CAGE CONTENDER XI : BELFAST : 8 OCTOBER 2011

Xlami

Heard earlier today that Rico Rodriguez had signed to fight with CC
http://fighthounds.com/mma/ricco-rodriguez-to-fight-for-cage-contender-heavyweight-title/

Which I thought was great news, big fan of Ricco and I still feel he's quite relevant. He's on a win streak against decent competition. Then I read he's been arrested for some serious enough charges http://www.cagepotato.com/ricco-rodriguez-assault-arrest-began-with-a-cab-fare-dispute-ended-with-a-police-officer-being-shoved-into-a-wall/

Can anyone clarify what the story is with him and I know it's early days but do people think he will fight for CC??

John Ferguson

Xlami wrote: »

Heard earlier today that Rico Rodriguez had signed to fight with CC
http://fighthounds.com/mma/ricco-rodriguez-to-fight-for-cage-contender-heavyweight-title/

Which I thought was great news, big fan of Ricco and I still feel he's quite relevant. He's on a win streak against decent competition. Then I read he's been arrested for some serious enough charges http://www.cagepotato.com/ricco-rodriguez-assault-arrest-began-with-a-cab-fare-dispute-ended-with-a-police-officer-being-shoved-into-a-wall/

Can anyone clarify what the story is with him and I know it's early days but do people think he will fight for CC??

Cage Contender do not make announcement that we can't keep. This fight was agreed just before the incident in Phoenix. But it was only today that we got the all clear to announce the fight.

There will be a full announcement about the event in the coming days

SDTimeout

Don't know of an Irish heavyweight who could touch him to be honest. Waiting for the announcement of who he's going to be fighting

John Ferguson

SDTimeout wrote: »

Don't know of an Irish heavyweight who could touch him to be honest. Waiting for the announcement of who he's going to be fighting

I don't know of any one either Andrew. As things stand he will be fighting another UFC vet from Europe. We should be clear to announce details in a few days

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER XI will take place on 8th October 2011. The city and venue will be announced in the coming weeks. Any teams wanting to get fighters on the card should get in touch straight away.

Ex UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco "Suave" Rodriguez will be fighting for the Cage Contender Heavyweight Title. Ricco has wins in his record over both Randy Couture and Jeff Monson plus he is a vet of Pride, Elite XC, WEC, and IFL. His opponent will be announced shortly but you can be rest assured it will be a big name match up. Oh and the other title fight might raise a few eyebrows too



CAGE CONTENDER HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Ricco "Suave" Rodriguez v TBC

CAGE CONTENDER LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
"Magic" Myles Price (SBGi) v "Stormin" Norman Parke (KO Dynasty)

SDTimeout

Price and Parke alone

bjj-fighter

Cage Contender certainly delivers!

manga_10

I thought Norman was away off having surgery currently ?

Sid_Justice

Mostapha al-Turk might work

scudzilla

John Ferguson wrote: »

I don't know of any one either Andrew. As things stand he will be fighting another UFC vet from Europe. We should be clear to announce details in a few days

Ian Freeman coming out of retirement :rolleyes::P:P

John Ferguson

scudzilla wrote: »

Ian Freeman coming out of retirement :rolleyes::P:P

Shhhhh!!!!!:eek:

John Ferguson

Sid_Justice wrote: »

Mostapha al-Turk might work

Good call Sid, they both have wins over McSweeny too

Richy06

Another one to look forward to! :-)

Sid_Justice

as does neil grove, but i think he's under contract with bellator

John Ferguson

Sid_Justice wrote: »

as does neil grove, but i think he's under contract with bellator

That's quite true Sid. But so are Rosie Sexton and Aisling Daly and they both fought on CW not too long ago. Bellator seem quite good with stuff like that apparently

Richy06

Ais isn't under contract with Bellator anymore I don't think, but she was when she fought Rosie.

