MULPETER WITHDRAWS FROM CWFC 74

 

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Tom Breese will now face 22-year-old Frenchman Thibaud Larchet (6-1) this Saturday, following the late withdrawal of Philip Mulpeter.


 

(London, United Kingdom | Thursday, November 13, 2014) - Philip Mulpeter (pictured) has pulled out of his welterweight bout against Tom Breese, which was scheduled to take place at Cage Warriors 74 at the Copper Box Arena in London this Saturday, November 15.

Mulpeter sustained a cut above his left eye in training on Tuesday evening, and CWFC officials were informed by e-mail of his decision to withdraw at 4:59pm GMT yesterday (Wednesday, November 12).

The incident occurred as a result of a clash of heads with a team-mate, during what Mulpeter’s camp described as “light sparring drills”.

Cage Warriors Fighting Championship has succeeded in securing a replacement opponent for Tom Breese, however, with 22-year-old Frenchman Thibaud Larchet (6-1) stepping in at short notice for his CWFC debut.

Larchet will fly in to London from Nice tomorrow morning, and the clash with Breese is still scheduled as a welterweight (170lbs) contest.

“Hats off to our matchmaker Ian Dean for sourcing a replacement at the last minute, and to Tom Breese for accepting the change of opponent in these circumstances,” said Cage Warriors Fighting Championship CEO Graham Boylan.

“While this situation has resulted in us taking a hit financially, I’m just happy that we’ve been able to ensure that a fighter’s eight-week training camp wasn’t for nothing, and that another fighter has been given a great opportunity to compete on such a big stage.

“I wish Philip Mulpeter a speedy recovery, but I was disappointed to learn that he was sparring three days before a weigh-in, which doesn’t seem wise to me. The fans are now missing out on what was a highly-anticipated bout.

“But that’s the sport. We’ll move on, as we’ve always done, and I’m looking forward to seeing Tom Breese make his long-awaited CWFC debut against an opponent who comes in from France with a very good reputation.”

Meanwhile, CWFC officials remain hopeful of securing a replacement opponent for Arnold Allen today, after the English featherweight saw two previous opponents withdraw inside the past week.
 

Cage Warriors 74 (order TBC)

Nicolas Dalby vs. Mohsen Bahari
Pannie Kianzad vs. Eeva Siiskonen
Julien Boussuge vs. Joseph Duffy
Saul Rogers vs. Mick Sinclair
Tom Breese vs. Thibaud Larchet
Andy Manzolo vs. Bola Omoyele
John Maguire vs. Brad Wheeler
Sean Carter vs. Tim Wilde
Arnold Allen vs. TBC
Pelu Adetola vs. Darren Stewart
Paul Marin vs. Scott Pooley
James Hurrell vs. Carl Kinslow
Steve McCombe vs. Nathaniel Wood
Emma Delaney vs. Anna Elmose

Priced from just £25 plus booking fee, tickets for CWFC 74 at the Copper Box Arena in London this Saturday, November 15, are still available to purchase. Click HERE to get yours!
 

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CAGE WARRIORS FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP is Europe's leading and longest-running mixed martial arts promotion. An Irish-owned brand with offices in the UK, Ireland and Jordan, CWFC is the sport's fastest-growing organisation, having staged 80 events in 12 countries across three different continents since its establishment in 2002. Home to some of biggest stars of MMA's past, present and future, Cage Warriors' broadcast footprint spans 140 million homes worldwide via a network of partners that includes Channel 4, FOX Sports, ESPN, Viasat and Setanta Sports.

