Cage Warriors

Cage Warriors

Type	Private
Industry	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	2001
Founder	Dougie Truman
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Key people	Graham Boylan (Owner/President) Casimir Knight (CEO) Ian Dean (Matchmaker)
Website	http://www.cagewarriors.com/

Cage Warriors is a mixed martial arts promotion, based in London. The promotion was established in 2001 and staged its first MMA event in London in July, 2002.

Many big MMA stars have made their names under the Cage Warriors banner, including Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping, Gegard Mousasi, Bigfoot Silva, Jeff Monson, Martin Kampmann, Dan Hardy, Joe Duffy, Cathal Pendred, Neil Seery, Dennis Siver etc.^[1] CW are one of the few top promotions to take their events abroad, travelling throughout countries in Europe, North America and the Middle East.^[2]

The promotion is watched globally via a host of television partners such as BT Sport, FreeSports and Viasat, and is one of the few featured promotions on UFC’s digital streaming service UFC Fight Pass. It is currently being presented by UFC presenter Layla Anna-Lee and analyst Dan Hardy, with commentators Josh Palmer and Brad Wharton.^[3]

History

Cage Warriors was founded by Dougie Truman in 2001; the first event titled 'Armageddon', took place on July 27, 2002, and saw notable fighters like Jean Silva, Rosi Sexton, Matt Ewin and Paul Jenkins claim victories.^[4]

Irishman Graham Boylan assumed control of Cage Warriors in 2010 and expanded the promotion’s reach to mainland Europe and Asia, staging shows in England, Ireland, Russia, Ukraine, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Bahrain.^[5] The Cage Warriors head office is located in London.^[6][7]

Following Cage Warriors 74 in November 2014 the promotion went into hiatus, with Boylan announcing his resignation as CEO in February 2015.

But in June 2015 Boylan announced on The MMA Hour he had acquired the promotion and would be bringing it back to prominence again.^[8]

The promotion has since secured a digital broadcasting deal with the UFC to have its shows shown live across the world on UFC Fight Pass,^[9] and has also brokered television broadcast deals with major broadcasters across Europe and Asia.

Broadcast deals

Cage Warriors Events is watched globally via a host of television partners such as BT Sport, FreeSports and Viasat, and is one of the few featured promotions on UFC’s digital streaming service UFC Fight Pass.

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Rules

Cage Warriors bouts are conducted in conjunction with local athletic commissions, using the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.

Cage Warriors bouts are officiated by top European officials, including British referees Marc Goddard and Rich Mitchell, and judged by world-experienced officials including Ben Cartlidge, David Lethaby and Mark Collett.

Events

Champions

Division	Weight limit	Champion	Since	Title Defenses	Next Fight	Days
Heavyweight	265 lbs	Mauro Cerilli	CWFC 89 (November 25, 2017)	1		324
Light Heavyweight	205 lbs	Vacant
Middleweight	185 lbs	Jonas Billstein	CWFC 96 (September 1, 2018)	0		44
Welterweight	170 lbs	Stefano Paterno	CWFC 95 (July 21, 2018)	0	Stefano Paterno v Ross Houston @ CWFC 98 on October 20, 2018	86
Lightweight	155 lbs	Søren Bak	CWFC 96 (September 1, 2018)	0		44
Featherweight	145 lbs	Vacant			Aidan Lee/Paull McBain v Dean Trueman/Lewis Monarch @ CWFC 100 on December 8, 2018
Bantamweight	135 lbs	Vacant			Mike Ekundayo v Jack Shore @ CWFC 100 on December 8, 2018
Flyweight	125 lbs	Nathan Greyson	CWFC 92 (March 24, 2018)	0	Nathan Greyson v Blaine O'Driscoll @ CWFC 99 on November 17, 2018	205
Women's Bantamweight	135 lbs	Vacant
Women's Flyweight	125 lbs	Vacant

Cage Warriors Title history

Cage Warriors Super Heavyweight Championship

Weight limit: Unlimited

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Antonio Silva def. Ruben Villareal	CWFC: Strike Force 4 Coventry, United Kingdom	March 26, 2005	1. def. Tadas Rimkevicius at CWFC: Strike Force 4 on March 25, 2006
Silva vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for K-1. Cage Warriors later disbanded the Super Heavyweight division.

