CAGE CONTENDER XII : DUBLIN : 25 FEB 2012

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE

Cathal "The Punisher" Pendred (SBGi) v Chris "The Westside Strangler" Brennan (Next Generation)

bjj-fighter

Wow. That'll be great! Thought Chris would be lighter but he must have gotten bigger.

John Ferguson

bjj-fighter wrote: »

Wow. That'll be great! Thought Chris would be lighter but he must have gotten bigger.

He has fought at LW but was also King of the Cage world MW champ twice!

Tito Ortiz

Nice step up in levels for Cathal...Chris has lost 4/5 recently and is a big name to put on his record !!!

Niall0

Sounds good:D! How about Tom Maguire vs Greg Loughran that match has been waiting to happen for a while. Havent seen Chris Fields in a while would like to see how he matches up against Jake Hecht :pac:.

Tito Ortiz

Yep Chris and Jake would be sweeeet

manga_10

wow that'll be cool

well ye know as ye get older ye get slightly heavier like

Roar

man, jake and chris is a fight i'd love to see! both awesome fighters. been very impressed with the fights I've seen of Jake since he's come over, the dude is super talented.

Saw Chris against Mario Staple in Cork and he was doing well until Mario's injury.

That'd be a great fight to see!

fightireland

Roar wrote: »

man, jake and chris is a fight i'd love to see! both awesome fighters. been very impressed with the fights I've seen of Jake since he's come over, the dude is super talented.

Saw Chris against Mario Staple in Cork and he was doing well until Mario's injury.

That'd be a great fight to see!

I believe Chris is signed with another organisation folks not sure if would be possible - would LOVE to see it!

theboxingclinic

fightireland wrote: »

I believe Chris is signed with another organisation folks not sure if would be possible - would LOVE to see it!

As far as I know he is able to fight for CC as long as he is defending his title.
Would be a great fight on CC or CW when they come to Dublin in May

crosdad

wow! crazy fight. well done cage contender

Richy06

Noise will be made! Awesome fights will be lapped up! Hangover will be unprecedented!

Jason McCabe

John Ferguson wrote: »

CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE

Cathal "The Punisher" Pendred (SBGi) v Chris "The Westside Strangler" Brennan (Next Generation)

Would not have imagined this fight. I suppose the smart money has to go on Chris

Would be some scalp for cathal and would open some eyes. Wish him all the best

John Ferguson

Jason McCabe wrote: »

Would not have imagined this fight

:D

Richy06

I think Cathal has to be favourite for this to be honest. Chris hasn't fought in two years and hasn't won in 4. He has competed against some seriously top notch competition though and this should be a great fight and would be a great win for Cathal.

mcdermott

what a fight to start with there...

can you keep that standard for the rest of the card now John lol

great work sir, worth the entry fee alone for that one

Xlami

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J-Tz9xVFE

Wow just looking back over Chris's record and never realised he'd fought McKee. Great fight John, congratulations. Any idea where it'll take place?

John Ferguson

Xlami wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-J-Tz9xVFE

Wow just looking back over Chris's record and never realised he'd fought McKee. Great fight John, congratulations. Any idea where it'll take place?

National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Dublin

trev77

id also love to see jake hecht vs chris fields, can you get that fight on the card john the fans want it?

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

Marius Lapenas (MMA Lucan) v John Michael Shiel (SBGi)

trev77

john seems to be avoiding commenting on jake hecht vs chris fields for some reason. i would have thought this would be a big crowd puller

John Ferguson

trev77 wrote: »

john seems to be avoiding commenting on jake hecht vs chris fields for some reason. i would have thought this would be a big crowd puller

I don't want to comment on a fight where both guys are contracted to another promotion.

trev77

is the situnation not that they can fight on cc if its a title fight and as far as i know jake hecht is not contracted to any promotion

John Ferguson wrote: »

I don't want to comment on a fight where both guys are contracted to another promotion.

John Ferguson

trev77 wrote: »

is the situnation not that they can fight on cc if its a title fight and as far as i know jake hecht is not contracted to any promotion

I know what the situation is with Chris, and I haven't asked about Jake. The fight is not of interest to me for this event.

trev77

ah well, hopefully cage warriors will put it on so

John Ferguson

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Sid_Justice

Richy06 wrote: »

I think Cathal has to be favourite for this to be honest. Chris hasn't fought in two years and hasn't won in 4. He has competed against some seriously top notch competition though and this should be a great fight and would be a great win for Cathal.

Chris's age will be a disadvantage but his experience will compensate for this. Cathal's size will be his advantage along with his youth. In terms of conditioning, it will probably be fairly even, despite chris's lay off and age, he is basically a fitness coach (afaik).

Cathal's strengths are beating people up in the clinch and on the ground. I'm not sure if he'll be confident enough to try and beat Chris up from chris's guard, Chris has kimura's from literally every position on the ground. Cathal's camp will be weary of this, so I predict them trying to keep it standing and win the decision.


If Chris can take Cathal down I think he'll submit him within a minute.

