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Cage Warriors closed out 2024 in a beautifully violent and patented fashion with all 9 fights on the night ending via knockout or submission.
Cage Warriors veteran Damon Wilson headlined a card for the first time and rewarded the faith placed in him by scoring a Finish of the Year contender over his opponent.
Anthony Orozco improved to 5-0 and yet again reminded the MMA world why he's one of the top Welterweight prospects.
Bobby Winther ran through his opponent on the ground to return to the win column.
Elsewhere on the card, we saw a tonne of Cage Warriors debutants win in big fashion. Keep an eye on Joshua Simpson who, with only 1 pro fight under his belt, I've tipped to have a great career in MMA.
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Cage Warriors 181 delivered one of the very best cards of the year.
Headlined by Harry Hardwick's career-best KO win over Keweny Lopes and Kennedy Freeman's gold-clinching beatdown of Mafalda Carmona, we were treated to an unforgettable night. UFC calling?
Justin Burlinson returned to the yellow gloves and dealt an absolute beatdown of the highest order to his opponent, meanwhile James Power provided yet another violent finish to add to his portfolio.
Elsewhere on the card, mega prospect Sean Clancy Jr. improved to 6-0 with a huge 3rd round finish of his opponent.
The prelims delivered a heap of excitement but none more poignant than Boro prospect Leon Armes scoring his 3rd pro win with a thumping right hand.
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Despite losing a bunch of exciting fights, and the main event, Cage Warriors 180 delivered a slate of exciting fights, underdog wins, comeback victories and a new champion was crowned.
James Webb joined the rare ranks of two-weight Cage Warriors champions with his 3rd round TKO of Andy Clamp. While in the co-main event, Nik Bagley made quick work of Jordy Bakkes to score his 5th successive rear-naked choke finish.
In the "People's Main Event", Weslley Maia handily dominated and blitzed Alexander Loof in what was likely a title eliminator. The idea of a trilogy fight with Qadrian, for gold, is a mouth-watering prospect.
Paddy McCorry returned to the Yellow Gloves with a 45 second KO and staked a claim to challenge for Middleweight gold in 2025.
Giovanni Fernandez and Richard Kallos, the two biggest underdogs on the card, scored massive highlight reel finishes over their respective opponents.
Elsewhere on the card, GB Top Team prospects Jawany Scott and Callum Haughian scored big wins.
All of this and SO MUCH MORE on the latest episode of the podcast. TUNE IN!Twitter: @YellowGlovesPod
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In this episode, I unpack all things Cage Warriors 179 which took place in Rome.
In the headliner, Stefano Paterno scored a walk-off KO to register his 3rd successive finish in 2024.
While in the co-main event slot, Konstantinos Ntelis produced one of the KOs of the year.
Elsewhere on the card, mega prospects Solomon Simon and Manuel Del Valle finished their opponents with submissions... meanwhile Alessandro Giordano and Emanuele Zaccaria went to war in the Fight of the Night.
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Cage Warriors 177 & 178 took place in Manchester on back-to-back days. A slate of 20 fights ended in 16 finishes.
We saw mega prospects win in dominant fashion, huge comeback wins, major controversy, and underdog victories.
Luke Riley improved to 10-0 in the main event of 178 while Chasen Blair scored yet another finish in the main event of 177.
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In the latest episode, I unpack and analyse all things Cage Warriors 176.
Omiel Brown won the Welterweight Prizefighter one-night tournament, defeating two opponents on his way to the $50k reward and a title shot.
George Hardwick returned to Cage Warriors to successfully defend his belt for the third time. He put on a striking clinic to remind the masses of just how good he is.
While Chris Bungard was unable to get his hand raised, Reece McEwan snapped his losing skid with a terrific 3rd round submission.
Elsewhere on the card, Scottish mega prospect Sean Clancy Jr added yet another quick finish to his record, improving to 5-0.
Michael Blair had one of the comebacks of the year, almost blowing the roof off the Braehead arena on his way to a second successive Cage Warriors win.
Damon Donald and Kallum Parker put on a Fight of the Year contender after a brutal back-and-forth slugfest; Donald got his hand raised to improve to 3-0.
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In the latest episode of the podcast, I unpack a JAM-PACKED Cage Warriors 175 card.
A brutal night of fights that saw 13 finishes, multiple finish of the year contenders, the consensus Fight of the Year thus far, big prospects getting their hands raised and also big prospects getting stopped in their tracks.
