Cage Contender (Featherweight)

John Ferguson

The next Cage Contender show will be on 5th Feb 2010 at the Clarion Hotel, Carrickfergus. The main tournament will be fought at featherweight and will run in the std Cage Contender format(ie: knockout contest with £1000 to the winner).

Any clubs or fighters who want to be on the show contact us asap!!! The main tournament will be pro rules and the undercard will be class C

Tickets will be released next week and will make a great Xmas present:D


John & Mark
www.fight.ie

EMC_SFT

should be great....there's a lot of great fighters around at 66kg but av d say if jo clark's in it he'll defs be my favourite d win, he just seems d destroy every1 he fites n i cant see many featherweights beating him.

Martin Walker

From what ive heard of the fighters that are signed up for this Joe would have a very hard time. Featherweight in Ireland holds some of the toughest fighters around, its very stacked.

EMC_SFT

gud point and i agree, i dont know who is in it but im jus sayin from what iv seen of him,i definitely consider him to be one of the best fighters on the circuit at that weight, there is no denying there is some great fighters at that weight and it might actually be the toughest weight category in the country...

John Ferguson

EMC_SFT wrote: »

gud point and i agree, i dont know who is in it but im jus sayin from what iv seen of him,i definitely consider him to be one of the best fighters on the circuit at that weight, there is no denying there is some great fighters at that weight and it might actually be the toughest weight category in the country...

Just out of interest guys, who do you see as the top irish featherweights??

John
Cage Contender, 5 Feb 2010, Clarion Hotel, Carrickfergus
www.fight.ie

Martin Walker

fightie wrote: »

Just out of interest guys, who do you see as the top irish featherweights??

Theres Loads.
In no Particular order:
Mick Leonard (EFR Champion)
Tim Murphy (TW Champion)
Kevin Carney (Spartan Champion)
Steve McCombe (FW and BW)
Damo Rooney (FW and BW)
Peter Wilson
Ben Davis
Seb Torres
Johnny Doey
Shane Thomas
Paul Cowzer
Gary Morris
Owen Roddy
Jonny McGillion

No offence to Joe Clarke but at the minute i feel he would struggle to beat many of these guys. However hes at a good stable that wouldnt push him into fights too soon so i dont think it would happen anyway. Give him a few years and he will be up there but now... no.

Martin Walker

EMC_SFT wrote: »

it might actually be the toughest weight category in the country...

The LW division is the toughest in Ireland without a doubt.

McManus

Martin Walker wrote: »

Theres Loads.
In no Particular order:
Tim Murphy (TW Champion)
Mick Leonard (EFR Champion)
Kevin Carney (Spartan Champion)
Steve McCombe (FW and BW)
Damo Rooney (FW and BW)
Peter Wilson
Ben Davis
Seb Torres
Johnny Doey
Shane Thomas
Paul Cowzer
Gary Morris
Owen Roddy
Jonny McGillion

No offence to Joe Clarke but at the minute i feel he would struggle to beat any of these guys. However hes at a good stable that wouldnt push him into fights too soon so i dont think it would happen anyway. Give him a few years and he will be up there but now... no.

Joe Clarke has already beat 2 people on the list! He has beat Johnny McGillion and Peter Wilson, Everytime i have seen him fight he gets better, most of his fights have been semi pro and he has still to prove himself at pro and i have no doubt that he will prove himself!

Martin Walker

The list above isnt a list of people Joe Clarke cant beat so dont make it into that. Those people are who i would consider the top Featherweights like John from Fight.ie asked.
Again as you say im sure Joe will prove himself at pro ut as of now he hasnt. Like anyone else he will build up to fight the best. Not jump in at the deep end.

Marty Mc

kevin Mc alonan is without doubt one of irelands finest at feather weight..
especially with his recent win over the highly ranked and respected fred fernandez..

what about owen roddy?

mark.leonard

Owen Roddy is on the list.

