

Here is a list of the entire card for Cage Warriors 39.

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Lyoto Machida (16-1) v. Jake O’Brien (16-4) LHW
Martin Kampmann (16-3) v. Nick Diaz (21-8) WW

Cage Warriors Featheweight Title
Cage Warriors Interim Featherweight Title

Din Thomas (28-9) v. Cub Swanson (18-2) FW
Takeya Mizugaki (15-5-2) v. Paul Sass (12-1) LW
Paulo Filho (22-1) v. Joe Riggs (33-11) MW

----Prelims----

Jimi Mauwa (7-1) v. Shane Primm (8-2) LHW
Simeon Thoresen (15-2-1) v. Jon Fitch (19-5) WW
Issei Tamura (9-1) v. Diego Nunes (15-2) FW
Daniel Cormier (5-1) v. Tim Hague (10-2) HW
Darril Schoonover (13-1) v. Ben Rothwell (31-9) HW
Siyar Bahadurzada (19-5-1) v. Mike Swick (13-6) MW
James Krause (13-3) v. Alberto Crane (15-5) LW

Mizugaki is currently rated as the #1 lightweight in Cage Warriors, and Sass has been climbing the ladder. Paulo Filho makes his return to the US. He hasn’t fought since his strange loss to Chael Sonnen in the WEC. He is on a 5-fight win streak. Jimi Manuwa makes his return since he lost the title. Jon Fitch makes his CWFC debut against a fighter that is making his US debut. Thoresen is a protégé of Joachim Hansen and has been fighting for DEEP in Japan. Issei Tamura returns after his failed attempt at the interim featherweight title. Diego Nunes has lost two in a row. Cormier could be a Juniors fighter but he is a legit title contender, like Manuwa. From top to bottom, this is a kickass card.

PilotMan · 06-13-2010, 09:37 PM

At Cage Force, in Japan, Takeshi Numajiri (3-3) has won the bantamweight title from Isao Terada (8-8-4). Terada had held the title for 18 months.

Young Choi (17-7-1) defended his DEEP Middleweight title with a win over Hyun Gyu Lim (5-2-1).

Takenori Gomi (33-7) was welcomed back to Japan with open arms. His failure in the UFC didn’t deter his supporters in the far east. Gomi debuted for DREAM at their show last night. His first fight for the company was for the vacant lightweight title which he won by TKO in the first round over Andre Amade (9-7-1). It’s Gomi’s first title since he held the Pride lightweight title in 2007.

At the same show Rudy Lindsey (15-9) won the vacant DREAM Heavyweight title with a win over Lloyd Marshbanks (15-10).

UFC 124 is over and done with. In the main event BJ Penn (17-6-1) handed Gray Maynard (12-1) his first loss when he submitted him late in round 3. The co-main saw Wanderlei Silva (36-11-1) beat Michael Bisping (17-6). After the show, Dana White stated that he had no intention of resigning Bisping after his sixth loss in a row. Ryan Bader (13-0) defended his light heavyweight title against Matt Hamil (8-4) with a first round TKO. Other winners were Rampage Jackson (33-9) and Demian Maia (14-2).

MFC 41 just took place and it was headlined by Cage Warrior, Brenden Schaub. Schaub (9-1) won his second fight with the promotion taking a three round decision from Soa Palelei (12-4). Another Cage Warrior, Ralek Gracie (5-2) beat Vernon White (27-35-2) with a first round TKO. Gracie was debuting with Maximum.

The UFC have signed former Cage Warriors and Strikeforce fighter Shonie Carter. Carter (50-24-7) is 39, and his career is just about over. His is 1-3 in his fights over the last year. Additionally, the UFC have also decided that Kimbo Slice should get a shot at MMA greatness, and have signed him to a 3-fight deal.

Ox Wheeler (13-2) submitted Rani Yahya (18-5) to win the WEC Bantamweight Title.

PilotMan · 06-13-2010, 09:46 PM

Is Cage Warriors ready for another PPV show? They all can’t be winners and this fight card isn’t all that hot. We clearly understand that. That won’t stop it from happening though. Magomed Shikshabekov is undefeated and the bigger fighter against Marcus Hicks. Hicks has been in against some tough customers and Shikshabekov is ready for the step to the next level. Ran Weathers is undefeated in CWFC, but his opponent is a slippery, hard nosed, lightweight fighter with 41 fights under his belt. Ben Holscher vacates his Welterweight Juniors title and takes on Yves Edwards. Who is going to step up tonight? It is time for Cage Warriors 38: Shikshabekov v. Hicks!

The opening fight of the night is in the middleweight divison. Andrew Buckland (12-7, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on vet Jeremy Horn (84-21-5, Freestyle JJ). We had a really classic grappling fight here, and although it didn’t look that great, the fans liked it. Horn was really beaten standing, he scored two takedowns and even took Buckland’s back but the round ended. Both men ran out of gas, but Buckland won the fight easily. Good fight.

Next up is a featherweight battle between Renan Barao (20-3, BJ) and LC Davis (15-4, Wrestling). Barao needs a win, while Davis is debuting. A real lack of stand up fighting here. Barao only was able to get Davis to the ground one time, and Davis really did well to control the grapple. Not a lot of damage dealt by either one, but Davis clearly won the fight. Average fight.

From the lightweight division. Zac George (20-4, Wrestling) is in the cage to take on Diego Saraiva (15-10-1, BJJ). Saraiva proved that his standup and his ground game are superior. George really couldn’t do anything at all. Saraiva didn’t do any damage at all, and there was a lot of ground control. The ref really waited to stand them up. Poor fight.

Heavyweight’s Ricco Rodriguez (39-13, BJJ/Wrestling, 262) takes on George Bush (8-3, Wrestling, 255). Rodriguez is taking this fight to the ground, and he did early on. Bush showed good defense on his back, and forced the ref to stand them back up. Bush countered in the second round with a couple of huge punches that rocked Rodriguez and forced the ref to stop the fight as Rodriguez was taking a lot of punishment. Decent fight.

The last preliminary fight is in the welterweight division. Yves Edwards (38-17-1, Thugjitsu) takes on Ben Holscher (9-2, Wrestling). A really nice fight. Each man tried takedowns, and ended up in a clinch. Edwards finally got the takedown, but found himself swept right away. Holscher was able to slip to mount. As Edwards tried to escape Holscher was able to take his back and lock in the rear naked choke. Great fight.

Benji Radach (21-8, Facesmashing Fu) is the first one in the cage for the opener of the PPV. He is fighting Jesse Forbes (14-4, Wrestling) who is making his Cage Warriors debut. Radach showed good takedown defense and solid striking. He never hurt Forbes, and was never in danger. The fight was poor, but Radach spoils Forbes’ debut.

Featherweight Yahir Reyes (18-7, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on John Hosman (21-6-1, Wrestling). Both fighters have been winning of late. Both men started slow, but all it took was one miss from Hosman for the fight to be over. Reyes landed a great counter punch, that hurt Hosman, then poured it on to finish the fight. Great fight.

Fomer Strikeforce fighter Raphael Calvancante (10-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) takes on journeyman Travis Wiuff (61-15, Wrestling). Calvancante was able to take Wiuff down early on, but Wiuff survived and defended well on his back. In round two, Wiuff went for another takedown, but Calvancante tried to defend. Wiuff got him pinned face first against the cage, and finally forced him to the ground. Calvancante fell face first and Wiuff landed on top. Wiuff landed some monster punches and the ref saved Calvancante from any further damagae. Fantastic fight.

The co-main event is in the lightweight division. Ran Weathers (17-5, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Toby Imada (26-15, Judo). Toby Imada took Weathers down right away, and controlled Weathers, but couldn’t advance. That took most of the round. In round two Imada decided to stand. That was a mistake, as Weathers caught him with a monster punch that knocked Imada out…cold. Great fight.

Here is the main event of the night. Welterweights Magomed Shikshabekov (9-0, Sambo) takes on Marcus Hicks (12-4, Boxing/Wrestling). Shikshabekov went for the fast takedown and got it. Hicks worked from his back. Shikshabekov worked to pass guard, and managed to get to half. While he was still struggling, Hicks waited patiently. Shikshabekov left his head in the wrong place and Hicks capitalized and locked the guillotine on. Shikshabekov was forced to tap out. Good fight.

Our show was attended by 4,547 and we had another 76k PPV buys. The show was rated as be awful

Fight of the Night goes to George Bush and Ricco Rodriguez
Knockout of the Night goes to Ran Weathers
Submission of the Night goes to Marcus Hicks

We knew the fans would hate it. We knew it. Oh well. We have a great TV show next week. As far as the fights go, seeing Wiuff get the win was shocking. Weathers getting the KO, and Hicks the shock submission built great storylines. Renan Barao loses again. He probably wants to kill himself. George Bush and Ben Holscher both get big wins in their careers. Jeremy Horn loses the opening fight of the night. Pick slips will come out tomorrow.

PilotMan · 06-13-2010, 09:53 PM

Renan Barao (20-4) has a great record, but is on a three-fight losing streak in Cage Warriors and has been cut loose from the company. Barao, a jiu-jitsu specialist may me a great JJ fighter, but isn’t that great as an MMA fighter. All three of his fights went the distance, he just came up on the losing end. It will be interesting to see where he ends up at from here. He had previously been fighting in Cage Force over in Japan.

Set to take place one month from today, will be the second episode of Cage Warriors: Unchained. Unchained had a great start, and this episode is even bigger and better than before. In fact, one could say that this show will be much bigger than the PPV that we just ran. Like the last announcement of Cage Warriors 39, this show continues to build on our successes, and highlights another of our newest MMA fighters. The main event of the HD Net show will feature JJ Ambrose. Ambrose has been on TV in each of his last two fights. His last win over Gary Wright helped to boost his popularity as well as his rankings in the welterweight division. It’s a long road to the top however, and just when you think that maybe you have gotten there, something get’s in the way. This something, isn’t’ very big, but his reputation is. Featuring heavy hands, fantastic takedowns and takedown defense, Tyson Griffin has been like a machine cutting through fields of MMA opponents. He took BJ Penn 5 rounds before losing a decision about 18 months ago, and has only fought once since.

Our co-main event features two of the best featherweights in the world. They have 35 combined fights between the two of them, and only two losses. Speculation has been running wild that the winner of this fight could challenge the winner of the Swanson/Thomas fight for the title. Marlon Sandro’s only career loss came in 2009 to unheralded Michihiro Omigawa. He has beated 7 fighters in a row, including Alan Omer, here in Cage Warriors. He will be fighting Joe Soto. Soto lost to Din Thomas in his first shot at the title, and since has won fights over Jose Aldo and Yves Jabouin. Both men were ranked before losing to Soto. Here is the entire rundown of the television card.

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Cage Warriors: Unchained

Tyson Griffin (15-3) v. JJ Ambrose (13-3) WW
Marlon Sandro (21-1) v. Joe Soto (12-1) FW
Gerald Harris (16-4) v. Chris Price (18-2) MW
Razak Al-Hassan (10-2) v. Andre Gusmao (10-1) LHW
Chris Tuchscherer (18-2) v. Brad Imes (16-7) HW

----Prelims----

Rich Clementi (36-16-1) v. Scott McAfee (9-2) LW
Drew Fickett (39-14) v. Gary Wright (12-2) WW
Yves Jabouin (16-7) v. Matt Fiordirosa (13-4) FW
Chris Leben (18-7) v. Trevor Prangley (22-8) MW
Sstipe Bekavac (16-4) v. Christian M’Pumbu (15-4-1) LHW
Jason Brilz (18-3-1) v. Reese Andy (10-6) LHW
Anthony Njokuani (11-6) v. Hidenori Nishino (5-6-2) LW

Harris and Price are both ranked middleweights, and that should be a good fight. Harris will be the favorite but Price hasn’t lost in Cage Warriors. Hassan and Gusmao are both up and coming fighters. Tuchscherer takes on Imes who seems to have fallen into the role of gatekeeper. Clementi is trying to get back to title contention, but McAfee has other issues on his mind. Drew Fickett and Gary Wright are both spiraling, and in need of a parachute. Chris Leben makes his Cage Warriors debut. Nishino still hasn’t lost in Cage Warriors, but can’t but a win outside of it. There are a bunch of fighters who will find themselves cut if they lose, so stay tuned.

EdReedIsGod · 06-16-2010, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by PilotMan

Alright, 4 pages in, and I know someone is reading this. Is anyone enjoying it?

I always check in on it.

PilotMan · 06-20-2010, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by EdReedIsGod

I always check in on it.

Thanks!

Jens Pulver (22-16-1) has signed a 4-fight deal with Bellator.

Frankie Edgar (9-4), who had been let go by the UFC signs on with regional promotion X-1 and becomes their most popular fighter.

Rampage Jackson (33-9) has been stolen by Strikeforce, from the UFC. They are paying him for 5 fights, and an almost Fedor-like 240k per fight.

Strikeforce ran a PPV one day before our tv show is to air. Jason Miller (25-9) lost his middleweight title in a rematch with Jake Shields (27-5-1). Shields is now the two time champ, he lost his title to Cung Le, whom Miller beat for it. Le (8-2) was submitted by Luke Rockhold (9-3) and Gegard Mousasi (30-3-1) picked up a win too.

PilotMan · 06-20-2010, 10:40 PM

Our TV show, Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV is airing tonight on The Fight Network and ESPN Deportes. The main event tonight is a fight between Blagoi Ivanov, the CW Juniors Heavyweight champion, defending his title against former heavyweight champ, Brandon Cash. It’s an oddity that a former champ gets to fight for a lesser belt, especially when he held the title just a few months ago. Cash hasn’t fought since his loss to Dave Herman, and a win here would put him that much closer to a rematch. Ivanov is making his third appearance on FIGHT!

The co-feature tonight sees the arrival of the professional wrestler. Bobby Lashley doesn’t have an impeccable record, and is 35 years old, but takes a fight tonight against 23-year old Hae Joon Yang. Yang is coming off of his first career loss. Also on the show tonight, Danny Valimaki defends his Juniors Light Heavyweight title against Karn Grigoryan, and Joe Scarola fights Dylan Clay for the Juniors welterweight title.

Our show is coming to you live from Alabama.

Benjamin Rude (5-0, Muay Thai) takes on Melvin Bailey (4-0, Hybrid) in the middleweight division. Both fighters are new to Cage Warriors. Rude wins a 3-round decision in a fight that was all about strikes. Poor fight.

Sadhu Bott (4-2, BJJ) takes on James Caron (4-0, MMA influenced JJ) in the featherweight division. Caron makes his debut. Bott is a full 6-inches taller and has an 8-inch reach advantage. Bott shows strong JJ skills and wins via armbar submission in the first round. Good fight.

Brian Joplin (6-1, Striker) takes on Charles Diaz (5-1, BJJ) in the lightweight division. Joplin makes his debut. Diaz wins via 3-round decision. He had dominated the last round and all Joplin could do was fight off submission attempt after submission attempt. Average fight.

Jussier da Silva (4-2, BJJ) takes on Nariaki Fukazawa (6-0, Greco Roman Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Da Silva wins via rear naked choke in the first round. Da Silva scored a takedown early on and really dominated the fight. Great fight.

Mark Lahjner (7-3, Judo) takes on Demico Rogers (5-3, BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. Rogers wins via submission in the second round by guillotine choke. The first round was terrible and we were graciously saved much of the second. Decent fight.

Cristobal Verissimo (6-1, Kick Boxing) takes on Brian Barnes (6-0, Muay Thai) in the middleweight division. Barnes makes his CW debut. Verissimo wins via TKO due to strikes in the first round. Verissimo surprised us with a takedown and incredible ground and pound using great control to get the win. Great fight.

Michael Pastou (7-1, Freestyle) takes on Jin-Kyu Lee (3-2, Striker) in the welterweight division. Jin-Kyu Lee wins via TKO due to strikes in the first round. Lee was a huge underdog, but caught Pastou with a big punch then followed up with strikes on the ground until the ref pulled him off. Good fight.

Wesley Johnson (6-2, Freestyle) takes on Martin Stapleton (7-3, Boxing/Wrestling) in the lightweight division. Both men are down right now, and a win could be just the spark they need. Johnson wins via TKO due to strikes in the first round. Johnson got the takedown and mounted Stapleton easily dropping elbows and heavy hands until it was called. Fantastic fight.

Danny Valimaki (6-2, Wrestling) defends his title against Karn Griegoryan (7-1-1, Freestyle) in the light heavyweight division. Valimaki defends his title via submission from a rear naked choke in the 5th round. Grigoryan opened up a 3-0 lead then ran out of gas. Valimaki had more life, and was able to lock the choke and get the tap with only 3 seconds left in a fight he was going to lose. Good fight.

Joe Scarola (6-2-1, BJJ) takes on Dylan Clay (7-1, BJJ) for the CW Juniors Welterweight title. Clay is making his debut. Joe Scarola wins via submission from a guillotine choke in the first round. Scarola wins the CW Juniors Welterweight title. Scarola got an early takedown and dominated from the top until he locked the choke fully on. Fantastic fight.

The co-main is up next. Bobby Lashley (6-2, Wrestling, 285) takes on Hae Joon Yang (4-1, Wrestling, 285) in the heavyweight division. Bobby Lashley wins via TKO due to strikes in the second round. Yang couldn’t manage enough ground and pound in round 1, but when Lashley had the chance in round 2 he finished it.

Blagoi Ivanov (6-2, Sambo, 265) defends his CW Juniors Heavyweight title against Brandon Cash (8-2, Boxing/Wrestling, 265). Cash has a 6-inch height advantage. Brandon Cash wins via KO in the third round. Cash had taken the first two rounds, and landed a demolition shot that knocked Ivanov out cold. Great fight. Brandon Cash wins the title.

We had a crowd of 2,718 on hand for the show and it was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Bobby Lashley and Hae Yoon Young
Knockout of the Night goes to Brandon Cash
Submission of the Night goes to Danny Valimaki

Lashley’s win helps his cause. He is getting paid a bundle considering his reputation. I can’t believe that Valimaki pulled that off! Only two fights go to the decision and the rest are finishes. That is good. Cash gets the win and the title, but expect him to vacate the title as he takes another shot back to the top. Lashley might fight for the Juniors title next. Who knows? Good show, exactly what I had in mind for FIGHT! TV.

