BIRMINGHAM, England – All fighters have made weight for Cage Rage 26: Extreme, the first venture outside of London for the venerable British promotion.
Ian Freeman appears in amazing shape that belies his 41 years, looking like a fighter of half his age. He squares off with Paul Cahoon in Saturday night’s main event.
Ross Pointon stepped on the scales looking fresh and ready to go by virtue of correct diet and heavy cardio work leading up to the event. Ross Mason by contrast, undertook his usual heavy sauna routine to step on the scales on weight.
James Zikic is his usual calm collected self and is looking forward to his showdown with Dutch import, striker Rodney Faverus.
Matt Ewin and Mark Epstein had a brief war of words at the weigh-in. When Ewin was asked if there was any “beef” between London Shootfighters and Range Fighting Systems (whom Ewin represents) this escalated while the two jibed back and forth to the amusement of the crowd.
It is estimated that around 6,000 people will be in attendance for the show, potentially with a large dose of walk-ups to help boost the numbers.
Cage Rage official Dave O’Donnell also addressed the recent rumors of shows in Liverpool and Newcastle. He said that at this stage Newcastle was out. They are still assessing the viability of a show in Liverpool, and would love to do a show there, but at the moment it is unconfirmed.
Cage Rage 26 will be available on Sky TV in England and streamed worldwide on ProElite.com.
-Ian Freeman (205lbs/93kg) vs. Paul Cahoon (200.6lbs/91kg)
-Che Mills (169.7lbs/77kg) vs. Marios Zaromskis (169lbs/76.7kg)
-Rodney Faverus (204.1lbs/92.7kg) vs. James Zikic (202.7lbs/92kg)
-Ross Mason (169.7lbs/77kg) vs. Ross Pointon (169.7lbs/77kg)
-Mark Epstein (185lbs/84kg) vs. Matt Ewin (184.2lbs/83.6kg)
-Henrique Nogueira (200.6lbs/91kg) vs. Marc Goddard (205lbs/93kg)
-Paul Reed (145lbs/65.8kg) vs. Brad Pickett (145lbs/65.8kg)
-Kev Simms (240.2lbs/109kg) vs. Popek Rak (228.1lbs/103.5kg)
-Chris Rice (184.5lbs/83.7kg) vs. Edgelson Lue (180.7lbs/82kg)
-Harvey Harra (154.3lbs/70kg) vs. Garry Kelly (154.3lbs/70kg)
