Cage Contender VII

John Ferguson

I am now matching for Cage Contender VII, Kings Hall Complex, Belfast, Sat 13th Nov 2010...

As with all Cage Contender events this will be televised on Setanta Sports.

Anyone wanting to have fighters on this show get in touch with me asap. email details to john@crew.ie or call me on +44 7841 663131. The show will be our usual format with a mix of pro and semi-pro matches.


and to get the ball rolling!!!


CAGE CONTENDER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE

Owen Roddy (SBG) vs Shane Thomas (Kokoro)


I will announce other fights as they are signed!!!!

cowzerp

fightie wrote: »

and to get the ball rolling!!!


CAGE CONTENDER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE

Owen Roddy (SBG) vs Shane Thomas (Kokoro)

Fair ball's to Shane showing he will fight anyone, Owen is well rounded and when fighting consistent 1 of, if not the best featherweight around, this will be a good test for shane to see where his abilities are at now, and in my opinion win or lose he deserves respect.

EnjoyChoke

Respect to Shane for stepping up.
I do think it's a bit of a mismatch, can not see Roddy being troubled in any area. Only one way to find out for sure though

GSPfan

Well I know Shane was fit and ready for his last fight but that got cancelled very close to fight day due to medical reasons for his opponent. So I'm hoping Owen hasn't planned any fights within close proximity to this one cause I can't wait to see it. Makes me look forward to the winter weather.

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin) vs Chris Fields (SBG)

pablohoney87

fightie wrote: »

CAGE CONTENDER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin) vs Chris Fields (SBG)

Awesome to hear. Only a matter of time before someone matched them up again.

juijitsu black

That two great fights so start with John
Looking forward to this one as there is always a good atmosphere in the Kings hall.

SBG Ireland

fightie wrote: »

CAGE CONTENDER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin) vs Chris Fields (SBG)

have you checked the height of the venue? :rolleyes:

Performance Martial Arts

Yes 2 cracking fights to start with!!!!!!! Cant wait for this one ether. Well done John on arranging great fight cards here in Ireland.

Ramunas

SBG Ireland wrote: »

have you checked the height of the venue? :rolleyes:

Cage Wars already cheked:)

Mrs Lynch

Cant wait to see Tim and Chris:D Really disappointed when this one was cancelled (because Chris didnt take his hat off lol ) but seriously will be great fight imo;)

Roddy v Thomas - Can anyone tell me when was Owens last fight??? Last time I saw him he lost to Hugh Brady in Belfast and then I lost track of him (imo was one of Irelands finest fighters). Shanes last few fights I have been impressed by him and believe his game has definately improved;) Will be an interesting fight

Urs
x

(p.s. by the way Hugh Brady defo would love to see him on this card along with Joe Clarke and ............. I'll just send you my wish-list lol):D

Mrs Lynch

juijitsu black wrote: »

............. always a good atmosphere in the Kings hall.

Its in the Balmoral Hall (which is off the Kings Hall) and where last show was and it was a better hall all round. Suited the crowd a made for awesome athmosphere;) (apart from spilt drink on my new shoes - us women and shoes lol):D

Urs
x

Clive

Mrs Lynch wrote: »

Roddy v Thomas - Can anyone tell me when was Owens last fight?

Not sure if they were his last fights but he had a win in Slovakia and another in Sweden last year.

Mrs Lynch

Clive wrote: »

Not sure if they were his last fights but he had a win in Slovakia and another in Sweden last year.

Thanks Clive he did go off the radar from the local scene and last I'd heard was he had his own club but not much else after that!!! Still it will be great to see him back

Urs
x

John Ferguson

Middleweight

Ramunas Venslovas (Shootfighters) vs Paul Moore (IFS)

John Ferguson

Bantamweight

Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Neil "2 Tap" Seery (Ryano)

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE

Cathal Pendred (SBGi) vs Liam Shannon (PCCB)

Anakin.S

When do the tickets go on sale?

I want to buy a cageside ticket for this one

John Ferguson

Anakin.S wrote: »

When do the tickets go on sale?

I want to buy a cageside ticket for this one

Tickets on sale in 3 week, will keep u updated!!!

Sean Quagmire

If the last one was Cage Contender V, how is this one VII?

Barry.Oglesby

There's one in Manchester in between.

John Ferguson

Also guys remember that i will be matching A, B and C class matches for this show.

