CAGE CONTENDER: DUBLIN : 12 MARCH 2011

Gitb1

is there many tickets left??

John Ferguson

Gitb1 wrote: »

is there many tickets left??

Cageside is now sold out as far as i know, there are a few reserved knocking about with fighters and a few on TM. There are about 500 or so standard Tiered seats still available

davmol

Can anyone shed some light on Chris Fields pulling out?just caught the end of this thread.Who's replacing him?

John Ferguson

davmol wrote: »

Can anyone shed some light on Chris Fields pulling out?just caught the end of this thread.Who's replacing him?

Chris is out due to a slipped disc, we have seen the medical cert as per his contract and are content that it is the case. We have sorted a fight for John as chief support on this show and he will fight Chris for the Title on 23rd July in NBA Dublin.

In what has been the most annoying 10 days of my time in MMA there has been quite a few changes to the card. I am just waiting for a couple of contracts coming in today and i will announce the updated card

John Ferguson

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



MIDDLEWEIGHT
John Redmond (RFA) v John Shiel (SBGi)


FEATHERWEIGHT (The winner of this match will face Owen Roddy for his belt on 23rd July in Dublin)
Benjamin "Son of Life" Davis (PBS) v Tomas Murnikas (Lucan)


LIGHTWEIGHT
Liam O Toole (Ryano) v Connor McGregor (SBGi)



WELTERWEIGHT
Michel Xavier(TTT/PYTHAGORE) v Vlad Malko (Cork City Combat Sambo)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Michael Putlak (Antrim MMA) v Richie Ivory (Next Gen Arklow)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
IngÞór Örn Valdimarsson (Mjolnir) v Michael Kukowski (Cork City Combat Sambo)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Stevie McCombe (Ind) v Paddy Holohan (SBGi)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Owen Dempsey (Next Gen) v "The Moycullen Scumbag" John Walsh (PBS)

FEATHERWEIGHT
Ian Cleary (Primal) v Jason Pedlow (Kyoujin)

LIGHTWEIGHT
TBC v Mark Kearns (Primal)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Staz v Jonathan Dargan (SBGi)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Damian Krawczyk (Cork City Combat Sambo) v Alan Duffy (SBGi)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Keith Coady (SBGi) v Patrick Murphy (Cork City Combat Sambo)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Alan Cocoran (Kokoro) v Barry Connolly (Spirit MMA)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Stephen Heather (Kokoro) v Luke Cocoran (SBGi)



TEEN MATCH UP
Sean Knox (PCCB) v Oisin Coburn (Legends)

SBG Ireland

fightie wrote: »

MIDDLEWEIGHT
John Redmond (RFA) v John Shields (SBGi)

just to give people a bit of background on Mr John Michael Sheil...

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/sports/article/1203--local-character-mma-fighter-john-michael-sheil-gets-ready-to-throw-down

has been living and training in Canada the past 4yrs at http://torontobjj.com training MMA/BJJ from the start

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/John-Sheil-25792

2-0 pro in canada (working on getting the fight videos off his facebook as we speak to people can get an idea of what he's like

has been back in ireland couple of months training at SBG

works as fitness instructor in Forge Fitness Arklow

very excited about this opportunity to compete against somebody as good as john redmond.

fightie wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT
Liam O Toole (Ryano) v Connor McGregor (SBGi)

very interesting match up. seems like everybody pulled out on both these guys and nobody wants to fight them...so match them against each other!
liam has excellent BJJ and conor has brilliant boxing....yes im going to say it....Striker v Grappler!!

SBG Ireland

john sheil kickboxing

John Ferguson

fightie wrote: »

Cageside is now sold out as far as i know, there are a few reserved knocking about with fighters and a few on TM. There are about 500 or so standard Tiered seats still available

Ticketmaster have 3 Cageside and 4 Reserved tickets left only

Judomad

SBG Ireland wrote: »

john sheil kickboxing

im sorry but his "opponent" here couldnt even jab......Redmond is a different kettle of fish, im not saying that Shiel is a bad fighter, im saying Redmond is a hell of a lot better than any video iv seen your guy fight!!

John Ferguson

Guys remember even if your club does not have fighters on the Card we still do club discounts on ticket batches of 20 or more. It's a great way to have a night out with your students and to show them the comparison between a clubs show and a Promotion. A few clubs have already taken batches so if you want to take advantage of this offer contact me asap

SBG Ireland

Judomad wrote: »

im saying Redmond is a hell of a lot better than any video iv seen your guy fight!!

my guy fought a video??
redmond is better than the video or any video my guy has fought?

as for who's the better mma fighter i guess we'll find out march 12th

Judomad

yes John, you being a smartarse is exactly what i wanted in response :cool: very mature i must say......you know exactly what i meant.......

