Jim Wallhead vs. Jason Ball Added To M-1 Challenge UK

Warrior Promotions are proud to announce another exciting domestic “Superfight” for the September 27th M-1 Challenge show in Nottingham, England. As the Leicester based Team Rough House member “Judo” Jim Wallhead (14-5-0) looks to continue his impressive run of form, when he faces the up-and-coming Ultimate Force Welterweight Champion Jason Ball (11-5-0), in a Welterweight match-up at the Harvey Hadden Centre.

Wallhead Striking Tom Haddock At 'Enter The Rough House 6'

Jim Wallhead returns to action on the back of a superb decision victory over the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Fabricio Nascimento at Cage Warriors: Enter The Rough House 7 in July. A team mate of Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy and Paul “Semtex” Daley, Wallhead trains with some top class fighter on a regular basis but is also regarded as one of the top unsigned European fighters on the circuit in his own right.

Since making his pro MMA debut back in April of 2005, Wallhead's aggressive grappling, ground and pound and stand-up skills, have seen the former British Judo Youth Games team member, defeat some top talents such as the Cage Rage Middleweight: John Phillips, and the UFC veterans Steve Lynch and Jason Tan.

However Wallhead has European wins under his belt too and one of his greatest accomplishments came in June 2006 when he travelled to Holland and won the 2h2h Under 83kg/183lbs "Road To Japan" Tournament on just 72 hours notice. Wallhead defeated both the Frenchman Camara Bouna and the Dutch striker Xander Nel in front of a hostile Dutch crowd to win the tournament and give is career a huge boost. The 24 year old, Father of One is no stranger to Titles, having won the House of Pain British title (against Paul Jenkins in December 2005) and the Cage Gladiators British Title by defeating Jason Tan by decision in 2006 in Liverpool.

However Wallhead's career has suffered several detours with losses at vital times against the likes of Peter Angerer and UFC veteran Dennis Siver (in 2006). On both occasions Wallhead dominated the action before falling victim to excellent counter attacking submissions. Although he rebounded in 2007 with four straight submission wins in MMA action and success in the Cage Kickboxing circuit; Wallhead's career took another another hit when he dropped a spilt decision to the American Top Team fighter Charles Blanchard at the inaugural Cage Warriors USA show in March of this year.

However the Warrior Promotions fighter has since picked up two solid wins over Tom Haddock and Fabricio Nascimento, and with 10 wins out of his last 12 bouts (in MMA and Kickboxing action) along with a top ten ranking in both the UK and Europe, Wallhead is looking for another win to push him onto the next level and even travelled to Las Vegas last month to fine tune his game at the world renowned Xtreme Couture training facility. With rumours of a big deal to come, Wallhead will be looking to show his pedigree when he faces the Doncaster based grappler at the Harvey Hadden Centre on September 27th and push his claim for a shot at the big time.

However Jason Ball sports an impressive 11-5-0 record and has a reputation for finishing fights early, with nine of his wins coming inside the first round. Hailing from Doncaster, Ball is a member of Team Ultimate Force alongside the likes of Ian Jones, Wayne “Mayhem” Murray and the recent UFC signee Neil “Old School” Wain. Although traditionally known as a grappler; Ball's height, range and increasing stand-up power has seen him earn 5 TKO wins, with 5 wins coming from his last 7 bouts.

Although Ball has mainly fought on the Yorkshire and North East circuit, he has racked-up a number of impressive wins against the likes of Mark Spencer, Paul Cooper and the talented Kam Atakuru. (The bout against Atakuru was famous for a spectacular comeback by Ball who weathered a furious opening salvo from Atakuru). See the fight here and read a report of the fight here

Ball has also tasted Title success by winning the Total Combat 18 Welterweight Tourney where he defeated Arran Barrow and Dave Hirst in the same night and is also the current Ultimate Force Welterweight Champion.

Jason Ball At Gorilla Fight 2

Ball also shares common opponents with Wallhead and holds a win over Peter Angerer (who defeated Wallhead in 2006) earlier this year at Gorilla Fight 2 in Germany and followed that stoppage victory with a devastating TKO over the North East star Leslee Ojugbana in May. With this momentum on his side, Ball will be looking to breakthrough to the upper echelons of the UK and European scene when he faces the Judo Black Belt on September 27th.

With a potential global audience looking on thanks to M-1's worldwide TV deals, will Wallhead take the final step up and break into the lucrative US and Japanese markets. Or will the punchy all-rounder from Doncaster scupper Wallhead's plans and make his name in this stacked international event.

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The prestigious M-1 Challenge 7th edition event will be hosted by Warrior Promotions. owners of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, in Nottingham as a pre-cursor to introducing the first ever British Team into the M-1 Challenge Tournament next year. The UK will host further events next year whilst this September will witness four of the most acclaimed teams in the 2008 tournament battling it out in pursuit of national pride and personal glory.

The four teams competing in Nottingham hoping to qualify for the finals in Japan on New Year's Eve will be; Red Devils vs USA & Russia Legion vs Europe. All four teams will be taking part in a total of 10 international super-bouts.

Plus there will be an additional 3 "Superfights" which includes the eagerly awaited Heavyweight rematch between local favourite and former Pro boxing star Wayne Buck, as he attempts to seek redemption against the Italian Muay Thai fighter Matteo "The Brutal" Minonzio. Whilst Jim Wallhead takes on Jason Ball in a Welterweight Superfight. And in the Middleweight division, two Cage Warriors regulars square off as Cliff Hall faces the Tap or Snap fighter Christian Smith in an exciting local derby.

As well as this exciting and innovative event; Warrior Promotions are also proud to announce a seminar featuring the former Pride FC star and current Red Devil Team Member & Coach, Aleksander Emelianenko. This international star is the younger brother of the formidable WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko, and sports an impressive MMA record of 11-3 having fought some of the best names in the MMA world. He will be conducting a seminar with his team and will be looking to pass on some of the skills which have seen his team rise to the top of the MMA tree.

That's not all as UK MMA Legend Ian ‘The Machine’ Freeman, the young upcoming MMA star & current Cage Warriors Champion, Gegard Mousasi and the UFC Welterweight Protégé Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy will also be attending this Seminar and the M-1 Challenge show later on in the day. This Seminar will take place between 12.00 pm to 3.00 pm on the day of the event. Go to http://www.cagewarriors.com/event.26.htm for more information on how you can be a part of this fantastic opportunity.

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