Dario Bellandi successfully defended his Middleweight belt while Mason Jones and Michael Pagani went hammer & tongs for 15 minutes.
Stefano Paterno and Naglias Kanisauskas scored beautiful one-hitter quitter KOs in their outings.
We saw some incredible submissions from Ieuan Davies and George Smith.
Elsewhere on the card, the Flyweights all put on a show with excellent high-paced contests.
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In the latest episode of the pod, I sit down to chat about all things Cage Warriors 174.
The 20-fight card did not disappoint as Shirzad Qadrian improved to 8-1 with two wins in one night, securing himself the $50k Prizefighter reward and a title shot later this year.
Jordan Vucenic scored yet another quick submission to continue pounding away at the UFC's door.
Jawany Scott and Ger Harris turned out one of the best fights of the year, setting an insane grappling pace for 15 minutes straight.
All-Italian scrap between Alessandro Giordano and Michele Martignoni also delivered BIG TIME with Giordano scoring a late 3rd submission over the former Bantamweight champion.
Elsewhere on the card, top prospects Milad Ahady, Nik Bagley, Jimmy Quinn, Gheorge Grozav, Matthew Elliott, Rhi-Rhi Hudson and Eimear Darcy scored impressive wins.
We witnessed a few Finish of the Year contenders, in particular Francesco Mazzeo's one-hitter quitter.
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In the latest episode of the pod, I sit down to chat about all things Cage Warriors 173.
Former UFC fighter Bruno Souza made his promotional debut against one of MMA's grizzled vets, Wilson Reis, and put on an impressive performance.
In the co-main event, we witnessed a real ROBBERY on the scorecards. I dive deep into this specific topic.
Damon Wilson and Brandon Carrillo put on the Fight of the Night as Wilson's pace and output earned him a victory on the scorecards.
Xavier Vines turned in one of the best performances on the card, displaying some excellent and exciting striking techniques.
Meanwhile, young prospects Anthony Desilva and Magomed Bayduev scored slick finishes to continue building the hype around their names.
Sean Rose made quick work of his opponent and we saw our first No Contest of the year thanks to a good old shot to the nuts.
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In this episode, I break down and analyse the absolute madness that went down at Cage Warriors 172 in Newcastle.
Harry Hardwick turned in a career-best performance with his destruction of Orlando Wilson Prins, winning the featherweight belt along the way.
James Power displayed a ridiculous chin and heart to come back and put a beating on Daniel Kolasinski on his way to a 2nd round KO.
Hometown favourite Kennedy Freeman scored yet another brutal walk-off KO to improve to 5-0 and make a strong case for Cage Warriors to dust the cobwebs for the women's Bantamweight belt.
Leon Hill returned to winning ways, Chasen Blair threw up one of the slickest armbars you'll see all year and Aiden Lee submitted his opponent after 6 years away from Cage Warriors.
Elsehwere in the prelims, mega prospect Jack Humphries won in his professional debut via 1st round finish.
12 fights, 11 finishes. 7 1st round finishes. Frontrunner for card of the year!
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Cage Warriors returned to Scotland after 11 years away and put on a memorable show. Scottish fighters provided a mixed bag of results as super talent Dumitru Girlean silenced the crowd with a submission win over Chris Bungard.
In the co-main event, UFC veteran Cameron Else edged past Reece McEwan on the scorecards.
But it wasn't all doom & gloom for the Scots as mega prospect Sean Clancy Jr. won in emphatic fashion while Keir Harvie and Paull McBain dazzled.
Podcast favourites Nicolas Leblond and Jan Quaeyhaegens won in typical violent fashion which put a big ol' smile on my face.
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In the latest episode of the pod, I break down all of the fights that took place on Cage Warriors 170 in Dublin.
Team Ryano stalwart James Sheehan (aka Jimbo Slice) outlasted and outgunned a very game opponent in Daniel Konrad to win Cage Warriors Welterweight gold.
Paul Hughes served his final fight in Cage Warriors, winning via spectacular first-round finish. Will the UFC or PFLlator come knocking?
Elsewhere on the card, mega prospects Ger Harris and Solomon Simon scored big submission wins.
Eimar Darcy, Ciaran Brady and Jamie Abbott-Bissett made their pro debuts in stunning fashion, all winning via finish.
A special mention to Rory Evans, podcast favourite, who upset the bookmakers & silenced the Dublin crowd with his tremendous win over Taka Mhandu.
All of this and SO much more on the latest episode of the card.Twitter: @YellowGlovesPod
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In this episode of the pod, I break down every single fight on Cage Warriors 169.
