CAGE CONTENDER X : DUBLIN : 23 JULY 2011

John Ferguson

Jason McCabe wrote: »

Really good fight. Both lads are showing major potential

Lol ah c'mon McCabe give us a prediction

Jason McCabe

I really can't decide.

Brian has looked amazingly sharp and has heavy hands.

But Decky is the same. I hear he is doing great things in training.

I don't know that much about Brian's ground but I know Decky has won a wrestling comp and a BJJ comp.


I would have to say it's even enough and one I would be excited to watch

John Ferguson

Jason McCabe wrote: »

I really can't decide.

Brian has looked amazingly sharp and has heavy hands.

But Decky is the same. I hear he is doing great things in training.

I don't know that much about Brian's ground but I know Decky has won a wrestling comp and a BJJ comp.


I would have to say it's even enough and one I would be excited to watch

You'll end up with splinters if you stay up on that fence any longer LOL

John Ferguson

Tim_Murphy wrote: »

You mean do I think Ben will win by left high kick or right? I'm not sure to be honest. :pac:

Just watched the footage from CC8 again, that head kick KO, Jesus Christ!!!!!

John Ferguson

Just a quick heads up folks, any of you who get tickets for this event will be eligible for 15% Discount on your ticket to CCXI : Rodriguez v xxxxx : 8 October 2011. This event also sees our Lightweight Champ "Magic" Myles Price v "Stormin" Norman Parke

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Pat Sheridan (Kokoro) v Peter Quelly (Waterford MMA)

themandan6611

John Ferguson wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT

Pat Sheridan (Kokoro) v Peter Quelly (Waterford MMA)

i know someone who'll be very excited with this match-up:D

John Ferguson

themandan6611 wrote: »

i know someone who'll be very excited with this match-up:D

C'mon share the love!! Who????

Shazbot

themandan6611 wrote: »

i know someone who'll be very excited with this match-up:D

Well apart from the obvious answer, I'm also excited to see this. Plsheridan has great stand up and quelly has a 5 second head kick ko! This is gong to be a great fight.

John Ferguson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaZtAg2CczI

CAGE CONTENDER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
"Rowdy" Owen Roddy (SBGi/Primal) v Benjamin "Son of Life" Davis (PBS)

CAGE CONTENDER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Chris "The Killing" Fields (SBGi) v John "Wrecking Machine" Redmond (RFA)


BANTAMWEIGHT
Richie Ivory (Next Gen) v Richie Edgeworth (Ryano)

WELTERWEIGHT
Tom Sullivan (Spirit MMA) v Kieran Davern (Tuatha de Dannan)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Henry "Herculez" Fadipe (Lucan) v Ben Forsyth (Rising Pheonix)

FEATHERWEIGHT
Decky "The Diamond" Dalton (FAI) v Brian "The Pikeman" Moore (SBGi)

WELTERWEIGHT
Vlad Malko (Cork City Combat Sambo) v John Ging (Tuatha de Dannan)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Pat Sheridan (Kokoro) v Peter Quelly (Waterford MMA)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Rob Byrne (Kokoro) v Paddy McBride (Rillion Gracie)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Stephen Coll (Rillion Gracie) v Kev Young (Krause MMA)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Blaine O'Driscoll (Lucan) v Joe Roache (Spirit MMA)

WELTERWEIGHT
James McClarnon (PHK) v Oisin Coburn (Legends)

John Ferguson

WELTERWEIGHT
Vlad Malko (Cork City Combat Sambo) v John Ging (Tuatha de Dannan)

Views on this one folks??

Kieran81

winner of this one must be close to a crack at the belt

i pick ging by hairstyle :P

Richy06

Cathal's fighting Vlad next weekend at Cage Warriors too...

Tito Ortiz

Kieran81 wrote: »

winner of this one must be close to a crack at the belt

i pick ging by hairstyle :P

Seriously????

MMAIRELANDFAN

themandan6611 wrote: »

i know someone who'll be very excited with this match-up:D

Obvious seen as I said he,s 1 of my favourite fighters

Shazbot wrote: »

Well apart from the obvious answer, I'm also excited to see this. Plsheridan has great stand up and quelly has a 5 second head kick ko! This is gong to be a great fight.

More than great stand up

He's very well rounded and a total beast and after this I can see him destroying daragh hart after this after seeing hart last night.

John Ferguson

MMAIRELANDFAN wrote: »

More than great stand up

He's very well rounded and a total beast and after this I can see him destroying daragh hart after this after seeing hart last night.

He is def a rising talent, what do you see as his strengths over Quelly?

Hirst1000

Peter is an absolute beast! I'm about his weight but his strength compared to me is unreal...and we all know about his headkicks

pablohoney87

Hirst1000 wrote: »

Peter is an absolute beast! I'm about his weight but his strength compared to me is unreal...and we all know about his headkicks

He'll be doin well to catch Pat with a headkick. Chap has to be at least 6'1"

Hirst1000

Best thing is he doesn't need too;) He has great stand up all round. Every camp he does he gets way way better!