CWFC 74: ROGERS vs. SINCLAIR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 10, 2014 A lightweight bout between Saul Rogers and Mick Sinclair has been added to the bill for Cage Warriors 74 at the Copper Box Arena in London's Olympic Park on Saturday, November 15. Tickets are currently available via Ticketmaster.co.uk, priced from just £25.   (London, United Kingdom | Friday, October 10, 2014) - The highly-anticipated card for Cage Warriors 74 continues to get bigger and better. A lightweight bout between English pair Saul Rogers and Mick Sinclair has today been added to the bill for Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s thirteenth event of the year. Cage Warriors 74 will take place on Saturday, November 15, at the Copper Box Arena in the Olympic Park in London, England, and tickets are currently on sale via Ticketmaster.co.uk, priced from just £25 (plus booking fee). Rogers (8-1) returns to action at CWFC 74 on the back of the biggest win of his career so far this past March in Dublin, Ireland. The 24-year-old, who represents Manchester’s SBG camp, upset five-time UFC veteran John Maguire in the main event at CWFC 65, taking a unanimous-decision triumph. With six of his eight career victories coming by way of submission, Rogers holds other notable wins over Artem Lobov, Martin Sheridan and Jason Cooledge. “I’m looking forward to being back in action in London and I’m glad I’ve got a tough match-up in Mick Sinclair, because I want to keep evolving by testing myself against the best guys in the division,” said Rogers. “We’re both explosive fighters so I think it’ll make for a very exciting fight on the night. It’s definitely not one the fans will want to miss.” Sinclair (12-4), who’s also a Lancashire native, will be returning to the cage on November 15 after a lay-off of over a year. The well-rounded 32-year-old, who has taken ten of his twelve wins by stoppage, with an equal number of wins coming via submission and (T)KO, has overcome the likes of Ashleigh Grimshaw and Jason Ball during an eight-year professional career. Sinclair will be looking to rebound from a loss to former CWFC lightweight world champion Ivan Buchinger in the semi-finals of the promotion’s title tournament in October 2013. He said: “It was great being back on Cage Warriors last year for the first time in quite a while; it’s such a professional and well-run show and is a privilege to fight on. I’m looking forward to the next challenge on November 15.” Cage Warriors 74 will feature two main cards, both of which will be headlined by a world title bout, with Nicolas Dalby defending his CWFC welterweight strap against Mohsen Bahari, and Pannie Kianzad and Agnieszka Niedzwiedz contesting the first ever CWFC women’s bantamweight world title fight.   Cage Warriors 74 (more bouts to be announced, order TBC) Nicolas Dalby vs. Mohsen Bahari Pannie Kianzad vs. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz Julien Boussuge vs. Joseph Duffy Saul Rogers vs. Mick Sinclair Tom Breese vs. Philip Mulpeter Andy Manzolo vs. Bola Omoyele John Maguire vs. Brad Wheeler Sean Carter vs. Tim Wilde Lee Caers vs. Michael Johnson Spencer Hewitt vs. Scott Pooley James Hurrell vs. Carl Kinslow Emma Delaney vs. Anna Elmose Molly McCann vs. Slavka Vitali Pelu Adetola vs. Darren Stewart Priced from just £25 plus booking fee, tickets for CWFC 74 at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday, November 15, are currently available to purchase. Click HERE to get yours!   For the latest Cage Warriors Fighting Championship news and updates, keep track of us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. View past CWFC action, free and on-demand, online via Cage Warriors TV. Photo: Saul Rogers - Dolly Clew for CWFC (high-resolution images available upon request)

www.CageWarriors.com CAGE WARRIORS FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP is Europe's leading and longest-running mixed martial arts promotion. An Irish-owned brand with offices in the UK, Ireland and Jordan, CWFC is the sport's fastest-growing organisation, having staged 80 events in 12 countries across three different continents since its establishment in 2002. Home to some of biggest stars of MMA's past, present and future, Cage Warriors' broadcast footprint spans 140 million homes worldwide via a network of partners that includes Channel 4, FOX Sports, ESPN, Viasat and Setanta Sports.