Cage Warriors Heavyweight Championship

Weight limit: 265 lb (120.2 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Steve Thomas def. Jarrod Speed	CWFC 1: Armageddon London, United Kingdom	July 27, 2002	1. def. Phil Holmes at CWFC 2: Fists of Fury on November 30, 2002
2	Tengiz Tedoradze	CWFC 3: Cage Warriors 3 Southampton, United Kingdom	July 16, 2005	1. def. Andy Ryan at Cage Warriors 7: Showdown on May 9, 2004
3	Jeff Monson	Cage Warriors 9: Xtreme Xmas Sheffield, United Kingdom	December 18, 2004	1. def. Tengiz Tedoradze at CWFC: Ultimate Force on April 30, 2005 2. def. Marc Emmanuel at CWFC: Strike Force 4 on November 26, 2005
Monson vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
4	Mike Hayes def. Andreas Kraniotakes	Cage Warriors Fight Night 4 Dubai, United Arab Emirates	March 16, 2012
5	D.J. Linderman	Cage Warriors: 47 Dublin, Ireland	June 2, 2012
Linderman vacated the title when he left the promotion.
6	Mauro Cerilli def. Nills van Noord	Cage Warriors 89 Antwerp, Belgium	November 25, 2017	1. def. Karl Moore at Cage Warriors 92 on March 24, 2018

Cage Warriors Light Heavyweight Championship

Weight limit: 205 lb (93.0 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Michael Bisping def. Dave Radford	CWFC: Ultimate Force Sheffield, United Kingdom	April 30, 2005	1. def. Miika Mehmet at CWFC: Strike Force 2 on July 16, 2005 2. def. Jakob Lovstad at CWFC: Strike Force 3 on October 1, 2005 3. def. Ross Pointon at CWFC: Strike Force 4 on November 26, 2005
Bisping vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
2	Karl Moore def. Josh Clark	Cage Warriors 81 Dublin, Ireland	March 4, 2017
Moore vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for Bellator.

Cage Warriors Middleweight Championship

Weight limit: 185 lb (83.9 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Matt Ewin def. Ross Pettifer	CWFC 4: UK vs. France Portsmouth, United Kingdom	July 27, 2003	1. def. Greg Bouchelaghem at Cage Warriors 7: Showdown on Sep 5, 2004 2. No contest vs. Damien Riccio at CWFC: Strike Force on May 21, 2005
2	Martin Kampmann	CWFC: Strike Force 2 Coventry, United Kingdom	July 16, 2005	1. def. Damien Riccio at CWFC: Strike Force 4 on February 11, 2005
Kampmann vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
3	Gegard Mousasi def. Greg Bouchelaghem	CWFC: Enter The Rough House Nottingham, United Kingdom	December 9, 2006
Mousasi vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for M-1 Global.
4	Chris Fields def. Pavel Kusch	Cage Warriors Fight Night 5 Amman, Jordan	September 1, 2012
5	Jesse Taylor	Cage Warriors: 51 Dublin, Ireland	December 31, 2012	1. def. John Phillips at Cage Warriors 54 on May 4, 2013
Taylor vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the World Series of Fighting.
6	Jack Hermansson def. Norman Paraisy	CWFC 69: Super Saturday London, United Kingdom	July 7, 2014	1. def. Deyan Topalski at Cage Warriors 71 on August 22, 2014 2. def. Alan Carlos at Cage Warriors 75 on April 15, 2016
Hermansson vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
7	Jack Marshman def. Christopher Jacquelin	Cage Warriors 77 London, United Kingdom	July 8, 2016
Marshman vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
8	Oskar Piechota def. Jason Radcliffe	Cage Warriors 85 Bournemouth, United Kingdom	June 24, 2017
Piechota vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
9	Lee Chadwick def. Victor Cheng	Cage Warriors 88 Liverpool, United Kingdom	October 28, 2017
Chadwick was stripped of the title when he failed to make weight for his Cage Warriors: 96 title defense.
10	Jonas Billstein def. Mick Stanton	Cage Warriors 96 Liverpool, United Kingdom	September 1, 2018

Cage Warriors Welterweight Championship

Weight limit: 170 lb (77.1 kg)

Formerly known as two weight divisions: Welterweight (175 lb (79.4 kg)) and Light Welterweight (165 lb (74.8 kg))

