Cage Wars UK “Decade” Promo

June 8th, 2009 · No Comments

FightZone TV Celebrates their 700th Airing Milestone with the 1st of 5 Cage Wars Championship UK Events

FightZone TV, in their third year of nationally broadcasting the Best of Independent MMA Programming will celebrate their 700th airing in July with the debut of Cage Wars Championship UK “Decade.”

This will be the first of multiple events from CWC’s catalog leading up to FightZone’s participation in a live Fall event in Spain.

The CWC brand, one of the leading native European Cage MMA events, continues to grow the sport of MMA throughout the UK and Europe.

Cage Wars’ “Decade” is a MMA powerhouse of an event held recently in Kings Hall Belfast, Northern Ireland and features former UFC heavyweight contender, Jeff “The Snowman” Monson who faced off against Lithuanian Sergej Maslobojev in the main event, just one week after Monson defeated former IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson on the “March Badness” boxing/MMA pay-per-view.

Jeff is a MMA fighter (30-8) from Olympia, Washington and is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and a two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Champion who has also had three professional boxing bouts with a boxing record of two wins and one draw. He is affiliated with American Top Team which is based in Coconut Creek, Florida and he has been ranked among the top 15 heavyweight fighters in the world, according to Sherdog.com.

After the fight, Jeff said “This was my first time in Northern Ireland. The people here are absolutely fantastic. I can’t wait to come back. I asked to fight here, I’ve enjoyed it, and next time I’ll try and stay a little longer.

“Featherweight Peter Duncan’s nickname may be “Slam” on account of his favorite MMA technique, but it was opponent Bryan Goldsby, a Macon, Georgia native who struck with his own variation of the move, as well as a belly-to-belly suplex in their encounter.

Daniel Abrol was up next, facing the experienced JC Pennington, also at Lightweight. Pennington, currently a MMA Louisiana title-holder, was accompanied by Rich Clementi. Watch this fight for an impressive array of strikes. leg kicks, Muay Thai knees, and punches that were the order of the day.

Chum Sut team’s Lee McKibbin faced late replacement, Karolis Liukaitis of Lithuania, who took this Middleweight bout on less than a week’s notice which turned into a very competitive bout.

Rounding out the card are:
Hugh Brady vs Michael Reid – Welterweights
Colin McKee vs Arunus Silcius – Welterweights
Jordy Puete vs Gary Morris – Lightweights

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