Five Rounds with Emma

CAGE WARRIORS 68 WEIGH-IN RESULTS AND NEW RULINGS

Cage Warriors 68 comes to The Echo Arena in Liverpool tomorrow night, for what promises to be a night full of action, but as with any professional mixed martial art event the official weigh-ins first had to take place.

Lightweight: Azi Thomas (154lbs) vs. Ellis Hampson (157.6lbs)* Hampson has two hours to cut 1.6lbs**

Bantamweight: Ant Phillips (141.5lbs) vs Adam Ventre (137.5lbs) * Phillips need to cut 5.5lbs & Ventre 1.5lbs

Final weight for Ant Phillips 139lbs & Final weight for Adam Ventre 135.7lbs

Welterweight: Dez Parker (169lbs) vs. Charlie Watts (171lbs)

Bantamweight: Conrad Hayes (135lbs) vs. Patrick Pimblett* (141.7lbs) *** Paddy Pimblett has two hours to cut 5.7 lbs

Bantamweight: John Cullen (140.8lbs) vs. Dean Garnett (136.7lbs) * Cullen needs to cut 4.8lb & Garnett 0.7lb they have two hours to cut the remaining lbs

Middleweight: Leeroy Barnes (183.9lbs) vs. Che Mills (185.6lbs)

Middleweight: Matt Hallam (184.7lbs) vs. Steve Dinsdale (183.5lbs)

Welterweight: Matt Inman (170.7lbs) vs. Mauro Chimento (170.3lbs)

Bantamweight: Marcelo Costa* (140.3lbs) vs Ronnie Mann. (135.2lbs) ***Marcelo Costa has two hours to cut 4.3lbs

Welterweight: Jimmy Wallhead (169.3lbs) vs. Danny Roberts (170.4lbs)

**Ellis Hampson has elected not to cut any more weight, forfeiting 25% of his purse to his opponent, Azi Thomas

***Paddy Pimblett has elected not to cut any more weight, forfeiting 40% of his purse to his opponent, Conrad Hayes

Final weight for Paddy Pimblett 141.7lbs

***Marcelo Costa has elected not to cut any more weight, forfeiting 40% of his purse to his opponent, Ronnie Mann

Final weight for Marcelo Costa 140.3lbs

The bantamweight bout between John Cullen and Dean Garnett will go ahead at an agreed catchweight of 138lbs

Final weight for John Cullen 138.4lbs

* Did not make weight on first attempt

** Forefited 25% of purse to opponent

*** Fortited 40% of purse to opponent

Seven fighters missed weight at first attempt which raised ‘eyebrows’ amongst the promotions own top brass, resulting in Director of Media and Operations, Paul Dollery to send out several social media tweets amongst them were these two:

As a highly run, professional organisation it is expected that the fighters make their contractual weight agreement and to be professionals, representing, not only themselves, their club but the Cage Warriors FC brand.

Making a stance on fighters who are not making weight and opting for a purse pay-out option, CEO of Cage Warriors FC, Graham Boylan sent these two tweets out:

Let’s hope this gets all the fighters attention to comply.

UFC172 WEIGH-IN RESULTS AND PICTURES

Friday April 25th it was time for UFC172 Weigh-In time, everything ran smoothly bar the only slip up coming from Joe Rogan announcing the wrong fighters, but hey we can forgive him – its UFC172 Weigh-in time.

FIGHT PASS PRELIM

Chris Beal 135lb vs Partick Williams 135lb

PRELIMS

Danny Castillo 156lb vs Charlie Brenneman 155.5lb

Jessamyn Dyke 135.5lb vs Bethe Correia 135lb

Isaac Vallie-Flagg 155.5lb vs Takanori Gomi 155.5lb

Timothy Elliott 125.5lb vs Joseph Benevidez 123.5lb

MAIN CARD

Max Holloway 145lb vs Andre Fili 145lb

Yancy Medeiros 155.5lb vs Jim Miller 155lb

Luke Rockhold 185.5lb vs Tim Boetsch 185.5lb

Anthony Johnson 205lb vs Phil Davis 205.5lb

Glover Teixeira 205lb vs Jon Jones 205lb

Check out your local cable provider for details on how to view.

ULTIMATE IMPACT FIGHT NIGHT 2 FULL FIGHT CARD APRIL 26TH GLOUCESTER

Tomorrow night, Saturday 26th April, Liquid Nightclub in Gloucester will host Ultimate Impact Fight Night 2.

