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Oban Elliott faces Madars Fleminas at CW 131
Oban Elliott will take on Madars Fleminas at CW 131, the first part of Cage Warriors’ end of year double header, Double Trouble. Taking place on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th December, Cage Warriors returns to the legendary York Hall to finish 2021 with a bang.
Elliott last fought on CW 127, the first night of Cage Warriors’ final trilogy series, knocking out the respected George McManus in under a round, after a year out of the cage.
Talking about the first fight to be announced for Double Trouble, Cage Warriors president, Graham Boylan, said:
“Oban Elliott’s comeback story is remarkable and he showed last time out that he is going to be a real problem at 170lbs. Madars Fleminas is very experienced and will be Elliott’s toughest test to date. This is such a tough fight to call, but with both guys having such exciting styles to watch, I’m sure the fans are in for an early Christmas treat.”
“The Welsh Gangster” Elliott is 4-1 as a pro, with all four of his wins coming within the distance, and told Cage Warriors: “Your resident Gangster is back in the East End!
“He (Fleminas) will bring his gang, I’ll bring mine, but I’ll make sure he needs 999.”
The Welshman experienced a tumultuous 2020 to say the least, having to deal with a medical condition that he thought could end his career and his first loss as a professional, before issues outside of his control pushed back his return to the cage.
Fleminas holds an 8-3 record, and has taken on a who’s who of Cage Warriors alumni, including lightweight contender George Hardwick and former welterweight title challengers Adam Proctor and Jack Grant, as well as former middleweight title challenger, Mick Stanton.
The experienced fighter also has a decision win over the current Cage Warriors middleweight champion, Matthew Bonner.
“The Latvian Express” will be taking to the cage for the first time since his loss to former sparring partner Grant, and told Cage Warriors: “This is a great fight which makes me really excited.
“Oban is saying nobody will want to fight him, that’s why I asked for this fight, (I’m) ready to go and get back to winning ways, and to look for that title once again, there is nothing else that interested me, just that belt and I will come for it…
“I love the Cage Warriors set up, high level athletes from around Europe try to climb the ladder to the top, what can be more exciting?”
Other names confirmed for Double Trouble include: Cage Warriors flyweight champion Sam Creasey, Cage Warriors middleweight champion Matthew Bonner, Cage Warriors bantamweight champion Dominique Wooding, as well as Tobias Harila, George Hardwick and the Figlak brothers.
It’s fight day! Live from Rio de Janeiro, UFC 301 sees flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja make a return to home soil in an attempt to pick up his second title defense. Standing in his way is Australian prospect Steve Erceg, looking to make history by dethroning the champion less than a year after his promotional debut.
In the co-main event, Hall of Famer and two-time featherweight champ Jose Aldo touches down in the Octagon once again. He will look to stall the momentum of contender Jonathan Martinez, who is riding a hot streak in the bantamweight division.
Note: any point deductions will be denoted by an asterisk and explained at the bottom of the page.
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Main card (3am GMT+1 – TNT Sports)
(c) Alexandre Pantoja defeats (#10) Steve Erceg via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) – defends UFC flyweight championship
Jose Aldo defeats (#12) Jonathan Martinez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – bantamweight bout
(#10) Anthony Smith defeats Vitor Petrino via submission (guillotine – 2:00 – R1) – light heavyweight bout
Michel Pereira defeats Ihor Potieria via submission (guillotine – 0:54 – R1) – middleweight bout
(#14) Caio Borralho defeats (#13) Paul Craig via knockout (punches – 2:10 – R2) middleweight bout
Prelims (1am GMT+1 – TNT Sports/UFC Fight Pass)
Joanderson Brito defeats Jack Shore via TKO (doctor stoppage – 3:35 – R2) – featherweight bout
Iasmin Lucindo defeats (#13) Karolina Kowalkiewicz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – strawweight bout
Myktybek Orolbai defeats Elves Brener via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)* – lightweight bout
Drakkar Klose defeats Joaquim Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – lightweight bout
Early prelims (11pm GMT+1 – UFC Fight Pass)
Mauricio Ruffy defeats Jamie Mullarkey via TKO (punches – 4:42 – R1) – lightweight bout
Dione Barbosa defeats Ernesta Kareckaite via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – flyweight bout
Ismael Bonfim defeats Vinc Pichel via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – lightweight bout
Alessandro Costa defeats Kevin Borjas via TKO (punches – 1:35 – R2) – flyweight bout
*Orolbai was deducted a point in the third round for a fence grab
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With UFC 301 set to mark a return to Brazil for the MMA leader in just a day, the athletes competing have taken to the scales ahead of their bouts.