I want as many gyms on the card as i can. So fighters if you want on Cage Contender get your coach to contact me asap (only problem is that if you are on you cannot compete anywhere else from 4 weeks before, sorry steve;))

SBG Ireland

dont you mean Pro A/B and Semi Pro?

John Ferguson

SBG Ireland wrote: »

dont you mean Pro A/B and Semi Pro?

Jaysus John, you just couldn't resist:D lol

cowzerp

i would actually say it would be good to know what rule sets you plan on using on the show before match making to save some serious drama!?

Rumble in Rush 5 will hopefully be adapting what i feel should become the agreed national rules of Ireland.. but thats a while away so it wont be a major stress to me right now..

John Ferguson

cowzerp wrote: »

i would actually say it would be good to know what rule sets you plan on using on the show before match making to save some serious drama!?

Rumble in Rush 5 will hopefully be adapting what i feel should become the agreed national rules of Ireland.. but thats a while away so it wont be a major stress to me right now..

I don't see things chancing before CC VII Paul. The new rules if agreed will take time to come in. I would like to change on 01/01/2011

Barry.Oglesby

Greg Loughran versus Anyone


Make it happen John.

0ph0rce0

Where will one get tickets for this, Website??????????? Ticketmaster????????????

SBG Ireland

for those who havent seen owen in a while here he is beating the highly ranked and dangerous submission fighter Tchavdar Pavlov

http://www.mmavideos.pl/video/owen-roddy-vs-tchavdar-pavlov-superior-challenge-3

Tones69

SBG Ireland wrote: »

for those who havent seen owen in a while here he is beating the highly ranked and dangerous submission fighter Tchavdar Pavlov

http://www.mmavideos.pl/video/owen-roddy-vs-tchavdar-pavlov-superior-challenge-3

Seen that, great finish by owen, really grinded him down

kid chaos

fightie wrote: »

Bantamweight

Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Neil "2 Tap" Seery (Ryano)

FOTN right there

John Ferguson

Welterweight

Ronan "The Barbarian" McKay (EFR) vs Arni "The Ice Viking" Issakson

SBG Ireland

another HUGE fight on an already stacked card!!!! :eek:

so thats 4 SBG guys involved in the 4 big fights.....i smell conspiracy!!!

John Ferguson

SBG Ireland wrote: »

so thats 4 SBG guys involved in the 4 big fights.....i smell conspiracy!!!

FFS behave!!! I am only getting over the last lot of rumours

John Ferguson

The Card so far:


CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE : THE REMATCH
Cathal Pendred (SBGi) vs Liam Shannon (PCCB)

CAGE CONTENDER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
Owen Roddy (Primal MMA) vs Shane Thomas (Kokoro)

CAGE CONTENDER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Ryan Kelly (PCCB) vs Chris Fields (SBG)


Welterweight
Ronan "The Barbarian" McKay (EFR) vs Arni "The Ice Viking" Issakson

Middleweight
Ramunas Venslovas (Shootfighters) vs Paul Moore (IFS)

Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Neil "2 Tap" Seery (Ryano)

pablohoney87

Can you confirm the usernames who won the free tickets from cc 5 predictions please?

John Ferguson

Cage Contender VI is now over so its full steam ahead with CC VII, i will be matching the card this week!!! Any fighters for the card? i need names asap!! both pro and semi pro required

John Ferguson

Tickets for CAGE CONTENDER VII will be on sale from MONDAY 6th Sept . As always they will be available from TICKETMASTER and ALL fighters on the card. There are only 1200 tickets for this event and we already have 700 pre ordered.

This is the final CAGE CONTENDER of Season 1 so DON'T miss it (Season 2 begins January 2011).

Anakin.S

This quote is taken from John Ferguson's facebook account

Irelands BIGGEST MMA brand CAGE CONTENDER is coming back to BELFAST... After a controversial decision in Dublin on July 24th a rematch has been ordered!!!! The venue this time is BELFAST. Home town hero Liam Shannon has vowed not to let the judges spoil his revenge this time round. Dubliner Cathal Pendred won't want to... loose his CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE belt in Shannon's back yard!!

Could you clarify what made the decision controversial?

What forced you to the decision to order a rematch?

EnjoyChoke

Anakin.S wrote: »

This quote is taken from John Ferguson's facebook account

Irelands BIGGEST MMA brand CAGE CONTENDER is coming back to BELFAST... After a controversial decision in Dublin on July 24th a rematch has been ordered!!!! The venue this time is BELFAST. Home town hero Liam Shannon has vowed not to let the judges spoil his revenge this time round. Dubliner Cathal Pendred won't want to... loose his CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE belt in Shannon's back yard!!