SBG Ireland

its an honor for me to have one of my guys fight chris. he was actually the first guy i learned 'proper' no gi jits and mma from when i went to the states back in 2000 for the first time (along with david jones who went on to set up NG with chris here).
i've trained with chris many times and he has taught me a lot about the sport, weight cutting etc. all that aside he's one of nicest guys i've met in the game, treated us so well when we were over with him. as i've said it'll be an honor to have one of my fighters compete against him, sorta like a star wars jedi apprentice moment

John Ferguson

CAGE CONTENDER XII : DUBLIN : 25th FEB 2012

MAIN EVENT

CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE

Cathal "The Punisher" Pendred v Chris "The Westside Strangler" Brennan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30n8SSMMuGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_xI8UDwNc

Get your tickets HERE

fightireland

Chris Brennan responds: http://www.fightireland.com/2011/10/chris-brennan-responds-to-his-matchup.html *

(*may be a joke)

Dont be mad!

SBG Ireland

why would that make anyone mad? #sh1tstirfail

fightireland

SBG Ireland wrote: »

why would that make anyone mad? #sh1tstirfail

No No No You got me all wrong - I mean don't be mad (at me) as its not actually a response (I havent spoke with Chris) its just a funny pic from facebook. Its actually really cool I think. Good pic from CC and cool response from Chris.

Really wasn't an attempt at sh1tstirring :-(

#notexpectinganapology

John Ferguson

SBG Ireland wrote: »

as i've said it'll be an honor to have one of my fighters compete against him, sorta like a star wars jedi apprentice moment

And on that note LINK
:D:D:D:D

John Ferguson

FEATHERWEIGHT

Brian "The Pikeman" Moore (SBGi) v Connor "Done Deal" Dillon (BTT)

fightireland

John Ferguson wrote: »

FEATHERWEIGHT

Brian "The Pikeman" Moore (SBGi) v Connor "Done Deal" Dillon (BTT)

Woah that's a great fight right there!

mikey1

John Ferguson wrote: »

FEATHERWEIGHT

Brian "The Pikeman" Moore (SBGi) v Connor "Done Deal" Dillon (BTT)

John

Iv been waiting for this fight for a while , this is going to be a great fight! well worth watching!

Mick

John Ferguson

BANTAMWEIGHT

Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan (SBGi) v Richie Edgeworth (Team Ryano)

fightireland

John Ferguson wrote: »

BANTAMWEIGHT

Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan (SBGi) v Richie Edgeworth (Team Ryano)

Are you doing bonuses on the night JF?

I can see that one having sub fight or KO of the night if so!

John Ferguson

fightireland wrote: »

Are you doing bonuses on the night JF?

I can see that one having sub fight or KO of the night if so!

If that's an offer from www.fightireland.com to sponsor Sub and KO of the night then I'm all ears

fightireland

John Ferguson wrote: »

If that's an offer from www.fightireland.com to sponsor Sub and KO of the night then I'm all ears

Mail me a price Im always ears mate :-)

John Ferguson

THE CARD SO FAR!!


CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
Cathal "The Punisher" Pendred (SBGi) v Chris "The Westside Strangler" Brennan (Next Generation)


CAGE CONTENDER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Marius Lapenas (MMA Lucan) v John Michael Shiel (SBGi)




FEATHERWEIGHT
Brian "The Pikeman" Moore (SBGi) v Connor "Done Deal" Dillon (BTT)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan (SBGi) v Richie Edgeworth (Team Ryano)

Tito Ortiz

Unreal card with only 4 fights so far.. Keep them coming John

Barry.Oglesby

Shaping up to be a good one!

John Ferguson

FAI wrote: »

How come Decky was supposed to fight Brian on the 12th of November only for Brian to be pulled out to fight on another show the next night

WTF has this got to do with me or my thread exactly? I offered to move the fight to CCXII and it was then agreed elsewhere.

FAI wrote: »

now its not on the show it was ment to be on???

I stopped thinking about it for CCXII the minute it was agreed on an another show.

If both teams agree I will happily agree to put it on the first Belfast show of 2012

Is this is Pol using a new FAI account instead of the PCCB one. If it is you Pol have a chat with Shando, we spoke about this at the gym over a week ago (the day when i signalled for you to give me a ring when u were doing the circuit class)

John Ferguson

No panic Pol, will catch you during the week!

Martin Walker

Irish MMA rocks. I love how these things are discussed on a public forum when they could easily be sorted out in private by those involved with a single phone call....:rolleyes:

Barry.Oglesby

Martin Walker wrote: »

Irish MMA rocks. I love how these things are discussed on a public forum when they could easily be sorted out in private by those involved with a single phone call....:rolleyes:

You mean like the calls and emails you never returned when your show went bad and you left all the pro fighters out of pocket?

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Marty.

John Ferguson

WELTERWEIGHT

Rich "Souza" Gorey (Pedro Bessa) v John "Swick" Ging (Tuatha De Danann)

K.Byrne_BJJ

:eek: Gorey vs Ging!!! this is going to be CRAZY!!!!

savage fight card already!!!

MMAIRELANDFAN

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

You mean like the calls and emails you never returned when your show went bad and you left all the pro fighters out of pocket?

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Marty.

It's actually hilarious that he has the gaul to say stuff like that Barry.oglesby when he does not work that way himself

He also was going on about Governing Body

surely he and his would have been banned from promoting if there was 1.

John Ferguson

LIGHTWEIGHT

Peter "The Show Stopper" Queally (Waterford MMA) v Kieran O'Donnell (Tuatha De Danann)