CAGE CONTENDER IX : BELFAST : 30 APRIL 2011

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER is coming back to the Kings Hall Complex. Belfast with the second Irish show of season 2 on 30 April 2011.

Any coaches wanting fighters on the card should email john@fergusonsports.com we will require full fighter details including other combat sports experience.

As with all Cage Contender events this will be a televised production, which when paired with the massive media exposure that Cage Contender receives provides the best platform for any Irish fighter wanting to raise his/her career to a higher level. It is worth pointing out that any fighter wanting to fight on this event will not be able to fight elsewhere from 28 days before the event.

This event will include the return of our knock out tournament format to decide the CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

John Ferguson

A 4 man tournament will take place to decide the CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. The draw will take place at the event weigh in the day before the event:

THE FIGHTERS:

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)

TBC

Philpott1mm4

Happy days the old school starting to comeback, good going john your starting to prove yourself.

Even though your still the go compare man your doing well in the match making and running shows, keep it up ;-)

John Ferguson

BANTAMWEIGHT

Damien "The Rage" Rooney (PCCB) v Mark Connor (Dinky Ninjas)

This should be a total war. Rooney has been chasing this guy for a while and now that Damo is coming of a loss in the epic batlle with Seery at CC7 he will be banging to get back to winning ways. Interestingly both these guys drew in matches with Dec Williams in August 2010 (Rooney at CC6 and Connor at Cage Conflict 5).

John Ferguson

Philpott1mm4 wrote: »

Happy days the old school starting to comeback, good going john your starting to prove yourself.

Even though your still the go compare man your doing well in the match making and running shows, keep it up ;-)

Ahhh thanks Renty, you are far too kind

Ramunas

fightie wrote: »

A 4 man tournament will take place to decide the CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. The draw will take place at the event weigh in the day before the event:

THE FIGHTERS:

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)

TBC

Marius Lapenas have to be there too

Mrs Lynch

fightie wrote: »

A 4 man tournament will take place to decide the CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. The draw will take place at the event weigh in the day before the event:

THE FIGHTERS:

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)

TBC

Maybe a Rodney Moore comeback too.... tho wud he be a this weight now??? But how cool would that be

Urs
x

Nanoc

+ 1 for Marius .... Would love to see that war!

Ramunas

Nanoc wrote: »

+ 1 for Marius .... Would love to see that war!

He already won against Haddock and McCrory , could be good crack

Philpott1mm4

Rod is middleweight but has the EFR light heavy and middleweight title,

Rod could easiy be a welterweight fighter lol,

if marius has beat 2 then i guess he must be in there, its only fair.

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Vinnie De Ruscio v Pat "The Fury" McAllister (PCCB)

John Ferguson

And so it's complete


THE FIGHTERS:

Marius Lapenas (Lucan)

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)

Mrs Lynch

fightie wrote: »

And so it's complete


THE FIGHTERS:

Marius Lapenas (Lucan)

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)

Definately gonna b excitin Cant wait

Urs
x

racso1975

fightie wrote: »

And so it's complete


THE FIGHTERS:

Marius Lapenas (Lucan)

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Tim McCrory (Kyoujin)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)

How does that work john do the 2 winners go on to fight at the next cagecontender?

Lighting1

fightie wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT

Vinnie De Ruscio v Pat "The Fury" McAllister (PCCB)

great to see pat in action again, looking forward to this fight.
vinnie has some slick ground skills.

John Ferguson

racso1975 wrote: »

How does that work john do the 2 winners go on to fight at the next cagecontender?

The winner will be crowned on the night, the first round will take place early in the evening then the final will be the last fight of the night!!

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Mark Uprichard (Frames Tai Jitsu) v Dec "The Bandit" Larkin

John Ferguson

Unfortunately Tim McCrory has withdrawn himself from the contest.

I will arrange a replacement in the coming days

SBG Ireland

i can think of someone who'd be great replacement

John Ferguson

Will Hefferan (IPMMA)

John Ferguson

BANTAMWEIGHT

Alan "The Apprentice" Philpott (IMMA) v James "The Bagman" Higgins (PCCB)

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Pat "The Fury" McAllister (PCCB) v Mark Kearns (Primal)

Will Heffernan

From now on I only want to be referred to as Will 'The Cereal Killer' Heffernan.

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT

Marius Lapenas (Lucan)

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Will "The Cereal Killer" Heffernan (IPMMA)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)



BANTAMWEIGHT
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (PCCB) v Mark Connor (Dinky Ninjas)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Mark Uprichard (Frames Tai Jitsu) v Dec "The Bandit" Larkin

BANTAMWEIGHT
Alan "The Apprentice" Philpott (IMMA) v James "The Bagman" Higgins (PCCB)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Vinnie De Ruscio v TBC

LIGHTWEIGHT
Pat "The Fury" McAllister (PCCB) v Mark Kearns (Primal)

John Ferguson

FEATHERWEIGHT

Stevie "TAZ" McCombe (Devils Fight Club) v Deckie Dalton (PCCB)

mmmm...not sure

fightie wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT

Pat "The Fury" McAllister (PCCB) v Mark Kearns (Primal)

What happened to pat mcallister fighting vinnie de ruscio?