Jordan Vucenic extended his win streak and inched a step closer to the UFC with a big submission win over Simone D'Anna.
In the battle of the mega prospects, Lone'er Kavanagh extended his unbeaten streak with a vicious decision win over Shawn Da Silva.
Will Currie staked his claim for the next shot at Middleweight gold as he forced his opponent to quit in between rounds.
Elsewhere on the card, Mitchell Goode scored the first ever buggy choke in Cage Warriors history and Mariusz Mikolajewski laid his opponent out to pasture with a perfectly timed flying knee.
And if you want to watch *the* round of the year so far, treat yourself to Amir Malekpour and Tom Creasey's 3rd round.
Prospects Tommy Brunning, Shaun Fraser, Jimmy Quinn & Jawany Scott also added wins to their respective records.Twitter: @YellowGlovesPod
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In this bumper episode of the pod, I break down Cage Warriors 167 and Cage Warriors 168. Both cards took place across a two-day period, with 24 fights spread across.
Most notably, Andy Clamp secured the Light Heavyweight title as an underdog after his dominant display against Matty Byfield.
Liam Gittins defended his Bantamweight belt with a demolition of prospect Roberto Hernandez.
Luke Riley did what he does best and put on another striking clinic to go 9-0 and cement himself as a legitimate title hopeful.
Former 170lbs champion Stefano Paterno returned to the Yellow Gloves after 6 years away to secure a 1st-round submission win and remind everyone just how good he is.
Elsewhere on both nights, mega prospects Anthony Orozco, Teddy Stringer, James Power, Omiel Brown & Shirzad Qadrian managed to notch up wins.
I also wax lyrical about up-and-comer Francis Breen.
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In this episode, I break down Cage Warriors 166 which took place in San Diego and marked the promotion's first event of 2024.
In the main event, Wilson Reis proved that he still has the goods at the age of 39 with a first-round submission.
Mason Jones put yet another opponent to the sword while Chasen Blair scored another highlight reel finish.
Devin Goodale beat prospect Bobby Winther from pillar to post...
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Happy New Year! In this episode, we recap an incredible year for Cage Warriors and crown a:
Fighter of the Year
Finish of the Year
Fight of the Year
Performance of the Year
Newcomer of the Year
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In this episode of the podcast, I break down Cage Warriors' final card of 2023 which took place in San Diego.
Top prospect Roberto Hernandez extended his win streak to 9 after he comfortably defeated UFC veteran Trevin Jones.
In the co-main event, Ahmad Hassanzada tapped Chasen Blair with one of the nastiest kneebars you'll see all year.
Elsewhere on the card, big prospects managed to extend their undefeated records in Anthony Orozco and Bobby Winther.
We had a fun banger between Xavier Vines and Miguel Peimbert; meanwhile, two Indonesian starlets managed to find wins in their Cage Warriors debut.
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On this episode of the Yellow Gloves Podcast, I break down the entire Cage Warriors 164 in Newcastle.
We saw Liam Gittins and Dario Bellandi claim gold in the north of England with dominant performances over their opponents.
Elsewhere on the card, Chris Bungard and Darren Stewart registered quick first-round finishes, while Milad Ahady won yet another fight.
The prelims offered up one of the feelgood moments of the year when Kennedy Freeman, daughter of UK MMA legend Ian Freeman, knocked out her opponent in the first round after 5 years away from the fight game.
All of the above, and so much more, on the latest episode of the podcast.Twitter: @YellowGlovesPod
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In this episode, I recap a fantastic night in London where Cage Warriors 163 went down.
Giannis Bachar captured the vacant Welterweight belt with a shocking one-punch knockout of favourite Omiel Brown.
Will Currie continues to win fights with yet another first-round finish in the co-main event.
Elsewhere on the card, we had a banger between Shawn Da Silva and Gerardo Fanny, multiple big-name prospects adding more wins to their name in Luca Borando, Tariq Pell and Teddy Stringer... as well as many other fights and finishes.
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In this episode of the podcast, I break down what was an insanely violent Cage Warriors card in Rome.
Cage Warriors 162 was headlined by a rematch between Dumitru Girlean and Simone Patrizi, a fight where Girlean would go on to win again.
However, the headlines belonged to three men: Nicolas Leblond, Emanuele Tetti and Baris Adiguzel who produced three of the most brutal knockouts of 2023... all on the same night.
In terms of sheer entertainment, this card goes down as one of the best that Cage Warriors have put on in 2023.
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