CAGE CONTENDER IV

John Ferguson

Hi folks!!!

Cage Contender IV will take place on 1st May 2010 in the Kings Hall Complex (Balmoral Hall), Belfast.

We will have an undercard of about 8 semi pro fights followed by a short break then a Main show of 6 pro fights.

The hope is that we will have the pro matches confirmed in the next 2 weeks and then the semi pro match ups the week after that.

Any clubs who would like to have guys on the undercard can pm me on here or give me a call, 07841 663131

Tickets will be on sale soon from fighters on the bill and ticketmaster outlets


John
www.cagecontender.net

John Ferguson

We are pleased to announce our first signed fight for 1st May!

Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs Myles Price (KTP)

We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

Martin Walker

fightie wrote: »

We are pleased to announce our first signed fight for 1st May!!!!

Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs Myles Price (KTP)

We will bring you further fights as they are signed!!!!

Is this at -74kgs?

John Ferguson

Martin Walker wrote: »

Is this at -74kgs?

73kgs

mmmm...not sure

fightie wrote: »

We are pleased to announce our first signed fight for 1st May!

Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs Myles Price (KTP)

We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

Well done this will be a great fight.

I'm not trolling here but it was stated on here in either October or november that mc connell had left SFT under less than amicable circumstances I am just looking to clarify that he is now back with SFT

rooneyboy

mmmm...not sure wrote: »

Well done this will be a great fight.

I'm not trolling here but it was stated on here in either October or november that mc connell had left SFT under less than amicable circumstances I am just looking to clarify that he is now back with SFT

yeah domz is back with sft,,

John Ferguson

mmmm...not sure wrote: »

Well done this will be a great fight.

I'm not trolling here but it was stated on here in either October or november that mc connell had left SFT under less than amicable circumstances I am just looking to clarify that he is now back with SFT

Dom has been back training with Conor and John for almost a month now, I seen him at the NI BJJ open and he was looking quite sharp. This fight should be a real war!!

mmmm...not sure

Well I'm glad to hear he's back with SFT even though I'm not domz biggest fan he does have talent an can go far so hopefully last year will have taught him a big lesson an he can get back to doing what he's meant to. I haven't seen myles prices live but have seen some videos this promises to be fight of the night.

John Ferguson

We are pleased to announce another fight for 1st May!

PRO MIDDLEWEIGHT

John Redmond(RUSH) vs Mick Mc Teer (Newcastle)

We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

John Ferguson

We are pleased to announce another fight for 1st May!

PRO BANTAMWEIGHT

Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)

We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

Martin Walker

fightie wrote: »

We are pleased to announce our first signed fight for 1st May!

Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs Myles Price (KTP)

We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

A little birdie tells me that you are acting as Myles manager now. Is this true John?

John Ferguson

Martin Walker wrote: »

A little birdie tells me that you are acting as Myles manager now. Is this true John?

Yeah no secret there Marty.. Myles asked me to give him a hand to get a few fights overseas and i agreed.

Martin Walker

Cool. So if anyone wanted him on there show they would have to go through you? Handy to know incase anyone steps on anyones toes....

tomagetti

I thought Damo Rooney had gone to the states to fight? Is he back now or is this just a 1 of fight back here?

UC Newry

Got talking to Damo on Friday there after he was home. One of the arrangements he made with th HIT Squad was that he wanted to travel back and forth for the first while and continue to take fights in Ireland and the UK in order to keep his experience up instead of having to wait on fights. Unfortunately his fight got pulled for the start of February and he got another offer for the middle of March but he was already booked to come home February 17th!

John Ferguson

We are pleased to announce another fight for 1st May!

PRO WELTERWEIGHT

Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Mark Palmer (EFR)

We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

Mrs Lynch

fightie wrote: »

PRO WELTERWEIGHT

Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Mark Palmer (EFR)

Excellent fight:) Two great fighters with massive potential!!

Urs
x

John Ferguson

The PRO Card so far...