A night of Professional, amateur MMA and K1 is on the cards.

Full fight card

Shane Riley v Chris Hipkiss WW PRO

Chris Astley v Michael Oliver 81kg Catchweight PRO

Theo Aarthur v Steve Smith 80kg k1

Ahren Foster v Carl Swaby 68kg Ammy

Marty Wolf v Michal Figlak 68kg Ammy

James Hall v Matt Kaufman 77kg k1

Talasi May v Johnny Bryant BW Ammy

Will Stephenson v Adam Greene MW Ammy

Ben Harris v Cadre Abdulafur 75kg k1

Lewis Clapham v Matt Figlak 72kg Ammy

Brad Wellaway v Jack Bryant 58kg Ammy

Tickets will be available on the door. Standard £25 and VIP £30

Doors open at 5pm first fight at 5.30pm.

CAGE WARRIORS 67 WEIGH-IN RESULTS – JOHNS FAILS TO MAKE WEIGHT

Cage Warriors 67 comes to Swansea, Wales, tomorrow (12th April), at the LC, but before that can happen the all important Weigh-ins for the 7 professional fights that are happening took place.

The headline fight between Brett Johns (C) VS James Brum for the Cage Warriors FC Bantamweight Belt has now became vacant due to to Brett Johns being unable to make weight on his second attempt and decided to vacate the belt, James Brum will still be entitled to claim the vacant title if successful in the five round fight.

FLYWEIGHT BOUT:

Mark Handley* (130.9lbs) VS Paul Rogers* (126.5lbs)

Handley had two hours to cut 4.9lbs***

Handley failed to make weight at the second attempt (130.5lbs)*** therefore will forefit 25% of his purse to his opponent

Rogers had two hours to cut 0.5lbs

Rogers made weight on second attempt (126lbs)**

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

Simas Norkus (203.8llbs) VS Stu Tyrie (205.8lbs)

BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT

Gemma Hewitt (134.1lb) VS Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (135.4lbs)

CATCHWEIGHT BOUT

Jamie Pritchard (139.5lbs) VS Phil Raeburn* (141.1lbs)

Raeburn had two hours to cut 1.1lbs

Raeburn made weight on second attempt (140lbs)**

FLYWEIGHT BOUT

Shajidul Haque (125.9lbs) VS Martin McDonough* (126.3lbs)

McDonough had two hours to cut 0.3lbs

Mcdonough made weight on second attempt (125.7lbs)**

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

Sean Carter (155.6lbs) VS Mario Saeed (154lbs)

BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

Brett Johns* (C) (137.5lbs) VS James Brum (134.6lbs)

Johns had two hours to cut 2.5lbs

Johns failed to make weight on his second attempt (137lbs) *** as a result has vacated the Cage Warriors Bantamweight Belt.

For more details on the whole card and viewing details go to www.cagewarriors.com

* Missed weight 1st attempt

** Made weight 2nd attempt

*** Failed to make weight

BAMMA 15 RESULTS – WINNERS, WORLD CHAMPS, BRITISH CHAMPS, AND THE NOT SO LUCKY ONES THIS TIME!

Tonight (April 5th) at the London’s Copper Box arena, London, BAMMA held their fifteenth event, as the iconic Olympic Park re-opens to the public.

Those of you, who were lucky enough to get hold of tickets, arrived at the new location, the rest of us sat at home and watched the faultless stream being shown for the first time on #Facebook,without a hitch.

The results as follows:

MAIN EVENT

Gzim Selmani def Oli Thompson via Guillotine .18sec Rnd 1

CO-MAIN EVENT

BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT

Leon Edwards (Challenger) Def Wayne Murrie (Current Champ) via RNC 3min 13 sec Rnd 1

NEW BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION LEON EDWARDS

Colin Fletcher def Tony Hervey via SD 29-28 (f) 29-28 (h) 29-28 (f)

WORLD CHAMPION FEATHERWEIGHT BELT

Tom Duquesnoy def Teddy Violet via Triangle 1min 29 sec Rnd 2

NEW WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION TOM DUQUESNOY

MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT

Harry Mcleman def Andy De-Vent via UD 29-28

NEW BAMMA MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION HARRY MCLEMAN