+1 for Kevin McAlonan, I think we got it in our heads he was Lightweight, now he is back down to featherweight he is one to watch,

McManus

What about Norman Parkes i know he beat Ben Davis recently was this at featherweight?

John Ferguson

Ok,

lets put it all out in the open, its most likely going to be a 4 man contest again

which 4 men would you like to see battle it out?

Mark

Jason Mc

Kevin or stevie from EFR (damo is a bantam??)
Tim
Ben
Owen

for me stand out a bit, though plenty others could make it from marty walkers list.

Killme00

fightie wrote: »

Ok,

lets put it all out in the open, its most likely going to be a 4 man contest again

which 4 men would you like to see battle it out?

Mark

Will it be five minute rounds?

cowzerp

its always 3 min rds, the 2 shows so far have been

John Ferguson

The Cage Contender format is 3x3.

The reason for this is that fighters are being asked to fight more than one fight in a short space of time (sometimes less than an hour between fights). Should their first fight go the distance with 3x5 that would be 15 minutes of hard gruel, followed by an hour of rest, then maybe the same.

For fighter safety (tired guys are more likely to make dangerous mistakes, or drop guard and get serriously KO'd) and out of fairness we decieded that 3x3 makes more sense....

ollieo

McManus wrote: »

What about Norman Parkes i know he beat Ben Davis recently was this at featherweight?

That fight wasn't at featherweight. It was fought at ~69 kg I think.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I know it wasn't at featherweight.

John Ferguson

Here is the poster for the Cage Contender Featherweight Competition

Tickets will be available from ticketmaster today/tomorrow, will post that link once i have it.

mark.leonard

McManus wrote: »

What about Norman Parkes i know he beat Ben Davis recently was this at featherweight?

Norman is Lightweight, see MMA Universe for more, Ollie triangled the correct when he said it was a catch weight fight, not fought at 65 as Norman is too big to make that weight.

Both men had late pull outs in different fights and Ben stepped up to fight a bigger fighter on short notice, and I think he acquitted himself well.

The Son of Life remains undefeated at featherweight, and we are looking forward to this tournament.

sonoflife

mark.leonard wrote: »

Norman is Lightweight, see MMA Universe for more, Ollie triangled the correct when he said it was a catch weight fight, not fought at 65 as Norman is too big to make that weight.

Both men had late pull outs in different fights and Ben stepped up to fight a bigger fighter on short notice, and I think he acquitted himself well.

The Son of Life remains undefeated at featherweight, and we are looking forward to this tournament.

Yeh Cant Wait!!!!!...FeatherWeight an Lightweight i think are arguably the best catogories!!!...Speed, Power, agillity= Exciting stuff!

John Ferguson

markfightie wrote: »

Ive just signed up for my own account, john will now be the sole user of the fightie username, and i will use this one: markfightie

To avoid confusion as to who you are speaking to.

Mark

wayne1

ok i put the 3 champions in

Tim Murphy (TW Champion)
Mick Leonard (EFR Champion)
Kevin Carney (Spartan Champion)
and i put( paul cowser )
i think that be a great show

colinlaird000

"Yeh Cant Wait!!!!!...FeatherWeight an Lightweight i think are arguably the best catogories!!!...Speed, Power, agillity= Exciting stuff! "

I find that terribly offensive to big boned people.

Anakin.S

I'm really looking forward to this one.

From the talk here it sounds like its the most competitive weight group. I can't see any reason why the top fighters won't want to have a go and prove who is the best.

John Ferguson

Anakin.S wrote: »

I'm really looking forward to this one.

From the talk here it sounds like its the most competitive weight group. I can't see any reason why the top fighters won't want to have a go and prove who is the best.