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Adrian Degorski def. Paul Jenkins	CWFC 4: UK vs. France Portsmouth, United Kingdom	July 27, 2003
2	Abdul Mohamed	P&G 1: Pride & Glory Cardiff, United Kingdom	February 1, 2004	1. def. Paul Jenkins at Cage Warriors 6: Elimination on February 11, 2004 2. drew with Paul Daley at Cage Warriors 9: Xtreme Xmas on December 18, 2004
Mohamed vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for Cage Rage Championships.
3	Dan Hardy def. Matt Thorpe	CWFC: Strike Force 4 Coventry, United Kingdom	November 26, 2005	1. def. Diego Gonzalez at Cage Warriors 6: Elimination on March 25, 2006
4	Forrest Petz	FF: Fight Fest 2 Canton, OH, United States	April 14, 2006
Petz vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
5	Dan Hardy def. Alexandre Izidro [fn 1]	CWFC: Enter The Rough House Nottingham, United Kingdom	December 9, 2006	1. def. Willy Ni at Cage Warriors: Enter The Rough House 2 on April 28, 2007 2. def. Manuel Garcia at Cage Warriors: Enter The Rough House 5 on December 8, 2007
Hardy vacated the Cage Warriors Light Welterweight Championship when he won the Cage Warriors Welterweight Championship. Cage Warriors later chose to disband the Light Welterweight division.
6	Dan Hardy def. Chad Reiner	Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House 6 Nottingham, United Kingdom	April 19, 2008
Hardy vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
7	Pascal Krauss def. John Quinn	Cage Warriors 37: Right to Fight Birmingham, United Kingdom	May 22, 2010
Krauss vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
8	Gael Grimaud def. Arini Isaksson	Cage Warriors: Fight Night 2 Amman, Jordan	September 8, 2011	1. def. Jesse Taylor at Cage Warriors Fight Night 6 on May 24, 2012
9	Cathal Pendred	Cage Warriors: 52 London, United Kingdom	March 9, 2013	1. def. Che Mills at Cage Warriors: 55 on June 1, 2013
Pendred vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
10	Nicolas Dalby def. Sergei Churilov	Cage Warriors: 66 Ballerup, Denmark	March 22, 2014	1. def. Mohsen Bahari at Cage Warriors 74 on November 15, 2014
Dalby vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
11	Karl Amoussou def. Matt Inman	Cage Warriors 80 London, United Kingdom	February 18, 2017
Amoussou vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for Brave Combat Federation.
12	Stefano Paterno def. Mehrdad Janzemini	Cage Warriors 95 London, United Kingdom	July 28, 2018

Cage Warriors Lightweight Championship

Weight limit: 155 lb (70.3 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Paul Sutherland def. Ozzy Haluk	CWFC 4: UK vs. France Portsmouth, United Kingdom	July 27, 2003
Sutherland vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for Cage Rage Championships.
2	Alexandre Izidro def. Jani Lax	CWFC: Strike Force 3 Coventry, United Kingdom	October 1, 2005	1. def. Thomas Hytten at CWFC: Strike Force 4 on November 26, 2005 2. def. Mario Stapel at CWFC: Strike Force 6 on May 27, 2006 3. def. Franco de Leonardis at CWFC: Showdown on September 16, 2006
Izidro vacated the title when he left the promotion.
3	Kenneth Rosfort def. Greg Loughran	Cage Warriors 37: Right to Fight Birmingham, United Kingdom	May 22, 2010
4	Matt Veach	Cage Warriors 38: Young Guns London, United Kingdom	October 1, 2010
Veach vacated the title when he left the promotion.
5	Ivan Musardo def. Joseph Duffy	Cage Warriors: 44 London, United Kingdom	October 1, 2011
Musardo vacated the title when he left the promotion.
6	Conor McGregor def. Ivan Buchinger	Cage Warriors: 51 Dublin, Ireland	December 31, 2012
McGregor vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
7	Stevie Ray def. Sean Carter	Cage Warriors: 60 London, United Kingdom	October 5, 2013
8	Ivan Buchinger	Cage Warriors: 63 Dublin, Ireland	December 31, 2013
Buchinger vacated the title when he left the promotion for M-1 Global.
9	Stevie Ray (2) def. Curt Warburton	Cage Warriors: 69 London, United Kingdom	June 7, 2014	1. def. Curt Warburton at Cage Warriors 73 on November 1, 2014
Ray vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
10	Chris Fishgold def. Adam Boussif	Cage Warriors 77 London, United Kingdom	July 8, 2016	1. def. Jason Ponet at Cage Warriors 78 on September 10, 2016 2. def. Nic Herron-Webb at Cage Warriors Unplugged on November 12, 2016 3. def. Alexander Jacobsen at Cage Warriors 88 on October 28, 2017
Fishgold vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
11	Søren Bak def. Paddy Pimblett	Cage Warriors: 96 Liverpool, United Kingdom	September 1, 2018

