Cage Gladiators

[Cage Gladiators IIIFight Review by LoveUFC.com]

Cage Gladiators III
Fight Review by LoveUFC.com



Ian 'The Machine' Freeman starts the night by introducing the fighters for the night.

Fight one: Paul gives the crowd what they want!

Before the fight Paul Cahoon (a Liverpool local lad) training at the (Golden Glory Gym) in Atherton had a fight record of 6 wins 10 draws and 0 losses.

Vs

Nikolas Cilikinas of the (Antanas Gym) was also undefeated boasting an admirable record of 4 wins 3 draws and 0 losses.



Verdict : Should be an interesting conflict.

Intro: Paul Cahoon was looking pretty mean and well up for this one !
          Cilikinas was pretty calm and assured.

Round 1.

•   Paul went in from the off !  fierce, mad and eager to end it all very quickly took Cilikinas up and pulled off an early WWE style suplex and gave it to him big time, going at it like a hammer to a nail.
•   Nikolas replied well and lifted Paul up against the cage, mainly to contain Pauls early energy and aggression
•   Paul takes Nikolas down once again to gain the initiative half way into the first round.
•   Both the fighters are asked to get to their feet. Straight away Paul takes advantage of Nikolas’s weariness after the previous grapple and moves  in with the first real strike of the match.
•   Nikolas counteracts the early initiative by taking Paul to the mat and making his first strike and goes on to attempt a leg bar but unsuccessfully.
•   after a tough round and some decent moves Paul ends the contest after 3 minutes 43 seconds of the first round with a Knee lock submission hold and defeats the greek fighter by way of tap out !

My Verdict : Paul was a winner before he entered the ring’ 1st round Tap Out.



WINNER: PAUL CAHOON

[Fight Two: Kerpe too strong for Sean, Sean all stamped out !!!]

Fight Two: Kerpe too strong for Sean, Sean all stamped out !!!

Sear Parr

Vs

Aurelijus Kerpe



This fight saw a professional mma-fight debut for Sean Parr of Atherton (trained by Rob Broughton) and only a second professional mma-fight for his opponent Aurelijus Kerpe. His only fight a victory. Fight records: Sean Parr 0-0-0 Aurelijus Kerpe 1-0-0.

Verdict : Not much known about these two. Will it be 2-0 to Atherton over Antanas Gym ?

Intro : Just the usual walking and music, nothing to report other than Rob Broughtons appearance.

Round 1.

•   Kerpe looked the more aggressive and took the initiative early on taking sean to the floor once and the cage twice. Sean looking shaky.
•   Tit for tat for a while
•   Both making testing strikes but no real penetration
•   Sean takes Kerpe down taking his knees halfway into the round but no real advantage taken. Containing Kerpe for a few minutes.
•   Ankle lock attempt by Kerpe very even with lots of grappling and containment.
•   Approaching end of 1st round Kerpe has advantage and looks the more skilled grappler.
Result :  Kerpe – 10-9

Verdict : both fighters looking to trainers for support. Kerpe looks to be edging this for now.

Round 2.

•   First moves made by Sean but not successfully
•   Kerpe takes Sean down 1 minute 20 seconds in to round Kerpe trying to drain Sean with consistent strikes to the head while on the ground.
•   Sean struggles up strikes with a leg and they exchage strikes and kicks muay thai style
•   Kerpe throws Sean against Cage as he takes initiative again Kerpe is becoming ruthless and throws Sean down before stamping on Seans head and gets ticking off by referee.
•   Sean looks jaded and tired after the stamp
•   Kerpe should win this soon
•   Sean all over the place

      Result: 10-9 as Kerpe was deducted 1 point for stamping

Verdict : Kerpe looking assured and strong, he should go on to win.

Round 3.

Sean pulls out looking tired and hurt so round three didn’t happen.

My verdict ‘ Sean fought on as well as he could until the stamp’


WINNER: AURELIJUS KERPE

[Fight three: stand up and fight like a man]

Fight three: stand up and fight like a man


Ian looks amused as Gorilla Man enters the octagon.

Jay Gladden (team kaobon)

vs

Jim ‘the Viking’ Morris (gorilla academy)

Both fighters making pro mma debuts (no record)



Verdict: Don’t know anything about these two fighters
Intro : The cage became a jungle as Jim Morris of gorilla academy entered with a big hairy ape and a Viking hat on – NIIIICE ! ape guy even carried a ring girl off to show her his wild ways !