SBG Ireland

you asked for some info on sheil's i replied with it, plus posted the only video i could find on youtube of him fighting...you're welcome btw

anyway hope your training is going good. you're fighting a right bulldog who's been active and is unbeaten. last time we met you were not exactly in fight shape. but i'm sure you're on top of that now and i look forward to seeing u in action in the cage...because i can promise you brian will be ripped and ready to go

Barry.Oglesby

fightie wrote: »

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Staz v Jonathan Dargan (SBGi)

Is "Staz" like "Cher"?

Very strong card once again. On a few notes, I think maybe Murnikas has jumped the queue a bit there in getting a title eliminator bout. There are lots of good featherweights about who've been more active. I always enjoy watching Ben Davis fight though so there's no downside there for me.

Pendred and Shannon 2. I really don't know which way to call this one. I think it could go the distance again. I gave the fight originally to Cathal, then watched a vid and shaded it to Liam. It was really tight.

I'm really looking forward to Dempsey and Walsh, and to O'Toole and McGregor. I have at least 25 cheesey lines to say about the Dempsey/Walsh bout, most of them directly from the Rocky scripts.

Anyway as always I have the best seat in the house for this and get to talk crap for it. I loved the last show in the NBA I think it's a great venue. On one note though I think the Dubs crowd should up their game a bit for this one, the Belfast crowd remain the best fight crowd in Ireland for my money and with less of them seem to create more noise. Just my 2c.

Tim_Murphy

SBG Ireland wrote: »

you asked for some info on sheil's i replied with it, plus posted the only video i could find on youtube of him fighting...you're welcome btw

anyway hope your training is going good. you're fighting a right bulldog who's been active and is unbeaten. last time we met you were not exactly in fight shape. but i'm sure you're on top of that now and i look forward to seeing u in action in the cage...because i can promise you brian will be ripped and ready to go

Winding up Garry is good fun isn't it?

John Ferguson

Tim_Murphy wrote: »

Winding up Garry is good fun isn't it?

Gary is a decent lad I'm just glad to see him back in action!!! On a side note Tim I made an offer for Gary to fight you on the Cage Contender Galway card in September, let's hope he does the business!!

Tim_Murphy

fightie wrote: »

Gary is a decent lad I'm just glad to see him back in action!!!

Agreed, good to see him back alright.

fightie wrote: »

On a side note Tim I made an offer for Gary to fight you on the Cage Contender Galway card in September, let's hope he does the business!!

Was anyone going to ask me if I wanted to do it? :eek:;)

John Ferguson

Tim_Murphy wrote: »

Was anyone going to ask me if I wanted to do it? :eek:;)

Lol what u mean u don't want it

Myself and Mr Leonard had been dealing with it before the change. But no doubt if Garys management take it I will ring u and ask the question

kid chaos

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

Is "Staz" like "Cher"?

lol

kid chaos

pablohoney87 wrote: »

They were in the 1st round. This isnt pride rules. Maybe a 10-8 round woulda been justified but that would make it a draw.

Sorry mate but if Liam had have got a 10-8 first round, Liam would have won.

judge 1 ...29-28 Liam
judge 2....29-28 Cathal
judge 3 ....28.5-28 Cathal

Clive

Well since you can't have a 28.5-28 score in the first place, it's pretty much a moot point.

Two judges felt Cathal won, one felt Liam won. They'll both have their chance to put it beyond doubt.

Tim_Murphy

You mean at the fight before Christmas? I had other business to attend to that night, wasn’t doing too much mingling to be honest. That said, a mate of mine heard you chatting with some lad at the bar about how you had ‘unfinished business’ with the guy in the main event. I presumed you were talking about Cowzer though.
Anyway, I’ve been nothing but polite on this thread and this is completely off topic. Best of luck in your upcoming fight dude, sounds like it should be a good one.

arybvtcw0eolkf

John Ferguson

Lilah Calm Spittoon wrote: »

LOL.

pablohoney87

kid chaos wrote: »

Sorry mate but if Liam had have got a 10-8 first round, Liam would have won.

judge 1 ...29-28 Liam
judge 2....29-28 Cathal
judge 3 ....28.5-28 Cathal

Dunno if you're tryna be funny there?

