Cage Warriors Invades The USA
Cage Warriors Invades The USA
Cage Warriors Invades The USA
The Cage Warriors Fighting Championships; one of the UK's oldest and best known Mixed Martial Arts promotions will be crossing the Atlantic on March 29th when it makes it's debut Stateside at the Kissimmee Civic Centre in Florida.
Cage Warriors is known as one of the
UK's elite MMA promotions and has promoted over 30 events since July
of 2002, and has earned a solid reputation for it's ability to
continuously re-invent itself, whilst also being able to unearth and
promote up-and-coming stars from all over Europe. Many former CWFC
veterans have moved on to bigger shows such as the UFC, (the now
defunct) Pride FC, K-1 Hero's, BodogFIGHT, and more.
In their early days Cage Warriors saw
the likes of Ian “The Machine” Freeman, Jorge Rivera, Gregory
Bouchelaghem, Gerald “The Finishing Machine” Strebendt, Jean
Silva, Alessio Sakara, Tengiz Tedoradze, “JZ” Calvancanti and
many more step foot into the Cage Warriors arena.
Since 2005 when Warrior Promotions UK
MMA Limited took a controlling interest in the Cage Warriors brand
many more fighters have made their mark and progressed through the
ranks, whilst Cage Warriors had several more big events that have
seen two spectacular one night tournaments and increased visibility
with TV deals and ever expanding coverage from internet and print
media.
Whilst their critically acclaimed
“Night of Champions” event in 2005 saw the likes of Antonio
Silva, Jeff Monson, Michael “The Count” Bisping, Ross Pointon,
Martin Kampmann, Danny Batten, Rosi Sexton and Paul McVeigh
successfully defend their Cage Warriors' Titles in front of a stacked
crowd at the Skydome Arena. Since then all of these fighters have
gone on to fight aboard in some of the World's top shows.
Now Cage Warriors (in conjunction with
their US partners) are crossing the pond and hope to repeat their
success Stateside with an event that has been nearly 12 months in
making. In embarking with this ambitious project, Cage Warriors hope
to bring the same values which have seen them become a respected
force in the UK to the United States.
Cage Warriors hopes their US
expansion will give even more fighters a chance to showcase their
skills in front of an increased audience and will create a wider
range of exciting match-ups.
The Cage Warriors USA team are
currently in talks with the likes of Team Trauma Ocala, American Top
Team and Team Armory as well as several fighters from Cage Warriors'
extensive UK roster, to ensure this 10 bout fightcard will produce a
thrilling and absorbing show. Already confirmed Stateside are serval
fighters from Gracie Barra Orlando such as Bruce Conner, Rodrigo
"Lango" Andrade and Kevin Abrante.
The Cage Warriors team hope to announce
several more big names for this event as they aim to start their USA
adventure with a bang in a little over two months time. The Cage
Warriors team would also like to thank Battlebase.net, Tom Malloy and
the Florida State Boxing Commission for their help and support in
making this event happen.
For more information on this event will
be released in the coming weeks as Cage Warriors go global on March
29th when they make their US debut in the “Sunshine
State”.
For more information contact the Warrior Promotions UK MMA
Limited team at iandean@cagewarriors.com.
Or contact Tommy Gleeson tommy@cagewarriorsusa.com or Dave Briley dave@cagewarriorsusa.com