73kgs
Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs "Magic" Myles Price (KTP)


Middleweight
John Redmond(RUSH) vs Mick McTeer (Newcastle)


Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)


Welterweight
Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Mark Palmer (EFR)


We will be announcing more pro fights over the coming days

www.cagecontender.net

McManus

juijitsu black wrote: »

LOL Mr. Roper.

And on the Dom from SFT post, He has great talent and hopefully has lernt his lesson from his out off cage antics, and will now concentrait on what he is great at. . . . . MMA with rules!

Hopefully this guy will train properly as he could go a long way

Ive been training with Domz and he is all set for this fight and he has a big year ahead of him!! He has the head down and his training is going well so this should be a good fight!

John Ferguson

We are pleased to announce 3 fights for 1st May!

Semi Pro

Welterweight
Steven Kingsbury (EFR) vs Sean Pagel (Juku Ryu JJ)

Lightweight
Rowan Prendiville (karate Jutsu) vs Graham Ochiltree (K Vale Tudo)

Strawweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs Damien Wisdom (EFR)


We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

John Ferguson

We are pleased to confirm that we have agreed terms with Setanta Sports for coverage of Cage Contender IV. All the Pro fights on the bill will be recorded for broadcast...... More

John

John Ferguson

We are pleased to announce another fighter for 1st May!

PRO WELTERWEIGHT

John Donnelly (RYANO) vs
We will bring you further fights as they are signed!

John Ferguson

The PRO Card so far...

Welterweight
Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Mark Palmer (EFR)


John Donnelly (RYANO) vs TBC


Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs "Magic" Myles Price (KTP)


Middleweight
John Redmond(RUSH) vs Mick McTeer (Newcastle)


Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)


Featherweight
Paul "The Red Bull" Cowzer (RUSH) vs TBC



Undercard

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Lucus Globeski (K Vale Tudo)

Middleweight
Fra McCabe (PCCB) vs TBC

Welterweight
Steven Kingsbury (EFR) vs Sean Pagel (Juku Ryu JJ)

Ciaran Gillen (Kyoujin) vs Sean McMullan (DCMMA)

Lightweight
Rowan Prendiville (karate Jutsu) vs Graham Ochiltree (K Vale Tudo)

Strawweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs Damien Wisdom (EFR)


We will announce other fights as they are agreed!!

cletus

fightie wrote: »

We are pleased to confirm that we have agreed terms with Setanta Sports for coverage of Cage Contender IV. All the Pro fights on the bill will be recorded for broadcast...... More

John

thats fantastic news, will it be setanta ireland or setanta sports 1?

John Ferguson

cletus wrote: »

thats fantastic news, will it be setanta ireland or setanta sports 1?

it will most likely be Setanta Ireland.

Tickets for the event are now for sale on Ticketmaster or from any fighters on the card!!

John Ferguson

The PRO Card so far...

Welterweight
Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Mark Palmer (EFR)


John Donnelly (RYANO) vs TBC


Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs "Magic" Myles Price (KTP)


Middleweight
John Redmond(RUSH) vs Mick McTeer (Newcastle)


Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)


Undercard

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Lucus Globeski (K Vale Tudo)

Middleweight
Fra McCabe (PCCB) vs Rafal (Elite 400)

Welterweight
Steven Kingsbury (EFR) vs Sean Pagel (Juku Ryu JJ)


Ciaran Gillen (Kyoujin) vs Sean McMullan (DCMMA)


Paul Redmond (Ryano) vs Oisin Conroy (Shootfighters)


Lightweight
Rowan Prendiville (karate Jutsu) vs Graham Ochiltree (K Vale Tudo)

Strawweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs Damien Wisdom (EFR)


We will announce other fights as they are agreed!!