PilotMan · 06-20-2010, 10:44 PM

Mark Lajhner (7-4) has had a busy year so far, but his performances haven’t been great, and as a result has gotten the axe from us. Lajhner will be looking for a new promotion to work for.

SEPTEMBER 2011

Another very successful month and the Cage Warriors train seems to have built up a huge head of steam. We managed a profit of just under a million (.995). After last month’s 6k profit this month sort of makes up for it. We are seeing some big gains in our salary costs. Up to over 300k, a 50% gain from our previous high. We still have more than enough income to make up for it. The amount of bonus money handed out dropped off to a 3-month low as our new signings slowed. Speaking of new signings. I have been going a little crazy. We are getting a little bloated, no lie. I am having a hard time getting these guys work. On top of that, we are getting pretty popular and we have a lot of guys who are struggling in the middle ranks and probably aren’t going anywhere. We are going to take a long look over the next few months and see if we can’t separate some of the wheat from the chaff.

Our popularity is better than ever. We are firmly entrenched as the #2 promotion in the world, although Strikeforce is right on our heels. We are have moved up to the #2 promotion in Mexico surpassing Bellator on the heels of FIGHT ! TV. We are still #3 in Canada and the UK too.

The company is heading in the right direction. Our cash flow is in the right direction and we have a substantial number of stars that will help us move to the next level. We are stll a long way away from competing with the UFC, and for now, they can hold onto the top shelf stars, but we are going to compete with them for everyone else. Our PPV contract will be up in a couple of months, hopefully we can put ourselves in a position to strike it rich with a much bigger PPV provider.

We are back to revisit the crowded featherweight division. The lack of a bantamweight division and the fact that we have signed some outstanding fighters who normally fight lighter but are bulking up to compete in Cage Warriors makes it that much worse.

Cage Warriors Featherweight Top Ten

1. Mike Brown (24-4) 2 ½ year reign as WEC Champ vacated title.
2. Cub Swanson (18-2) Interim Champ, unifying the title this month.
3. Joe Soto (12-1) Only loss to Din Thomas. Fighting Marlon Sandro
4. Dominick Cruz (18-2) Natural Bantamweight
5. Abel Cullum (21-3) Natural Flyweight
6. Marlon Sandro (21-1) Fighting Joe Soto
7. Issei Tamura (9-1) Fighting Diego Nunes
8. Jorge Evangelista (13-3-1) Two good showings, time for a step up.
9. Miguel Torres (39-2) Yeah, that guy.
10. Akitoshi Tamura (15-8-2) Best guy you’ve never heard of.

So Din Thomas, the current champ, isn’t even in the top 10 anymore. Of course, he hasn’t had a fight with us in year. What do you expect? Things have changed around here. If he beats Swanson though, all that will change.

PilotMan · 06-26-2010, 07:50 PM

Mamed Kalidov (24-4-1) has beaten Joe Doerksen (44-16) and taken the WVR Middleweight title. WVR at one point looked to be on the way out, but they have moved up to #5 in the world, and are closing in on DREAM for top promotion in Japan.

KJ Noons (12-3) has moved on from Bellator to the UFC. The former Elite XC lightweight champ has been busy, going 5-1 in the last 18 months with 5 wins in a row.

In England, Jamie Hern (7-1) has retained his UC UK Light Heavyweight Title with a 2nd round TKO over Kestutis Smirnovas (22-12-1). We have had some success with British boxers in Cage Warriors, we are going after Hern. Roman Shipp (3-4) who for now, fights for Cage Warriors, was beaten by Pedro Rizzo (20-10).

In Hawaii, Maurice Eazel (9-11) defended his X-1 Bantamweight Title by beating Mustafa Hussaini (6-6-2). At the same show, Henrique Bilcalho (13-5) won in his debut. Bilcalho also fights for Cage Warriors.

The UFC packed the house in Las Vegas for UFC 125. Diego Sanchez (26-2) successfully defended his lightweight title with a 3rd round TKO over Melvin Guillard (25-9-2). Rashad Evans (17-1-1) took out Brandon Vera (12-6). Other winners were Dong Hyun Kim (13-2-1), Thiago Alves (18-6), and Dan Hardy (23-7).

PilotMan · 06-26-2010, 07:55 PM

This is the show that I have been waiting for. This is the show that marks the beginning of the new future of Cage Warriors. This is Cage Warriors 39! We are live in Denver, Colorado for tonight’s show. Our show is headlined with the debut of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Lyoto Machida. Machida will face off tonight against Jake O’Brien. We also have two supporting main events. The first sees the arrival of two of the best welterweights in mixed martial arts. Martin Kampmann takes on Nick Diaz. The third big fight is for the Cage Warriors featherweight title. Two champs will enter the cage, but only one will leave victorious. Let’s head right to the action!

James Krause (13-3, Wrestling) takes on Alberto Crane (15-5, BJJ) in the lightweight division. Both fighters are in need of a win, as both have been having a hard time of late. Crane wins via submission from an arm triangle in the first round. Crane showed a clear superiority on the ground making short work of Krause. Fantastic fight.

Siyar Bahadurzada (19-5-1, Muay Thai) takes on Mike Swick (13-6, Kick Boxing) in the middleweight division. Both men lost their debut fights here in Cage Warriors. Bahadurzada wins via TKO due to strikes in the second round. A fantastically entertaining fight, Siyar had a triangle locked up on Swick in the first round, but Swick power bombed out of it, and still took the round. Swick was mounted in the second and the ground and pound was too much. Great fight.

Darril Schoonover (13-1, BJJ/Kick Boxing, 265) takes on Ben Rothwell (31-9, Boxing/Wrestling, 290) in the heavyweight division. Schoonover is coming off of his first career loss, and Rothwell is on a bit of a losing streak and trying to get back to the top. Rothwell wins via unanimous decision. A very close and exciting fight even if it was between two grapplers. Most of the fight was on the ground, and even though he was on his back a lot, Rothwell had the better fight. Good fight.

Daniel Cormier (5-1, Wrestling, 265) takes on Tim Hague (10-2, Wrestling, 265) in the heavyweight division. Hague has an 8-inch reach advantage here. Cormier could be a juniors fighter, but his ranking is high enough to warrant a regular fight. Tim Hague wins via unanimous decision. A very boring fight between two grapplers. No damage dealt at all, just takedowns and guard. That kept the ref busy standing them back up though. Average fight.

Issei Tamura (9-1, Shooto) takes on Diego Nunes (15-2, Muay Thai/Boxing) in the featherweight division. Tamura again comes in the big underdog. Nunes is more than a handful. Diego Nunes wins via unanimous decision. Neither fighter really did anything at all. The fight mostly took place against the cage, where Nunes was able to hold Tamura and use short elbows and punches. But the action was few and far between. Average fight.

Simeon Thoresen (15-2-1, Submission Wrestling) takes on Jon Fitch (19-5, Kick Boxing/Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Both men are making their debuts. Simeon Thoresen wins via unanimous decision. Thoresen proved to be better on the ground. Fitch struggled to mount much offense but didn’t take much damage either. Poor fight.

Jimi Manuwa (7-1, BJJ) takes on Shane Primm (8-2, Boxing/BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. Manuwa is trying to rebound from his beating against Raphael Davis, while Primm was beaten handily by Jake O’Brien in his last fight. Jimi Manuwa wins via unanimous decision. It wasn’t much of a fight. I would say that Manuwa was disappointing and Primm did well enough, but it could have been so much more. Average fight.

Paulo Filho (22-1, BJJ) takes on Joe Riggs (33-11, Freestyle) in the middleweight division. This is the first fight on the main card. Filho makes his return to the US since his first career loss against Cael Sonnen. Joe Riggs would like to double that total. Paulo Filho wins via submission due to an arm triangle in the second round. Filho was smothering on the ground. Pretty unexciting, but a win is a win. Poor fight.

Takeya Mizugaki (15-5-2, Muay Thai/Shooto) takes on Paul Sass (12-1, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the lightweight division. Sass stands a full 7-inches taller than Mizugaki. Takeya Mizugaki wins via KO in the first round. Mizugaki somehow got the much taller man in a clinch and showed incredible power to drive a knee right into the side of his face knocking him out at just under 2 minutes. Great fight.

Din Thomas (28-9, BJJ/Boxing) puts his featherweight title on the line against interim champion Cub Swanson (18-2, BJJ). Thomas hasn’t had a fight in the US in over a year. Swanson has been waiting patiently for this moment, and now finally gets the chance that he was promised going all the way back to the inaugural title tournament. Finally, we can get some closure. Cub Swanson wins via unanimous decision. The fight was nearly a stalemate for much of it. Lots of grappling and a few submission attempts. Thomas was in real trouble at the end of the fight as Swanson had caught him with a monster blast, but he held on and actually managed a dominant position but there wasn’t enough time to do anything. Decent fight. Cub Swanson is the new unified featherweight champion.

Martin Kampmann (16-3, Thai Boxing) takes on Nick Diaz (21-8, Boxing) in the welterweight division. Both fighters are making their debut’s in Cage Warriors. Nick Diaz wins via split decision. Diaz snuck through the first two rounds but got into real trouble in the third round. Kampmann drilled him and nearly knocked him out. Diaz recovered quickly though and managed side control from a scramble. Still Kampmann’s strikes from the bottom were hard. Good fight.

Lyoto Machida (16-1, Karate) takes on Jake O’Brien (16-4, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. O’Brien has a big test in front of him. Machida has huge expectations riding in his back. Lyoto Machida wins via submission from an armbar in round 3. O’Brien was fighting the fight of his life. He had won both the first and second rounds with a tactical grappling war and capitalized on at least one mistake by Machida. Machida tired in round 3, and was fighting off of his back again. O’Brien was in half guard, and moving to side control when Machida took an arm and locked the armbar in from his back. Brutal, just when O’Brien was going to steal the win. Excellent fight.

We had a crowd of 7,371 on hand for the show and had over 128k PPV buys. The show was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night was Lyoto Machida v. Jake O’Brien
Knockout of the Night goes to Takeya Mizugaki
Submission of the Night goes to Lyoto Machida

Despite all of the money that we have invested in Machida, I was really hoping that O’Brien was going to pull off the upset. It would have been a better storyline. I really thought that Kampmann was going to beat Diaz when he put him down in the last round, but he survived and held on for the win. The featherweight championship fight was much closer than I figured it would be. Thomas did great in defending his title, but I honestly don’t believe that he can hang with the cream of featherweight crop any longer. Mizugaki was impressive. I thought that Sass would prove to be a much bigger challenge, but that was over so fast, and with devastating fashion as well. Filho was boring, but dominating. It was good to see Manuwa get the win against Primm, but he should have finished him, not taken a silly decision. Lot’s of decision’s overall in this card, and it shouldn’t have been that way.

PilotMan · 06-26-2010, 07:59 PM

Coming up in one month will be Cage Warriors 40. Thirty-nine was a highly successful show and 40 proves to be even better. We are delivering on our promise to take our shows to the next level, with fantastic fights to showcase our rise in stature. There are eight new fighters to the company who will be fighting on this card, and some of them are the best in their weight classes in the world. And to top it off, the Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight title is also on the line.

The main event features a battle between the top fighter at 145 in the world, Mike Brown. Brown comes in looking for a title shot, but he has to get by highly regarded Dominck Cruz, who only has 2 career losses in order to do so.

The co-main event takes place at 205lb (light heavyweight) and features two rising stars in the sport of MMA. Glover Teixeira comes in on a 5-fight win streak over the last two years and he hasn’t been beaten in at least 3 years. He takes on a man who has never been beaten. Bones Jones arrives from a very successful run in the UFC where he was his last fight by submission over Brandon Vera. He holds wins over Cage Warriors Jake O’Brien as well as Andre Gusmao. Jones is expected to be the future of the light heavyweight class as he is only 24 years old.

The third main fight of the night is a middleweight title fight. Fabio Silva (19-5) won the title back in April with a great knockout of Jared Hess. He makes his first defense of the title, and hasn’t lost a fight in almost 3 years. In those 3 years, and 8 fights he has been out of the first round 1 time. And that was against Hess in his last fight. He takes on a man who was a rising star in England, and who had never fought outside the UK. Tom Watson holds the UK UC middleweight title, although he hasn’t fought over there since January of 2010. He has won 4 fights in a row, the last 3 by TKO. Most recently over, Chris Wilson. Both of these men love to trade leather, I don’t see this fight making past the first round. Here is the complete card.

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Cage Warriors 40: Brown v. Cruz

Mike Brown (24-4) v. Dominick Cruz (18-2) FW
Bones Jones (11-0) v. Glover Teixeira (12-2) LHW

Cage Warriors Middleweight Title Fight
Fabio Silva (19-5) v. Tom Watson (13-3) MW
Andre Arlovski (19-6) v. Josh Hendricks (19-5) HW
Jay Hieron (19-5) v. Tamden McCrory (16-4) WW

----Prelims----

Luciano Azevedo (18-8) v. Per Eklund (20-5-1) LW
Alexandre Ribeiro (5-1) v. Ricardo Arona (17-6) LHW
Josh Thompson (19-3) v. Joe Stevenson (31-12) LW
Javier Vazquez (17-5) v. Mike Easton (9-2) FW
Jared Hess (12-2-1) v. Doug Marshall (12-4) MW
Jason Norwood (11-3) v. Ryan Ford (12-6) WW
Josh Diekman (12-3) v. Gan McGee (14-6) HW

I didn’t even mention the debut’s of Arlovski, Azevedo, Ribeiro, Arona, Thompson or Stevenson. I like it. I think it’s a very well put together card. We get to see a lot of stars on the undercard, simply because they are coming off of losses and trying to get things restarted again. There are lots of former title holders for other promotions on this card.

PilotMan · 07-03-2010, 09:09 PM

KOTC featherweight champ Jameel Massouh (24-8) successfully defended his title against Hildred Oliney (8-6). His first defense of the title. On the same card, Cage Warrior, Noah Thomas (16-8) picked up a win.

Cro-Cop has signed a fight deal with MFC in Canada. He gets 2 guaranteed fights at 140k per fight. Well above what any of my fighters gets.

Daiki Hata (15-6-3) has made his second defense of the DEEP featherweight title with a win Naoji Fujimoto (9-8-4).

On the same night, in Cage Force, also in Japan, Cage Warriors fighter K-Taro Nakamura was beaten (18-9) in the main event of that show.

Naoyuki Kotani (21-8-6) remains the Lightweight King of Pancrase after his first round submission of Yuichi Ikari (11-5-3). Also on the card, Miki Shida (16-5-2) wins the Featherweight King of Pancrase title with a first round TKO over Jin Suk Jung (5-3). Jung was making his first defense, but had held the title for almost a year.

At Bellator 29, Norman Paraisy (8-4) defeated Lorenzo Borgomeo (8-5) to win the Bellator welterweight title. The fight was a 5-round decision, and a fairly boring fight. Paraisy has gone 1-2 in Cage Warriors.

Krzysztof Kulak (25-10-2) made his second defense of his KSW Light Heavyweight Title. He bested Toni Valtonen (21-10).

MFC filled two vacant titles last night. First off, Gavin Neil (9-2) picked up the Welterweight title with a win over Jess Liaudin (16-12). And next, Simon Marini (10-4) won the lightweight title by beating Kazunori Yokota (12-6-3).

PilotMan · 07-03-2010, 09:14 PM

Cage Warriors: Unchained is ready for the second episode to air tonight on HDNet. This is a great free show featuring the debut of Tyson Griffin, one of the best takedown artists in MMA. He takes on JJ Ambrose, a jiu-jitsu specialist who is riding a wave of momentum, and hoping to put a damper on the debut of Griffin. Joe Soto takes on Marlon Sandro in a top level featherweight showdown. Let’s head right to the cage for the action. Tonight’s show takes place in our familiar New Jersey, home location. All these people here, and to think just two years ago, this place could only get a hundred or so.

Anthony Njokuani (11-6, Muay Thai) takes on Hidenori Nishino (5-6-2, Shooto) in the lightweight division. Njokuani has a 4 inch height advantage and an 8-inch reach advantage. Hidenori Nishino wins via submission in round 3, due to rear naked choke. Nishino had been working for the takedown, and eventually got the fight to the ground where Njokuani was no match. Nishino had been winning the fight. Great fight.

Jason Brilz (18-3-1, Wrestling) takes on Reese Andy (10-6, Wrestling) in the light heavyweight division. Jason Brilz wins via TKO, due to strikes, in the first round. Brilz got Andy to the mat and ripped off a number of big shots. Andy failed to defend himself. Fantastic fight.

Stipe Bekavac (16-4, Kick Boxing) takes on Christian M’Pumbu ( 15-4-1, Muay Thai/BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. Stipe Bekavac wins via TKO, due to strikes, in the third round. This was a close fight that was all about striking. M’Pumbu tried to get the fight to the ground, but Bekavac did a great job. A big counterpunch is what caught M’Pumbu and Bekavac was able to finish. Great fight.

Chris Leben (18-7, Freestyle) takes on Trevor Prangley (22-8, Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Leben is making his debut in Cage Warriors. Trevor Prangley wins via submission, due to rear naked choke, in round one. Prangley came in fast and early and took Leben down. He quickly moved to mount and finished it without taking any damage. Fantastic fight.

Yves Jabouin (16-7, Kick Boxing) takes on Matt Fiordirosa (13-4, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Yves Jabouin wins via KO in the second round. Fiordirosa had a good first round, but took a big kick to the head that put him out in round 2. Fantastic fight.

Drew Fickett (39-14, Wrestling) takes on Gary Wright (12-2, Wrestling) in the welterweight division. Wright has been on a bit of a losing streak. Drew Fickett wins via unanimous decision. The fight turned into a grappling contest. Neither fighter did much of anything to the other. Fickett had Wright in the most trouble with a couple of good takedowns and controlling the action on the ground. Poor fight.