Let’s see who weighed in!
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Main card (3am GMT+1 – TNT Sports)
(c) Alexandre Pantoja (125lbs) vs (#10) Steve Erceg (125lbs) – UFC flyweight championship bout
(#12) Jonathan Martinez (136lbs) vs Jose Aldo (136lbs) – bantamweight bout
(#10) Anthony Smith (205.5lbs) vs (#15) Vitor Petrino (206lbs) – light heavyweight bout
Michel Pereira (186lbs) vs Ihor Potieria (185lbs) – middleweight bout
(#14) Paul Craig (185lbs) vs (#15) Caio Borralho (186lbs) – middleweight bout
Prelims (1am GMT+1 – TNT Sports/UFC Fight Pass)
Jack Shore (145.5lbs) vs Joanderson Brito (146lbs) – featherweight bout
(#13) Karolina Kowalkiewicz (116lbs) vs Iasmin Lucindo (116lbs) – strawweight bout
Elves Brener (156lbs) vs Myktbek Orolbai (155.5lbs) – lightweight bout
Jean Silva (146lbs) vs William Gomis (143lbs) – featherweight bout*
Early prelims (11pm GMT+1 – UFC Fight Pass)
Joaquim Silva (155.5lbs) vs Drakkar Klose (156lbs) – lightweight bout
Mauricio Ruffy (156lbs) vs Jamie Mullarkey (156lbs) – lightweight bout
Dione Barbosa (126lbs) vs Ernesta Kareckaite (125.5lbs) – flyweight bout
Ismael Bonfim (156lbs) vs Vinc Pichel (156lbs) – lightweight bout
Alessandro Costa (126lbs) vs Kevin Borjas (125.5lbs) – flyweight bout
*This bout has been cancelled due to Gomis falling ill
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Max Holloway’s sensational knockout victory over Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 has seen his stock rise almost immeasurably. The former UFC featherweight champion finished Gaethje in the final second of the BMF title fight in what has been proclaimed one of the greatest knockouts in UFC history.
This was Holloway’s second time testing the waters in the lightweight division, and it’s safe to say he fared better than in his interim title fight defeat to Dustin Poirier back in 2019.
His performance at UFC 300 has opened a lot of potential doors for him going forward. Holloway was the champion at 145lbs for two-and-a-half-years before losing his belt to Alexander Volkanovski back in December of 2019. He went on to lose twice more to the Australian, but in the time since Volkanovski has lost the belt to Ilia Topuria and Holloway has taken out a number of surging contenders in the division, such as Calvin Kattar, Arnold Allen and Yair Rodriguez.
All of this leaves ‘Blessed’ in pole position as the consensus #1 contender at featherweight. ‘El Matador’ was quick to call out Holloway on social media after UFC 300 and it seems the UFC may have a genuine superfight on their hands.
The fact that the win over Gaethje took place at lightweight, however, has also launched Holloway into the title conversation at 155lbs, and last week during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience Holloway outlined his preferred scenario going forward:
“In a perfect world, if I could have it my way, I would be stupid to not say…to fight Conor” said Holloway. “I think that Conor fight would be huge, whatever, but we don’t know what he’s gonna do. In a perfect world (to me) would be – fight Ilia (45 title), get my hand raised, and whoever’s the next guy up at 55, fight them…try and go for double champ status, whatever it is…or even three belts! You know like, 45, the BMF and put the BMF and the 55 against whoever at 55 and that’d be surreal, you know? I think that’d be crazy!”
The lightweight title picture will become clearer after champion Islam Makhachev faces challenger Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 in Newark, New Jersey on June 1st. At the end of June, Conor McGregor squares off against Michael Chandler in a bout that has been scheduled to take place at 170lbs, although many observers (including UFC colour commentator Daniel Cormier) have been speculating whether that fight could be contested for a new 165lb title.
Regardless of the weight class, Holloway’s next fight is guaranteed to bring fireworks.
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