CWFC 74: UPDATE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 3, 2014 Ten more bouts - including Duffy vs. Boussuge, Manzolo vs. Omoyele, and Carter vs. Wilde - have been added to the bill for Cage Warriors 74, which will feature two main cards at the Copper Box Arena in London's Olympic Park on Saturday, November 15. Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster.co.uk, priced from just £25 plus booking fee.   (London, United Kingdom | Friday, October 3, 2014) - Cage Warriors Fighting Championship will return to London next month for what’s shaping up to be one of the biggest and most spectacular events in the history of Europe’s leading MMA promotion. CEO Graham Boylan has confirmed that Cage Warriors 74, which is set for the Copper Box Arena in London’s Olympic Park, will feature two main cards on the evening of Saturday, November 15, both of which will be broadcast live around the world following a preliminary card to be streamed live on Facebook. The event will follow the precedent set by the promotion in June, when Cage Warriors 69: Super Saturday - which also took place in London - hosted two main cards on the same evening, with each topped by a CWFC world title bout. CWFC gold will also be up for grabs in each of Cage Warriors 74‘s headliners, with Nicolas Dalby defending his CWFC welterweight strap against Mohsen Bahari, and Pannie Kianzad and Agnieszka Niedzwiedz contesting the first ever CWFC women’s bantamweight world title bout. “As we expected at the time, Super Saturday back in June was an enormous success, so we’ve decided to give the fans more of the same when we come to the Copper Box on November 15,” said Cage Warriors Fighting Championship CEO Graham Boylan. “It’s a huge event for us, arguably the biggest we’ve ever done, and I can’t think of a better venue than the Olympic Park in London to host some of the very best of mixed martial arts talent from across Europe. If you’re an MMA fan in the UK and even abroad, all I can say is that you won’t want to miss this event. “Tickets are available from as little as £25, which is an absolute bargain given the calibre of talent that will be on show and in such an outstanding arena. There are now fourteen bouts on the card, the quality of which speaks for itself, and I look forward to seeing the fans turn out in big numbers again for another packed Cage Warriors event in London next month.” The first of Cage Warriors 74‘s televised main cards will get underway at 6pm local time on Saturday, November 15, before the second swings into action at 9pm. A start time for the Facebook prelims, as well as further information and updates, will be announced in due course. While several bouts have already been confirmed for Cage Warriors 74, CWFC officials can today reveal ten more, which will feature some of the biggest names on the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship roster. Following his winning return to MMA against Damien Lapilus at CWFC 70 in August, Irish lightweight Joseph Duffy (11-1) will go in search of his sixth Cage Warriors triumph when he takes on France’s Julien Boussuge (10-3), who’ll be looking to build on last December’s victory against Damien Brown as he returns from a lengthy injury lay-off. In middleweight action, London’s own Bola Omoyele (7-3) will aim to halt a two-fight skid by putting an end to the five-fight win streak of Estonia’s Andy Manzolo (7-2), while English contenders Sean Carter (9-1) and Tim Wilde (5-0) will clash in what’s set to be an unmissable lightweight tussle. Many more bouts are still to be announced, but in the meantime check out the fully updated fight card below…   Cage Warriors 74 (more bouts to be announced, order TBC) Nicolas Dalby vs. Mohsen Bahari Pannie Kianzad vs. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz Julien Boussuge vs. Joseph Duffy Tom Breese vs. Philip Mulpeter Andy Manzolo vs. Bola Omoyele John Maguire vs. Brad Wheeler Sean Carter vs. Tim Wilde Lee Caers vs. Michael Johnson Spencer Hewitt vs. Scott Pooley James Hurrell vs. Carl Kinslow Jamie Pritchard vs. Nathaniel Wood Emma Delaney vs. Anna Elmose Molly McCann vs. Slavka Vitali Pelu Adetola vs. Darren Stewart Priced from just £25 plus booking fee, tickets for CWFC 74 at the Copper Box Arena in London on Saturday, November 15, are currently available to purchase. Click HERE to get yours!   For the latest Cage Warriors Fighting Championship news and updates, keep track of us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. View past CWFC action, free and on-demand, online via Cage Warriors TV.

www.CageWarriors.com CAGE WARRIORS FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP is Europe's leading and longest-running mixed martial arts promotion. An Irish-owned brand with offices in the UK, Ireland and Jordan, CWFC is the sport's fastest-growing organisation, having staged 80 events in 12 countries across three different continents since its establishment in 2002. Home to some of biggest stars of MMA's past, present and future, Cage Warriors' broadcast footprint spans 140 million homes worldwide via a network of partners that includes Channel 4, FOX Sports, ESPN, Viasat and Setanta Sports.

