Cage Rage Coming to Ireland...

john kavanagh

Europe’s most prestigious Mixed Martial Arts organisation is coming to The Point Depot in Dublin on Saturday, May 26th 2007. Cage Rage is well known for putting on the best fight cards featuring Pride and UFC veterans and there’s sure to be a couple of big names on their first show in Ireland as well as featuring the best of Irish talent.

Ring of Truth 6 ‘The Road to the Cage’ will be held on Saturday, February 17th at the Ringside club. There will be elimination fights to select the top Irish fighters to fight on the Cage Rage show against top UK and European opposition.

Keep an eye on the www.cagerage.tv website for updates.

onwards and upwards

Clive

Holy crap I just creamed my pants.

JohnMc1

Great news.

gymrabbit

try and get bj penn vs karo parisyan john.

well done can't wait. onwards and upwards.

crazy monkey

Hi John,

Since the next RINGS will be an elimination event will first timers be allowed to enter that part of the show or will they only be allowed fight other novices....

I ask this question just to clarify if total novices who will no doubt fight under semi pro rules will be allowed try out for the big show this summer...

Thanks for your time and more importantly thanks for getting an event of this size and repute to our little old emerald isle...

dlofnep

Awesome, I'll be there for sure.

dlofnep

question, is this overriding the ultimate cage fighting event or is that seperate..?

john kavanagh

crazy monkey wrote:

Hi John,

Since the next RINGS

just for clarification its not 'Rings', its Ring of Truth. 'Rings Ireland' is no longer running

crazy monkey wrote:

I ask this question just to clarify if total novices who will no doubt fight under semi pro rules will be allowed try out for the big show this summer

no they won't. elimination fights will only be open to those who've earned a shot competing in RoT and UFR events over the past year

crazy monkey wrote:

Thanks for your time and more importantly thanks for getting an event of this size and repute to our little old emerald isle...

thanks, i think this is really going to be a big step forward for MMA in Ireland. we've some top talent here with very strong teams like PBS, PCC, SBG et al and this is a great platform for them to get the international recognition they deserve

dlofnep wrote:

question, is this overriding the ultimate cage fighting event or is that seperate..?

overriding. keep an eye out for Irish Fighter on Dec 1st for interview with me by Scott Kenna in 'MMA News' for more thorough explanation.

Clive wrote:

Holy crap I just creamed my pants

that's probably just a little bit too excited

dlofnep

john kavanagh wrote:

overriding. keep an eye out for Irish Fighter on Dec 1st for interview with me by Scott Kenna in 'MMA News' for more thorough explanation.

gymrabbit

hopefully this can raise some of the excitement seen at bernard dunne's fight in the point. different course with a different horse and all but it would be good to see a load of people screaming and shouting.

damo

Really cool - I received a green belt in shotokan karate when i was a ten year old, think theyll let me fight Manhoef?

TwoKingMick

**** Sake!! Thirty five Euros! February!

Valmont

This is great! I'm looking forward to both events.

Liam_B

:eek: Well Done John!!!
another step upwards

Dragan

Fantastic!!!!

dogpit

Great news!,Irish mma is certainly on the rise,i don't think it will be to long before we have fighters on the world stage.

cmb.

congrats to all who were involved in putting this together

a few questions - obviously - when will tickets be available? and for the ROT6 show aswell (through mullen sports i presume)

secondly - will this be a cage rage contenders show or a 'full scale' cage rage event?

Tim_Murphy

Sweet!!

Rot in February is a bit of a balls though :mad:

john kavanagh

tickets going on sale next week

hope to be able to announce main event very soon, just waiting on signed contracts...:D

bjj-fighter

Is this gonna be a Cage Rage Contenders event or a proper Cage Rage

john kavanagh

can you tell me what the difference is between them?

dlofnep

From what I've see Contenders is a feeder show looking for upcoming talent while Cage Rage is the official show, with already worldwide established talent.

If it's Cage Rage contenders, then the card will be weak compared to a normal Cage Rage card, although the novelty of the Cage will still be cool.

john kavanagh

dlofnep wrote:

then the card will be weak compared to a normal Cage Rage card

lol most UFCs are 'weak' compared to a 'normal' cage rage :eek:

it'll be no surprize that the first irish cage rage show will have a much 'weaker' card in comparrison to a typical uk cage rage show. there just isn't the money (or interest!) in bringing over 'big' names....however there will be a couple of fights that wouldn't be out of place on any show around the world

dlofnep

I've no doubt about it John

Either way, I think this is a step in the right direction for irish mma and a nice springboard for some irish fighters.