I totally agree, as well as bragging rights remember the winner also gets £1000

We can confirm that Sebastian Torres and Benjamin "Son of Life" Davis have already entered the contest


John
Cage Contender (Featherweight), 5 Feb 2010, Clarion Hotel, Carrickfergus
www.fight.ie

koking

I'd love to see
1.Kevin Mc Alonan
2.Tim Murphy
3.Owen Roddy
4.Mick leonard
Now that would be a good 4 man tournament

kid chaos

Martin Walker wrote: »

Theres Loads.
In no Particular order:
Tim Murphy (TW Champion)
Mick Leonard (EFR Champion)
Kevin Carney (Spartan Champion)
Steve McCombe (FW and BW)
Damo Rooney (FW and BW)
Peter Wilson
Ben Davis
Seb Torres
Johnny Doey
Shane Thomas
Paul Cowzer
Gary Morris
Owen Roddy
Jonny McGillion

No offence to Joe Clarke but at the minute i feel he would struggle to beat many of these guys. However hes at a good stable that wouldnt push him into fights too soon so i dont think it would happen anyway. Give him a few years and he will be up there but now... no.

That list is unreal lol

Martys is right, for now anyway;) my wins over jonny and peter dont credit me in anyway for my professional carear. Both are doing amazing and pro.

And when i do turn pro (early next year) i will be fighting an bantamweight (61kg)

joe

John Ferguson

kid chaos wrote: »

That list is unreal lol

Martys is right, for now anyway;) my wins over jonny and peter dont credit me in anyway for my professional carear. Both are doing amazing and pro.

And when i do turn pro (early next year) i will be fighting an bantamweight (61kg)

joe

We can confrim that Joe Clarke will be on the undercard of this show!!!!

John
www.fight.ie

Roper

Does Damo Rooney make bantam?

John Ferguson

Roper wrote: »

Does Damo Rooney make bantam?

Yes Barry, I was chattin to Damo on thursday and he was saying he is bantam

J

kid chaos

fightie wrote: »

We can confrim that Joe Clarke will be on the undercard of this show!!!!

John
www.fight.ie

Are weigh ins the day before john?

John Ferguson

kid chaos wrote: »

Are weigh ins the day before john?

Yes as always the weigh in will be the day before, we will announce all details within a fortnite

John
www.fight.ie

UC Newry

Everytime we go to Damo looking to get him matched at Conflict he says that he wants a bantamweight fight. He fought Ritchie Ivory at 62 but since we have been finding it hard getting him matches at that weight so he ends up fighting above that at 64 or even 66 last time out. But he came to us regarding the next fight and said that after that he wants to try and get matches back down at bantam, so as far as we know thats the weight he intends to fight at.

sonoflife

colinlaird000 wrote: »

I find that terribly offensive to big boned people.

LOL....Well there is Fedor...?Hes big, fast, an powerfull...But then again im not sure hes intirely human???:D

John Ferguson

We have now finished the line up for CAGE CONTENDER(featherweight), 5th Feb 2010, Clarion Hotel, Carrickfergus

• Ben "Son of Life" Davis
• Sebastian Torres
• Gary "The Dumptruck" Morris
• Kevin "Bam Bam" McAlonan

Let us know who your pick as the winner is?????

Tickets are now available from Ticketmaster and the fighters on the card,


The undercard will be announced later this week on www.fight.ie

Martin Walker

Thats a good tourney there. But i think Kevin McAlonan will take it. More experienced, fought around the UK and Europe and just beat Fred Fernandez.

Same deal as before? 3x3mins. Draw on weigh ins

kid chaos

Martin Walker wrote: »

Thats a good tourney there. But i think Kevin McAlonan will take it. More experienced, fought around the UK and Europe and just beat Fred Fernandez.

Same deal as before? 3x3mins. Draw on weigh ins

I agree

cowzerp

fightie wrote: »

Ben "Son of Life" Davis

Sebastian Torres

Gary "The Dumptruck" Morris

Kevin "Bam Bam" McAlonan

Genuinely great tournament, if it goes as it could it will be the best in a long while.

brookie

fightie wrote: »

We have now finished the line up for CAGE CONTENDER(featherweight), 5th Feb 2010, Clarion Hotel, Carrickfergus

• Ben "Son of Life" Davis
• Sebastian Torres
• Gary "The Dumptruck" Morris
• Kevin "Bam Bam" McAlonan

Let us know who your pick as the winner is?????