Rich Clementi (36-16-1, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Scott McAfee (9-2, BJJ) in the lightweight division. Both fighters are trying to get some wins put together. Rich Clementi wins via unanimous decision. A bunch of grappling in the first two rounds gave way to some exciting ground work from both men. Average fight.

We start the main show with Chris Tuchscherer (18-2, Wrestling, 285) taking on Brad Imes (16-7, Wrestling, 285) in the heavyweight division. Brad Imes wins via submission from a guillotine choke in round 1. Tuchschrer got a fast takedown, but Imes was quick enough to lock the choke on and force the tap before both men had even broken a sweat. Great fight.

Razak Al-Hassan (10-2, Wrestling) takes on Andre Gusmao (10-1, BJJ) in the light heavyweight division. Andre Gusmao wins via split decision. This was a very close fight, where both guys should have been booed. A lot of stalling, and a controversial decision to boot. Al-Hassan was unhappy at the way the scoring went. He figured he should have won. Very Poor fight.

Gerald Harris (16-4, Wrestling) takes on Chris Price (18-2, Boxing/Wrestling) in the middleweight division. Gerald Harris wins via submission in round 2, due to arm triangle. A back and forth affair that saw Price almost finish it with strikes, only to be swept from top position, pounded with elbows then finished with a choke. Fanstastic fight.

Marlon Standro (21-1, Muay Thai/BJJ) takes on Joe Soto (12-1, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Winner can hopefully get a clean shot at Cub Swanon and the title. Marlon Sandro wins via TKO due to strikes in the second round. The first round was boring, but Soto got taken down in the second, and while scrambling for position gave up side control. From there, Sandro finished it with strikes. Good fight.

Tyson Griffin (15-3, Wrestling) takes on JJ Ambrose (13-3, BJJ) in the welterweight division. This is the main event of the night. Ambrose has a big size advantage on Griffin. JJ Ambrose wins via KO in the third round. WOW! That was a huge upset. Griffin had been way ahead, as Ambrose couldn’t stop the takedown. He defended well from his back, but couldn’t do anything against the stronger fighter. All it took was one punch in the third right when Griffin was shooting again, to finish the fight. Great fight.

We had 5,320 fans on hand for the show, it was rated as being excellent.

Fight of the Night goes to Gerald Harris and Chris Price
Knockout of the Night goes to JJ Ambrose
Submission of the Night goes to Brad Imes

This was a really solid show all around. I still can’t believe that Ambrose was able to pull that off. Chis Leben doesn’t impress. A couple of guys save their jobs, and I am sure that we will have at least one pink slip to hand out tonight.

PilotMan · 07-03-2010, 09:25 PM

Anthony Njkouani (11-7), Christian M’Pumbu (15-5-1), James Krause (13-4), Matt Fiordirosa (13-5), and Reese Andy (10-7) have all been terminated from Cage Warriors. Only Njkouani (WEC) and M’Pumbu (KSW) are still employed by other orgainzations. Both Njkouani and M’Pumbu came in with high expectations and both failed to live up to them. Krause simply did not win. The same with Andy. Fiordirosa was one of the fighters who had been there with us from the beginning. He had some close fights, and he was a difficult opponent, a real test. I just don’t think that he has the skills to keep up with our ever more skilled roster of fighters.

Cage Warriors move ever so closely to our 50th show. We have our second PPV of October scheduled and booked. Cage Warriors 41 will be held in Biloxi, Mississippi. The main event will be another featherweight showdown, similar to the Brown v. Cruz fight that is held 2 weeks earlier. This fight will feature the debut of the former WEC Bantamweight Champion, Miguel Torres, fighting at 145 against the current KOTC bantamweight champion, Abel Cullum. Cullum is coming off of back to back first round TKO wins and was last stopped when he was submitted by Issei Tamura. Torres hasn’t fought in over a year. There is no word on why the layoff, only that there is one. Torres has won two in a row since dropping the belt to Brian Bowles. Both fighters hold TKO wins against Ivan Lopez in their recent fights.

The co-feature is a lightweight match-up between contenders Josh Souder and Roger Huerta. Both fighters won in their CW debut’s although neither was all that great. Other fighters scheduled to fight on the main card are undefeated Stanislov Nedkov, middleweight contender Nate Moore, and the CW debut of BJJ specialist Delson Heleno. Here is the entire fight card.

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Cage Warriors 41: Cullum v. Torres

Abel Cullum (21-3) v. Miguel Torres (39-2) FW
Josh Souder (11-2) v. Roger Huerta (23-4-1) LW
Staislov Nedkov (13-0) v. Antwain Britt (11-2) LHW
Ryan Jensen (18-6) v. Nate Moore (11-3) MW
Delson Heleno (17-5) v. Shamar Bailey (14-2) WW

----Prelims----

Dan Evensen (14-6) v. George Bush (9-3) HW
Keith Jardine (16-7-1) v. Tony Lopez (16-6) LHW
Ed Ratcliff (10-2) v. Brian Cobb (19-6) LW
Chris Wilson (17-9) v. Danillo Ville fort (12-4) MW
Rory McDonald (9-2) v. Steve Bruno (16-7) WW
Ivan Lopez (12-3) v. Cole Province (9-3) FW
Lavar Johnson (13-4) v. Rex Richards (9-5) HW

Britt, Jardine, and Ratcliff are all making their debuts in this show. It’s not a fantastic card, a bit thin at the top. Souder is almost a total unknown, Huerta should be a big challenge for him. Similarly, Nedkov isn’t in line for a shot at Silva yet, so a test against a young fighter like Britt could be good for him. Both Nate Moore and Ryan Jensen are just outside the title picture. Heleno is a boring fighter, it’s more of a test for Bailey than anything.

PilotMan · 07-13-2010, 07:58 AM

Chris Culley (8-6) defended his Purecombat featherweight title with a first round KO of Motonobu Tezuka (8-5-2). This was a rematch from a few months earlier when Culley had again knocked out Tezuka in the first round. And was Culley’s second defense of the title.

Andrews Nakahara (7-2) beat Jay Silva (7-5) to retain his Dream Middleweight title. Nakahara made his first defense of his title. On that same card, Takeshi Inoue (23-3) won in his Dream debut defeating JZ Calvancante (18-4-1). Inoue is the Shooto Featherweight Champ, but this fight was at 155lbs and against one of the best lightweights in Japan. I can’t wait to sign him. It’s only a matter of time. Melvin Manhoef (25-8-1) also won at the show. Cage Warrior, Jorge Evangelista (14-3-1) won in his Dream debut. American Joe Warren, who just signed a deal with the WEC also picked up a win.

PilotMan · 07-13-2010, 08:01 AM

One week later another episode of the rapidly growing fight show Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV will air from New Jersey. Headlining the card will be Ryan Jensen and Nate Moore, who had their fight moved from the PPV, Cage Warriors 41. Evensen and Bush will be promoted to the main card and the card will feature a CW Juniors battle between Benjamin Rude (6-0) and debuting Teriuihi Akita (7-0).

As for FIGHT!, flanking the main event will be 3 title defenses. The lightweight, middleweight and featherweight juniors titles will all be defended on the main TV show. Here is the entire lineup for FIGHT! TV.

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Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV

Ryan Jensen (18-6) v. Nate Moore (11-3) MW

Cage Warriors Juniors Lightweight Title 
Joe Brammer (9-0-1) v. Wesley Johnson (7-2) LW

Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Title
Jacob O’Connell (8-1) v. Spencer Herns (5-1) MW

Cage Warriors Featherweight Title
Peter Dominguez (3-3) v. Kentaro Hayshida (4-0)  FW

----Prelims----

Ralek Gracie (5-2) v. Kevin Casey (6-3) LHW
Wes Shivers (2-1) v. Neil Cooke (8-2) HW
Marcin Held (7-2) v. David Douglas (7-2) LW
Popek Rak (6-1) v. Martin Mikhailov (6-0) HW
Jin-Kyu Lee (4-2) v. Joe Aroma (6-0) WW
Cameron Dollar (5-4) v. Jung Hyun Cho (2-2) FW
Demico Rogers (6-3) v. Joaquin Rocha (6-0) LHW
Rick Legere (6-1) v. Derrick Gumble (6-2) WW

PilotMan · 07-13-2010, 08:07 AM

OCTOBER 2011

Another solid and wildly profitable month for Cage Warriors. Our profit was over 600k, and now we are well over 3 million in total profits. Even though our expenses are rising, our income is rising just as fast. Even though we only had one PPV this month, we were able to translate that into big money because of less money spent in signing bonuses. Prize money handed out for the month was almost half a million dollars. That’s 180k more than last month’s record high of 300k, and over 3 times as much as two months ago. That’s how much money we are making right now.

We are still the #2 promotion in the world, teetering on the precipice of international popularity. We are approaching national popularity in Canada, and when that happens we can start running shows there too. We are still #3 in Canada and England and #2 in Mexico.

Currently there are only 4 MMA TV shows on the air, and we have 2 of them. The others belong to WVR and Strikeforce. The UFC are going through a bit of a downturn and are still without a TV show. Strikeforce lost their TV slot with Showtime, and are now only seen on CBS. The popularity of our TV shows is the real deal though. The combined viewership of FIGHT! TV between The Fight Network and ESPN Deportes is over 2.2 million (for our last show) making the most watched MMA show on TV. Unchained on HDNet doubled the amount of viewers from the first to the second show and had 2.16 million viewers. By contrast, the last Strikeforce card on CBS drew 220k viewers. I expect us to add some new PPV deals to the mix as our current deal comes to an end. If we can do that, we can increase our fighters by that much more, and really go after some big names.

This month we look at the lightweight division. This division is crazy, quality guys from the top to the very bottom of this group, making it very difficult for any one fighter to dominate, also giving us nearly endless top level fights.

Cage Warriors Lightweight Top 10

1. Takeya Mizugaki (16-5-2) Natural bantamweight has 3 wins in CW
2. Karen Darabedyan (13-1) Lightweight Champion
3. Richie Whitson (11-1) Rebounded from his loss to Ben Henderson
4. Luciano Azevedo (18-8) Comes from the UFC on a 3-fight win streak
5. Shane Roller (10-3) Comes from the WEC on a 4-fight win streak
6. Rich Clementi (37-16-1) Only CW loss to Jeff Curran in title fight
7. Per Eklund (20-5-1) Fighting Azevedo, has a loss to Mizugaki.
8. Jim Miller (19-3) 2 wins since loss to Eklund.
9. Ran Weathers (18-5) 5-0 in CW, hasn’t lost 1/10.
10. Zach Miklewright (10-1) Still on the rise, 2-0 in CW.

How is Ben Henderson not on this list? He is 3-0 in CW, with a win over Whitson. In fact, there are about 10 other guys who could be on this list. It’s that tight. Maybe I need to think about rebalancing a bit?

03-28-2010, 08:38 PM	#151
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	May 2011 This was a short month, and financially we made a profit, but with only running one show in addition to our fairly expensive TV show that meant that income was hampered. We still profited just over 24k though. We saw a nice jump in our merchandise sales of almost 25%. Along with that was an increase in our marketing costs. We didn’t hand our anywhere near as much in new signing bonuses either, and that helps. Our great TV show has pushed our popularity up to new heights. Cage Warriors is currently the #3 promotion in the world, trailing only the UFC and Strikeforce. That’s right, WEC has seen their talent pool depleted to the point that their popularity has fallen behind the newly surging MMA organizations. Our popularity is at 35.9 % at the national level, which is the highest it’s been. However, we still expect some ups and downs. In Canada and England we are considered a mid level regional. This month we are looking at the welterweight division again. Despite the guys that have been fighting for Cage Warriors there are some new names that have been poached from other organizations that are loitering around our top 10. Cage Warriors Welterweight top 10 rankings 1. Lyman Good (14-0) #3 in the World, Cage Warriors Welterweight Champion 2. Magomed Shikshabekov (9-0) Undefeated, but still hasn’t faced the big guns. 3. Jason High (14-2) A logical choice for a title shot. 4. Brock Larson (30-3) See Jason High. 5. Jacob Volkmann (10-0) Signed from the UFC, yet to debut. 6. Jason Norwood (11-2) Poised for a rematch with Good, but when? 7. Jay Hieron (18-5) Joins us from Strikeforce, yet to debut. 8. Jesse Bongfeldt (20-3) Former MFC Welterweight Champion 9. Tamden McCrory (15-4) 10. Gary Wright (12-1) __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-29-2010, 06:18 AM	#152
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Alright, 4 pages in, and I know someone is reading this. Is anyone enjoying it? __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

04-07-2010, 09:53 PM	#153
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Fury FC Welterweight Champion Pedro Santos (27-6) made his second defense of his title with a first round TKO over Marcelo Brito (8-4). Maximum Fighting Championship ran a show but it was a less than maximum card. The main event saw a showdown between welterweight Jess Liaudin (16-11) and MMA vet Brian Gassaway (28-21-2), that is terrible. Bobby Lashley (6-2) was beaten on the co-main by a split decision to Devin Cole (10-8). In a prelim fight, Brock Larson (31-3), who is a CW Welterweight title hopeful, won easily over Mike Sorenson (5-4). In Japan, Cage Warriors featherweight champion, Din Thomas (28-9) failed in his bid for another title, losing to Cage Force Champion Akiyo Nishiura (13-4-1) when he was stopped in the 4th round. Thomas hasn’t fought in the US since August of last year. Mike Ciesnolevicz (17-7), Mike Hayes (6-3), Rodrigo Munduruca (8-3), and Tony Ballout (4-3) were given pink slips. All four fighters had been struggling as of late, with Ciesnolevicz the only one who didn’t win a fight in Cage Warriors. Only Ballout is employed by another company. He works for CFC based out of Australia. After some negotiation, Cage Warriors has secured a deal for a second television show. This show, called Cage Warriors: Unchained, will be shown on HDNet and will air in the US and Canada. It will add our presence in these markets, and become the new main show for showcasing talent outside of our twice monthly PPV’s. Our other show, Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV will now be used to showcase up and coming fighters, and to develop the next generation of title hopefuls. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

