Cage Warriors 160 ‘Hendin Vs Harila’ + Weekly MMA Report
UFC Fight Night ‘Fiziev Vs. Gamrot’ was one of the weirdest cards ever. Unfortunately, Rafael Fiziev suffered a nasty injury in round 2 and was unable to continue the bout, so Gamrot won via TKO. Mateusz landed a powerful leg kick seconds before Rafael’s knee injury, and it seems the injury was not accidental.
— Matysek (@Matysek88) September 24, 2023
UFC Fight Night ‘Fiziev Vs. Gamrot’ Awards
The best fight was definitively seen between Tim Means and Andre Fialho. The Portuguese fighter survived many big bombs in the first two rounds, but he was stopped in the third by a UFC vet. Both fighters earned Fight of the Night awards.
The first Performance of the Night went into the hands of Marina Rodriguez, who destroyed dangerous Michelle Waterson-Gomez with powerful knees and elbows in a bloody and battered war. Charles Jourdain pulled out a massive upset by submitting BJJ black belt Ricardo Ramos, which forced Dana White to reward him with an extra 50k for the POTN move.
PURE DOMINANCE!!!!!! 😳@WMMARZ finishes it in R2! #UFCVegas79 pic.twitter.com/qgSDylMJP7
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CANADA, STAND UP!!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦#UFCVegas79 | @JourdainAir pic.twitter.com/CeGolk5T1j
— UFC (@ufc) September 23, 2023
Cage Warriors 160 ‘Hendin Vs. Harila’ Announcement
The UFC takes a break this week, but no worries. There will be many lovely MMA events – Cage Warriors 160 will take place in Manchester, England. It is headlined by the clash of two top-notch strikers – James Hendin and Tobias Harila.
Tobias Harila was knocked out badly by dangerous Muay Thai phenom Samuel Bark with a nasty knee to the head, but he bounced back with back-to-back wins over Damon Wilson and Ryan Shelley. He is a pressure fighter with great boxing and powerful leg kicks. Tobias’ bouts rarely go the distance, he likes to brawl and press his opponents.
James Hendin is known for his technical approach. His special move is a rear-naked choke, which brought him wins over Paull McBain and Araik Margarian. Yet, he lost to the former champ Jordan Vucenic via the same move. Overall, Hendin is a good grappler, but he can fight toe-to-toe if needed too.
Prediction: the fight will not go the distance
After a stoppage loss to Dominique Wooding, Nathan Fletcher bounced back with victories over Alessandro Giordano and Daan Duijs. He is a BJJ specialist with excellent boxing and tremendous defense.
His opponent Thomas Brian is a shoot boxer with solid BJJ, a fighter who controls the central line and marches forward. Brian wants a slugfest, but Fletcher might try to drag the fight to the ground and finish his enemy via submission. This will hardly last for three rounds.
Prediction: the fight will not go the distance
Cage Warriors 160 Full Fight Card
Please take a look at the Cage Warriors 160 below. The event gets underway at 1:30 PM ET (6:30 PM UK time).
Main Card (UFC On Fight Pass, 3 PM ET, 9 PM UK time)
Featherweight Main Event: James Hendin (7-2-0) vs. Tobias Harila (12-3-0)
Bantamweight: Nathan Fletcher (8-1-0) vs. Thomas Bryan (5-1-0)
Featherweight: Antonio Sheldon (5-4-1) vs. Michał Folc (7-5-0)
Middleweight: Matthew Bonner (14-9-1) vs. Samir Zaidi (6-4-0)
Featherweight: Luke Riley (7-0-0) vs. Alexander Lööf (5-0-0)
Preliminary Card (UFC On Fight Pass, 1:30 PM ET, 6:30 PM UK time)
Catchweight (161 pounds): Adam Cullen (6-1-0) vs. Amaury Junior (15-10-0)
Welterweight: Ben Petches-Kelly (1-0-0) vs. Rafael Aronov (4-4-0)
Bantamweight: Adam Wilson (5-2-0) vs. Rory Evans (5-5-0)
Featherweight: Umakhan Ibragimov (6-1-0) vs. Rashid Bulguchev (3-1-0)
Lightweight: Chris Price (4-1-0) vs. Dec Dean (1-1-0)
Lightweight: Matthew Camilleri (6-1-0) vs. Adam Shelley (4-2-0)
Cage Warriors 160 Predictions
Please take a look at my predictions for the upcoming Cage Warriors event in the video below.
Yes, there is no UFC this week, but give Cage Warriors a shot! You might see many high-level stoppages on Friday, I hope you purchased UFC on Fight Pass!