Round 1.

•   Jay took the fight to jim straight away with some good strikes and a few take downs
•   Jim has a bloody nose from jays early strike
•   Jay goes on to throw jim to the cage and knees his sides
•   The two fighters grapple for a good 1-2 minutes jay holding most of the advantage.
•   Jay throws six or seven hits continually to the head making all of them count and easily taking the first round.
Verdict: Jay looks like he wants it more !
Result: Jay Gladden - 10-9

Round 2.

•   Jay shows his thai skills and makes a first kick which made a noise to be heard in Hartlepool never mind Liverpool.
•   Jay starts the round with lots of aggression and power.
•   Jay takes jim down and pushes him against the cage striking knees into the side of the chest of jim .
•   Jay strikes jim in the back of the head repeatedly with knees and elbows
•   Sleeper hold on jim by jay and added to that are the punches to the head.
•   Arm barr move by Jay nearly finished Jim
•   Jay grinding Jim down.
Verdict : Jim fights back well, even contested round.
Result : 9-9

Round 3.

•   Jim gets a good head lock on jay early in the round which contains jays energy well.
•   Ref stands fighters up and straight away jay kicks jim to the head with a thai style strike.
•   Choke hold on jim by jay held for a good 1-2 minutes as they tussle and grapple for an advantage
•   Jays stand up game is much stronger and he shows it with a 8-10 hit flourish at the end of third round to win by way of technical knockout after 4 minutes 55 seconds of 3rd round.

Verdict : Jays superior stand up wins in an epic clash.



WINNER: JAY GLADDEN

[Fight four – Kickboxing Bout]

Fight four – Kickboxing Bout

Colin ‘sexy boy’ Farricker (team kaobon)

vs

Genna (Belarus) (International k1 bout)



Verdict : Colin a Liverpool lad with lots of support ! Genna, a foreigner !
‘’I know who the crowd want to win’’

Intro: Lots of cheering for Colin….obviously. Colin entered the ring with a sexy boy thong hardly covering his particulars !!! Think he was trying to distract his opponent !

His thong obviously worked and his kicks weren’t bad either ! Colin Farricker was the more determined and more ruthless fighter on the night but it was a tough fight to call as Genna was certainly no pushover !

Verdict: ‘ Liverpool’s Sexy boy Farricker edges this evenly matched k1 bout and sends his opponent back to Belarus with a headache’
 
Result: -30-28, 30-28, 30-29 unanimous win for Colin Farricker



WINNER: COLIN FARRICKER

[Fight five: Pilvinis should have stayed at home!]

Fight five: Pilvinis should have stayed at home!

John Phillips (team Trojan) 1-1-0

vs

Edgaras Pilvinis (Antanas Gym) 2-2-0



Verdict: similar records hard to call.

Round 1. John Phillips threw Pilvinis down and battered him several times knocked him out and the referee ended the fight after 34 seconds !!!

My verdict : ‘ 34 seconds and a headache hardly worth the travel money is it Ed ?’



WINNER: JOHN PHILLIPS

[Fight Six: Dennis didn’t Harvey chance !!!]

Fight Six: Dennis didn’t Harvey chance !!!
 
Vaughan Harvey (team supreme)  3-3-0

vs

Dennis Benavicious (antanas gym) 0-1-0



Verdict: Experience may play a part here !!! Vaughan to win.

Round 1.

•   Benevicious not looking too vicious !!! Vaughan wins with a sleeper hold after 1 minute six seconds.

Result: Vaughan wins by way of Tap out

My Verdict : Easy win for Harvey after Benevicious taps out !



WINNER: VAUGHAN HARVEY

[Fight Seven: Darius dominates and dejects Hoban]

Fight Seven: Darius dominates and dejects Hoban

Both fighters have similar styles and are in the early stages of their mma careers
Chris Hoban (Atherton) 0-2-0  vs Darius Sweirkocz (gorilla academy) 0-0-1
Verdict: Another of robs prodige’s Chris Hoban should be well prepared ! Both ju-jitsu styled fighters lots of grappling expected



Round 1.