John Ferguson

Welterweight
Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Mark Palmer (EFR)


John Donnelly (RYANO) vs TBC


Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs "Magic" Myles Price (KTP)


Middleweight
John Redmond(RUSH) vs Mick McTeer (Newcastle)


Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)


Featherweight
Tim "Mad Dog" Murphy (Point Blank) vs Dan Welsh (Caged Steel)



Undercard

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Lucus Globeski (K Vale Tudo)

Middleweight
Fra McCabe (PCCB) vs Rafal (Elite 400)

Welterweight
Steven Kingsbury (EFR) vs Sean Pagel (Juku Ryu JJ)


Ciaran Gillen (Kyoujin) vs Sean McMullan (DCMMA)


Paul Redmond (Ryano) vs Oisin Conroy (Shootfighters)


Lightweight
Rowan Prendiville (karate Jutsu) vs Graham Ochiltree (K Vale Tudo)

Strawweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs Damien Wisdom (EFR)

John Ferguson

Hi guys, suprise suprise we have had a few changes to the card

Welterweight
Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Jonny Shiels (IMMa)


Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs "Magic" Myles Price (KTP)


Middleweight
John Redmond(RUSH) vs Mick McTeer (Newcastle)


Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)


Featherweight
Tim "Mad Dog" Murphy (Point Blank) vs TBC



Undercard

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Lucus Globeski (K Vale Tudo)

Middleweight
Fra McCabe (PCCB) vs Rafal (Elite 400)

Welterweight
Steven Kingsbury (EFR) vs Sean Pagel (Juku Ryu JJ)


Ciaran Gillen (Kyoujin) vs Sean McMullan (DCMMA)


Paul Redmond (Ryano) vs Oisin Conroy (Shootfighters)


Lightweight
Rowan Prendiville (karate Jutsu) vs Graham Ochiltree (K Vale Tudo)

Featherweight
Joe Gibson (PCCB) vs Brian Moore (Wexford MMA)

Strawweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs Damien Wisdom (EFR)

John Ferguson

Welterweight
Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Jonny Shiels (IMMa)


Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs Rowan Prendiville (Karate Jutsu)


Middleweight
John Redmond(RUSH) vs Pete Molloy (Karate Jutsu)


Lightweight
Lukasz Staszynski (Warriors) vs Sean McMullan (DCMMA)


Richie Edgeworth (Ryano) vs Prezmyslaw Poteralski (Warriors)


Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)





Undercard

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Lucus Globeski (K Vale Tudo)

Middleweight
Fra McCabe (PCCB) vs Rafal (Elite 400)

Welterweight
Steven Kingsbury (EFR) vs Sean Pagel (Juku Ryu JJ)

Paul Redmond (Ryano) vs Oisin Conroy (Shootfighters)


Lightweight
Mick Brennan (KTP) vs Graham Ochiltree (K Vale Tudo)

Featherweight
Joe Gibson (PCCB) vs Brian Moore (Wexford MMA)

Bantamweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs Damien Wisdom (EFR)

John Ferguson

Hotel

The offical hotel for Cage Contender IV will be the Wellington Park Hotel, Malone Rd, Belfast. 0044 (0) 28 9038 5050 (Reservations).

This is where the weigh in, press interviews and the aftershow party will take place. Anyone wanting to book a room at the hotel ring the number above and tell them you are with Cage Contender. We have worked out a discount rate with them, so make sure you say your with Cage Contender


Weigh in

There will be 2 weigh in stations, 1 in Dublin and 1 in Belfast. Fighters MUST weigh in at one of these stations on friday the 30th April. Video weigh in will NOT be allowed:

Belfast: Wellington Park Hotel, 19:00hrs

Dublin: Next Generation HQ, Monkstown, 19:00hrs

Officals

Mr Peter Lavery
Mr David Jones
Mr Aidan Marron
Mr Declan Larkin

MC

Richie Moore

Commentators for TV/DVD

Stuart McQuitty
Barry Oglesby


DOORS WILL BE AT 18:00 AND THE FIRST FIGHT WILL BE IN THE ARENA AT 19:00 SHARP. THE SEMI PRO UNDERCARD WILL RUN FIRST, THERE WILL BE A 15 MINUTE BREAK THEN THE PRO CARD WILL RUN AND BE FILMED AS IF LIVE FOR SETANTA SPORTS IRELAND. FEEL FREE TO BRING BANNERS ETC TO SUPPORT YOUR FIGHTERS

cowzerp

fightie wrote: »

THERE WILL BE A 15 MINUTE BREAK

Why? serious question.
shows can be boring enough without 15 mins of a break, even when entertainment is put on its not what people come to see, I know as a coach or fighter its just a waste of time imo.

