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 The main event for Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House on December 9th has been confirmed as former Cage Warriors Welterweight World Champion Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy faces an old foe in the current CWFC Lightweight World Champion Alexandre "Xandinho" Izidro for the under CWFC Under 73kg World Title on December 9^th in Nottingham. Dougie Truman and Warrior Promotions are pleased to announce the main event for their Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House show on December 9^th, as former Cage Warriors Welterweight World Champion Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy makes his 11^th appearance inside the CWFC octagonal cage when he faces the current CWFC Lightweight World Champion Alexandre "Xandinho" Izidro at the Harvey Hadden Sports Centre in Nottingham, England. 

This bout will be a rematch of their clash in June 2005 year at King Of The Cage UK, when Izidro took the fight with Hardy on just one day’s notice in the Welterweight division.  Their fight was a closely contested striker vs. grappler bout which saw the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Izidro try multiple slick submissions in round 1 before Hardy’s superior conditioning and stand-up led him take the 2^nd round and win via majority decision after 2 closely contested rounds.

Since then both men have travelled down different paths and have vastly improved their respective skills with Izidro working on his conditioning and adapting his grappling skills to MMA which has him defeat four of Europe’s best Lightweight fighters in the form of Jani Lax, Thomas Hytten, Mario Stapel and Franco De Leonardis.  This excellent run of form has seen Izidro improve his Cage Warriors record to 5-0-0 and win the Cage Warriors Lightweight World Title outright in the process.

Whilst Hardy has increased his Cage Warriors record to 8-1-0-1nc with wins over the likes of Sami “The Hun” Berik, Matt “12 Gauge” Thorpe, Diego Gonzalez and Danny Rushton.  Hardy has gradually worked on his all round game whilst sharpening up his striking.  His exciting style led him to become a fan favourite as well as a top 3 UK and European ranked fighter.  Hardy even won the Cage Warriors Welterweight World Title last year at CW Strike Force 4 before losing it in the USA during a unification bout with UFC veteran Forrest Petz.

Now some 18 months after their first encounter both Hardy and Izidro will meet again, this time inside the 32ft CWFC Octagonal cage as they look to settle their rivalry which has been smouldering in the background since their first bout in Sheffield last year.  

As an added incentive Warrior Promotions have decided to make this eagerly awaited rematch a Title fight in the newly formed under 73kg division which is used by the Pride Fighting Championships in Japan, where both men aim to fight in the future.

So will Hardy be able to produce another explosive performance at this lighter weight?  Or will Izidro make it second time lucky and add another Cage Warriors Title belt to his collection?  Find out on December 9^th as Cage Warriors bring their unique brand of Ultimate Cage Fighting to Nottingham with their debut “Enter the Rough House” event.

For more information on this show and others go to www.cagewarriors.com

Event Information

Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House
Saturday 9th December 2006
Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Wigman Road, Nottingham, NG8 4PB
Doors Open 5.30 – Show Starts 6.30pm

Ticket Prices

www.clubtickets.co.uk on +44 (0) 870 246 2050, or at www.MMAUniverse.com and other outlets.

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Wow! what a great night. This was the 1st MMA tournament I have been to and it reminds me of the classic UFC.

Here are the results:

Lightweight Tournament Quarter Finals

Ian Butlin vs Emmanuel Geay
Ian won 1st Round Knockout 3.39

Thomas Hytten vs Jarkko Latomaki
Jarkko won Round Judges Decision

Bryan Cohen vs Tomonari Kanomata
Tomonari won 1st Round TKO 0:57

Peter Irving vs Mick Sinclair
Peter won 2nd Round Submission 3:46

Lightweight Tournament Semi Finals

Ian Butlin vs Jarkko Latomaki
Jarkko Won 1st Round Submission 3.21

Peter Irving vs Tomonari Kanomata
Tomonari won 2nd Round Judges Decision

Lightweight Tournament Finals

Jarkko Latomaki vs Tomonari Kanomata
Tomonari won 1^st Round Submission 1:13

Other Fights

Kent “The Punisher” Cooper vs James Winston
James won 1^st Round TKO 2:22

Andy Denny vs Aaron Behan
Andy won 1^st Round TKO 1:27

Scott Sykes vs Brett Healy
Scott won Judges Decision

Richard Taylor vs Francesco Ligato
Francesco won 2^nd Round Submission 1:36

Alex Mackenzie vs Lee Chadwick
Alex won 2^nd Round TKO 2:24

Ivan Serati vs Riciardas Zlatkus
Ivan won 1^st Round TKO 0:45

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