Ryan Scope def Ali Arish via UD 29-28

Rany Saadeh def Mahmood Besharate wins via UD 30-27

Jefferson George def Jack Grant via SD

Alex Montagnani def Nathan Jones via RNC 2min 43 sec Rnd 1

Andy Craven def Richard Edwards via RNC 2min 12 sec Rnd 1

Ed Arthur def Nathaniel Woods via RNC 1min 28sec Rnd 3

Jacek Toczydlowski def Benny Carr via tapout due to strikes (Elbows) 1min 32 Rnd 1

Another night of awesome fights from start to finish from BAMMA, and from wherever you were watching from.including watching their new FREE STREAM on FACEBOOK, it was FAULTLESS.

BAMMA 15 WEIGH-IN RESULTS AND PICTURES

Friday 4th April ,it was time for all PRO BAMMA 15 fighters to weigh in:

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

OLI THOMPSON (236.6) VS. GRIZM SELMANI (257.6)

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

COLIN FLETCHER (156.2) VS. TONY HERVEY (155)

BAMMA WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

TOM DUQUESNOY (144.6) VS. TEDDY VIOLET (145)

BAMMA LONSDALE BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

WAYNE MURRIE (168.8) VS. LEON EDWARDS(170.4) *(169.6) on 2nd attempt

BAMMA LONSDALE BRITISH MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

HARRY MCLEMAN (184.4) VS. ANDY DE-VENT (184.4)

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

RYAN SCOPE (170.6) VS. ALI ARISH (168.20

FLYWEIGHT BOUT

RANY SAADEH (125.8) VS. MAHMOOD BESHARATE (125.8)

RICHARD EDWARDS (145.) VS. ANDY CRAVEN (146.6) ** ON 2ND ATTEMPT A % OF FIGHT PURSE TO BE GIVEN TO HIS OPPONENT WHO HAS ACCEPTED THE FIGHT.

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

JACK GRANT (153.) VS. JEFFERSON GEORGE ( 154.8)

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

NATHAN JONES (167.6) VS. ALEX MONTAGNANI ( 168.4)

BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT

NATHANIEL WOOD (134.6) VS. ED ARTHUR (135.5)

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

BENNY CARR ( 170.6) VS. JACEK TOCZYDLOWSKI (170.6)

* Leon Edwards made weight on his 2nd attempt.

** Andy Craven failed to make weight, therfore forefits a percentage of his purse to his opponent Richard Edwards and the fight has been agreed to still go ahead.

Here is how to watch TONIGHT LIVE on FACEBOOK Saturday April 5th.

How to watch BAMMA 15:

To watch LIVE like the BAMMA Facebook page HERE

Step 2 – Click LIKE

Step 3 – Click tab named ‘BAMMA 15 Prelims’

Step 4 – Click tab named ‘BAMMA 15 Main Card’

BAMMA 15 Prelims start at 7:00pm with the Main Card following at 9:00pm.

You can join the conversation on Twitter at @BAMMAUK

BAMMA 15 STREAMS LIVE WORLDWIDE ON FACEBOOK, NEW DEAL WITH ESPN3 (USA), FULL FIGHT CARD DETAILS, HOW TO WATCH

BAMMA 15 is to be streamed live from London’s Copper Box Arena this Saturday 5th April, giving both UK and international fans worldwide the opportunity to watch BAMMA live for the first time on Facebook.

The preliminaries stream live globally from 19:00pm GMT; while the main card will be exclusively streamed in the UK and to countries with no current BAMMA TV deal, extending the promotion’s reach into new territories.

The BAMMA 15 main card will broadcast on the following international television channels between 21:00 GMT and 23:00 GMT: ESPN in the US, KIX In Asia, Abu Dhabi TV in the Middle East, The Fight Network in Canada, Extreme Sports Channel in Europe, Setanta in Africa, Sony in Russia and Transylvania Media In Romania. Please check regional TV listings for further information.

How to watch BAMMA 15:

To watch LIVE like the BAMMA Facebook page HERE

Step 2 – Click LIKE

Step 3 – Click tab named ‘BAMMA 15 Prelims’

Step 4 – Click tab named ‘BAMMA 15 Main Card’

BAMMA 15 Prelims start at 7:00pm with the Main Card following at 9:00pm.

You can join the conversation on Twitter at @BAMMAUK

Europe’s flagship Mixed Martial Arts promotion, BAMMA, is proud to announce a newly inked deal with ESPN3 in the USA and its territories.