John Ferguson

cowzerp wrote: »

Why? serious question.
shows can be boring enough without 15 mins of a break, even when entertainment is put on its not what people come to see, I know as a coach or fighter its just a waste of time imo.

We need this time to set up the production stuff for the Setanta filming.

We will be moving the semi pro fights through a bit quicker with no delays, so in reality there will be no change in timings for the pro card.

cowzerp

fightie wrote: »

We need this time to set up the production stuff for the Setanta filming.

Surely they will be set up for hours before the event, they are professionals after all, The same break was had on all the other cage contenders and there was no setanta then so are ya sure your not just sticking with a used formula?

I can understand a break on a show with a small number of fights but not on a big show that is not looking to extend the time of the event.

John Ferguson

cowzerp wrote: »

Surely they will be set up for hours before the event, they are professionals after all, The same break was had on all the other cage contenders and there was no setanta then so are ya sure your not just sticking with a used formula?

I can understand a break on a show with a small number of fights but not on a big show that is not looking to extend the time of the event.

No, not the case!!

As I have said, the televised pro show will be shot in the same style as a live show. During the 15 minutes is when they will film the opening intros etc. This is standard practice for this type of recording!

We have indeed had breaks at all our events, even with these breaks we have still always been finished before our planned time at 11 o clock. With this in mind we are starting the show at 7pm sharp to ensure that we don't run over
time

Also after the last Cage Contender we had a few comments about not being able to see the fights when they went to ground, to solve that problem there will be 2 15ft bigscreens showing all the action

DamoUp

The two big screens will be a definite bonus, they allow everyone to see exactly what is going on at all times.

I know as a fighter you just want to get to your fight and get in the cage but I think a 15 minute break is fine as long as you move through the fights on both the undercard and main bill at a good pace. It allows the spectators time for a toilet break without missing the action!

What happened to Myles Price, he was scheduled to fight Dom McConnell was he not?

John Ferguson

DamoUp wrote: »

The two big screens will be a definite bonus, they allow everyone to see exactly what is going on at all times.

I know as a fighter you just want to get to your fight and get in the cage but I think a 15 minute break is fine as long as you move through the fights on both the undercard and main bill at a good pace. It allows the spectators time for a toilet break without missing the action!

What happened to Myles Price, he was scheduled to fight Dom McConnell was he not?

Myles has picked up an injury, but we hope to have that fight on our Dublin show (July 24th)

John Ferguson

Due to work commitments the Joe Clarke (PCCB) vs Colin Neeson (IMMA) fight will now be at Cage Contender!!

Martin Walker wrote: »

Id pay the entrance fee for this fight alone.

Mrs Lynch wrote: »

Totally agree with you Marty this is one hell of a fight;) I know "C" class has got a few knocks on shows recently but this cud be one of the best ever fights we get to see this year!!!!

Joe well everyone knows how this lads is a gem but Colin is never to be underestimated with his technical ability! A real test for Joe and both lads are up against it - good luck:) .

We agree and are looking forward to an epic battle between these two lads!!