04-07-2010, 10:00 PM	#154
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	It is time for our first May PPV, Cage Warriors 32: Puder v. Schoonover. We will be crowning an interim Heavyweight Champion. Neither fighter has been defeated, so this promises to be a great showdown. Schoonover hasn’t fought in CW in over a year, and now gets to fight for the title having only defeated Blagoi Ivanov. Puder meanwhile has mowed through 4 opponents in the last year, winning all of his fights by TKO and beating much bigger names than Blagoi Ivanov. Dave Herman, the current heavyweight champion, will be cage side watching all the action. The co-main of the night is another title fight in Cage Warriors. Jimi Manuwa, the first Cage Warrior, puts his light heavyweight title on the line against Rapahel Davis. Like Schoonover, Davis has been fighting elsewhere, and only has one win in CW. Meanwhile Manuwa, knocked out Marcus Sursa to claim the title in the initial tournament. Twelve fights on the card for tonight, lets head right to the action. From Las Vegas, Nevada, this is Cage Warriors 32! Our first fight tonight is a lightweight battle between Ville Manninen (6-2, Grappler) and Matt Grice (10-4, Wrestling). Manninen made very short work of Grice, taking him down, mounting him against the cage and transitioning to an armbar in just under 90 seconds to get the tapout. That is likely the last that we will see of Matt Grice in Cage Warriors. Great fight. The next fight is a welterweight battle between Rich Anderson (4-1, Submission Wrestling) and Yves Edwards (37-17-1, Thugjitsu). Anderson had Edwards in trouble in round one as he took the older man’s back, but Edwards managed to escape and outworked the younger fighter until he tired in round 3. Edwards took the fight on all three cards. Average fight. Next up is a heavyweight battle between Neil Joslin (7-0, Freestyle Wrestling, 273) and Popek Rak (5-1, Wrestling, 260). Rak is making his Cage Warriors debut. Joslin used a powerful ground game to take control in round 1, and in round 2, both men did little more than throw punches from the outside. At the end of the round Joslin shot in powerfully again, but this time Rak was ready and nailed him coming in. Joslin went down in trouble, and Rak dove in to finish him off. One of the following punches knocked Joslin out. Excellent fight. Middleweights are next. Louis Taylor (6-2, Striker) and Dragan Tesanovich (7-1, Submission Wrestling) are ready in the cage. Dragan had to be wary of Taylor’s punching and he worked from the outside until just the right moment. Then he shot in, and took Taylor down. Taylor showed little defense on his back, as Dragan moved to side control and pounded out the Chicago native in the first round. Fantastic fight. A featherweight battle is next up between John Hosman (20-6-1, Wrestling) and Renan Barao (20-2, BJJ). Both men lost in their debuts. A really good battle, but it ended being Hosman as the more well rounded fighter in this one. Hosman took Barao down 3 times in the fight, but was in trouble almost immediately after each one. Hosman managed to escape each one, and put pressure on. He really didn’t take any damage and gave more than he got. The judged saw it 29-28 for Hosman in a good fight. Trevor Prangley (22-7, Wrestling) and Benji Radach (20-8, Facesmashing Fu) are next up from the middleweight division. Prangley has the size advantage over Radach. Prangley looked good early on, as he reversed a takedown and controlled the first round from the top. But like his title fight against Jared Hess, Prangley seemed to wear out rather quickly. Radach stayed outside and landed a number of clean shots, and in the third landed a big head kick that knocked the South African fighter out cold. Decent fight. The last prelim fight of the night is between debuting fighter, Josh Souder (10-2, BJJ) and Jeff Lawson (13-3, Judo). This is a lightweight battle. A very tight fight in the cage results in a 30-27 unanimous decision outside or it. Souder used good standup in round one, and scored a takedown in round 2. He was caught with good defense as Lawson was able to escape and nearly took Souder’s back. In round 3, Souder scored another takedown, but another escape left Lawson in side control for the rest of the fight. Fans didn’t agree with the judges 30-27 decision for Souder, and let them know it. Decent fight. The main show begins with the Cage Warriors debut of Razak Al-Hassan (9-2, Wrestling) taking on Jason Brilz (18-2-1, Wrestling). Al-Hassan has a 6-inch reach advantage. Brilz scored an early takedown in round 1, and controlled Al-Hassan, although neither fighter did any damage. Brilz scored another takedown, but this time Al-Hassan used a guillotine to reverse the position, and then let Brilz stand back up. Al-Hassan then landed a big counter punch off of a missed kick that sent Brilz to the mat. Al-Hassan jumped in quickly and unleashed some heavy blows forcing the stoppage of the fight. Fantastic fight. The next fight is a rematch in the welterweight division. Drew Fickett (39-13, Wrestling) looks for his 40th career win as he takes on Chris Wilson (16-8, Kick Boxing). Wilson stopped Fickett in under a minute in Cage Warriors 2. This one lasted longer than the first but the ultimate result was the same. Wilson was in control in round 1, using better striking and grappling to control the battle. In round 2, the end came when Wilson got Fickett in a muay thai clinch and tried to drive his knee through the back of Fickett’s head. Fickett went limp straight away. Great fight. A pair of dangerous featherweights are in the cage next. Javier Vasquez (17-4, BJJ) and Jorge Evangelista (12-3-1, BJJ) are similarly skilled, but both are capable of ending the fight at any time. Both men are considered to have title ambitions. Just what the doctor ordered! These two put on quite a show. They traded takedowns, submission attempts, escapes, punches, kicks. Both men looked like they were going to take it, but it was Evangelista in the third, after securing a takedown, and a brilliant move to get side control, and seize the back of Vasquez. From there, he worked to the body triangle, and then managed to get the rear naked choke on the jiu-jitsu specialist and make him tap. Great fight. The first of our two title fights is next. Jimi Manuwa (7-0, BJJ) makes his first defense of his Light Heavyweight title against Raphael Davis (11-1, Wrestling/BJJ). These two are the cream of the light heavyweight crop right now. This match was fought at blinding speed. Davis followed up some jabs with a takedown that forced Manuwa on his back right away. Manuwa was able to lock a triangle choke in and Davis was in major trouble. Davis fought it off though, and picked up the champion and slammed him down hard. The hold was broken, and Jimi was hurt. Davis attacked quickly, dropping bombs from side control. One of them knocked the champ out. Davis gets to wear the strap now. Great fight. The main event is next. Daniel Puder (10-0, Wrestling, 255) and Darril Schoonover (13-0, BJJ/Kick Boxing 265) are fighting for the Cage Warriors Interim Heavyweight Title. This is a 5-round fight, but I doubt it goes the distance. Puder started off with some clean strikes that had Schoonover going backward. But it was Schoonover that got the fight to the ground. In Puder’s half guard, Schoonover rained down some big blows that looked to have hurt Puder. He survived and found room to guillotine the previously undefeated fighter for the win and the title. Great fight. Fight of the Night goes to Javier Vasquez and Jorge Evangelista Knockout of the Night goes to Chris Wilson Submission of the Night goes to Jorge Evangelista The show was rated as being fantastic. We had a record 4,900 fans in attendance and a PPV buyrate of almost 99k. Both of those are new records for us. This was a great show all around, a lot of good finishes, and we kept the stinkers to a minimum. Yves Edwards got back into the win column, and aside from Grice, I don’t see any terminations out of this. Renan Barao has had two tough fights, but two losses, he needs a win or we are going to have to cut him loose. Chris Wilson punishes Drew Fickett again, and there are a number of guys who are on the ropes after this. Guys like Prangley and Lawson and maybe even Louis Taylor. It would be nice to keep this kind of popularity up, we could use payday’s like that more often. We are going to fall back to earth over the next few shows, but things are still looking up, and we have a lot of guys who are still moving up too. Our new deal with HDNet should help us to really give our national exposure a boost. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? 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04-07-2010, 10:16 PM	#155
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Matt Grice (10-5) is indeed cut from Cage Warriors. He was 1-3. DREAM has broken back into national status with a show with the main event being Riki Fukuda (19-5) winning over Murilo Rua (19-11-1). Minowaman (46-31-8) submitted Melvin Manhoef (24-8-1) in the first round in the co-main. Yahir Reyes (18-7) headlined a Bellator show where he picked up a win over Jimmie Rivera (5-4). Reyes fights for us, so it’s good to see him get the win here, but Bellator can’t be happy using him in the main event. He isn’t exactly a big name for them. Jeff Bedard (14-4) who had been inactive for almost 3 years before making a comeback with KOTC last year, has retired. Bedard was 1-1 in his return. His last fight before his layoff was a loss to WEC Bantamweight champ Miguel Torres. Matt Serra (10-8) has returned to MMA. He has been on a 6-month hiatus after being cut by the UFC following back to back losses to GSP and Josh Koscheck. His new deal with the WEC. Serra will have to compete at at 155lbs instead of his usual 170. But he also comes in as their top lightweight fighter. Mike Swick, Dan Hornbuckle, Chris Wilson, Xavier Lucas, Rich Anderson, Justin Davis, Andy Kappas, Andrew Buckland and Danillo Villefort are all moving to middleweight. They are big welterweights right now, and none have really been able to break into the top ranks of the welterweight class. Middleweight is a little thin, so this should add some much needed depth and free up the welterweight division a bit. Right now, lightweight is still too thick. Young Choi (16-7-1) has won the DEEP Middleweight Title. Joachim Hansen (22-8-1) has signed a non-exclusive deal with the WEC. It will be his first foray into the US MMA scene. He is a two-time DREAM Lightweight Champion. I was shocked to learn that Oleg Taktarov still hadn’t retired. He hasn’t had a fight since 2007, and is still employed by the UFC. As a matter of fact, he just signed a 4-fight extension. He is 42. Wow. Takeshi Inoue (22-3) has defended his Shooto Featherweight Title with a win over Savant Young (11-10). Inoue has had that title for 3 ½ of the last 5 years. I would love to sign him, but we are going to have to be patient. Hidenori Nishino (5-6-2) lost again. He is undefeated in Cage Warriors but hasn’t won in Shooto. Richard Montoya (9-5) has retained his X-1 Middleweight Title with a win over Chad Sutton (4-3). Big news as the UFC has signed Japanese sensation Minowaman (46-31-8). Minowa has won 6 of his last 7 fights. Jameel Massouh (23-8) won the Kings of the Cage Featherweight Title with a win over Alexandre Franca Nogueira (15-7-2). At the same show, Brad Morris (11-4) won the Light Heavyweight title with a first round TKO over Wes Combs (15-5). Brett Cooper retained his PURECOMBAT Welterweight title with a first round TKO over Jason Von Flue (16-13-1). Cooper has held that title for 3 ½ years. That is one of the longest active MMA title reigns in the world. We were outbid by the UFC for Renado Sorbal. He would have made a nice addition to our roster. But now he will compete at 205 in the UFC. Ryan Bader (12-0) is the current 205lb champ. That is a stacked division still with Bones Jones, Bader, Alexandre Ribero at the top. Rashad Evans, Machida, Thiago Silva, Rampage, Little Nog, and Tito round it out nicely. Shark Fights has crowned a new heavyweight champ. He is Kelvin Fitial (3-3) he submitted big named, Tae Hyun Lee (2-5) in the 5th round in front of a stunned crowd in Texas. Yeah, right. Former Cage Warrior Ikuo Usuda (9-3) who had just signed an exclusive deal to fight for WVR, won the lightweight title with a 5-round decision in a fairly boring fight against Rodrigo Damm (10-5). UFC 121 ran just one day ahead of our next show. This one was headlined by welterweight Champion GSP defending his title in a rematch against Josh Koscheck. GSP (23-2) scored a clean KO in the 3rd round to silence the outspoken Koscheck (16-5). In the co-main event, Frank Mir (15-4) submitted Shane Carwin (13-2) in the second round in an exciting fight. Other winners on the card were, Big Nog (35-6-1) over Cro Cop (26-10-2), Paulo Thiago (14-1) over Matt Hughes (43-9), and Akiyama (16-2) over Sakara (16-8). __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

04-23-2010, 02:26 PM	#156
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors has made the big trip across the country to the great state of California. Tonight, we will crown a new Interim Featherweight Champion. Tonight’s big fight is between Issei Tamura and Cub Swanson. Swanson will be the favorite, but Tamura has seen that game before. Former UFC fighter Roger Huerta takes on fellow newcomer Mike Easton in the co-feature. Undefeated Bulgarian Light Heavyweight Stanislov Nedkov is also scheduled to fight. Let’s get right to the action for Cage Warriors 33! Our first fight will be in the featherweight divison. Isao Hirose (8-2, Boxing/Wrestling) is still looking for his first win here in Cage Warriors. His opponent will be Roberto Vargas (8-4, BJJ). Vargas is the bigger man with a 7-inch reach advantage. Not a bad start to the fight. Hirose used some good striking to build a nice lead, but found himself on his back with Vargas attacking. Vargas couldn’t quite put it away, and Hirose win in an average fight. Next up is a battle in the Middleweight division. Reggie Orr (10-9-1, Boxing/Wrestling) will take on Jeremy Horn (83-21-5, Freestyle JJ). Horn was in control from the start of the fight. Horn took Orr down twice, each time working for the submission. It wasn’t until after the second takedown that he was able to finish it. Horn choked Orr out with a guillotine from the top position. Decent fight. A couple of up and comers are next. Cameron Dollar (5-3, Wrestling) is taking on Martin Stapleton (6-3, Boxing/Wrestling). The first two rounds were terrible. Stapleton controlled all the action by holding Dollar against the cage, and doing nothing. Dollar came back with a takedwon in the third round but it was too little too later for Dollar and his fans. Decent fight. Next up is a light heavyweight dual between Marcus Sursa (8-5, Wrestling) and Valentino Petrescu (8-2, Vale Tudo). Sursa was all over Valentino in this fight. He attacked and got a takedown right away, then finished the fight with strikes in short order. Fantastic Fight. Heavyweight Ben Rothwell (31-8, Boxing/Wrestling, 290) makes his debut against fellow newcomer Chris Tuchscherer (17-2, Wrestling, 285). These two looked very good in the cage. I thought that they would struggle and cancel each other out, but they did well. Tuchscherer went for the takedown early on, but Rothwell stopped him, and clinched up. From the clinch, Rothwell got the takedown. Tuchscherer was equal to the task and defended well reversing with a guillotine choke. The round ended with Tuchscherer in side control. Round 2 was the same, Tuchscherer shooting, Rothwell stopping him, pounding away but letting Tuchscherer get back up. They grapple for a while, and somehow, Tuchscherer gets the big man up and slams him down hard. He works to half guard, and unleashes an elbow assault that stops the fight. Excellent fight. After the former IFL heavyweight champ loses, the former IFL welterweight champ hit’s the cage for his debut. Jay Hieron (18-5, Wrestling/Boxing) enters to take on 21-year old, Rory McDonald (9-1, Muay Thai/BJJ). Another great fight, McDonalad gave Hieron way more than he wanted in his first fight. Hieron looked good in round one, with solid plan, that resulted in McDonald giving up his back, but he was saved by the bell. McDonald ruled in round 2, getting a takedown and surprising the experienced fighter. McDonald finished the round with by slamming Hieron. In round 3 Hieron got it back, snuffing a takedown, getting side control, ripping off some nice knee shots to soften up McDonald who gave up his back again and this time Hieron finished it with strikes. Fantastic fight. Our last prelim fight is in the welterweight division. Undefeated Jacob Volkmann (10-0, Wrestling) is in the cage to take on Jesse Bongfeldt (20-3, Jeet Kune Do). Volkmann tried to get it going early on, but found himself on his back and defending as Bongfeldt defended the early takedown attempts, but also held him there. Aside from that, there war no other action. No stand up fighting at all, and Bongfeldt won in a really, really boring fight. Poor fight. The main show is set to begin with a fight in the lightweight division. Rich Clementi (35-16-1, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Joseph Benavidez (11-4, Wrestling). Clementi is the much bigger fighter as Benavidez typically fights at bantamweight. Certainly no lack of action in this fight, and way better than the last fight. Benavidez took Clementi down at will, and was in Clementi’s guard for most of the fight. In the second round Clementi was knocked down with a big kick, but managed to hand in there to stay in the fight. Clementi was in trouble in the third again, but this time he had a plan and as the round ran down, locked a triangle choke on Benavidez that put him out. Great fight. Bulgaria v. Croatia in our next fight. A battle of light heavyweight fighters, one is undefeated Stanislov Nedkov (12-0, Wrestling/BJJ) and Stipe Bekavac (16-3, Kick Boxing). From the farthest reaches of defeat even victory is still possible. Nedkov tried to press the action, shot for the takedown and was knocked down twice. Bekavac came in and went for the finish each time, but each time, Nedkov hung in there. Nedkov was simply being beaten silly. Nedkov did finally get the takedown, and when he did, it went quick. Bekavac found himself mounted, and Nedkov brutalized him with punches, forcing the ref to dive in and stop the fight. Excellent fight. Heavyweights, Jon Madsen (6-0, Wrestling, 260) and Josh Hendricks (18-5, Wresting, 285) are next in the cage. Madsen is highly touted, but Hendricks has a long resume. Hendricks came out strong in the first round getting Madsen to the ground, and while he controlled him, he didn’t do much damage. Madsen took round 2 and in the third Hendricks scored another takedown, but again couldn’t seal the deal. Hendricks was able to slam Madsen as the fight ended. Hendricks hands Madsen his first professional loss in a good fight. The co-main event is a lightweight fight between established Roger Huerta (22-4-1, Wrestling) and up and comer Mike Easton (9-1, Wrestling/Muay Thai). Except that Huerta is 3 years younger than Easton! This was a piss poor fight. Huerta took Easton over and over again, but did nothing with him. Easton couldn’t stop the takedown, and the fans groaned. The ref stood them up each time, and that was pretty much the fight. Huerta wins in very, very poor and unexciting fashion. Our main event better be better than that. This fight is for the Interim Featherweight Title. Cub Swanson (17-2, BJJ) is vastly more experienced and comes in with a great reputation. His opponent, Issei Tamura (9-0, Shooto) has shocked many, on his rise to the top of the featherweight division. Din Thomas, who sits nearby, flashes a smile, even though it has been almost a year since he fought for Cage Warriors. Both fighters entered with a plan but only one executed. Swanson locked up Tamura early on and took him down. Tamura defended himself well, but Swanson’s JJ was too good. He worked to side control, where he locked Tamura up in an arm triangle. Tamura struggled a little, but tapped shortly after. Great fight. Cub Swanson is the new Interim Featherweight Champion. We had a crowd of 4,380 on hand for the show and did PPV buys totaling just over 91k. The show was rated as average. Fight of the Night goes to Jay Heiron and Rory McDonald Knockout of the Night goes to Stanislov Nedkov Submission of the Night goes to Cub Swanson Finally someone was able to stop Issei Tamura. Swanson did it skillfully and quickly. There are probably going to be some more cuts after this show, certain fighters just don’t seem to have a future with us. Hendricks picking up the win and Nedkov staying undefeated were both surprises. Tuchscherer’s win over Rothwell was huge for him. Rothwell is still a big name, although he hasn’t really won much of anything lately. Roger Huerta didn’t win any points with me, even though he won his fight. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

04-23-2010, 02:28 PM	#157
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Our show went head to head with Strikeforce, who was running a show in Alabama. The main event there saw Duane Ludwig (22-10) take on Josh Thompson (19-3) for the lightweight title. It was the third time that these two have met, with Thompson winning the first two. This time it was Ludwig with a KO in the 4th round to win the fight and that title. Other winners on the card were, Sarah Kaufman (14-0) over Gina Carrano (8-4). Incidentally, Carrano is being dropped by Strikeforce. Brett Rogers (12-2), Akitoshi Tamura (15-8-2), and Mike Whitehead (26-7) were the other winners. Cage Warrior Alexander Trevino (9-3) won in a prelim fight. Whooo! This is going to be a good month. In fact, I think that it will fundamentally change the way that we run our shows for the future. We have been running two PPV show a month, but now with our popularity increasing, I think it’s time to focus more on the TV shows, and to run the PPV just once a month. That will allow for a bigger PPV show and help us to keep our momentum from month to month. It should also boost the exposure of our fighters faster. Our 2 Tv shows will alternate in months, so that we can always have one show on. The result will be less money coming in, and our profit will be less, but it should allow for a faster rise, and more lucrative PPV contracts. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

04-23-2010, 02:30 PM	#158
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors 35 is on the schedule for the end of June, 2011. It will be the last of the twice a month PPV shows. In the main event, Lyman Good makes his return to the Cage Warriors Cage, to defend his welterweight title. Good is one of the top welterweights in the world, and is undefeated. His opponent is no stranger to big fights, and has handled all 4 opponents by submission in his Cage Warriors fight. Jason High, brings his 14-2 record into the cage and hasn’t lost since his loss to Maruis Zaromskis almost 2 years ago. Good possesses the better standup of the two fighters, but High has to be considered more dangerous up close and on the ground, having submitted his last 4 opponents. And while High has been submitting fighters, Good has been knocking them out. That’s the story of this one, and it should be a doozy. The co-main event sees the debut of one of the most anticipated fighters in Cage Warriors. Former UFC heavyweight, Sergei Kharitonov, who is coming off of a win against Cheik Kongo, will meet Neil Cooke. Cooke is much bigger than Kongo, and is still the KOTC Super Heavyweight Champion. Other fighters who are scheduled to appear are: Gary Wright, Henry Martinez, and Zach Micklewright. Here is the list of the complete card. Code: Cage Warriors 35: Good v. High Cage Warriors Welterweight Title Fight Lyman Good (14-0) (#3 Welterweight) v. Jason High (14-2) WW Sergei Kharitonov (18-4) v. Neil Cooke (8-1) HW Gary Wright (12-1) v. JJ Ambrose (12-3) WW Henry Martinez (6-1) v. Manny Gamburyan (10-6) FW Zach Makeweight (9-1) v. Thiago Tavares (15-3) LW ----Prelims---- Glover Teixeira (11-2) v. Christian M’Pumbu (15-3-1) LHW Dragan Tesanovic (8-1) v. Jacob O’Connell (7-1) MW Shannon Gugerty (13-3) v. Koetsu Okazaki (9-1-1) LW Reese Andy (10-5) v. David Heath (12-7) LHW Gan McGee (14-5) v. Kirill Sidelnikov (6-4) HW Dan Hornbuckle (21-4) v. Louis Taylor (6-3) MW Buck Bisbey (10-2) v. Cole Province (9-2) FW Heath, Silelnikov, and Taylor are already on the verge of getting cut should they lose their fights. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