As long as it's not McSweeney I'll be happy! He needs to go down to LHW and learn some takedown defence! Great stand up but always looks overwhelmed on the ground.

Whoever is matched up with Rodriguez it'll be great press for Irish MMA.

Sid_Justice

John Ferguson wrote: »

That's quite true Sid. But so are Rosie Sexton and Aisling Daly and they both fought on CW not too long ago. Bellator seem quite good with stuff like that apparently

I was listening to an interview with the CEO of Bellator on Ariel Helwani's show and he said that his big name fighters, Hector Lombard, Eddie Alvarez and someone else I can't remember have a lot of freedom in taking fights outside of USA. The examples given were HL was allowed to fight in Australia and EA to fight in Japan.

so probably the same thing applies here

John Ferguson

Richy06 wrote: »

Ais isn't under contract with Bellator anymore I don't think, but she was when she fought Rosie.

As long as it's not McSweeney I'll be happy! He needs to go down to LHW and learn some takedown defence! Great stand up but always looks overwhelmed on the ground.

Whoever is matched up with Rodriguez it'll be great press for Irish MMA.

As far as i am aware Ais is still under contract to Bellator, and she as def not fought Rosie.

and whats wrong with McSweeny may I enquire

Xlami

Thanks John, congrats really looking forward to it. How about Stav Economou as an opponent?

Richy06

John Ferguson wrote: »

As far as i am aware Ais is still under contract to Bellator, and she as def not fought Rosie.

and whats wrong with McSweeny may I enquire

Sorry, it was late, I meant Molly!

Just not a fan of his to be honest, nothing personal. I just think he's not got the tools to be a success in MMA. His record speaks for itself in that regard!

He showed some early promise but I don't think he's complimented his standup with defensive wrestling or a decent BJJ game. Plus he's already lost to Ricco...so yer not getting him in are you?

Either way, I look forward to seeing Ricco in action!

pablohoney87

I will be disapointed if it is anyone other than the most manly man in the world DON FRYE:D

John Ferguson

John Ferguson wrote: »

and whats wrong with McSweeny may I enquire

He's on a four fight losing streak, hasn't shown anything good since he beat Schoonover.

Stav Economou is a good bet or Konstantin Gluhov who fights out of Riga :cool:

John Ferguson

I'm happy to announce that CCXI will be the promotions first LIVE broadcast.

We will announce further details soon, but our main aim at the minute is to push on with the cracking CCX event in Dublin.

Anyone of you who have tickets for CCX remember they entitle you to 15% off your CCXI ticket!!

cletus

Will this have any effect on the main event?

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2011/05/report-ex-champ-rodriguez-arrested-in-ariz/1

John Ferguson

cletus wrote: »

Will this have any effect on the main event?

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2011/05/report-ex-champ-rodriguez-arrested-in-ariz/1

NOTE REPLY #2 ON THIS THREAD

John Ferguson wrote: »

Cage Contender do not make announcement that we can't keep. This fight was agreed just before the incident in Phoenix. But it was only today that we got the all clear to announce the fight.

There will be a full announcement about the event in the coming days

cletus

cheers John, sorry for making you clarify it twice

John Ferguson

cletus wrote: »

cheers John, sorry for making you clarify it twice

Hey no worries!!

lol I've been clarifying it all week from it was announced. I'm happy to keep on clarifying it too it means people are talking about it

John Ferguson

FEATHERWEIGHT

Gary "The Dumptruck" Morris (Rush) v Decky "The Diamond" Dalton (FAI)

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Mark Uprichard (Frames Tai Jutsu) v Dec "The Bandit" Larkin

John Ferguson

BANTAMWEIGHT

Damien "The Rage" Rooney (FAI) v Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan (SBGi)

Barry.Oglesby

John Ferguson wrote: »

BANTAMWEIGHT

Damien "The Rage" Rooney v Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan

A hard one to call.