Cage Warriors Featherweight Championship

Weight limit: 145 lb (65.8 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Paul McVeigh def. Chin Weakasingh	CWFC 3: Cage Warriors 3 Southampton, United Kingdom	March 16, 2003	1. def. David McLaughlin at CWFC 4: UK vs. France on July 27, 2003
McVeigh vacated the title to compete in the Bantamweight division.
2	Emmanuel Fernandez def. James Lutman	Cage Warriors 6: Elimination Barnsley, United Kingdom	March 7, 2004	1. def. Ian Butlin at Cage Warriors 7: Showdown on May 9, 2004
3	Danny Batten	CWFC: Strike Force Coventry, United Kingdom	May 21, 2005	1. def. Tom Niinimaki at CWFC: Strike Force 2 on July 16, 2005 2. def. Augusto Frota at CWFC: Strike Force 4 on November 26, 2005
Batten vacated the title when he left the promotion.
4	Conor McGregor def. Dave Hill	Cage Warriors: 47 Dublin, Ireland	June 2, 2012
McGregor vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
5	Jim Alers def. Joni Salovaara	Cage Warriors: 53 Glasgow, United Kingdom	April 13, 2013	1. def. Martin Svensson at Cage Warriors: 59 on September 14, 2013 2. def. Graham Turner at Cage Warriors: 63 on December 31, 2013
Alers vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
6	Alex Enlund def. Nad Narimani	Cage Warriors: 73 Newcastle, United Kingdom	November 1, 2014
Enlund vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
7	Paddy Pimblett def. Johnny Frachey	Cage Warriors 78 Liverpool, United Kingdom	September 10, 2016	1. def. Julian Erosa at Cage Warriors Unplugged on November 12, 2016
8	Nad Narimani	Cage Warriors 82 Liverpool, United Kingdom	April 1, 2017
Narimani vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.

Cage Warriors Bantamweight Championship

Weight limit: 135 lb (61.2 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Paul McVeigh def. Chin Weakasingh	Cage Warriors 8: Brutal Force Sheffield, United Kingdom	September 18, 2004	1. def. Phil Harris at CWFC: Strike Force 4 on November 26, 2005 2. def. Neil McLeod at CWFC: Strike Force 6 on May 27, 2006 3. def. Anderson Pereira at Cage Warriors: Enter The Rough House 4 on October 14, 2007 4. def. Steve McCombe at Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House 7 on July 12, 2008 5. def. Andreas Bernhard at Cage Warriors: 40 on February 26, 2011
McVeigh vacated the title to compete in the Flyweight division.
2	Brett Johns def. Jordan Desborough	Cage Warriors: 59 Cardiff, United Kingdom	September 14, 2013
Johns was stripped of the title when he failed to make weight for his Cage Warriors: 67 title defense.
3	Toni Tauru def. Cory Tait	Cage Warriors: 72 Newport, United Kingdom	September 13, 2014
Tauru vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the ONE Championship.
4	Nathaniel Wood def. Mario Kovacevic	Cage Warriors 84 London, United Kingdom	June 2, 2017	1. def. Josh Reed at Cage Warriors 86 on September 16, 2017 2. def. Luca Iovine at Cage Warriors 92 on March 24, 2018
Wood vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.

Cage Warriors Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 125 lb (56.7 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Neil Seery def. Mikael Silander	Cage Warriors: 55 Dublin, Ireland	June 1, 2013
Seery vacated the title when he left Cage Warriors for the UFC.
2	Nathan Greyson def. Sam Creasey	Cage Warriors 92 London, England	March 24, 2018

Cage Warriors Women's Bantamweight Championship

Weight limit: 135 lb (61.2 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Rosi Sexton def. Dina van den Hooven	CWFC: Strike Force 4 Coventry, United Kingdom	November 26, 2005
Sexton vacated the title when she left Cage Warriors for Bellator.
2	Pannie Kianzad def. Eeva Siiskonen	Cage Warriors 74 London, United Kingdom	November 15, 2014
Kianzad vacated the title when she left Cage Warriors for Invicta FC.

Cage Warriors Women's Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 125 lb (56.7 kg)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Molly McCann def. Bryony Tyrell	Cage Warriors 90 Liverpool, England	February 24, 2018
McCann vacated the title when she left Cage Warriors for the UFC.

Notable competitors

Footnotes

References

External links

• Official Cage Warriors website
• Official Cage Warriors live streaming website
• Cage Warriors event results on Sherdog
• Cage Warriors 2011 promo
• Official YouTube channel