BAMMA 15 will be carried live on ESPN3 from the UK’s iconic Copper Box Arena on 5th April, as London’s Olympic Park re-opens to the public.

ESPN3 is ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network available to more than 85 million U.S. homes nationwide at no addition cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. It is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members, Apple TV and Roku. The network is also accessible at no cost to approximately 21 million college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers, smartphones and tablets connected to on-campus educational and on-base military broadband and Wi-Fi networks.

BAMMA’s Managing Director, Ashley Bothwell, said:

“We’re elated about this deal which sees European MMA’s reach extended on the other side of the Atlantic and we’re honoured to be working with such a leading sports brand as ESPN. There’s so much talent coming up through the ranks in the UK and in Europe, and BAMMA fighters are risk-takers renowned for bringing the fight and leaving it all on the line. BAMMA is all about exciting, entertaining match-ups between dedicated and passionate athletes, and favours colourful personalities. ESPN’s American fight fans will now get to enjoy the very British flavour of MMA that BAMMA brings”

Follow @ESPN3 & @BAMMAUK on Twitter

BAMMA 15 IS BROADCAST ON ESPN IN THE US, KIX IN ASIA, ABU DHABI TV IN THE MIDDLE EAST,THE FIGHT NETWORK IN CANADA, EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL IN EUROPE, SETANTA IN AFRICA, SONY IN RUSSIA & TRANSYLVANIA MEDIA IN ROMANIA.

BAMMA is brought to you in Association with:
Lonsdale & Sports Direct – The Official Equipment Partners of BAMMA
Safe MMA – Independent British Medical Organisation

Europe’s flagship Mixed Martial Arts promotion presents BAMMA 15 at London’s Copper Box Arena this Saturday 5th April as the iconic Olympic Park re-opens to the public. Tickets are on sale from £25 at http://www.kililive.com/artists/Bamma

See below for the full, finalised BAMMA 15 Fight Card. Click on fights for more information.

BAMMA 15 FIGHT CARD

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

OLI THOMPSON VS. GRIZM SELMANI

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

COLIN FLETCHER VS. TONY HERVEY

BAMMA WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

TOM DUQUESNOY VS. TEDDY VIOLET

BAMMA LONSDALE BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

WAYNE MURRIE VS. LEON EDWARDS

BAMMA LONSDALE BRITISH MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

HARRY MCLEMAN VS. ANDY DE-VENT

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

RYAN SCOPE VS. ALI ARISH

FLYWEIGHT BOUT

RANY SAADEH VS. MAHMOOD BESHARATE

FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT

RICHARD EDWARDS VS. ANDY CRAVEN

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

JACK GRANT VS. JEFFERSON GEORGE

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

NATHAN JONES VS. ALEX MONTAGNANI

BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT

NATHANIEL WOOD VS. ED ARTHUR

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

BENNY CARR VS. JACEK TOCZYDLOWSKI

UK MMA Heavyweight Chi Lewis Parry signs to Asia’s ONE FC

24^th March, Singapore, Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization, signed UK MMA athlete Chi Lewis Parry to ONE FC and will be making his debut later.

Parry is the current UK Heavyweight champion for promotion Dynamite Fight Series and UK K1 Heavyweight Champion for promotion UCMMA. He has amassed an undefeated record of five wins and no losses.

Parry stands at a huge height of 6ft 10in tall and prior to competing in mixed martial arts, was a professional basketball player in the British Basketball League.

He has one of the longest reaches in the ONE FC Heavyweight division, and, will of course; use that to his advantage, to propel him to victory in the ONE FC cage.

I spoke to Chi to who had this to say.

I’m thrilled to be part of the exciting ONEFC family. I plan on rapidly taking over the Heavyweight Division, reigning as the ONEFC Heavyweight Champion. Good times ahead and I can not wait to get started.

You can follow Chi on twitter https://twitter.com/Theboss manCLP

Keep up-to-date on his personal journey through his own website www.chilewisparry.co.uk

For more updates on ONE FC , follow on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER https://twitter.com/ONEFCMMA also www.facebook.com/ONEFCMMA

For booking contacts for Chi, contact www.mmgmtv.com ‘SID’ AT ‘MOGUL MANAGEMENT’

Press Release

All 31 TUF 19 CAST MEMEBERS ANNOUNCED FOR ‘EDGAR VS PENN’

The next next season of TUF 19 begins on April 19th and the names of the 31 men who will be fighting it out for a place in the TUF House, with the additional name being released after the season premiere. Only 16 men will get through and go on with their journey into the TUF house and fight for that spot to be in the UFC.

