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Cagewarriors "Strike Force" Cagewarriors Announce Their Latest Card For Their "Strike Force" Event On Saturday 21st May 2005 In Coventry, England
May 21, 2005 Coventry Skydome Coventry, England
Special Thanks go out to Ian Dean and Cagewarriors.com for the following information:
The Skydome in Coventry will play host to the first Cagewarriors Fighting Championships event in the Midlands, as on the 21st of May, the Cagewarriors Fighting Championships in association with Coventry based “Warrior Promotions” present a night of international Mixed Martial Arts action.
The first Cagewarriors "Strike Force" show is a ground breaking event taking place in the world class Skydome arena in Coventry, which holds 4000 fans and features 11 exciting Mixed Martial Arts/Ultimate Fighting bouts. The main event of the evening features local fighting legend Barrington Patterson as he takes on the 130kg Frenchman Marc Emmanuel in Patterson's retirement bout. Both of these men have experience fighting in Holland and look to end the show with a huge striking based showdown. “Strike Force” will also see the debut of Antonio Silva Junior, from the new CWFC pro fight team “The Wolfslair Gym.” This 120kg+ Brazilian has already made a huge impact when he pulverized former CWFC Heavyweight Champion Tengiz Tedoradze in just over a minute on his MMA debut.
However that’s not all, as the main theme of “Strike Force” is a UK vs. France series. As a UK team will look to avenge a 3-2 loss they suffered at Cagewarriors 4 when Emmanuel Fernandez triangled Robbie Olivier to seal a French win in the final fight of the best of five series. On May 21st the new breed of UK MMA fighters have their chance to turn the tables and defeat the French at the world class Skydome arena.
This show will not only be the biggest Cagewarriors Show yet, but will also be the UK’s biggest Ultimate Fighting/MMA show and will focus on giving the fans in attendance complete entertainment package for all the fans in attendance that includes a mix of big screens and pyrotechnics for those with standard tickets to enjoy. Whilst VIP’s will have a lavish area which will have hostesses, waitresses and more which will give a more formal feel to the proceedings.
Fightcard All CWFC MMA bouts will be held under Professional NSAC/CWFC MMA Rules, consisting of three, 5 minute rounds (3x5) for non-title bouts and five, 5 minute rounds (5x5) for Title fights. All fights are under
MMA rules unless stated and
will be held inside the 32ft custom made titanium CWFC octagonal cage.
Fight 2 - Special International Heavyweight Superfight Antonio Silva "Junior" 1-0-0 vs. TBA (Poland)
Fight 3 - Light Heavyweight
Fight 4 - Cagewarriors
Featherweight Title Fight
Fight 6 - Welterweight
Dan Hardy 5-2-0 Rough
House Nottingham (UK) vs. Makhtar Gueye 0-1-0 (France)
Michael Bisping (UK)
vs. Cyrille Diabaté (France) Danny Mann 2-1-0, Tsunami Gym, (UK) vs. Samy Schiavo, 3-3-0, French Top Team (France)
Fight 9 - Lightweight
TBA (UK) vs. Bendy Casimir
3-2-1, French Konnection (France)
before tickets went on general release. Since then, the rest of the VIP seating area have also been sold. However, standard tickets are available at the Skydome’s box office and range from £20, £15, and 10 pounds with a special Family ticket of £30 (for 2 adults and 2 children).
Due to local demand, Cagewarriors have added three more dates for 2005, as the Strike Force brand returns to the Skydome on the 16th of July, 24th of September and the 26th of November. Both the CWFC and Warrior Promotions hope to build on the growing popularity of this new fight phenomenon by establishing a tight local base in the midlands before expanding to other areas in 2006.
Also don’t forget the other Cagewarriors brands as the Cagewarriors “Ultimate Force” will be looking to repeat the success of its first show at the Sheffield Octagon Centre, when it moves to a much bigger venue in nearby Doncaster later on this year. Whilst “Cagewarriors Quest” has three more confirmed dates at the Sheffield Octagon Centre on the 29th of July, 17th of September and 18th of December. No other UK promotion offers such a diverse array of events and Cagewarriors is already planning its return to London and
will also expand its semi-pro
division to another base in the UK in 2006. Saturday 21st May 2005 Coventry Skydome Arena Croft Road Coventry
CV1 3AZ VIP Tables & Seats – Sold Out Standard Ticket - £20, £15, £10 Family Ticket - £30 (for 2 Adults and 2 Children) Ticket hotline 0276 630 693
Doors Open 5pm – Fights stars
6.30pm
contact the Cagewarriors team at either dougie@cagewarriors.com or at iandean@cagewarriors.com. And stay logged on to Cagewarriors.com for all the latest updates as the Cagewarriors Fighting Championships present “Strike Force – UK vs. France” on Saturday 21st May 2005 at the Coventry Skydome.
PRESS RELEASE BY: Ian Dean and Cagewarriors.com with a little editing from us (color, etc...) The Cagewarriors Fighting Championship (CWFC) brand is one of the UK’s leading professional mixed martial arts events and was established in the summer of 2002, by Dougie Truman and was run under his “Shield Promotions” banner. The CWFC has now expanded to include a total of 3 branded events, which now includes a Northern Franchise run by respected Northern promoter Paul Murphy and Cagewarriors Quest, which is the CWFC’s Semi-Pro division.
As well as running MMA events the CWFC also has its own website at http://www.cagewarriors.com which contains information about the CWFC, merchandise, ticket details, DVD’s and also boasts an in-depth UK and World MMA news website and forum.
For more information on the Cagewarriors Fighting Championships (or to report errors and omissions) please
e-mail the CWFC News/Media
Manager Ian Dean at
iandean@cagewarriors.com.
Subject to change
(5/8/05)
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