CWFC 74: DALBY vs. BAHARI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 18, 2014 Denmark's Nicolas Dalby (12-0), the reigning CWFC welterweight world champion, will defend his title against Norway's Mohsen Bahari (8-1) in the main event at CWFC 74 at the Copper Box Arena in London's Olympic Park on Saturday, November 15, 2014. Priced from £25 plus booking fee, tickets are now on sale from TicketMaster.co.uk.   (London, United Kingdom | Thursday, September 18, 2014) - Reigning champion Nicolas Dalby will defend his CWFC welterweight world title against Mohsen Bahari in the main event at Cage Warriors 74, and tickets are on sale now. CWFC 74, which is scheduled for Saturday, November 15, 2014, will take place at the iconic Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park in London, England. In addition to Dalby’s long-awaited inaugural title defence, history will also be made on the night when undefeated duo Agnieszka Niedzwiedz and Pannie Kianzad collide in a bid to become the first ever CWFC women’s bantamweight world champion. Nicolas Dalby (12-0) was due to put his belt on the line last weekend at CWFC 72 in Newport, Wales, but the fight was cancelled shortly before the weigh-ins after his opponent, Gael Grimaud, was forced to withdraw due to a back injury. The title shot was then set to pass to the new number one contender, Danny Roberts, but the 27-year-old Englishman is currently sidelined with an injury and unable to compete as soon as November 15. Subsequently, Mohsen Bahari (8-1) will fill the void as the highest-ranked available contender, with the Norwegian aiming to overcome his fellow Scandinavian in London as he looks to become the CWFC welterweight world champion. Dalby clinched the 170lbs belt - which had been vacated by Cathal Pendred following his move to the UFC - at CWFC 66 in Copenhagen this past March, courtesy of a spectacular head-kick KO of Sergei Churilov. Since making his professional debut in March 2010, the 29-year-old Dane has yet to taste defeat and holds other notable wins over the likes of Ivica Truscek, Glenn Sparv and Acoidan Duque. Dalby said: “I was really disappointed that the fight with Grimaud fell through at the last minute, but I want to thank Cage Warriors for handling the situation so well and immediately rescheduling my first title defence, which I’m really looking forward to. “Bahari is an exciting fighter who leaves it all in the cage, so I think he’ll make for a really tough opponent. He seems like a cool guy but it’s going to be action-packed when we lock horns at the Copper Box on November 15. “And being involved in a title fight in the Olympic Park, on the same night that my team-mate Pannie Kianzad will also be fighting for a world title, will make it event more awesome.” Bahari, meanwhile, has put together a 4-1 record under the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship banner since signing an exclusive deal with the promotion in 2012. The 30-year-old Norwegian picked up the two most significant wins of his career earlier this year, overcoming BJJ black belt Bruno Carvalho and three-time UFC veteran Benny Alloway. A team-mate of current CWFC middleweight world champion Jack Hermansson, Bahari is keen to bring more Cage Warriors gold back to Oslo’s Frontline Academy later this year. “I’m extremely happy that Cage Warriors has given me this opportunity,”Bahari said. “It’s an opportunity I am determined to make the most of. I can’t wait for November 15.” Priced from just £25 plus booking fee, tickets for Cage Warriors 74 at the Copper Box Arena in London on November 15 are now available to purchase. Click HERE to get yours.   For the latest Cage Warriors Fighting Championship news and updates, keep track of us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. View past CWFC action, free and on-demand, online via Cage Warriors TV.

www.CageWarriors.com CAGE WARRIORS FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP is Europe's leading and longest-running mixed martial arts promotion. An Irish-owned brand with offices in the UK, Ireland and Jordan, CWFC is the sport's fastest-growing organisation, having staged 80 events in 12 countries across three different continents since its establishment in 2002. Home to some of biggest stars of MMA's past, present and future, Cage Warriors' broadcast footprint spans 140 million homes worldwide via a network of partners that includes Channel 4, FOX Sports, ESPN, Viasat and Setanta Sports.