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"Ultimate Force"
April 30, 2005 Xscape Centre Castleford, England
Special Thanks go out to Ian Dean and Cagewarriors.com for the following article:
The Cagewarriors Fighting Championships Prepare To Unleash "Ultimate Force" At The Xscape Centre In Castleford, England this April 30th.
Cagewarriors: Ultimate Force is the name for the new Cagewarriors brand run by respected Northern promoter Paul Murphy and his business partner Dave Mangham. They plan to debut their new franchised show on Saturday, the 30th of April at the Xscape Centre in Castleford, England.
The Xscape Centre is an amazing indoor entertainment complex, which contains bars, cafés and restaurants as well as a wide range of fun activities such as bowling, indoor skiing, interactive gaming, cinemas and more. For more information on this venue go to http://www.xscape.co.uk/castleford/news/?r=1.
The Cagewarriors Ultimate Force team aims to deliver the same high standard of action which has made the CWFC one of the UK’s top events, whilst also implementing a few new twists of their own and still managing to attract new sponsors and support. Seven exciting bouts have already been confirmed for this show with more to come in the coming weeks. The following is a brief synopsis of some of the bigger fights already confirmed for “Ultimate Force” but to see the in-depth fight preview go to the “Ultimate Force” news page at http://www.cagewarriors.com/page.asp?ID=766.
Highlights of this card include the participation of top Lightweight contender Dave “The big bad wolf” Roche (3-0-0). Roche is the definition of the modern crossed trained athlete and will be looking to add to his impressive first round submission wins at Cagewarriors 7 and at Cagefighting Championships 3 against a yet to be determined opponent.
Also confirmed for “Ultimate Force” is a Welterweight clash between Mohamed 'Sako' Kacha (5-1-0) of the French Top Team and Matt “12 Gauge” Thorpe (4-3-0) from the CWFC Pro fight team, the Northern Cartel. Kacha is already the UKMMAC Welterweight World Champion and is a powerful KO puncher who holds impressive first round wins over the likes of Paul “Hands of Stone” Jenkins, Alex De Souza and a TKO win over the current Cagewarriors Welterweight champion Abdul Mohamed.
Matt Thorpe is a tall, rangy and versatile athlete whose previous MMA victories have all come by submission. But Thorpe has worked extensively on his game and even entered the UK-1 kickboxing circuit where he dominated an experienced Muay Thai veteran en route to a KO victory. Thorpe will be hoping for a repeat performance when he meets the explosive young Frenchman inside the CWFC 32ft Octagon on April 30th in Castleford.
Also confirmed is an intriguing contest between two submission specialists as the unbeaten Alex Owen (6-0-0) from Team Savage takes on the experienced ZST and Shootboxing Japan veteran Danny Batten (5-5-2). Owen, who was the 2002 and 2003 Combat Sports Lightweight Champion, has been tearing into the Featherweight division since his pro debut at Cagewarriors 6 last March. And in October Owen earned many plaudits when he submitted Craig Fallon (British Olympic Judo team member) in 90 seconds and then went on to end the unbeaten streak of Frederic Fernandez (brother of the CWFC champion Emmanuel Fernandez) at Cagewarriors 9 Xtreme Xmas in December.
Hs opponent Danny Batten has been on a sabbatical since his loss to the Cage Rage World Lightweight Champion Jean Silva at Cage Rage 3 (Nearly 2 years ago) in London. In his long career, Batten has faced some of the best domestic fighters in the Lightweight division, and will be looking to show why he was seen as one of Britain’s top pound for pound fighters a few years ago, when he drops down a weight division and takes on the brash South West star at “Ultimate Force.” And with a possible title shot on the line for the winner, this is a fight neither man will want to lose.
Cagewarriors are also pleased to announce a double surprise as Cagewarriors “Ultimate Force” will not only see the first “Hybird San Shou” bout in the UK, but will also see the return of the UK veteran Andy Cooper from retirement, when he faces the JKD stylist Ray Burns. San Shou’s mix of flashy throws and strikes has been a huge success during K-1 shows in the USA, and the “Ultimate Force” team hopes that it will emulate the success that “Cage Kickboxing” has enjoyed since its inception. Will this be an interesting clash of styles or one experiment too many? On the 30th of April, we will find out.
Cagewarriors: Ultimate Force Saturday, April 30th Xscape Centre, Castleford Doors Open 6pm. Event starts 7pm
Current card - Card subject to change
Lightweight Bout
Directions – To get to the Xscape Centre leave the M62 at J32 and follow the brown tourism signs for
Xscape/Freeport. Or go to
http://www.xscape.co.uk/castleford/find/default.asp
for more details. Standard ticket - £30 Ringside VIP table - £420 Ticket hotline - 07855 277681
For more information on this event please contact the Cagewarriors Ultimate Force promoter Paul Murphy at cagewarriorspaul@yahoo.co.uk or the CWFC News/Media Manager Ian Dean at
iandean@cagewarriors.com. 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 Cagewarriors Ultimate Force and Cagewarriors Quest (Which is the CWFC’s Semi-Pro division) as well as the original Dougie Truman run Cagewarriors show.
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. The CWFC also has its own official CWFC fight team, who are known as “The Northern Cartel.” For more information on the Northern Cartel please go to http://www.cagewarriors.com/page.asp?ID=821.
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.
(3/18/05)
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