04-23-2010, 02:31 PM	#159
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Oh, and I know somebody is at least reading this! A comment every once in a while wouldn't hurt you! __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-01-2010, 10:22 PM	#160
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Middleweight Reggie Orr (10-10-1), featherweight Roberto Vargas (8-5), and light heavyweight Valentino Petrescu (8-3), have all be cut from Cage Warriors. None of them had really made an impact and all will be unemployed as a result. All have lost 3 fights for our organization. There was a huge upset in Japan last night. The light heavyweight title was on the line and heavily favored Ricardo Arona (17-6), who is the current DREAM Light Heavyweight champion, was taking on Judo Silver medalist Hiroshi Izumi (2-2). Izumi had been knocked out by Stanislov Nedkov in his last fight. The fight went the distance but it was Izumi who claimed the title in a 5-round decision. Cage Warrior, Travis Wiuff (61-15) won via first round TKO. At a UK UC show in England, Andre Arlovski (19-6) continued his run of late with a first round TKO of Brit, Rob Broughton (12-8-1). Roman Shipp (3-3) who still fights for us, lost. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-01-2010, 10:26 PM	#161
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	JUNE 2011 And so concludes the most profitable month in the young history of Cage Warriors MMA. This month we netted over 950k. That is an incredible feat that is driven by the success that the company has had over the last year. We are here to stay and are now legitimate in the MMA world. Our gate receipts were almost 4 times higher than our previous highest. Our PPV revenues were more than double (760k) our previous highest. The fact that we have been able to do this while containing costs has been our secret. Our worker costs were at an all time high as well, but being only 175k we could afford it. And now we can afford to find guys who cost a little more. We are starting to see some more merchandise and sponsorship money come in too. We handed out 63k in signing bonuses, that is the second most ever. We have also added another member of the broadcast booth. While it was tempting to make a run at Joe Rogan, we decided that he was still best served at UFC. So instead we have added Steven Quadros. Quadros has worked with Rutten and is a familiar face to MMA fans. Our popularity is also still at an all-time high. We are currently the number 2 promotion in the world, behind the UFC. Make that way, way, way behind the UFC. We have seen out popularity in Canada move up so we are #3 there, and we are #3 in the UK. We are currently looking at adding a third TV show that would give us some coverage in Mexico, and give us the opportunity to showcase more of the young and up-and-coming fighters in MMA. More to come on that though. So at this point we are sitting at 1.28 mil in the black. Our plans are solid looking forward, and although our costs our rising we are still turning a profit. As long as that keeps up the D can’t fire me, can he? This month we take another look at the Cage Warriors middleweight division. This division has historically been the thinnest of the weight classes. Recently some fighters were moved here to provide a bit more competition as well as to give some guys a better stage to shine on. Cage Warriors Middleweight Top Ten 1. Fabio Silva (19-5) CW Middleweight Champion 2. Rory Markham (18-5) Yet to debut 3. Tom Watson (12-3) Still largely unknown in the US 4. Chris Wilson (17-8) Moves up from WW 5. Doug Marshall (12-3) Former WEC Light Heavyweight and PURECOMBAT Middleweight Champion 6. Joe Riggs (33-11) 7. Gerald Harris (16-4) 8. Jared Hess (12-2-1) Recovering after losing the title 9. Chris Price (18-2) Taking the long road 10. Siyar Bahadurzada (19-5-1) Still stung after his loss to Price Silva has been unstoppable, while there is some talent here, it appears to still be the weakest in Cage Warriors. I could see Silva moving up to Light Heavyweight to challenge Raphael Davis for the 205 title in a Superfight, if you will. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-01-2010, 10:31 PM	#162
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Robbie Lawler (21-5) won in the main event of his fight on CBS for Strikeforce. He beat Luke Rockhold (8-3) in a 3-round decision. Other winners on the show were, Victor Ribeiro (22-5), Kenji Osawa (15-9-2), and Raphael Cavalcante (10-3). Like I alluded to at the end of the month, there are some changes that are going to happen in Cage Warriors. First off, I know that I had said that the end of 2 PPV’s per month was here, but I apparently lied. I tried to convince ESPN Deportes to run a new show for us that would showcase up and coming fighters. They said no. So, I still like my idea, and I think that I have an idea of how I can still accomplish what I want. Cage Warriors is proud to announce the creation of the Cage Warriors Juniors class. This class, in each weight class, will have it’s own title belt, and will feature fighters with 10 or less professional fights. The only fighters who are grandfathered out are Phil Davis and Jimi Manuwa. That is because they are already immensely popular and are legit title contenders. We have entered into negotiations with a number of fighters that could fight for us at this level. The best part is that these fights will show every other month on Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV. We are still negotiating with Deportes to show this show, so that these fighters can get exposure not only in the US, but in the UK, Canada, and Mexico. The show will air every other month. The caveat will be that the main event and co-main will feature the #3 and #4 fights from the PPV that will be scheduled to air the week before. So that those fighters can headline cards. That will allow us not have to worry about disappointing viewers who want to see known fighters. Two fights will then be scheduled on the undercard of the PPV to replace those fighters. We will still run 2 PPV’s a month, on the months where FIGHT falls. Unchained will become the main television showcase for our main run fighters and of course, our PPV’s will still showcase out top fighters. There will be slightly less detail for the less important fights, but you will still get a solid idea of what went down. The first show with the new format will be at the end of June, and will run in it’s normal slot during the last week of the month. Due to booking modifications the Glover Teixeira and Christian M’Pumbu, and Dragan Tesanovic and Jacob O’Connell have been promoted to the main card of Cage Warriors 35. Tesanovic and O’Connell will now fight for the Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight Title. Two fights were added to the prelims of that card and they are: Bill Boland (7-1) v. Joe Duarte (7-2) LW Ben Askren (4-0) v. Jin-Kyu Lee (3-1) WW Askren makes his return to MMA following his yearlong suspension. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-11-2010, 11:40 AM	#163
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV has now been booked and will air featuring 5 title fights for various Juniors titles. It also marks the first time that Cage Warriors has visited Connecticut. The main event will be between Gary Wright and JJ Ambrose. The co-main will be between Henry Martinez and Manny Gamburyan. As stated, both of those fights were pushed back to the television card to showcase the fighters better then as the #3 and #4 fights on the PPV. Here is the rundown of the entire card: Code: Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV Gary Wright (12-1) v. JJ Ambrose (12-3) WW Henry Martinez (6-1) v. Manny Gamburyan (10-6) FW Blagoi Ivanov (5-2) v. Neil Wain (7-2) HW Juniors Title David Douglas (7-1) v. Joe Brammer (8-0-1) LW Juniors Title ----Prelims---- Norman Paraisy (7-3) v. Ben Holscher (8-2) WW Juniors Title Andy Kappas (4-3) v. Cristobal Verrissimo (5-1) MW Besiki Generava (7-2) v. Danny Valimaki (5-2) LHW Juniors Title Peter Dominguez (2-3) v. Russ Miura (6-3) FW Juniors Title Christian Uflacker (4-2) v. Ville Manninen (7-2) LW Michael Pastou (6-1) v. Kim My (2-2) WW Bobby Rehman (8-2) v. Jeremy Williams (6-2-1) LHW Brian McLaughlin (7-2) v. Kevin Croke (5-2) LW I don’t like some of the match-ups but I can live with them. At least we award titles in every weight class, and with some fresh blood coming in, we should be in better shape in 2 months when the next card will air. Hopefully, we can convince Deportes to add this show to it’s lineup. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-11-2010, 02:36 PM	#164
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Takenori Gomi’s (32-7) UFC career appears to be over. Gomi went 1-2 in the UFC, and has recently signed a deal that sends him back to Japan. This time he will be fighting for DREAM. The former Pride fighter had been fighting for WVR before coming stateside. Man, things have been busy. I have been working in Texas this week trying to get ready for our big show down here. Cage Warriors 34 is ready to go. Tonight, Jeff Curran will defend his lightweight title against Karen Darabedyan. Dominick Cruz makes his Cage Warriors debut in the co-main, Abel Cullum tries to stop Diego Nunes, and 9 other fights. Things are just getting ready to kick off. The first fight is in the light heavyweight division. Pat Berry (7-3, Kick Boxing) will take on Mark Lajhner (7-2, Judo). Berry lands a couple of very hard shots and avoids being taken down until the very end of the fight. Berry hangs on to win an average fight. Heavyweight Josh Diekman (12-2, Hybrid, 257) makes his debut against Brad Imes (15-7, Wrestling, 285). A boring grappling contest where neither fighter could really get anything going. Imes controls more of the action to get the win. Poor fight. Middleweight Doug Marshall (12-3, Striker) makes his debut against Spencer Herns (4-1, Wrestling). This was a good fight. Marshall took round one with clean strikes and a takedown. But Herns owned the rest of the fight scoring takedowns and landing some vicious knees. Herns took the decision. That’s disappointing for Marshall. Middleweights TJ Grant (14-4, BJJ) and Kendall Grove (11-8, Muay Thai/BJJ). Grove is a freak who has a 7-inch height, and 11-inch reach advantage. Not too exciting. Grant couldn’t get the fight to the ground and that was all the advantage the big man needed. Grove pulls off a win in a poor fight. Light Heavyweight Andre Gusmao (9-1, BJJ) and Rawdon Lee (3-1, Boxing/Wrestling) are next. Gusmao has been impressive. Gusmao took Lee down right away. Action slowed, but Gusmao finally mounted Lee and pounded him out. Good fight. Welterweights Joe Scarola (6-1-1, BJJ) and Ryan Stonitsch (10-2, Muay Thai) are next in the cage. Embarrassing for Scarola. He had put some good fights together, but was hurt by the first blow, and the ref jumped in seconds later as Stonitsch dominated. Great fight. The last prelim fight is at lightweight. Marcin Held (7-1, BJJ) takes on Ben Henderson (13-2, Wrestling/Tae Kwon Do). This fight should be a main card fight. Henderson used good striking in round one, but was knocked down in round 2, and Held was in charge. Round 3 was more action with both fighters throwing punches, but Held’s inability to get Henderson to the ground cost him as Henderson wins a close one. Good fight. The first fight of the main card is at welterweight. Tamden McCrory (15-4, Muay Thai/Wrestling) takes on Ryan Ford (12-5, Boxing/Wrestling). McCrory took Ford down twice, but did no damage, and Ford couldn’t get any offense going at all. Neither fighter was hurt and the crowd was left wanting. McCrory wins all 3 rounds. Poor fight. Featherweights Abel Cullum (19-3, Freestyle) and Diego Nunes (15-1, Muay Thai/Boxing) are next up. Wow, what a fight! It was quick, but Cullum used superior tactics to pull it off. Cullum came close but avoided the clinch and scored a fast takedown. He worked to half guard, before unleashing a series of killer punches that stopped the fight. Fantastic fight. A battle of heavyweights next. Dan Cormier (4-1, Wrestling, 265) takes on Wes Shivers (2-0, Muay Thai, 290). Cormier overwhelmed Shivers with punches, a takedown to mount, and big shots to finish the fight. Great fight. Dominck Cruz (17-2, Wrestling) takes on Matt Fiordirosa (13-3, Wrestling) in the featherweight division. Good God that was bad. Cruz wanted to fight, Fiordirosa wanted to be on defense. Fiordirosa mounted no offense, but didn’t get hit. He is a hard opponent but Cruz was just too good, but Cruz wasn’t good enough to put him away. Poor fight. Finally, we come to the main event. Hopefully we can salvage a decent show here. Jeff Curran (33-12-1, BJJ) defends his title in a 5-round fight against Karen Darabedyan (12-1, Boxing/Judo). Darabedyan is 6-inches taller than Curran who is a natural bantamweight. Jeff Curran let it all hang out early taking Darabedyan down and controlling him, but not damaging him. Round 2 was more of the same, but by round 3 conditioning looked to be an issue for Curran. Darabedyan avoided the takedowns and landed some clean shots. By round 5 Curran was getting desparate and tried to jump guard. Darabedayan knocked him hard sending him crashing down. Darabedyan then moved in quickly and landed a number of killer shots, one knocking Curran out cold. Good fight. Our show was attended by 3,536 people and we had a buy rate of just over 71k. Our show was rated as being very poor. Fight of the Night goes to Jeff Curran and Karen Darabedyan Knockout of the Night goes to Ryan Stonitsch Submission of the Night goes to nobody, we didn’t have one. So we fall back to earth a little bit. Big deal, we still do very well in the books, and another original title holder falls. How long can Darabedyan hold that title. Lightweight is a killer weight class. Abel Cullum’s win over Diego Nunes was super impressive. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-11-2010, 02:41 PM	#165
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors 36 has been announced. It will be the third show in 3 weeks for Cage Warriors, and is scheduled to run the first week of July. The show will air on PPV live from Columbus, OH. The main event for the show will pit a fighter from Pennsylvania and a fighter from Indiana. Having the fight in Ohio only seemed fitting. No titles on the line at this show, but there will be plenty of reason to turn in. First off, the main event. All American Phil Davis makes his return to the Cage Warriors cage, this time in the main event squaring off against Jake O’Brien. O’Brien is on a 4-fight win streak, and is looking to climb back into the 205lb title picture. Davis has other ideas, he has decimated his opponents and is not only undefeated in MMA, but one of the most popular fighters in Cage Warriors. The Co-main event will be a lightweight fight between Brian Cobb and Paul Sass. Sass has been in Cage Warriors longer, and experienced his only loss at the hands of the current champion Karen Darabedyan, but his name is still not that known. Cobb on the other hand, won his debut by submitting Toby Imada, and would love another win against a quality fighter like Sass. Jose Aldo makes his return, fighting Hideo Tokoro in what is sure to be an exciting fight. Rory Markham makes his debut and Ritchie Whitson returns to the cage after his loss to Ben Henderson. Here is the full card: Code: Cage Warriors 36: Davis v. O’Brien Phil Davis (8-0) v. Jake O’Brien (15-4) LHW Brian Cobb (19-5) v. Paul Sass (11-1) LW Jose Aldo (16-3) v. Hideo Tokoro (25-18-1) FW Rory Markham (18-5) v. Danillo Villefort (12-3) MW Richie Whitson (10-1) v. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (20-7) LW ----Prelims--- Steve Bruno (16-6) v. Marcus Hicks (11-4) WW Toby Imada (25-15) v. Katsunori Kikuno (14-4-2) LW Ricardo Almeida (11-5) v. Justin Davis (11-8) MW Lavar Johnson (13-3) v. Ricco Rodriguez (38-13) HW Hans Stringer (12-6-1) v. Jeremiah Billington (12-4) LHW Rex Richards (9-4) v. Tim Hague (9-2) HW Sidney Silva (9-4) v. Hiromitsu Miura (10-9) WW I thought that when I was putting this card together that it was fairly weak, but looking back at it, there are some pretty good fighters and fights, especially on the main card. The Aldo/Tokoro fight could be fantastic and I always love a good Phil Davis fight. A few fighters on the prelim part of the show should be concerned for their employment if they lose. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-16-2010, 10:45 PM	#166
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Down under Matt Cain (9-3-1) has won the CFC welterweight title. In Japan, Masashi Takeda (13-4-1) was won the Cage Force lightweight title. At a Bellator show, Cage Warrior, Jesse Juarez (14-8) was stopped in the second round by Lorenzo Borgomeo (8-4). Marcus Jones (7-3) has won the X-1 Heavyweight Title beating Jefferson Silva (5-3). ESPN Deportes has agreed to a contract with us that will give our show Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV even more exposure. Deportes is a very small channel, and it will be shown late night. But now, FIGHT will now be shown in 4 countries giving our younger fighters plenty of exposure for the future. It’s not the deal that I was hoping for, as I wanted a new television show, but hopefully the extra exposure will do nothing but benefit us. At the very least it helps open Mexico up as a market for our product. The King of the Cage lightweight title changed hands last night as Buddy Clinton (11-4) won the title in his first fight with the organization, with a 5th round submission of Rafael Dos Anjos (13-5). Also on the card, former heavyweight champion and Cage Warrior, Tony Lopez (16-6) earned his 4th loss in a row, when he was TKOed in the second round. In Japan, DREAM 30 ran, and although there were no titles on the line, there were some big names on the card. The main event saw Alavutdin Gadzhiyev (13-5) defeat Kazushi Sakuraba (28-14-1). American Joe Warren (7-3), Joachim Hansen (23-8-1) were also winners. The big upset though was Kid Yamamoto (21-3) losing via decision to Yoshiro Maeda (29-9-2). Tim Sylvia (29-7) at the age of 35, has won the MFC Heavyweight title after beating Steve Bosse (9-2) in a mildly entertaining 25-minute fight. This is Sylvia’s first title in over 4 years. On the same MFC card, Kimbo Slice (6-4) lost in the co-main to British fighter Stav Economu (10-2). Slice was TKOed at 4 minutes in the first round. In Poland, at a KSW 28, Krzysztof Kulak (24-10-2) defended his light heavyweight title for the first time with a first round submission of Daniel Tabera (15-4-3). Nobutatsu Suzuki (7-0-2) defended his middleweight title for the first time as well. Not sure what the gameplan was here, but the WEC and UFC ran big cards on the same night. Interesting decision. Here’s what went down in the WEC. Jamie Varner (19-2) defended his lightweight title with a submission win over Ed Ratcliff (10-2) with just one second remaining in the first round. That’s Varner’s 5th defense of a title that he has held for over 3 ½ years. Other winners on the show were: Manny Tapia (12-5-1), Uriah Faber (27-2), Matt Serra (11-8) in his debut over Cage Warrior, Anthony Njokuani (11-6) and Chris Cariaso (10-1). The UFC show was in front of 16,000+ in Mississippi. IN the main event, Anderson Silva avenged his loss to Yushin Okami (25-6) with a 3rd round TKO. Allistar Overeem (33-12) won in terrible fashion over Gabe Gonzaga (13-6), Tito Ortiz (17-7-1) beat Alexandre Ribero (5-1), Forrest Griffin (18-7) beat Steve Lopez (12-3) in a close one. And Stephen Bonnar (12-6) beat Rich Franklin (26-8) in another less than inspiring fight. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-16-2010, 10:53 PM	#167
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	It’s time for Cage Warriors 35. We are coming to you live from our hometown of New Jersey. Tonight’s main event will be for the Cage Warriors Welterweight title. Lyman Good, who hails from Manhattan, NY, has a large fan base on hand for tonight’s defense against Jason High. Neither fighter has been beaten here in Cage Warriors. Our co-feature is a big, heavyweight battle with Russian, Sergei Kharritonov, taking on untested Neil Cooke. We will also crown the Cage Warriors Juniors middleweight champion too. Lot’s of other contender battles, so let’s get right to the action. The first fight is a juniors welterweight fight that sees the return of Ben Askren (4-0, Wrestling/BJJ) from his yearlong drug suspension. He will take on Jin-Kyu Lee (3-1, Striker). Ben Askren dominated the entire fight, staying on the offensive and controlling the fight on the ground. Lee did well not to be submitted, but really never got into the fight. Decent fight. Next up is a juniors lightweight battle between Bill Boland (7-1, Wrestling) and Joe Duarte (7-2, Muay Thai). A see-saw battle with Boland taking round one, and Duarte taking round 2. Boland scored a takedown and was in control in round 3, but Duarte caught Boland’s head when he left it in, and submitted him with a guillotine choke. Good fight. Young Buck Bisbey (10-2, Hybrid) takes on up and coming star Cole Province (9-2, Wrestling). This fight is in the featherweight division. Ugh, this was a piss poor fight. Mostly standing, Province looked like he left his best fighting in the training room. Bisbey controlled the standing action, took Province down twice, but didn’t hurt him once. Bisbey wins a very poor fight. Middleweights Dan Hornbuckle (21-4, Muay Thai/BJJ) and Louis Taylor (6-3, Striker) are next to square off. This is Hornbuckle’s first fight after stepping up in weight class. Hornbuckle build up a lead early on by outworking Taylor, but didn’t have him in trouble. The fight was struggling in the end, Taylor was getting stronger. Hornbuckle wins an average fight. Next is a heavyweight battle between 6’10” Gan McGee (14-5, Submission Wrestling, 280) and young 5’11” Russian, Kirill Sidelnikov (6-4, Sambo, 242). McGee has an 11-inch reach advantage as well. The fight started off with the clean strikes from the Russian. McGee was able to get in close and in Kirill against the cage, and maintain control. Sidelnikov blocked a takedown, then locked a guillotine choke and drug the big man down with it. McGee tapped out seconds later. Great fight. A light heavyweight battle is next. Reese Andy (10-5, Wrestling) is looking to get back into the win column against David Heath (12-7, Wrestling). This could be a very boring fight. Heath must have been paying attention to the young Russian in the last fight. Both men had been grappling on the cage when Heath caught Andy with a choke that finished the fight. Fantastic fight. At least it didn’t suck. The last prelim fight is in the lightweight division, and is between Shannon Gugerty (13-3, Muay Thai/BJJ) and Koetsu Okazaki (9-1-1, Freestyle). Okazaki typically fights at bantamweight. These two guys put on a hell of a show tonight. Gugerty controlled round one with good ground control, even though he was swept out of position by a kimura. Round two saw Okazaki use great striking to do damage and control the fight. Round three saw Okazaki escape from a takedown and sweep straight to mount, where he had Gugerty in trouble with a series of submission attempts. Somehow, the judges saw fit to score the fight as a split decision win for Gugerty. I really don’t agree with that. Okazaki got robbed. Decent fight. The opening fight of the card will be for the Cage Warriors Juniors Middleweight title. Dragan Tesanovic (8-1, Submission Wrestling) will take on Jacob O’Connell (7-1, BJJ). Can these guys go 25-minutes? Dragan controlled the action early on, getting O’Connell into a Muay Thai clinch and just missing with a couple of knees. Dragan scored a takedown but didn’t go much damage. In round 3, with Dragan firmly in control of the fight, it appeared that he was finally starting to tire. O’Connell went for a takedown, but Dragan reversed and took him down. Dragan went to pass, but the jiu-jitsu fighter caught his head and locked a guillotine choke on that caught Tesanovic off guard and finished the fight. Great fight. Light heavyweights, Glover Teixeira (11-2, BJJ/Kempo) takes on Christian M’Pumbu (15-3-1, Muay Thai, BJJ). M’Pumbu came out fast looking to set the tone of the fight. He took Teixeira down and controlled him there for most of the first round. M’Pumbu came out for round two and pressed again. He took control and went for another takedown. Teixeira was ready and countered strongly, landing a hard combination that sent the Frenchman reeling. The ref jumped in to stop the fight, perhaps a bit early. M’Pumbu is pissed. Decent fight. Next up are Cage Warriors lightweights Zach Micklewright (9-1, Wrestling) and the debuting Thiago Tavares (15-3, BJJ). Obviously this one was going to take place on the ground. Micklewright jumped guard and drug Tavares down. He kept him there the whole round attempting choke after choke to try and win. Tavares took control in round 2, and round 3 was too close to call. In fact, it might have been the takedown that Micklewright got at the end of the fight that won the fight for him. Decent fight. The co-main is next with Russian, Sergei Kharitonov (18-4, Sambo, 240) takes on Neil Cooke (8-1, Boxing/Wrestling, 290). Cooke’s got 50 pounds on the Russian, but will it turn into a fight advantage. I don’t expect this fight to go very long. Sergei went for the takedown, but Cooke defended well and spent the next 4 minutes raining down blows from above. Kharitononv stayed alive, but took a beating eventually getting back to his feet. That might have been all she wrote for Cooke though. Kharitonov took Cooke down in round 2 but the ref got them back up after a lack of action. Cooke was visibly tired coming back for round 3, and the Russian saw it. He landed a few hard blows, and staggered the bigger man. Kharitonov kept on him, and forced the ref to stop it in a come from behind win. Great fight. Next up is the big main event. Hometown boy, Lyman Good (14-0, Kick Boxing) defends his welterweight title against Jason High (14-2, Wrestling). Good is a massive physical specimen, but this is a 25-minute fight, will he last that long? Will High get another submission win and take the title? Well this didn’t live up to expectation. I have to be honest it didn’t. Jason High used superior speed and skills to get Good to the ground. High build up a 3 round lead before Good really did much. Good was at his best standing at distance, but High kept him close and even though he was tiring in round 4, he still kept Good on the back foot. Round 5 was uneventful. Good really never had High in trouble and Good had good defense on his back and was never really in trouble either. Jason High won the fight, losing only 1 round. Average fight. We had an attendance of 1,805 and a PPV buyrate of just under 39k. The show was rated as being average. Fight of the night goes to Shannon Gugerty and Koetsu Okazaki Knockout of the Night goes to Sergei Kharitonov Submission of the Night goes to Kiril Sidelnikov An alright show I guess. Our popularity has fallen enough that our gate and PPV isn’t bringing in the money that we have seen recently. As far as the fights go. I think that the Juniors group got off to a great start, Jacob O’Connell has at least one more fight to defend his title. Kirill Sidelnikov saved himself with a nice win. It’s good to see Ben Askren back to winning. I still think he has a bright future ahead of him. I would have liked to have seen a better main event, but it could have been worse too. A Jason High/Brock Larson title showdown should be next as long as we can schedule it. Larson just signed to fight with DREAM as well as his commitment to us and MFC. Zach Micklewright looked fantastic taking a win against Tavares. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-16-2010, 10:56 PM	#168
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	At Sengoku on Japan, Cage Warrior Kwang Hee Lee (8-5) was knocked out by Mizuto Hirota (16-4-1). Nothing else of interest happened on that card. The booking has been finalized for our first show on HDNet. Cage Warriors: Unchained is going to be a huge show, and while it may not bring in a lot of revenue it is guaranteed to pack the house. The bad news is that Phil Davis had to be moved off of the main event where he was headlining against Jake O’Brien in the main event. The good news is that Phil Davis is in a title fight against Raphael Davis for the Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title. Filling in for Davis at Cage Warriors 36 will be 27-year old Shane Primm. Primm (8-1) spent last year fighting in Bellator. Primm has one previous fight in Cage Warriors with a win over Valentino Petrescu. Primm has been boring in the cage and this will be a big step up for him. Jake O’Brien will still have his hands full, he can’t lay back, nor can he underestimate Primm. Here is the full card for Cage Warriors: Unchained. Code: Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Title fight Raphael Davis (12-1) v. Phil Davis (8-0) Richard Crunkilton (19-4) v. Donald Cerrone (12-3) LW Brock Larson (31-3) v. Jason Norwood (11-2) WW Jim Miller (18-3) v. Ricardo Lamas (9-2) LW Xavier Lucas (11-2-1) v. Nate Moore (10-3) MW ----Prelims---- Nate Diaz (13-6) v. Bobby Stack (9-3) LW Joey Villasenor (28-9) v. David Loiseau (18-14) MW Dan Evensen (13-6) v. Eddie Sanchez (10-6) HW Darren Uyenoyama (8-6) v. Micah Miller (14-7) FW Damien Stelly (10-4) v. Dong Yi Yang (9-3) LHW Noah Thomas (14-8) v. Bryan Travers (12-3) WW Ideally, the winner of the Larson and Norwood fight would get the next shot at the welterweight title. Davis v. Davis could cause some trouble and on paper this is a hell good fight. Both men are well rounded and have just mowed down the opposition. This might be a bigger step up for Phil, but being one of the most popular guys in Cage Warriors he gets a pass. The prelims feature the debut of Joey Villasenor and the last chance for a number of other fighters who aren’t juniors and who haven’t had very many good fights with us. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-19-2010, 04:06 PM	#169
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	We are going to finish off the month with the biggest Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV show of the year. We are going to crown a full list of Cage Warriors Juniors champions at this show. And hopefully introduce some new and rising stars to the MMA world. The main event of the show is almost an afterthought due to the plethora of big fights on the card. In the main event we will see Gary Wright take on JJ Ambrose in a battle of two grappling warriors. The co-feature has young featherweight hopeful Henry Martinez take on Manny Gamburyan. Martinez could be fighting for a Juniors title, but instead he is taking on Gamburyan in the hopes that he can be a legitimate title contender. For Gamburyan, he is a former WEC fighter making his debut in Cage Warriors. Gamburyan is coming off of two wins, but is only 2-2 in the last year. Martinez should give him a good challenge. Our show isn’t in New Jersey like most of our other TV shows, but from nearby Connecticut. The opening fight of the night starts off with lightweight juniors Brian McLaughlin (7-2, BJJ) and Kevin Croke (5-2, Freestyle). Both fighters have been inconsistent so far and hope to get the big win here. McLaughlin scored an early takedown and showed dominant ground skills. Croke couldn’t stop from being mounted and from there had no answer as McLaughlin pounded him out. Great fight. Light heavyweight juniors Bobby Rehman (8-2, Muay Thai) and Jeremy Williams (6-2-1, Boxing) hit the cage. Both men are looking to get some momentum. Bobby Rehman gets the win using better striking and takedown defense. Williams really didn’t accomplish anything in there. Good fight. Englishman Michael Pastou (6-1, Freestyle) and fellow welterweight junior Kim My (2-2, Wrestling) are next up. My is going to have his work cut our for him here. As predicted Pastou dominates using ground and pound skills to subdue My and get the TKO late in round 1. Great fight. Back to the lightweight division for the battle between juniors Christian Uflacker (4-2, BJJ) and Ville Manninen (7-2, Grappler). A bad fight for us. Uflacker scored quick takedowns but couldn’t better his position at all. When Manninen finally got some offense going Uflacker caught him with a standing guillotine choke that finished the fight. Poor fight The first title fight of the night is for the CW Featherweight Juniors title. Peter Dominguez (2-3, Boxing/Wrestling) takes on Russ Miura (6-3, BJJ). Well, it was almost as bad as it looked. Miura had a really good second round, but wore out and Dominguez controlled all the remaining round threatening to finish in 5, but not being able to. The scored were closer than expected but Peter Dominguez becomes the first CW Featherweight Juniors champion in an average fight. Light heavyweight juniors Besiki Gerenava (7-2, Sambo) and Danny Valimaki (5-2, Wrestling) are in the cage for the CW Light Heavyweight Juniors Title. Gerenava came in as the odds on favorite here. Valimaki changed all that with hard work and good defense off his back. He twice caught Gerenava in chokes that could have ended the fight but the round ended. All in all a complete win for Valimaki and the first CW Light Heavyweight Champion. Average fight. Middleweight juniors Andy Kappas (4-3, Submission fighting) and Cristobal Verissimo (5-1, Kick Boxing) are next up. Verissimo controlled Kappas on the ground and had him hurt in the second, but had to settle for a decision win in a decent fight. The welterweight juniors title is on the line between Norman Paraisy (7-3, Boxing/Wrestling) and Ben Holscher (8-2, Wrestling). Holscher dominates Paraisy using a big ground and pound to take the win and the title. Fantastic fight. We head to the main show. First up is the CW Lightweight Juniors title. David Douglas (7-1, Kick Boxing/BJJ) has made a solid impression but has yet to break into the ranks of the Lightweight title contenders. He gets his shot here. His opponent is making his Cage Warriors debut. Joe Brammer (8-0-1, Muay Thai/Wrestling) gets what no other fighter gets. A shot at a title in his debut fight. Both fighters were cautious early on and it was the striking game of Brammer that controlled the early action. Douglas got a takedown and might have stolen round 1. Joe Brammer caught Douglas with a right hand that stunned him early in the second. That was all it took as Joe Brammer made quick work from there, and finished the fight. Great fight. The heavyweight juniors are next. Blagoi Ivanov (5-2, Sambo, 265) has already been in some big fights but has struggled in them. Neil Wain (7-2, Brawler, 285) is large and in charge. Both men are looking to claim that first CW Heavyweight Juniors title. Wain has a 7-inch reach advantage and is a good 4 inches taller than the Bulgarian fight. Ivanov knew that if he was going to win he had to close the distance. He did so right away and put the big man down. Ivanov then took Wain’s arm and locked an armbar on that Wain had to tap out of. Just under two minutes was all Ivanov needed to win the title. Great fight. The co-main event is next up . Young featherweight Henry Martinez (6-1, Boxing/Wrestling) has his biggest challenge in front of him in the form of Manny Gamburyan (10-6, Judo). A highly entertaining contest here. Both men gave it their all and it was 15 minutes of non stop action. Most of it was grappling with each fighter taking turns going for submissions and counters and more submissions. Both fighters defended well, but the only real danger was at the end of the second when Gamburyan survived a kimura from Martinez. In the end it was Martinez rising to the challenge and getting the win. Good fight. We have come to the main event of the night. Welterweight title contender Gary Wright (12-1, Wrestling) has been near the top of the list of welterweights as looks to permanently stake his claim with a win against rising JJ Ambrose (12-3, BJJ). Wright took control of the fight early on and put Ambrose on his back right away. Wright was working within Ambrose’s guard when the BJJ specialist caught him with a guillotine choke and swept him to side control. Then we saw something we don’t normally see as Ambrose used a great ground and pound to stun Wright and finish the fight. A bit of an upset here I would say. Fantastic fight, and a great fight to cap the night! Our show in Connecticut drew 892 fans and was rated as being excellent. Fight of the Night goes to Henry Martinez and Manny Gamburyan Knockout of the Night goes to JJ Ambrose Submission of the Night goes to Blagoi Ivanov JJ Ambrose puts him name in the hat for title contenders, meanwhile Henry Martinez steps up and scores with his win. We crown 5 new champions and a couple of upsets. A very entertaining night of TV and our debut on ESPN Deportes to boot. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-19-2010, 04:09 PM	#170
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	JULY 2011 Another month gone by, and another meeting downtown at the big office. Spirits have been high here in Cage Warriors. Word is coming off of latest TV show is that we are rapidly growing and starting to get noticed. We expect to continue to see new faces show up in the cage, as well as developing our own fighters. We profited 375k last month, and that is down from the nearly 1 mil from the previous month, but that was due running only one PPV. We are embarking on a new schedule that will see the number of PPV’s cut from 24 per year to 18 per year. While our TV shows will double. The biggest number on the balance sheet that stands out is the amount of bonus money handed out in signing bonus money. That number was over 125k. Easily the most we have ever spent, as well as, the second biggest expense. Needless to say, we have hired some bigger money fighters. This next month we have another PPV, and the debut of Cage Warriors: Unchained, the new flagship TV show for the company, airing on HD Net. We have reached mid-level national status, good for number 2 in the world. We are also mid level regional in Canada and the UK. With our new exposure on ESPN Deportes, our popularity in Mexico is also growing. Our look this month will be at the 205lb weight class. Here are the current top 10 rankings for Cage Warriors Light Heavyweights. Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Rankings 1. Raphael Davis (12-1) CW LHW Champion, defending on national TV 2. Jimi Manuwa (7-1) Former LHW Champion 3. Glover Teixeira (12-2) Highly ranked but needs to face top 10 opponents 4. Stanislov Nedkov (13-0) Great Debut, fight with Teixeira? 5. Phil Davis (8-0) Getting his title shot 6. Marcus Sursa (9-5) Might get a rematch with Manuwa who knocked him out 7. Shane Primm (8-1) Headlining next PPV 8. Jake O’Brien (15-4) Headlining next PPV 9. Razak Al-Hassan (10-2) UFC vet and X-1 fighter won in debut 10. Jared Hamman (13-2) Left UFC with a 3-1 record I am excited about this weight class. These guys aren’t the biggest names in the world, but we have a very good collection of fighters here. The Davis v. Davis fight is really getting me excited. But again, until we can develop some of these guys a little more it’s going to be a crapshoot for who gets the next title shot. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-19-2010, 04:11 PM	#171
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	A whole slew of fighters have fought for the last time in the Cage Warriors Cage. They are Andy Kappas (4-4), Jeremy Williams (6-3-1), Kevin Croke (5-3), Kim My (2-3), Louis Taylor (6-4), and Russ Miura (6-4). Kappas and Croke are still employed by CFC down under. Louis Taylor will still be working for Strikeforce, but the rest of these guys are out of a job. The 2010 Fighter of the Year, Masakazu Imanari (21-6-1) has retained his DEEP Bantamweight Title with a win over Cage Warrior, Mark Oshiro (12-5), Oshiro has been fighting at featherweight in CW, here he misses his chance to pick up a bantamweight strap. Strikeforce kept pace with our promotion by running an excellent show. In the main event, Zoila Frausto (7-0) defended her title by beating Chris Cyborg (8-3) for a second time with a very late 5th round TKO. Fedor got another win with a quick TKO over Jae Young Kim (13-10). Other winners were Tim Kennedy (16-3), Bibiano Fernandes (6-4), and Fabricio Werdum (17-4-1). __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-23-2010, 10:00 AM	#172
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors is live, and on Pay Per View tonight! Tonight, our show comes to you live from Columbus, Ohio. The crowd was expecting to face Phil Davis, but tonight, they will see Shane Primm, who hails from Tampa, Florida. So instead, they’ll cheer for Jake O’Brien from Indy. Primm has only been stopped once in his short career, and that was in his one fight deal with the UFC. He spent the last year fighting in Bellator and won in his CW debut. The real show could be the co-main where Paul Sass looks to make a name for himself by taking out Brian Cobb, a 24-fight vet and former UFC fighter. Jose Aldo, Rory Markham and Richie Whitson all fill out the main show. Here we go! Our first fight takes place in the welterweight division. Sidney Silva (9-4, BJJ) will take on Hiromitsu Mirua (10-9, Judo). I would hate to be on the losing end of this fight. A great start to the night! Miura owned Silva in round one, and in round 2 pulverized him with knees from the Muay Thai clinch. Silva didn’t fare any better in round 3. He shot but was taken down by Miura, but that was where it all changed. Silva immediately took control from his back, swept Miura, slipped behind him, and locked an armbar on from behind, all the while, Miura was helpless as the BJJ master forced him to tap out. Miura has to wonder what happened here. Fantastic fight. Big heavyweights hit the cage next. Rex Richards (9-4, Wrestling, 290) will be welcoming Tim Hague (9-2, Wrestling, 265) to Cage Warriors in his first fight. Another great fight. Richards is the heavy favorite and scored big in round one by ferociously slamming the big man, and taking his back, but was unable to finish the fight. Hague answered by stealing round two with a huge knockdown at the end. Round three opened with Hague landing a monstrous counterpunch that knocked Richards out. Big debut! Fantastic fight. Light heavies are next. Hans Stringer (12-6-1, BJJ/Muay Thai) takes on Jeremiah Billington (12-4, Wrestling). A less exciting affair, as Stringer scored 2 takedowns and controlled all the ground action while Billington couldn’t seem to get his own offense going at all. Stringer wins a decision in a poor fight. Back to the heavyweights as Lavar Johnson (13-3, Muay Thai, 278) takes his chances against Ricco Rodriguez (38-13, BJJ, Wrestling, 262). Rodriguez presses the action quickly and got a takedown very quickly. Johnson found himself scrambling to avoid the experienced JJ ace. Rodriguez took advantage of the mistake and secured a rear naked choke that finished the fight. Fantastic fight. Ricardo Almeida (11-5, BJJ) makes his Cage Warriors debut taking on Justin Davis (11-8, Boxing/Wrestling). This fight is at the 185lb weight limit. While Davis came in the underdog he proved that a win can be had by controlling the grapple, and pinning your opponent against the cage. Almeida scored a takedown at the end of each round, but the decision wasn’t swayed. Davis gets a big win in an average fight. Lightweights Toby Imada (25-15, Judo) and Katsunori Kikuno (14-4-2, Judo/Karate) are next in the cage. Ther was some concern that Kikuno had a bad camp. Imada took him down then worked to mount quickly. From there he locked a triangle lock around the neck of Kikuno then fell backward to cinch it up. Kikuno was out not knowing what had just happened. Fantastic fight. The last prelim fight is about to get underway. Steve Bruno (16-6, Muay Thai) takes on Marcus Hicks (11-4, Boxing/Wrestling) in a welterweight dual. Bruno shot in and was nearly caught with a guillotine choke. Hicks didn’t let it go any further as he locked another on just as fast, and there was no escape this time. Great fight. Our first fight on the main show is between lightweights Richie Whitson (10-1, Boxing) and Kuniyoshi Hironaka (20-7, BJJ). Whitson is trying to overcome that first loss in his professional career. Whitson found himself on his back at the end of round 1, a place that he didn’t want to be. He quickly answered his skeptics by starting round 2 quickly and put the hurt on the Japanese fighter, forcing the ref to stop the fight. Average fight. The next fight is in the middleweight division as Rory Markham (18-5, Wrestling) takes on Danillo Villefort (12-3, BJJ). Markham is making his debut. Villefort proved very difficult for Markham as he won the first round. Markham scored a knockdown in the second and third, but Villefort was able to hold on. Villefort has a couple of other chances, but it was Markham who walked away with the win. Decent fight. Featherweight Jose Aldo (16-3, BJJ) is the first fighter in the cage. His opponent Hideo Tokoro (25-18-1, Boxing/Wrestling) follows him in. Both fighters put on a good show. The fight was close with Tokoro scoring takedowns in each of the first two rounds. He managed to keep Aldo from using his strikes and control the fight. Tokoro was knocked down late in the third round, but the fight ended before Aldo could do any damage. Tokoro sneaks a win out of this in a good fight. The co-main is the next fight on the card. Lightweight Brian Cobb (19-5, Wrestling) will take on Paul Sass (11-1, Muay Thai/BJJ). Cobb wanted this fight to be fought from close quarters, and he got what he wanted. What he didn’t expect was Sass to lock him in a standing guillotine. Cobb tapped out quickly from there, as Paul Sass gets the win in an excellent fight. The main event is next with Shane Primm (8-1, Boxing/BJJ) taking on Jake O’Brien (15-4, Wrestling). The crowd is clearly behind O’Brien. If Primm can get a win here, he will have passed a huge mark in his career. O’Brien jumped out powering through the defense of Primm and getting a fast takedown. O’Brien basically forced Primm onto his back, and pounded him out for the early first round TKO. Great fight. We had a gate attendance of 4,437 and almost 76k PPV buys. The show was rated as being very poor. Fight of the Night is going to go to Sidney Silva and Hiromitsu Miura. Knockout of the Night goes to Tim Hague Submission of the Night goes to Toby Imada with another crazy submission. We took a big hit not having big names in the final fights. It’s certainly hurts our popularity right now. Not too concerned about it though. I did not expect Aldo to suffer the loss in this one. The other fights pretty much went the way that they were expected to go. Ricardo Almeida should have won, he is getting paid too much money to lose like that, to someone like that. I am glad that we are passed this show. I was never really happy with the way it came together. Primm was just destroyed by O’Brien. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? 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05-23-2010, 10:03 AM	#173
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Good stuff PM!