John Ferguson

mmmm...not sure wrote: »

What happened to pat mcallister fighting vinnie de ruscio?

Pat and his coaches decided that he would rather fight semi pro, so we got him a new match up and will have someone for Vinnie in a few days

DamoUp

Where are Devils Fight Club based? Does Steve McCombe no longer fight out of EFR?

Clive

He has opened his own club, and best of luck to him with it.

John Ferguson

FEATHERWEIGHT
Stevie "TAZ" McCombe (Devils Fight Club) v Joe "Kid Chaos" Clarke (PCCB)

John Ferguson

Tickets for this event are now on sale at Ticketmaster... Fighters will have tickets for sale later this week also

kid chaos

fightie wrote: »

Joe "Kid Chaos" Clarke (PCCB)

I think you mean FAI?? :P

pablohoney87

fightie wrote: »

CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT

Marius Lapenas (Lucan)

Richie Moore (Team Ryano)

Will "The Cereal Killer" Heffernan (IPMMA)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)

Will we know the brackets before the night?

John Ferguson

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Will we know the brackets before the night?

There will be a full open to the public press conference at 4pm in the National Basketball Arena on 12 March, All the fighters will be there and we will make the draw then answer questions for the press and do pics etc!!

Will Heffernan

I'll be there with my translator.

John Ferguson

FEATHERWEIGHT

Artem Lobov (SBGi) v Ciaran Boyle (Lisnafin MMA)

John Ferguson

BANTAMWEIGHT

Arnaud Dos Santos (Frames) v Ryan Peoples (Python MMA)

John Ferguson

With regret we announce that Richie Moore has pulled out of the Title Tournament due to injury, We will announce a replacement soon

DamoUp

Where is Python MMA based?

mcdermott

DamoUp wrote: »

Where is Python MMA based?

Strabane. Dominic McConnells club

DamoUp

I didn't realise Dominic had started his on club, I assume this is fairly recent. I was only ever aware of Strabane Fight Team.

mmmm...not sure

DamoUp wrote: »

I didn't realise Dominic had started his on club, I assume this is fairly recent. I was only ever aware of Strabane Fight Team.

Python is the 3rd MMA club now open in strabane their is Strabane fight team, Lisnafin MMA and now Python MMA

DamoUp

Cool. Glad to hear MMA is really on the up in Strabane.

John Ferguson

mmmm...not sure wrote: »

Python is the 3rd MMA club now open in strabane their is Strabane fight team, Lisnafin MMA and now Python MMA

I think Josie Murray might have a club in Strabane too (Might be a jits club though)

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT

Marius Lapenas (Lucan)

TBC

Will "The Cereal Killer" Heffernan (IPMMA)

Tom "Tomohawk" Haddock (Point Blank Subs)



BANTAMWEIGHT
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (FAI) v Mark Connor (Dinky Ninjas)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Mark Uprichard (Frames Tai Jitsu) v Dec "The Bandit" Larkin

BANTAMWEIGHT
Alan "The Apprentice" Philpott (IMMA) v James "The Bagman" Higgins (FAI)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Vinnie De Ruscio v TBC

LIGHTWEIGHT
Pat "The Fury" McAllister (FAI) v Mark Kearns (Primal)

FEATHERWEIGHT
Stevie "TAZ" McCombe (Devils Fight Club) v Joe "Kid Chaos" Clarke (FAI)

FEATHERWEIGHT
Artem Lobov (SBGi) v Ciaran Boyle (Lisnafin MMA)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Arnaud Dos Santos (Frames) v Ryan Peoples (Python MMA)

Joe.S

Why not Vinnie De Ruscio vs Conor McGregor? :cool:

bjj-fighter

Joe.S wrote: »

Why not Vinnie De Ruscio vs Conor McGregor? :cool:

Conor is dropping to 66kg.

Joe.S

Shame would be a great fight tho

Mrs Lynch

At 66 Conor will be fighting Paddy Doherty which should be great fight and Paddy packs loads of experience

Id like to see him against Ben Davis too could be great fight for Irish fans

Urs
x

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT
Anesh Bugwandeen (IPMMA) v Nathan McMullan (Devils Fight Team)

Kal_El

fightie wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT
Anesh Bugwandeen (IPMMA) v Nathan McMullan (Devils Fight Team)

Is this Steve McCombes new club?