Kieran81

Tito Ortiz wrote: »

Seriously????

very serious, 2 guys with about a decade of training each under their belts and serious skills , sure they not comin in with 10 or 15 fights on there record , but when your talkin about the top welterweights in ireland both are right in the mix and i wouldnt call either out of place in a cc title fight , may just wait and see

John Ferguson

John Ferguson wrote: »

WELTERWEIGHT
Vlad Malko (Cork City Combat Sambo) v John Ging (Tuatha de Dannan)

Views on this one folks??

Both these guys have 1st round submission wins on their records over Tom "The Monster" Sullivan. Ging at 2:00 and Malko at 1:57

Tito Ortiz

Kieran81 wrote: »

very serious, 2 guys with about a decade of training each under their belts and serious skills , sure they not comin in with 10 or 15 fights on there record , but when your talkin about the top welterweights in ireland both are right in the mix and i wouldnt call either out of place in a cc title fight , may just wait and see

Now I know ur joking,how do u figure Ging with 1 fight and Malko with 2 (I think) are in the mix?

Just on a side note John Donnelly must be next for a title shot ?

Kieran81

Tito Ortiz wrote: »

Just on a side note John Donnelly must be next for a title shot ?

no arguing with john donnelly , was thinking after his last win he might be after more "international" type fights as domestic opposition , however talented, just wouldnt catch the eye of US promotions he surely has aspirations of fightin for.

...as for there records , when cathal pendred got his crack at the belt was it not his 4th or 5th fight , wasnt too early for him, brian moore picked up a pro title in his 2nd pro fight after 2 or so years training. if your good enough then your good enough

John Ferguson

Tito Ortiz wrote: »

Just on a side note John Donnelly must be next for a title shot ?

Totally on the money, JD was next in line and we had loosely agreed that the fight would take place late this year as JD would not be fit to fight in July as we had requested. That is now not the case as John has signed to fight exclusively for Cage Warriors. Although Cathal has also signed to fight for Cage Warriors there is a clause in both his and Chris Fields contract that they can defend their CC Titles.

There are a few lads in the mix for the WW title as I see it. For example Ronan McKay, he beat Lee Chadwick - who beat Cathal. But then Merv Mulholland beat Ronan McKay but Cathal has already beaten Merv. And lets not forget "The Gift" Colin McKee who hasn't lost in his last 8 fights, unbeaten from 2007. And then there are other Welters who have fought and won on the promotion like Arni Issakson, Ali Arish and Warren Kee, not forgetting of course Gunnar Nelson

Tito Ortiz

John Ferguson wrote: »

Totally on the money, JD was next in line and we had loosely agreed that the fight would take place late this year as JD would not be fit to fight in July as we had requested. That is now not the case as John has signed to fight exclusively for Cage Warriors. Although Cathal has also signed to fight for Cage Warriors there is a clause in both his and Chris Fields contract that they can defend their CC Titles.

There are a few lads in the mix for the WW title as I see it. For example Ronan McKay, he beat Lee Chadwick - who beat Cathal. But then Merv Mulholland beat Ronan McKay. And lets not forget "The Gift" Colin McKee who hasn't lost in his last 8 fights, unbeaten from 2007. And then there are other Welters who have fought and won on the promotion like Arni Issakson, Ali Arish and Warren Kee, not forgetting of course Gunnar Nelson

Seen as Tom Egan is not with SBG now and fighting in the States what are the odds af you getting that massive cheque book out and making Tom V Cathal happen ??

tommyl2010

Tito Ortiz wrote: »

Seen as Tom Egan is not with SBG now and fighting in the States what are the odds af you getting that massive cheque book out and making Tom V Cathal happen ??

tom said he will never fight here again

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Paul Hamill (Lucan) v Joe McColgan (Frames Tai Jutsu)

pablohoney87

John Ferguson wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT

Paul Hamill (Lucan) v Joe McColgan (Frames Tai Jutsu)

Bout time we got matched up I reckon
Nice one John. Dont see this goin any other way accpet us beatin the crap outta each other

Moloko17

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Bout time we got matched up I reckon
Nice one John. Dont see this goin any other way accpet us beatin the crap outta each other

Fight of the night all over it

John Ferguson

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Bout time we got matched up I reckon
Nice one John. Dont see this goin any other way accpet us beatin the crap outta each other

Not to blow smoke Paul but I have wanted to get you both on the promotion for a while, I think the styles will marry well for a cracking scrap!! I thought that Joe was matched on a show weeks before CC but as was pointed out to me by a wise man that wasn't the case (Thank you wise man!). I got the info about 8pm tonight and as they say "was all over it"

lol plus your both popular lads who will bring plenty of fans

pablohoney87

John Ferguson wrote: »

There are a few lads in the mix for the WW title as I see it. For example Ronan McKay, he beat Lee Chadwick - who beat Cathal. But then Merv Mulholland beat Ronan McKay but Cathal has already beaten Merv.