05-23-2010, 10:05 AM	#174
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	On the heels of Cage Warriors 36, we have announced another PPV to take place one month from now at the beginning of August, and scheduled to take place once again in Florida. This show will be headlined by the biggest fight to date in CW history. Our main event will see the unification of the Cage Warriors Heavyweight title, as current champ, Dave Herman will put his title on the line against interim champion, Daniel Puder. Puder is the biggest name in Cage Warriors and we expect this show to do very well. The co-main will feature middleweight title contenders Tom Watson and Chris Wilson. Wilson has successfully made the step up from welterweight and now takes on the English striking sensation. Our show also features Abel Cullum, Marcus Sursa, and Yosmanny Cabezas. Here is the full card for the show. Code: Cage Warrior 37: Herman v. Puder Cage Warriors Heavyweight Title Fight Cage Warriors Interim Heavyweight Title Fight Dave Herman (21-3) v. Daniel Puder (11-0) HW Tom Watson (12-3) v. Chris Wilson (17-8) MW Abel Cullum (20-3) v. Ivan Lopez (12-2) FW Marcus Sursa (9-5) v. Jared Hamman (13-2) LHW Ryan Stonistch (11-2) v. Yosmanny Cabezas (11-4) WW ----Prelims---- Ryan Jimmo (15-2) v. Victor Valimaki (19-7) LHW Dave Jansen (15-2) v. Ross Pearson (13-4) LW Assuerio Silva (17-9) v. Kirill Sidelnikov (7-4) HW Alan Omer (16-3) v. Bao Quach (17-11-1) FW Per Eklund (19-5-1) v. Jeff Lawson (13-4) LW Shamar Bailey (13-2) v. Dave Menne (43-18-2) WW Ryan Jensen (17-6) v. Dan Miller (11-4) MW My relationship with Dave Menne will end after this show unless he can come up with something against Shamar Bailey, who should destroy him. Jeff Lawson will also have his back against the wall against one of the best in Per Eklund. The Omer/Quach fight should be very entertaining. Victor Valimaki tries to get his revenge against Ryan Jimmo. This is a rematch from about a year ago where Jimmo knocked him out in the first round. Ivan Lopez and Jared Hamman both make their Cage Warriors debuts. Lopez spent the last year fighting in the WEC and then signed and deal with WVR. He has won his last 4 fights. Hamman, a former Elite XC fighter who has fought for the UFC. Hamman’s most notable victory was at UFC 107 where he knocked out Forest Griffin. He was 3-1 with the promotion. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-23-2010, 10:12 AM	#175
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Hector Ramirez (13-3-1) has won the X-1 Light Heavyweight Title with a win over James Te Huna (13-7). On the same card, Jarrod Card (11-4-1) has won the X-1 featherweight title with a win over Alvin Robinson (11-5). Robinson’s title reign lasted just under one year. Katsunori Kikuno (14-5-2) and Hiromitsu Miura (10-10) were released from Cage Warriors today. Kikuno had arrived with great pomp and circumstance having been the DEEP lightweight champion and a gaudy record to go with it. But his 1-3 record didn’t impress me at all. Kikuno is still employed by DEEP and is still the lightweight champion. Miura had a number of exciting fights while he was here, and won his debut, but his last fight, where he lost to a nobody despite being very far ahead sealed his fate. Miura is still employed by DREAM. At a KOTC show, the main event was a middleweight title fight where Hector Urbina (16-7) submitted Crafton Wallace (19-5-1) in the 4th round to win the title. Hong Man Choi (5-2) also grabbed a win. UFC 123 was live from California last night. Shinya Aoki (26-4) subbed Kenny Florian (14-5) in the 3rd round of the main event. Other winners on the card were Poai Suganuma (14-3), Jae Suk Lim (17-7), Nate Marquardt (31-10-2), and Renato Sorbal (37-11). MFC was in British Columbia where Thales Leites (18-3) submitted Patrick Cote (14-6) late in the 5th round to win the MFC Middleweight title. Cage Warrior Ricardo Tirlone (10-4) won on the main card. Shooto stud Masakatsu Ueda (14-0-2) defended his Shooto Bantamweight title with a first round submission over Haruo Ochi (3-2). Akihiro Gono (32-17-7) made his return to Shooto after an absence of 13 years and picked up a win. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-27-2010, 08:49 AM	#176
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors has made the big trip to Reno for tonight’s television showcase on HD Net. Tonight, on free TV, the Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight title will be on the line. Cage Warriors has been busy and burning up the phone lines. There are a number of new fighters that have been hired by us. Fighters who are some of the biggest names in the sport. Fighters who will help to take Cage Warriors to international status. In fact we have two of them here tonight. They are Lyoto Machida, the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Mike Brown, the former WEC Featherweight Champion. Big names! The co-main event tonight on Unchained will be between lightweights Richard Crunkilton and Donald Cerrone. Brock Larson is here. So is Jim Miller and Nate Moore. Let’s get right to the action! The first fight tonight is in the welterweight divison. Noah Thomas (14-8, Wrestling) hopes he can get on the right track as he takes on Bryan Travers (12-3, Wrestling) in what amounts to a loser out fight. Neither fighter has been able to establish themselves here. Travers is taller, but Thomas is the one with the 4-inch reach advantage. Thomas shot in and was able to pick up and slam Travers from the grapple. It didn’t take long from there as Thomas moved to side control and pounded until the ref pulled him off. Great fight. Next up is a light heavyweight fight between Damien Stelly (10-4, Wrestling) and Dong Yi Yang (9-3, Wrestling). Yang looks good at 205. He would normally have been cut but we are giving him a chance to save himself at this lower weight class. Yang came out and took Stelly down right away, and unleashed a ground and pound that nearly ended the fight. Yang landed a number of knees from side control and eventually secured Stelly’s back. Stelly managed to hang on but was beaten pretty badly. Stelly answered in round 2 with a fast, powerful takedown of his own, and swift mount and his own ground and pound that did finish the fight. Yang has to wonder why it wasn’t stopped in the first round. Fantastic fight. A featherweight battle and another loser out fight. Darren Uyenoyama (8-6, BJJ/Wrestling) doesn’t have the record to stay here, but he has been in some fantastic fights. His opponent Micah Miller (14-7, Wrestling) was on his way out when a surprise triangle kept him alive. He will need another win to stay in Cage Warriors. Miller has a 6-inch height advantage. Each fighter tried and failed to get a takedown and Miller went for a slam from the clinch. Uyenoyama shocked him and took Miller’s back, sunk his hooks in and choked out Miller in fantastic fashion. Fantastic fight. Heavyweights are next to check into the cage. Dan Evensen (13-6, Kick Boxing/BJJ, 270) takes on Eddie Sanchez (10-6, Striker, 250). Sanchez clearly wanted this fight to take place standing and was alarmed when Evensen closed him down and got the takedown. Evensen was able to move to half guard and that was all he needed. He dropped a couple of bombs on Sanchez and that was that. The ref stopped the fight in the first round. Good fight. Joey Villasenor (28-9, Boxing) makes his Cage Warriors debut in a middleweight fight with David Loiseau (18-14, Vale Tudo). Some good striking in this one, but the biggest difference between them was that Loiseau was able to out grapple Villasenor. Loiseau landed some solid shots in round one and even had Villasenor hurt early on. Good fight, the Crow get’s his first win in Cage Warriors, just as I thought he was going to be shown the door. Lightweight Nate Diaz (13-6, Boxing/BJJ) will face off against Bobby Stack (9-3, Wrestling/Muay Thai). Diaz has both the size and reach advantage. Bobby Stack showed good takedown defense and landed some solid ground and pound in round one. Diaz finally got the takedown in round 2, then in the last round Stack again played solid defense to secure the win. Decent fight. We head to the first fight on the main show. This one is in the middleweight division. Xavier Lucas (11-2-1, Boxing) takes on Nate Moore (10-3, Wrestling). Lucas tried to keep this one on the feet, but Moore was too quick and got the takedown. Moore slipped quickly to mount, again showing Lucas’ terrible ground defense. Moore then pounded away until the ref stopped the fight. Fantastic fight. The next fight is in the lightweight division. Jim Miller (18-3, Wrestling) takes on Ricardo Lamas (9-2, Wrestling). Lamas pulled Miller in close and managed to get him up for a big slam. Miller was dazed a little, but still managed to defend himself. Miller defended himself well, but couldn’t escape back to standing. Instead what he did was catch Lamas in a triangle choke to finish it from the bottom in round 1. Great fight. The number one contenders fight is next up in the welterweight division. Brock Larson (31-3, Submission Wrestling) takes on Jason Norwood (11-2, Boxing/Wrestling). In theory, the winner of this fight should get the next title fight.Larson took Norwood down early , but Norwood was able to escape while taking only minimal damage. Norwood then came back and took Larson down, and while trying to control him on the ground, Larson was able to lock a triangle choke on from his back. Norwood had to tap at just under 3 minutes of round one. Fantastic fight. Lightweights are next in the co-main event. Richard Crunkilton (19-4, Wrestling) takes on Donald Cerrone (12-3, Wrestling/Kick Boxing). Cerrone towers above Crunkilton. Another very good fight. Both men fought a close round one, that ended up with Crunkilton turtled up and Cerrone taking his back. Round 2 ended quickly too. Crunkilton knocked Cerrone down. Crunkilton was very fast to come in, and did a lot of damage from side control. Cerrone was helpless and the ref was forced to stop the fight. Great fight. The main event is next up. Five rounds of fighting from the light heavyweight division. Cage Warriors Champion Rapahel Davis (12-1, Wrestling/BJJ) has been unbeatable and seemed to have little trouble taking the title from Jimi Manuwa. He makes his first defense against Phil Davis (8-0, Wrestling) a man who has had no trouble in any of his Cage Warrior fights. This is a great matchup. Raphael Davis had a good strategy. Get close, press Phil against the cage, then take him down. And that worked for 3 rounds. Raphael build a 3 round lead as Phil couldn’t move him and couldn’t escape, but he did little damage. Phil’s corner was imploring him to stay up. In round 4 Phil landed a series of counter punches that rocked Raphael. Phil then moved in and finished the fight with clinical strikes. Decent fight. Phil Davis takes the title. We had a gate of 2,336 for the show, and it was rated as being excellent. Fight of the Night goes to Damien Stelly and Dong Yi Yang Knockout of the Night goes to Phil Davis Submission of the Night goes to Darren Uyenoyama It really looked like Phil Davis had finally met his match, not that Raphael was going to do that much to stop him but more along the lines of just neutralizing all of his strengths. Phil continues to impress, and he is so young! Cerrone being stopped was a surprise. I figured that he would be more than enough to stop Crunkilton. I thought that Norwood would prove difficult for Larson, but I was wrong again. Xavier Lucas can’t fight on his back at all. Villasenor should have been able to win, so should Nate Diaz. Bobby Stack is harder than he looks. Very happy the show, the exposure on a much more widely distributed channel is great for our company's growth. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? 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05-27-2010, 08:51 AM	#177
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Speaking of show popularity. Our last show of Cage Warriors FIGHT! TV drew a record high of 517k viewers on The Fight Network, and another 326k viewers on debuting ESPN: Deportes. But last night’s show on HD Net drew over 1 million viewers. That is more than Strikeforce has drawn on both CBS and Showtime combined! Brandon Melendez (23-14) is the new Shark Fights Featherweight Champion after his 5-round decision over Jason Georgiana (10-6) last night from Texas. Nick Osterneck (9-3) retained his SF Middleweight Title with a knockout over Edwin Dewees (39-14). Welterweight Brian Travers (12-4), Light Heavyweight Dong Yi Yang (9-4), Heavyweight Eddie Sanchez (10-7) and featherweight Micah Miller (14-8) were cut from their Cage Warriors contracts. Sanchez had the chance to be a gatekeeper fighter of sorts, but his loss this week killed that chance. The other three were just waiting for their chance to get cut and finally they got their chance. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-27-2010, 08:54 AM	#178
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Cage Warriors 38 will take place from New Jersey late in August, next month. I will readily admit. It isn’t the greatest card ever put on. We are draining our roster a bit, and it shows this month. The main event will be between Russian welterweight Magomed Shikshabekov and Marcus Hicks. It really isn’t a main event worthy show, but so be it. The co-main event will be between Ran Weathers and Toby Imada. Here is the full card. Code: Cage Warriors 38: Shikshabekov v. Hicks Magomed Shikshabekov (9-0) v. Marcus Hicks (12-4) WW Ran Weathers (17-5) v. Toby Imada (26-15) LW Raphael Calvancante (10-3) v. Travis Wiuff (61-15) LHW Yahir Reyes (18-7) v. John Hosman (21-6-1) FW Benji Radach (21-8) v. Jesse Forbes (14-4) MW ----Prelims---- Yves Edwards (38-17-1) v. Ben Holscher (9-2) WW Ricco Rodriguez (39-13) v. George Bush (8-3) HW Zac George (20-4) v. Diego Saraiva (15-10-1) LW Renan Barao (20-3) v. LC Davis (15-4) FW Andrew Buckland (12-7) v. Jeremy Horn (84-21-5) MW The card is a couple of fights shorter than the other PPV cards that we have been running. One note, Ben Holscher had won the CW Juniors Welterweight Title, but since that fight put him over the 10 fight limit, he won’t be able to defend it. Holscher has given up his title and hopes to make a good showing against Edwards so that he can continue his rise in the welterweight division. Lots of experience here. I didn’t realize it until now that we have all of the most experienced guys on the card. Interesting. Like I said, not the greatest card ever. In fact, I think that the TV card was better, but each and every fight is still important. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-30-2010, 06:53 AM	#179
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	The CFC Light heavyweight title changed hands last night as Kazuhiro Hamanaka (8-5-1) defeated Kym Robinson (9-4). Robinson had held the title for 14 months. Strikeforce had a big show yesterday and they crowned a new welterweight champion as well. Nick Thompson (43-13-1) defeated Tyron Woodley (8-2) via submission just 40 seconds into the fight to claim the victory. Also winning on the card was Gilbert Melendez (20-3), Jacare Souza (14-3), Roger Gracie (4-2), and Maruis Zaromskis (17-3). In a preliminary fight, Cage Warrior Kevin Casey (6-3) won, and Alexander Trevino (9-4) was defeated by former Cage Warrior Rudy Bears (13-6). Thomas Longacre (7-2) another Cage Warrior was also beaten. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-30-2010, 06:57 AM	#180
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	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: Code: 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. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