Team Edgar vs Team Penn will consist of 16 Middleweights and 16 Light Heavyweights, amongst those you will see two well known Irish fighters who fought for the promotion Cage Warriors; Chris Fields and former welterweight champion, Cathal Pendred who are well worth keeping your eye out for in this competition.

TUF 19 airs straight after the TUF NATIONS FINALE event on April 19th and don’t forget on July 6th at the TUF 19 Finale we get to see the two main coaches from the season Frankie Edgar take on B.J.Penn for the third time.

Here are the fighters:

Corey Anderson (3-0), 24, Lincoln, Ill.

Kelly Anundson (6-1), 29, Deerfield Beach, Fla.

Anton Berzin (3-1), 24, Philadelphia, Pa.

Josh Clark (7-2), 29, Richmond, Ky.

Chris Fields (8-4), 30, Dublin, Ireland

Matthew Gabel (8-3), 28, Le Mars, Iowa

Lyman Good (15-3), 28, New York, N.Y.

Eddie Gordon (6-1), 29, Uniondale, N.Y.

Jacob Heun (6-3), 26, Coconut Creek, Fla.

Mike King (5-0), 30, Naples, Fla.

Tyler King (7-1), 33, North Attleboro, Mass.

Dhiego Lima (8-1), 33, Sugar Hill, Ga.

Adrian Miles (14-5), 30, Biloxi, Miss.

Tyler Minton (5-1), 26, Johnson City, Tenn.

Todd Monaghan (8-2), 31, Clinton, Iowa

Cody Mumma (5-1), 30, Henderson, Colo.

Cathal Pendred (13-2), 26, Dublin, Ireland

John Poppie (3-1), 24, Ettick, Wis

Doug Sparks (7-2), 31, Bloomington, Ind

Daniel Spohn (8-3), 29, Columbus, Ohio

Joshua Stansbury (4-2), 29, East LIverpool, Ohio

Ian Stephens (4-0), 25, Ringgold, Ga.

Adam Stroup (5-1), 27, Denver, Colo.

Nordine Taleb (8-2), 32, Montreal, Canada

Hector Urbina (16-8), 26, Coconut Creek, Fla.

Matt Van Buren (6-2), 27, Chula Vista, Calif.

Bojan Velickovic (8-2), 33, Delray Beach, Fla.

Daniel Vizcaya (7-2), 28, Aurora, Ill.

Patrick Walsh (4-1), 25, Stoughton, Mass.

Tim Williams (8-1), 27, Milville, N.J

Roger Zapata (5-1), 27, New York, N.Y.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 38 WEIGH-IN RESULTS, PICTURES, HOW TO WATCH… SHOGUN VS HENDERSON II

UFC Fight Night 38, coming live from Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil and it was time for all twenty four fighters to step on the scales.

Match Maker, Sean Shelby had to split up the ‘face-off’ between Leonardo Santos and Norman Parke, as things got a little heated, Parke was clearly seen talking up in Santos face.

The event will be shown in the UK on BT Sport 2 Sunday at 9pm for the Prelims. Main Card 11pm, also on UFC Fight Pass for the early prelims if you subscribe to Fight Pass.

Dan Henderson (202) vs Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (205)

Cezar Ferreira (185) vs C.B. Dollaway (184)

Leonardo Santos (155) vs Norman Parke (156)

Fabio Malsonado (203) vs Gian Villante (204)

Michel Prazeres (155) vs Mairbek Taisumumov (155)

Rony Jason (145) vs Steven Siler (146)

PRELIM CARD

Diego Brandao (144) vs Will Chope (146)

**Ronny Markes (190) vs Thiago Santos (183)

Jussier Formiga (125) vs Scott Jorgensen (125)

Thiago Perpetuo (170) vs Kenny Robertson (171)

UFC FIGHT PASS PRELIM CARD

Francimar Barroso (204) vs Hans Stinger (204)

Noad Lahat (145) vs Godofredo Pepey (145)

**Markes did not make weight and will forefit 20% of his purse to his opponent

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