Tickets are now available from Ticketmaster and the fighters on the card,


The undercard will be announced later this week on www.fight.ie

torres!!!!!!

John Ferguson

We now have the line up for CAGE CONTENDER(featherweight), 5th Feb 2010, Clarion Hotel, Carrickfergus...We will fill in the gaps as we get them sorted

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT

• Ben "Son of Life" Davis
• Sebastian Torres
• Gary "The Dumptruck" Morris
• Kevin "Bam Bam" McAlonan

Undercard



Welterweight
Professional (3x5)

Myles Pryce v TBC


Featherweight
Professional (3x5)

Johnny McGillion v Noel Duggan


Heavyweight
Semi-Pro (3x3)

Robert McTrusty v Sean Crowe

Andy Thompson v TBC


Middleweight
Semi-Pro (3x3)

Paul Moore v TBC

Welterweight
Semi-Pro (3x3)

Sean Pagel v Ciaran Gillen


Samuel Keatinge v Thomas Crosse


Featherweight
Semi-Pro (3x3)

Joe Clarke v Brendan McGarry

Andrew Falconer v Eugene McAuley

Decky Dalton v Lee Metcalfe


Bantamweight
Semi-Pro (3x3)

Neil Ward v Caoimhine Murtagh



Flyweight
Teens Semi-Pro (3x3)

Ronnie Brennan v Josh Bell




We also have a couple of others pending and will let you know asap

Let us know your thoughts on the card


John
Cage Contender, 5th Feb 2009, Clarion Hotel, Carrickfergus
www.fight.ie

sonoflife

Im gonna unleash da fire!...Believe that!...Some great Irish names in the mix!....Could be any mans night???....If your a fan of MMA this will be a must see!!...Some great fighters on the undercard to!!!


A warrior fights to live an lives to fight! Even when there struck down they still shine bright!

thebandit01

bam bam will 4 sure win. He has ko power in both hands. Myles price ktp. Y don't u try and get Ronan mckay EFR what a fight that would be!!!!

mark.leonard

thebandit01 wrote: »

bam bam will 4 sure win. He has ko power in both hands. Myles price ktp. Y don't u try and get Ronan mckay EFR what a fight that would be!!!!

Nothing sure in this life Dec I can think of at least three people who disagree with you!

colinlaird000

If Sebastian gets his hands on any of them, he has already shown it'll be a very short night for whoever hes fighting. We all know that Gary has a strong Judo background as well as dangerous hands, so his clinch work should be excellent. EFR team are always more than competent at any range. Pont Blank also tend to have a high standard of skills in any position, with their hybrid SBG / TKD / San Shou game.. It'll looks like its shaping up nicely to be a brilliant event, witha lot of different aspects of the MMA game on show in one competition. Bring on the little people! :P

thebandit01

mark.leonard wrote: »

Nothing sure in this life Dec I can think of at least three people who disagree with you!

I'm always goin to back my team mate mark as u know lol the other 3 fighters are all cool lads but I think kev will b to much 4 any of them!!!!

irishdownhiller

sebastian will take this!

once he gets them down or it goes down, he will finish it! guy is improving a hell of a lot and gonna be a good one for him.

mark.leonard

irishdownhiller wrote: »

sebastian will take this!

once he gets them down or it goes down, he will finish it! guy is improving a hell of a lot and gonna be a good one for him.

At the risk of doing John's promotion for him , I respectfully disagree!

mark.leonard

Sure did, cheers.

mark.leonard

Might be more subtle if you had started your own thread entitled
"Wondering if anyone (Mark) has put up their club, fighter and promotion details on the Fight website?"

:P

sonoflife

Looks like im the underdog for the title....lol