If all 3 judges scored it 10-8, 9-10, 9-10,
How does that make shannon the winner?

ollieo

fightie wrote: »

Gary is a decent lad I'm just glad to see him back in action!!! On a side note Tim I made an offer for Gary to fight you on the Cage Contender Galway card in September, let's hope he does the business!!

Is there going to be a CC in Galway in September?

kid chaos

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Dunno if you're tryna be funny there?

If all 3 judges scored it 10-8, 9-10, 9-10,
How does that make shannon the winner?

I knew I opened a can of worms.

Cathal won, they are fighting again.

EDIT. Nobody said Shannon was the winner

00benski

Sean Knox (PCCB) v Oisin Coburn (Legends) im looking forward to seeing this one as it is a re-match because it was a no contest the last time at battlezone when Coburn was deemed to poke knox in the eye, Coburn has bags of talent and i will take him to beat knox by rear naked choke in the second

00benski

Pity about Fields also.. was really looking forward to that one. Its a cracking card anyway

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Conor McGregor (SBGi) v Nicolas Garcia (TTT)

bjj-fighter

What happened to Martin Begley and Liam O Toole? Seems Conor is pretty unlucky! (or scary ha)

John Ferguson

bjj-fighter wrote: »

What happened to Martin Begley and Liam O Toole? Seems Conor is pretty unlucky! (or scary ha)

Martin Begley pulled out due to a broken wrist in training then Liam got injured too. Lol looks like Conor really is " Notorious"

Clive

fightie wrote: »

Martin Begley pulled out due to a broken wrist in training

Did this just happen today? OMMAC still have Martin listed as fighting this Saturday.

tommyl2010

Clive wrote: »

Did this just happen today? OMMAC still have Martin listed as fighting this Saturday.

Conor said it to me a few weeks ago so maybe they just havent updated?

Clive

They posted an updated card today and he's still on it - maybe it's just a mistake.

Dancor

LIGHTWEIGHT
TBC v Mark Kearns (Primal)

Any word on this fight yet fightie?

Has Mark got an opponent yet?

John Ferguson

Less than a week to go guys!!!!


There will only be a limited walk up of 200 available for this event, we had 275 or so at the last Dublin event. There are still a few tickets knocking about with fighters and a few at Ticketmaster.

Fridays weigh ins and press conference are open to the public so feel free to come over to the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel if you want. It all kicks off at 3pm

John Ferguson

Clive wrote: »

Did this just happen today? OMMAC still have Martin listed as fighting this Saturday.

I seen on Cage Warriors forum that Begley did fight on OMMAC and lost TKO round 1

John Ferguson

Hopefull this will be the final fight card Running from the bottom to top!!



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

MIDDLEWEIGHT
John Redmond (RFA) v John Shiel (SBGi)


FEATHERWEIGHT
Benjamin "Son of Life" Davis (PBS) v Tomas Murnikas (Lucan)


LIGHTWEIGHT
Nicolas Garcia (TTT/PYTHAGORE) v Connor McGregor (SBGi)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Owen Dempsey (Next Gen) v "The Moycullen Scumbag" John Walsh (PBS)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Stevie McCombe (Ind) v Paddy Holohan (SBGi)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Michael Putlak (Antrim MMA) v Richie Ivory (Next Gen Arklow)

WELTERWEIGHT
Michel Xavier(TTT/PYTHAGORE) v Vlad Malko (Cork City Combat Sambo)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Richie Crossdale (SBGi) v Conor Cooke (Antrim MMA)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Staz v Jonathan Dargan (SBGi)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Damian Krawczyk (Cork City Combat Sambo) v Alan Duffy (SBGi)

FEATHERWEIGHT
Ian Cleary (Primal) v Jason Pedlow (Kyoujin

BANTAMWEIGHT
Keith Coady (SBGi) v Patrick Murphy (Cork City Combat Sambo)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Alan Cocoran (Kokoro) v Barry Connolly (Spirit MMA)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Stephen Heather (Kokoro) v Luke Cocoran (SBGi)

TEEN MATCH UP
Sean Knox (PCCB) v Oisin Coburn (Legends)

SBG Ireland

fightie wrote: »

I seen on Cage Warriors forum that Begley did fight on OMMAC and lost TKO round 1

im sure there's good explanation for this?? how could he fight with a broken wrist?
cant see mcgregor v begley ever happening now, they are on very different paths at this stage.

bjj-fighter

I cant wait for this! Gonna be a great night of MMA (as a great night for SBG again ).