I think Pendred and Merv should happen again. Merv is a totally different fighter the past year. His biggest problem though is hes a tiny WW.

KDavern

The card looks brilliant so far,gona be a great night!!can't wait ;-)

John Ferguson

pablohoney87 wrote: »

I think Pendred and Merv should happen again. Merv is a totally different fighter the past year. His biggest problem though is hes a tiny WW.

He is a small WW alright, I always thought he should be a lightweight because his walking weight is about the same as Myles Price. But if he feels comfortable and it suits him!!

John Ferguson

KDavern wrote: »

The card looks brilliant so far,gona be a great night!!can't wait ;-)

Any predictions Kieran?

KDavern

I predict.......a bloody war!!!! ;-p

pablohoney87

Haha, Howd this become a poll?
Im gonna go with Joe due to DQ for as hamills groin guard was mistaken for a concealed weapon

Kal_El

tommyl2010 wrote: »

tom said he will never fight here again

Never is a very long time.
Do you know why he will never fight here again?

Barry.Oglesby

Mulholland looks a lot bigger now. Still much smaller than Cathal but there's definitely a lot more muscle on him. He was tricky to finish and that was a great scrap. Plus Merv has been very active in the last year and has a lot of wins under his belt. In the absence of Donelly I think he deserves a crack.

Mouthalmighty

John Ferguson wrote: »

WELTERWEIGHT
Vlad Malko (Cork City Combat Sambo) v John Ging (Tuatha de Dannan)

Views on this one folks??

Vlad is a beast!! Has serious grappling credentials & KO power in both hands

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Sebastian "Tiao" Torres (Team Torres) v Phillip Mulpeter (SBGi)

pablohoney87

John Ferguson wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT

Sebastian "Tiao" Torres (Team Torres) v Phillip Mulpeter (SBGi)

Is that the Bjj blackbelt teaching some of the clubs up north?

SDTimeout

Wow, looking forward to seeing Seb fight now assuming there isn't another Sebastian Torres

John Ferguson

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Is that the Bjj blackbelt teaching some of the clubs up north?

Yes Paul that's the man

SDTimeout wrote: »

Wow, looking forward to seeing Seb fight now assuming there isn't another Sebastian Torres

As far as i am aware he is the only 1 Mr McGahon!!

Seb has an awesome ground game, but Phillips coach knows a thing or two about BJJ as well if rumours are to be believed and as you know Seb has just arrived back in Ireland fresh from getting his Black Belt in Brazil...

pablohoney87

John Ferguson wrote: »

Yes Paul that's the man


As far as i am aware he is the only 1 Mr McGahon!!

Seb has an awesome ground game, but Phillips coach knows a thing or two about BJJ as well if rumours are to be believed and as you know Seb has just arrived back in Ireland fresh from getting his Black Belt in Brazil...

Nicccccce.
I think there is another Seb Torres actually who fights in the WW division. Just not in Ireland.

SDTimeout

Some own-coach vested interest by myself then.

Oh sh!t I'm not allowed say that stuff

Raze_them_all

John Ferguson wrote: »

LIGHTWEIGHT

Sebastian "Tiao" Torres (Team Torres) v Phillip Mulpeter (SBGi)

Typical Sbg hand picking opponents*




*=Sarcasm. Thought I'd save a certain poster the hastle of complaining about another fight.

John Ferguson

Raze_them_all wrote: »

Typical Sbg hand picking opponents*

Yes Ray I totally agree, but remember CC was only created to give belts to SBGi because they are not capable of winning them anywhere else*






* Also sarcasm, notice how the poster in reference had SFA to say about Myles v Norman on CCXI either

racso1975

Hi John,

Was at the event in belfast and going to head on up to the one in tallaght. Just wondering how i go about getting the 15% discount as I cant put anything in on line?

Cheers

tommyl2010

MMAIRELANDFAN wrote: »

Would the GAA be making a fortune for using the kids?

No. plus the pressure is shared between the whole team so not that bad

where in MMA its 1 on 1 and kid losing in front of 3000 people is not nice.

You cant say Cage Contender and others are putting them on to help the kids :rolleyes:

Do you think, friends, family members etc dont bother buying tickets to go see these teams, and there is 30 players plus subs, the gaa make a hell of alot more than cage contender do!

There is absolutely no logic in what your saying, cc are not selling that many tickets of the back of 2 teenagers on the card, and if a fighter was that intimidated by a crowd or that afraid of losing in front of a crowd then he is in the wrong sport and should not have accepted the fight in the first place!

And to be honest alot of the teenager ive seen that lose are a ell of a lot more graceful losers than alot of the more senior fighters are in defeat.

Clive

MMAIRELANDFAN wrote: »

Im going to go to this show and will give honest report back on how i feel fights where matched

Could I ask you to highlight any mismatches now? It's easy to cry mismatch after the fact, when one fighter has a dominant performance. If a matchup is genuinely unfair, it should be easy to pick beforehand.