•   Chris starts the round with a head ram styled charge
•   Great take down by Darius but Chris gets a choke hold to counter act it !
•   Darius holds chris down for the whole of round one

Verdict : darius edges first round containing chris throughout.

Round 2.
•   Darius takes chris down from the start again and once again keeps him down all through the round.
•   With darius’s strong Striking and containing chris has no chance !!!
•   Chris tries to turn it around but to no avail.
Verdict : Darius is controlling the whole fight with his awesome grappling skills.

Round 3.
•   Darius once again takes chris to the ground and uses his superior agility and strength to frustrate chris !
•   Very frustrating round for Chris as Darius completely dominates.
•   Admirable skills by Darius containment for all three rounds
Result: 3 – 0 in rounds for Darius Sweirkocz (suki) 30-26, 29-29, 30-27

My verdict : more time on the ground than a carpet !



WINNER: DARIUS SWEIRKOCZ

[Fight Eight: Gavin gets the axe]

Fight Eight: Gavin gets the axe

Kev Axeworthy team kaobon/next generation) 3-1-0

vs

Gavin Collins (fight force) 0-0-0 {pro mma debut}



Verdict : Kev to win – I Always back experience !

Round 1.
•   Hard fight from the off here with both fighters hitting hard but kev hitting harder !!!
•   First hit by kev looked like it did damage straight away gavin looked jaded and in a lot of pain.
•   Poor gavin !!! The fight is only going one way.
•   Gavin sneakily pulls kevs legs while he is getting up from a grapple !
•   Figure four leg lock/triangle choke wins the fight in the first round 2 minutes 53 seconds.

Result : first round win by Kev Axeworthy

Verdict: kev would have been too strong for most

WINNER: KEV AXEWORTHY

[Fight Nine: Ronnies all mann]

Fight Nine: Ronnies all mann

Featherweight title fight

Ronnie Mann 7-0-1 (team Trojan)

Vs

Chris Freebourne 9-15-0 (cage gym)



Verdict  : Ronnie looks better, has a better record and overall it would be a shock if he didn’t win in the first round !!!

Round 1.
•   Ronnie starts the fight by taking chris’s legs and taking chris to the ground
•   Triangle choke by Ronnie early in the first round
•   Chris gets out of the triangle choke hold and escapes Ronnie temporarily
•   Ronnie wins with an arm barr hold and tap out.

Result: Ronnie still unbeaten !

verdict : Chris did well to last that long.

‘’Ronnie Mann is now the fw title holder and deservedly so!’’




WINNER: RONNIE MANN

Good write up Valentine.

[Fight Ten: Local lad could be the next mma superstar]

Fight Ten: Local lad could be the next mma superstar

The main event lightweight title fight

Terry Etim (team kaobon/next generation) 8-0-0

Vs

Sami ‘ the hun’ Berik (blood line) 10-15-0



Verdict: Terry the favourite but don’t write Sami off here!

Round 1.

•   Terry takes the early initiative making some heavy blows to Sami’s head
•   Terrys pulls off a submission hold midway throught the first round and looks as though it had Sami tapping out Sami didn’t tap out and was fighting very hard.
•   Terry was strong, triangle holds, kicks and punches all landed in the first round but Sami stood up and took it well.
•   Terry lands three triangle holds in the first round alone.
Verdict : terry etim much stronger ! 10-9

Round 2.

•   Terry attacks Sami early on to carry on where he left off in the first round.
•   Terry lands a heavy blow to Samis head
•   Terry lands arm barr on Sami and defeats him with it.

Result: Terry wins by tap out from an arm barr move

Verdict: Sami shows a lot of heart and guts to fight on and talks of being proud of his performance. Terry was far stronger and his technical ability was too much for Sami on the night.



WINNER: TERRY ETIM

[Credits:]

Credits:

Vinnie Valentine - Photos and Editing
Alan Hopkins - Review
Anne Hogg - Score Cards

Thanks Chris Zorba for letting us review this great event.

Note:

Need a better camera lens for low light events, anyone know a good lens for a Nikon SLR?

Apologies for any grammar / spelling mistakes this was a bit of a rush.

Copyright:

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Excellent review guys.

Vinnie, you should PM Hywel for advice on camera lenses.

I really like the style of your reports mate

I'm gonna drop u a skype

Hywel, gave me some tips on the night. Trouble is he is a Canon Fanboy, im a Nikon dude.