05-30-2010, 07:01 AM	#181
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	AUGUST 2011 Well, I got into a bit of trouble at this meeting. Out month was not all that successful, and it was entirely my fault. I spent some of the profits that have been coming in, but I did it with nothing but progressive thinking in mind. I have signed some very big names in MMA, and positioned Cage Warriors to get ready to start it’s run toward the UFC in terms of global MMA reach and quality. Our profits shrank from 375k in June to $6,800 in July. I was surprised that we didn’t lose money honestly. It’s not like we are in the red as a company. I shelled out nearly half a million in bonuses to resign guys to exclusive deals, and bring in the best MMA fighters in the world. Whatever, we are in a great spot, and still are 1.7 mil flush over the initial 5 million that the Donald put into the company. We can afford it. Our popularity has never been higher. We are considered the #2 MMA promotion in the world. A spot that we have been sharing with Strikeforce of late. Our popularity has grown in the countries where we have more media coverage. We are currently the #3 promotion in Canada (behind the UFC and MFC). We are #3 in the UK, behind the UFC and UC UK. And in Mexico we are #3, behind the UFC and Bellator. I am confident that in a matter of months we will be the #2 promotion in all of those places. Here are the top 10 promotions in order of popularity: 1. UFC (US) 2. Cage Warriors FC (US) 3. Strike force (US) 4. WEC (US) 5. DREAM (Japan) 6. WVR (Japan) 7. MFC (Canada) 8. Shooto (Japan) 9. Ultimate Challenge UK (UK) 10. DEEP (Japan) You can see that American companies dominate the top of the list, but that the Japanese companies aren’t far behind. This month we take a look at the heavyweight division. With a huge unification title fight coming up, the landscape could change greatly in a short period of time. It also gives you a sneak peek into some of one new face to Cage Warriors that has yet to fight. Cage Warriors Heavyweight Top Ten Rankings 1. Daniel Puder (11-0) Interim Heavyweight Champion 2. Andre Arlovski (19-6) Career is reborn after fighting in the UK and Canada. 3. Josh Hendricks (19-5) Shocked Jon Madsen, won last 4 fights 4. Jon Madsen (6-1) Suffered first loss. Ranking is questionable 5. Daniel Cormier (5-1) Won debut fight with Wes Shivers 6. Brenden Schaub (8-1) Loss to Justin Wren still bothers him, undefeated since. 7. Sergei Kharitonov (19-4) Won debut handily, could be ranked higher. 8. Darril Schoonover (13-1) Coming off of Puder 9. Dave Herman (21-3) Heavyweight Champion, Underrated??? 10. Wes Shivers (2-1) Don’t ask. Obviously a division still in development. A lot of young, juniors quality fighters are up there, and it’s will take a bit to mold this division into something more. The Puder-Herman fight is greatly anticipated. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

