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Cage Wars Returns To The Kings Hall Cage Wars - Decade Live At The King Halls Belfast
March 29, 2009 Kings Hall Belfast, Northern Ireland
Tickets Available At Ticketmaster Cage Wars returns to the Kings Hall and once again promises a fantastic night of all out Mixed Martial Arts action.
Fighters from around the world will descend upon Belfast to face off against the UK’s best new talent inside the cage.
Cage Wars – Decade will be the 10th Cage Wars event to take place in the UK and it also marks ten years of MMA promotions for the Cage Wars team.
Top Irish talent Colin “The Gift” Mc Kee will face US fighter Robert Thompson in a three round grudge match. Thompson who took the US title from James Orso in Alabama last year sees Mc Kee as a worthy opponent. Mc Kee also defeated James Orso in a three round war last year in Belfast but the fight was not sanctioned for the US belt and Mc Kee now feels that if he can stop Thompson, then he can score a moral victory in the process. The war of words began on the Internet and will now be settled inside the Cage Wars arena in March.
Chris Stringer the 70kg phenom from Lisburn who made it down to the last 10 UK fighters for the latest season of TUF (US Reality Show about MMA) will also be on the card. Stringer looks set to face Tom Ahrens from Texas after defeating Tim Estes another US fighter last year.
Also appearing on the card from the UK will be Daniel Abrol, Peter Duncan who has become an Internet sensation because of his powerhouse wrestling slams and Lee Mc Kibbin who won the US Southern League title last year in Alabama.
The fight card will also feature athletes from Holland, Switzerland, Brazil and Scotland. A total of 12 fights will take place on March 29th producing an exciting night of action.
“ We are very happy to be back at the Kings Hall,” said Cage Wars spokesman and Fight Factory TV presenter Jonny Burrows. “ The Kings Hall has become our spiritual home and it is so well known all over the world because of the many international fighting events that have been held there over the years, Cage Wars – Decade will be our best production yet and we can promise the best fight action that Northern Ireland has ever seen!”
Cage Wars is a Mixed Martial Arts promotion that began in 1999 to promote and teach the sport of MMA. During that time the CW team brought the first ever cage event to the UK in 2001which has lead to the explosion of MMA promotions in the UK. MMA is now the fastest growing sport on the planet today.
The first event took place in the Guild Hall in Portsmouth and was followed by the first ever London event which was a sell out. Galway, Scotland and Belfast followed over the years and last year two events were held at the Kings Hall which once again were a phenomenal success.
Cage Wars is the largest and longest running UK MMA events company and has hosted or introduced many of the biggest MMA stars including Seth Petruzelli, Shonie Carter, Jess Luadin, Brian Gassaway, Sami Schiavo, Joachim Hansen to name but a few.
The Cage Wars team have been involved in over 50 MMA events in the last ten years they also produced the first ever MMA documentary “Underdogs” with LA film director Bobby Razak, the film featured UK fighters preparing to travel to the US and fight for the first time. The DVD was released globally and was heralded as the quintessential MMA documentary.
The Cage Wars team produced the first ever UK MMA publication to demonstrate that there was a market for a publication dedicated to the sport of MMA. Today there are several monthly MMA magazines.
At the end of 2008 the Cage Wars team produced the first ever MMA lifestyle social network at www.thefightfactory.eu and in just under two months the site has been visited over 100,000 times.
Currently the CW team are in production for the first ever MMA lifestyle magazine TV show and they produce Internet TV shows for several website – FIGHT FACTORY TV and FF MMA NEWS.
The Cage Wars team have had a massive influence on the sport of MMA in the UK and Ireland and will
continue to develop live
events and TV projects in the near future.
- From Cage Wars with a little editing from us (color, etc...) - Photos courtesy of Cage Wars
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