John Ferguson

Welterweight
Cathal "Collosus" Pendred (SBGi) vs Jonny Shiels (IMMA)


73kgDominic McConnell (SFT) vs TBC

Middleweight
John Redmond(RUSH) vs Pete Molloy (Karate Jutsu)


Lightweight
Lukasz Staszynski (Warriors) vs Sean McMullan (DCMMA)


Richie Edgeworth (Ryano) vs Prezmyslaw Poteralski (Warriors)


Bantamweight
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (Hit Squad) vs Rob "The Dog" Quinn(SBGi)





Undercard

Heavyweight
Ryan Boyd (IMMA) vs Lucus Globeski (K Vale Tudo)

Middleweight
Rafal (Elite 400) vs TBC

Welterweight
Steven Kingsbury (EFR) vs Sean Pagel (Juku Ryu JJ)

Paul Redmond (Ryano) vs Oisin Conroy (Shootfighters)

Lightweight
Mick Brennan (KTP) vs Graham Ochiltree (K Vale Tudo)

Rowan Prendiville (Karate Jutsu) vs Decky Dalton (PCCB)

Featherweight
Joe Clarke (PCCB) vs Colin Neeson (IMMA)

Joe Gibson (PCCB) vs Brian Moore (Wexford MMA)

Bantamweight
Alan Philpott (IMMA) vs Damien Wisdom (EFR)

Martin Walker

Looking forward to getting to this show. Thought i was gonna miss it cos i was down to Ref at Tribal Warfare but i can go now that its been canceled!

Martin Walker

Featherweight
Joe Clarke (PCCB) vs Colin Neeson (IMMA)


Is this fight not on Ultimate Conflict too?

John Ferguson

Martin Walker wrote: »

Featherweight
Joe Clarke (PCCB) vs Colin Neeson (IMMA)


Is this fight not on Ultimate Conflict too?

No Marty, change of plan.. The fight has moved to Cage Contender

Martin Walker

fightie wrote: »

No Marty, change of plan.. The fight has moved to Cage Contender

Why?

John Ferguson

Martin Walker wrote: »

Why?

Joe has an unexpected work commitment so the Conflict date didn't suit any more.

Martin Walker

Sweet! Ill not bother with Ultimate Conflict now! Cage Contender FTW!!

gatecrasher69er

feck that..id love to av been fighting on this show.....:mad::mad:

Pccb

Just to clear things up bout joe Clarke, he rang me yesterday morning with a bit of a situation which was just put til him. He's out working refurbishing a night club he works in and the owner offered him another 10 days work for very good money. This would mean working long hours and no training up to and including the day he was supposed to fight on uc. He asked me to ring damo and colins coach rodney would it be possible to move the fight back few weeks for cage contender show cause he knows it's going to be a great fight and both have trained hard for it.
I rang both damo and rodney and told them the situation and both were brilliant about it. Obviously damo is disapointed but understands. It's not just bout money, joe it's going to hit squad for 6 weeks on 20th may and that extra cash would keep him there for extra month. As a very talented hard working 18 year old who has massive potential I felt that extra month training with the top guys in America would really benefit joes career and that's how we came to the decision.
The ultimate conflict shows are one of the best shows to be involved in and would like to thank them and john at cage contender for dealing with our requests so understanding and professionally.

Liam pccb

John Ferguson

We have now more or less completed the fight card for CAGE CONTENDER IV......

It is listed in running order from the bottom up ......HERE

As always we are looking forward to your predictions

John Ferguson

Dominic McConnell (SFT) vs Stuart Davies (F Freestyle)

This should be a cracking fight!! Domz returns to the cage after 7 months, his opponent Stuart Davies (6-3-0) will be looking to get back to winning form after loosing to Daniel "Denzil" Thomas at the last Knuckle Up show!!

kid chaos

Martin Walker wrote: »

Sweet! Ill not bother with Ultimate Conflict now! Cage Contender FTW!!

sorry for the wait marty but we wont dissapoint;)

Martin Walker

kid chaos wrote: »

sorry for the wait marty but we wont dissapoint;)

Dont be sorry Joe i can wait!! This is a fight ive been wanting to see for ages! Like i said on the other thread this is afight i would pay the admission for alone!

cowzerp

Not too long to go now-looking forward to it, roll on may 1st..