Ian Whelan

Hi,

I have been left with two spare tickets to this. They are cageside, row 2. If anybody wishes to take them off my hands then please PM me. Face Value of course.

Kal_El

SBG Ireland wrote: »

cant see mcgregor v begley ever happening now, they are on very different paths at this stage.

Why?
They are both young active fighterz in a very small scene. Im pretty sure they will face each other some day.

SBG Ireland

Kal_El wrote: »

Why?

here's why
martin accepted the fight with conor
then i get a call saying its off coz martin's wrist has been broken
however he then accepts a fight a week earlier than the fight was due with conor
so the broken wrist healed up? but couldnt honor his previous agreement?
how could i agree to a match up again knowing he can at a whim decide to drop conor and look for someone else?

also martin is now 10-18 and on a 4 fight losing streak. he'd have to get a decent win or 2 before i'd be interested in looking for this match up again

Kal_El

SBG Ireland wrote: »

here's why
martin accepted the fight with conor
then i get a call saying its off coz martin's wrist has been broken
however he then accepts a fight a week earlier than the fight was due with conor
so the broken wrist healed up? but couldnt honor his previous agreement?
how could i agree to a match up again knowing he can at a whim decide to drop conor and look for someone else?

also martin is now 10-18 and on a 4 fight losing streak. he'd have to get a decent win or 2 before i'd be interested in looking for this match up again

Wow.:eek:
You sound kinda annoyed about that Mr Kavanagh (i assume thats you with that screen name if not i apologise).

I didnt realise hed had so many fights either. And i could swear someone told me Begley knocked out Jason Muldoon at a show in Belfast last month. I could be wrong though.

Pity i think it would be a good fight what with both guys being predominantly strikers.

pablohoney87

Kal_El wrote: »

Wow.:eek:
You sound kinda annoyed about that Mr Kavanagh.

Wouldnt you be??

SBG Ireland

Kal_El wrote: »

You sound kinda annoyed about that Mr Kavanagh (i assume thats you with that screen name if not i apologise).

annoyed that conor and i accepted the fight and were preparing for it only to have it dropped coz a better offer came up? imo that's very disrespectful.

Kal_El wrote: »

I didnt realise hed had so many fights either. And i could swear someone told me Begley knocked out Jason Muldoon at a show in Belfast last month. I could be wrong though.

yes you are right, i forgot about that. i tend to go by sherdog which actually has him at 7-16 on a 5 fight losing streak.

on a side note coaches should be careful to make sure their fighters records are accurate on sherdog as this is the only resourse trusted and used by major promoters.

Kal_El wrote: »

Pity i think it would be a good fight what with both guys being predominantly strikers.

yes but it'll never happen now as like i said how could i agree to it knowing they might change their minds and leave conor without an opponent in the weeks leading up to it. this scene is small and us coaches that have been around a while know that contracts here dont mean anything (someones giong to court over a fighter getting paid 0-100euros or something lol) but 'word' does. trust is something built up over months/years.

no offence 'Kal' but this will be my last response to you. i dont normally talk to anonymous posters on this. i only did in this situation coz i wanted to get to the bottom of this. thats my piece said, end of.

Kal_El

SBG Ireland wrote: »

no offence 'Kal' but this will be my last response to you. i dont normally talk to anonymous posters on this. i only did in this situation coz i wanted to get to the bottom of this. thats my piece said, end of.

None taken Mr Kavanagh. I understand completley the internet is full of anonymous people and if it annoyes you when they ask genuine questions maybe its best if you ignore them.
Hopefully you do "get to the bottom" of the situation soon because from your posts you come accross as none too pleased.:rolleyes:

pablohoney87

Not tryna stir this further guys just on question for John F.
You mentioned Chris had to present a doctors note because of his cancellation due to a genuine injury. Did martin present a note or was that just a clause for title fights?

John Ferguson

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Not tryna stir this further guys just on question for John F.
You mentioned Chris had to present a doctors note because of his cancellation due to a genuine injury. Did martin present a note or was that just a clause for title fights?

This was slightly different, on the day after his loss to Phil Mulpeter on Chaos Domz McConnell pulled. A few hours later Begley was agreed as a replacement. I have worked with both camps in the past with no problems so was happy enough to announce the fight before contracts were exchanged. Begley then pulled due to a broken wrist a few days later. As contracts had not changed hands no medical cert was required