Could you clarify what made the decision controversial?

What forced you to the decision to order a rematch?

People want to see a rematch. Simple as.

_oveless

Anakin.S wrote: »

Could you clarify what made the decision controversial?

What forced you to the decision to order a rematch?

Controversial is probably the wrong word, it was super close and many fans (myself one of them) would like to see a definitive winner.

John Ferguson

Anakin.S wrote: »

Could you clarify what made the decision controversial?

Sorry, I thought that everyone knew the reasons for this.....

There were 2 reasons that the choice was made.

1. On the night the MC Richie Moore announced that the decision was unanimous when it was split, this was a simple mistake but should not have happened none the less. To combat this in the future all score cards will be announced by the MC along with the result just as it is in boxing.

2. I was made aware two days following the event that one of the Officals Aidan Marron had given a half point (e.g 9.5) on one of the rounds.

When i was told this i spoke to Aidan and then the other officals from the event (Dave Jones, Peter Lavery and Dec Larkin) and got the facts together. I then drove up to speak to Liam Shannon about it in person, then drove to Dublin to speak to John Kavanagh.

It was agreed by all involved that the fairest way to deal with this was a re-match.

Cage Contender is totally open about this event and have answered many questions about it. We hope this will answer your questions.

John Ferguson

Bantamweight

Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs James "The Bag Man" Higgins (PCCB)

John Ferguson

Heavyweight

Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Sean Crowe (PCCB)

John Ferguson

Featherweight

Decky Dalton (PCCB) vs Brian Moore (Wexford)

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE : THE REMATCH
Cathal Pendred (SBGi) vs Liam Shannon (PCCB)

CAGE CONTENDER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
Owen Roddy (Primal MMA) vs Shane Thomas (Kokoro)

CAGE CONTENDER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Ryan Kelly (PCCB) vs Chris Fields (SBG)


Welterweight
Ronan "The Barbarian" McKay (EFR) vs Arni "The Ice Viking" Issakson

Middleweight
Ramunas Venslovas (Shootfighters) vs Paul Moore (IFS)

Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Neil "2 Tap" Seery (Ryano)

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Sean Crowe (PCCB)

Bantamweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs James "The Bag Man" Higgins (PCCB)

Featherweight
Decky Dalton (PCCB) vs Brian Moore (Wexford)


I will bring you further fights as they are agreed!!!!

Anakin.S

fightie wrote: »

There were 2 reasons that the choice was made.

In future all score cards will be announced by the MC along with the result just as it is in boxing.


It was agreed by all involved that the fairest way to deal with this was a re-match.

Cage Contender is totally open about this event and have answered many questions about it. We hope this will answer your questions.

Fair enough reasons. Two great fighters from two excellent clubs!

Thanks for answering my questions

SDTimeout

This was my first irish mma event and while i'll be going to a few before this show is on i will be looking forward to this no end.

John any word on when you will have mc veigh defending and would be in Ireland or Manchester assuming you don't mind us asking?

John Ferguson

SDTimeout wrote: »

John any word on when you will have mc veigh defending and would be in Ireland or Manchester assuming you don't mind us asking?

That is out of my hands at the minute, but i will keep you up to date:)

John Ferguson

Lightweight
Rowan Penderville (Karate Jutsu) vs Paddy Reilly (PCCB)

This one could be fight of the night, 2 stand up fighters going toe2toe

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE : THE REMATCH
Cathal Pendred (SBGi) vs Liam Shannon (PCCB)

CAGE CONTENDER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
Owen Roddy (Primal MMA) vs Shane Thomas (Kokoro)

CAGE CONTENDER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Ryan Kelly (PCCB) vs Chris Fields (SBG)


Welterweight
Ronan "The Barbarian" McKay (EFR) vs Arni "The Ice Viking" Issakson

Middleweight
Paul Moore (IFS) vs TBC

Welterweight
Ramunas Venslovas (Shootfighters) vs Kieran Davern (Tuatha De Danann)

Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Neil "2 Tap" Seery (Ryano)

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Sean Crowe (PCCB)

Bantamweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs James "The Bag Man" Higgins (PCCB)

Featherweight
Decky Dalton (PCCB) vs Brian Moore (Wexford)

Bantamweight
Marty Kelly (NFT) vs Stephen O'Neill (Next Gen)