It’s a big month for Irish MMA with international fighters as well as our own taking to the cage around Ireland. Fergus Ryan looks ahead to the main MMA events.
Cage Wars Championship – Validation
When: 10 December
Where: Odyssey Arena in Belfast
How much: VIP £100, Ringside £55 and Tiered seating £33
A stacked fight card features some top names in Irish and world MMA. With an astonishing 111 fights under his belt that include wins over Chuck Liddell, Forest Griffin, Court McGee and Chael Sonnen (three times), MMA legend Jeremy Horn takes on Cage Wars veteran Lee McKibbin from the Chum Sut gym in Belfast.
56 fight veteran Rich Clementi returns to the Cage Wars ring to fight Swiss prospect Felipe Enomoto. Chris Stringer, who featured on Baz’s Extreme Worlds on RTE 2, looks to bounce back from his last outing, a submission loss to Clementi at Cage Wars ‘Nightmare’.
You can check out the Cage Wars back catalogue of events on the Extreme Sports channel. The Cage Wars promotion recently signed a three event deal with Sky Sports that’s due to start with the ‘Validation’ event. More details coming soon.
Main Fight Card
Jeremy Horn Vs Lee McKibbin
Lightweight Tournament Final
Rich Clementi Vs Felipe Enomoto
Simeon Thoresen Vs Vaidas Valancius
Tim Ruberg Vs Marvin Aboeli
Chris Stringer Vs Zyad Abada
Tim Estes Vs Hugh Brady
Danny Van Bergen Vs Mick Sinclair
Paul Reed Vs Neil McGuigan
Victoras Kontrimas Vs Chris MacDonald
Lightweight Tournament Fight 2
Lightweight Tournament Fight 1
Under Card
Damien McFall Vs Gary Carlin
Malachy McFall Vs Paul Mccourt
Ryan Boyd Vs Kristian Mikolajek
Mark Curry Vs Stephen Kingsbury
Nemesis – Recharged
When: Sunday, 12 December 4:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: O’Loughlin Gaels, Hebron Road, Kilkenny
How much: Adults €20, Cageside €25, Balcony €30
JOE’s featured fighter Myles Price turns promoter for the weekend to run the fourth event under his TuffNut banner. Due to the unfortunate weather postponement on the 27 November, TuffNut Promotions’ ‘Nemesis’ event has been retagged as ‘Recharged’. All tickets purchased for the 27 November event will be valid for this event. (Note: All ticket holders from the 27th must give their name and origin of ticket to gain access to the event). Anyone looking for tickets can contact Kilkenny Top Pro or Ticketmaster.ie
Main Event
Ian ‘Massive’ O’Neill (KTP) V Eugene Mc Cauley (Immortals) 61kg Bantamweight
Co Main Event
Mihai Foscow (KTP) V Brendan O’Shea (Middleton Fight Academy) 65kg Catchweight
Justin Doyle (Na Fianna) V Kieran O’Donnell (Tuatha De Danann) 73kg Catchweight
Vinny Di Ruscio (DLK) V Kieran Davern (Tuatha De Danann) 77kg Catchweight
Connor Duffy (DLK) V Glen O’Connor (Tuatha de Danann) 77kg Welterweight
Colin ‘The Alpha Male’ Ryan (Strefa Walki) V John Mc Allister (Tuatha De Danann) Heavyweight
Peter Quelly (Waterford MMA) V Robbie Walsh (Spirit MMA) 73kg Catchweight
Mick ‘Basher’ Brennan (KTP) V Tony Keane (Waterford MMA) 68kg Catchweight
Kyle Comerford (Waterford MMA) V Shane Smith (Tuatha De Danann) 65.8kg Featherweight
Tony Corcoran (KTP) V Michael Let (Spirit MMA) 93kg Light Heavyweight
Ger Teehan (KTP) V Joe Roche (Spirit MMA) 65.8kg Featherweight
Peter Quelly (Waterford MMA) V Robbie Walsh (Spirit MMA) 73kg Catchweight
Micky O’Regan (Strefa Walki) V TBC 84kg Middleweight
Fergus Ryan