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Ricco "Suave" Rodriguez v TBC

CAGE CONTENDER LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
"Magic" Myles Price (SBGi) v "Stormin" Norman Parke (KO Dynasty)


FEATHERWEIGHT
Gary "The Dumptruck" Morris (Rush) v Decky "The Diamond" Dalton (FAI)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Mark Uprichard (Frames Tai Jutsu) v Dec "The Bandit" Larkin

BANTAMWEIGHT
Damien "The Rage" Rooney (FAI) v Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan (SBGi)

pablohoney87

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

A hard one to call.

Very. But Im gonna go with Rooney on this one. Maybe by decision.

John Ferguson

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Robert Devane (Martial Arts Inc : Dublin) v Charlie Ward (SBGi)

John Ferguson

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

A hard one to call.

Yep

And sort of pisses on the argument that I will be protecting the fighters I have signed to the brand lol

EnjoyChoke

John Ferguson wrote: »

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Robert Devane (Martial Arts Inc : Dublin) v Charlie Ward (SBGi)

Hell yea!!! :eek:

Barry.Oglesby

John Ferguson wrote: »

Yep

And sort of pisses on the argument that I will be protecting the fighters I have signed to the brand lol

I bet they both win.

John Ferguson

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

I bet they both win.

Shhhh :eek: keep that quiet until the lads get to Boyle Sports

SDTimeout

The Rooney fight is one i feel that if announcements are made could be for a vacant title. If not it could decide the number one man to that title.

Kieran81

John Ferguson wrote: »

BANTAMWEIGHT

Damien "The Rage" Rooney (FAI) v Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan (SBGi)

nice , two fantastic fighters, leaning towards rooney

Kieran81

John Ferguson wrote: »

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Robert Devane (Martial Arts Inc : Dublin) v Charlie Ward (SBGi)

robert devane may god have mercy on your soul, this one will be violent

John Ferguson

Kieran81 wrote: »

robert devane may god have mercy on your soul, this one will be violent

Robert is a seasoned martial artist who is currently 3-1-0 and is coming off a win at BAMMA 4. On the other hand JK speaks very highly of Charlie Ward who will be stepping up to make his pro debut after only 1 Semi Pro fight

lukeyjudo

So far it's a whopper card!! :O

Especially today's fight announcements!! come on October!!! Hurry up and get here!!!!

KDavern

Charlie ward is a beast and deffinetly one to look out for!!Can't wait to see this fight!!

John Ferguson

lukeyjudo wrote: »

So far it's a whopper card!! :O

Especially today's fight announcements!! come on October!!! Hurry up and get here!!!!

What's this Luke, do I sense a Coolmine club outing coming on?

John Ferguson

Cage Contender are happy to announce that Irish UFC Heavyweight vet Colin "Big C" Robinson will be fighting on this event!! Further details will be released shortly

Moloko17

John Ferguson wrote: »

Cage Contender are happy to announce that Irish UFC Heavyweight vet Colin "Big C" Robinson will be fighting on this event!! Further details will be released shortly

for the heavyweight title i am predictin lol

John Ferguson

Moloko17 wrote: »

for the heavyweight title i am predictin lol

Lol maybe you are wasted as a Welterweight you might need a crystal ball and a tent at the fair ground. Roll up, Roll up it's "Mystic Mal".... As I said more details will follow soon!!!

Moloko17

John Ferguson wrote: »

Lol maybe you are wasted as a Welterweight you might need a crystal ball and a tent at the fair ground. Roll up, Roll up it's "Mystic Mal".... As I said more details will follow soon!!!

ur match making is defintly starting to impress lol haha dnt know about mystic just know what my good friend john is thinkin lol

but the matching on this card and the dublin show is excellent

John Ferguson

Moloko17 wrote: »

ur match making is defintly starting to impress lol haha dnt know about mystic just know what my good friend john is thinkin lol

but the matching on this card and the dublin show is excellent

Lol I can def see you with a crystal ball and one of those dodgy vails

$ausage$

any location yet John or have i missed that post?