06-01-2010, 05:40 PM	#182
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Frank Trigg has retired from MMA. Trigg was 39 at his retirement, and had a record of (19-7). His last fight was at UFC 103 almost 2 years ago, where he was TKOed in under 90 seconds by Josh Koscheck. Cage Warriors returns to Florida for Cage Warriors 37. Our first trip since February when Lyman Good defended his title against Ryan Ford at Cage Warriors 27. Obviously the most important fight is the main event battle for the unified heavyweight title. But we shouldn’t underestimate the importance of any fight on this card. The co-feature between Tom Watson and Chris Wilson promises to be a stand up striking contest to see which fighter will land the big blow first. A win for Wilson and his step up in weight class will be considered legit and a title shot can’t be too far from that. A win for Watson and he has to wonder where Fabio Silva is with his shot. Two fighters make their debut’s on the main card. Hopefully, we will also see the last of Dave Menne after tonight as well. We head down to cage side for the action. Our first fight is in the middleweight class. This battle is between Ryan Jensen (17-6, BJJ/Kick Boxing) and Dan Miller (11-4, Freestyle). Miller is making his debut, while Jensen lost his. A good fight. Jensen did well when he got Miller to the ground, but struggled to advance position. Jensen was able to sweep Miller into side control where he worked an arm triangle for the submission win. Decent fight. Next up is a welterweight battle between Shamar Bailey (13-2, Wrestling) and Dave Menne (43-18-2, Freestyle). My hatred of Dave Menne is no secret. Yeah! Standing on my seat I watched as Bailey took Menne down and pounded him out in the first round. Bye bye Dave. Great fight. Per Eklund (19-5-1, Freestyle) and Jeff Lawson (13-4, Judo) are next up in the lightweight division. Eklund has been a top contender and Lawson is still climbing the ladder. Eklund really pressed the action, closing the distance and taking his grappling game to Lawson. Eklund scored a powerful takedown then locked a guillotine choke for the win in the first. Fantastic fight. The next fight is in the featherweight divison. Alan Omer (16-3, Submission Wrestling) and Bao Quach (17-11-1, BJJ) are set to go. Omer has a big size advantage, 6 inches of height and 7 inches of reach. Quach controlled round one with a neat takedown and control. Omer let his hands go in round 2 catching Quach coming in and knocking him out. Great fight. Assuerio Silva (17-9, Muay Thai/BJJ, 257) and Kirill Sidelnikov (7-4, Sambo, 242) are next up in the heavyweight division. Both fighters really need a win. A close fight where the judges disagreed with who should have won. Sidelnikov probably did more, but completely ran out of gas in round 2, and Silva just couldn’t take advantage soon enough. Sidelnikov wins a split decision. Average fight. Lightweights are next. Dave Jansen (15-2, Wrestling) takes on Ross Pearson (13-4, Boxing/Wrestling). It was no secret that Jansen wanted to get close. Pearson did a great job of striking in round one, and kept him at bay, narrowly missing some very big punches. Jansen got his wish in round 2, and got it to the mat. From there, he launched a vicious ground and pound that finished the fight. Fantastic fight. The last prelim fight of the night is between Ryan Jimmo (15-2, Karate) and Victor Valimaki (19-7, Karate). Valimaki was embarrassed by Jimmo in their first fight, when Jimmo submitted him early in round 1. Jimmo did it again. I guess this one is over. Valimaki pressed the action in round 1, but couldn’t corral Jimmo. In round 2, he took a big head kick that stunned him, then Jimmo knocked him out cold with his ground and pound. Great fight. The opening fight of the PPV card is in the welterweight division. Ryan Stonitsch (11-2, Muay Thai) takes on Yosmanny Cabezas (11-4, Judo). Stonitsch was expected to use this fight to springboard into the next level of competition, but all he did was make Cabezas look really good. It was a close fight, but Cabezas was very aggressive, using good grappling and takedowns to take away the striking advantage of Stonitsch. Cabezas steals the fight. Decent fight Next up are light heavyweights Marcus Sursa (9-5, Wrestling) and Jared Hamman (13-2, Kick Boxing). Sursa just signed a contract extension. Beautiful fight. Sursa maneuvered wonderfully and took Hamman down. A little ground and pound, then a move to side control. He took Hamman’s back when he tried to escape, then tapped him out with the rear naked choke. Great fight. Abel Cullum (20-3, Freestyle) is taking on Ivan Lopez (12-2, Kick Boxing/Tae Kwon Do) in a featherweight battle. Cullum dominated Lopez in his debut. Cullum got an early takedown took Lopez back and beat him with furious punches until the ref stopped the fight. Fantastic fight. The co-main is a middleweight fight between Tom Watson (12-3, Boxing) and Chris Wilson (17-8, Kick Boxing). Both men are in the thick of the title contention. Wilson’s plan was to use his grappling to get the advantage but Watson was slippery, then when he had the advantage Watson unleashed a barrage of punches that stunned Wilson. Watson was relentless and Wilson stopped defending himself. Watson scores the TKO in the early first round. Great fight. The main event is next. The unification title fight in the heavyweight division between Daniel Puder (11-0, Wrestling), the interim champ, and Dave Herman (21-3, Wrestling) the heavyweight champ is next. Puder wanted to get to the mat where he has dominated fighters with his ground and pound, but found himself turtled up after a failed takedown. He took a number of large shots from Herman, but survived the round. Neither fighter did much in round 2, it was very close. Round three started like round one. Puder wanted to get to the mat, but it was Herman that landed the huge punch that turned the fight. Herman put the fight away as the ref stopped it to save Puder from being hurt any more. Decent fight. Our show had an attendance of 6,518 with another 111k PPV buys. It was rated as being good. Fight of the Night goes to Dave Herman and Daniel Puder Knockout of the Night goes to Alan Omer Submission of the Night goes to Marcus Sursa __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

06-01-2010, 05:42 PM	#183
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Following the fight it was announced that both Dave Menne and Jeff Lawson will be cut from the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship promotion. Menne obviously was going out after his suspension for drugs shortly after he was signed and was one of the biggest names in the company. Lawson went 1-3 for the promotion and never seemed to catch his stride. Both men will be out of work, but you have to figure, at least for Lawson, that he will find new work soon. Akira Shoji (18-16) a former Pride fighter, has won the Middleweight King of Pancrase with a win over fellow MMA journeyman Cyrille Diabate (15-9-1). Cheik Kongo has retired from MMA. Kongo finished his career with a record of 13-7-1. Kongo was in the UFC Heavyweight title picture just two years ago, but his loss to Cain Velasquez was the beginning of the fall. From there he lost his next three fights to Gabe Gonzaga, Todd Duffee, and Sergei Kharitonov. Kongo was 36. Cage Warrior Yoshihiro Nakao (10-5) has also retired. Nakao only had three fights for our promotion, but won only one. His last fight saw him submitted by Marcio Cruz in Japan in a World Victory Road fight. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

06-01-2010, 05:48 PM	#184
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I have been saying that there have been some exciting developments in CWFC and that they would be unveiled soon. Well, now is the time for some. Cage Warriors 39 will be live from Colorado, and will be, without a shadow of a doubt the biggest, best and the standard for which all future Cage Warriors shows are based. This show represents a start of a new run for our company. From here, Cage Warriors will grow toward international domination, and it’s going to start right here. From top to bottom on this card, from the main event to the first preliminary fight there are great fights and fighters. This card also features the first triple main event in company history. The main event is a light heavyweight matchup of former UFC fighters. One is new to Cage Warriors and one has been here since the beginning. Lyoto Machida is certainly no stranger to the cage, and as a former UFC light heavyweight champion, he figures that he is ready right now to challenge Phil Davis for the title. His opponent will be Jake O’Brien. O’Brien is coming off of headlining a show in July, and is will now be headlining his third PPV show. O’Brien only has one loss in CWFC and that was to Ralek Gracie in his first fight. Since then he is on a 5-fight win streak and gets the chance now to put a big exclamation point on it. The second main event of the night features the debut’s of two new fighters to CWFC. This welterweight battle will be between former UFC fighter Martin Kampmann, a stand-up fighter who trains at Xtreme Couture, and former Strikeforce fighter, Nick Diaz, who trains with Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Our third main event of the night sees the return of the Cage Warriors featherweight champion, Din Thomas. Thomas hasn’t fought for us in over a year, and is now ready to defend his title. His opponent will be none other than interim featherweight champion, Cub Swanson. That’s right, a unification title fight. Here is a list of the entire card for Cage Warriors 39. Code: Lyoto Machida (16-1) v. Jake O’Brien (16-4) LHW Martin Kampmann (16-3) v. Nick Diaz (21-8) WW Cage Warriors Featheweight Title Cage Warriors Interim Featherweight Title Din Thomas (28-9) v. Cub Swanson (18-2) FW Takeya Mizugaki (15-5-2) v. Paul Sass (12-1) LW Paulo Filho (22-1) v. Joe Riggs (33-11) MW ----Prelims---- Jimi Mauwa (7-1) v. Shane Primm (8-2) LHW Simeon Thoresen (15-2-1) v. Jon Fitch (19-5) WW Issei Tamura (9-1) v. Diego Nunes (15-2) FW Daniel Cormier (5-1) v. Tim Hague (10-2) HW Darril Schoonover (13-1) v. Ben Rothwell (31-9) HW Siyar Bahadurzada (19-5-1) v. Mike Swick (13-6) MW James Krause (13-3) v. Alberto Crane (15-5) LW Mizugaki is currently rated as the #1 lightweight in Cage Warriors, and Sass has been climbing the ladder. Paulo Filho makes his return to the US. He hasn’t fought since his strange loss to Chael Sonnen in the WEC. He is on a 5-fight win streak. Jimi Manuwa makes his return since he lost the title. Jon Fitch makes his CWFC debut against a fighter that is making his US debut. Thoresen is a protégé of Joachim Hansen and has been fighting for DEEP in Japan. Issei Tamura returns after his failed attempt at the interim featherweight title. Diego Nunes has lost two in a row. Cormier could be a Juniors fighter but he is a legit title contender, like Manuwa. From top to bottom, this is a kickass card. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

06-13-2010, 09:37 PM	#185
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	At Cage Force, in Japan, Takeshi Numajiri (3-3) has won the bantamweight title from Isao Terada (8-8-4). Terada had held the title for 18 months. Young Choi (17-7-1) defended his DEEP Middleweight title with a win over Hyun Gyu Lim (5-2-1). Takenori Gomi (33-7) was welcomed back to Japan with open arms. His failure in the UFC didn’t deter his supporters in the far east. Gomi debuted for DREAM at their show last night. His first fight for the company was for the vacant lightweight title which he won by TKO in the first round over Andre Amade (9-7-1). It’s Gomi’s first title since he held the Pride lightweight title in 2007. At the same show Rudy Lindsey (15-9) won the vacant DREAM Heavyweight title with a win over Lloyd Marshbanks (15-10). UFC 124 is over and done with. In the main event BJ Penn (17-6-1) handed Gray Maynard (12-1) his first loss when he submitted him late in round 3. The co-main saw Wanderlei Silva (36-11-1) beat Michael Bisping (17-6). After the show, Dana White stated that he had no intention of resigning Bisping after his sixth loss in a row. Ryan Bader (13-0) defended his light heavyweight title against Matt Hamil (8-4) with a first round TKO. Other winners were Rampage Jackson (33-9) and Demian Maia (14-2). MFC 41 just took place and it was headlined by Cage Warrior, Brenden Schaub. Schaub (9-1) won his second fight with the promotion taking a three round decision from Soa Palelei (12-4). Another Cage Warrior, Ralek Gracie (5-2) beat Vernon White (27-35-2) with a first round TKO. Gracie was debuting with Maximum. The UFC have signed former Cage Warriors and Strikeforce fighter Shonie Carter. Carter (50-24-7) is 39, and his career is just about over. His is 1-3 in his fights over the last year. Additionally, the UFC have also decided that Kimbo Slice should get a shot at MMA greatness, and have signed him to a 3-fight deal. Ox Wheeler (13-2) submitted Rani Yahya (18-5) to win the WEC Bantamweight Title. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam