On this Saturday afternoon before the Memorial Day holiday inside the United States, preparations are being made for cookouts and parades to commemorate the holiday. If you are the person in your family tasked with buying the hot dogs, buns, hamburger meat and/or potato salad or macaroni salad fixings for the barbecue, take your phone with you to the market so you can keep tabs on today’s MMA action.
With no UFC card scheduled for the weekend, UK-based Cage Warriors is here to fill the void. Later this afternoon, Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle is the site for the promotion’s only show this month, Cage Warriors 172.
Live coverage begins today at 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT on UFC Fight Pass with the prelims. This afternoon’s undercard is also streamed over the UFC Fight Pass YouTube channel.
Main card action follows at 3:30 pm ET/ 12:30 pm PT exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. The final version of today’s event features 12 fights, down from an advertised 15.
Main Event
At the top of the bill today is the battle for the Vacant Cage Warriors Featherweight Championship. Harry Hardwick (10-3-1 MMA, 4-0-1 CWFC) battles Orlando Prins (5-2 MMA, 2-2 CWFC) in a five-round fight at five minutes per round.
Co-Main Event
Immediately beforehand, the co-main event of the evening sees lightweight action when James Power (6-1 MMA, 3-1 CWFC) returns just two months after his last win to face Daniel Kolasinski (5-1 MMA, CWFC promotional debut.)
Rest of the Card
Also on today’s main card, you’ll see a women’s bantamweight fixture matching Gisele Libanio (2-1 MMA, CWFC promotional debut) with Kennedy Freeman (4-0 MMA, 1-0 CWFC), a lightweight contest versing Leon Hill (6-2 MMA, 2-1 CWFC) and Tommy Hawthorn (5-1 MMA, CWFC promotional debut), a lightweight match pitting Arturs Lesans (9-7 MMA, CWFC promotional debut) against Chasen Blair (4-2 MMA, 4-2 CWFC), and a lightweight bout between Aiden Lee (11-8 MMA, 5-3 CWFC) and Josh Abraham (7-4 MMA, 0-3 CWFC).
Cage Warriors 172 Results:
Main Card: (3:30 pm ET/ 12:30 pm PT, UFC Fight Pass)
Main Event: Harry Hardwick def. Orlando Prins by TKO (Ground and Pound) at 2:18 into Round 2 , wins Vacant Cage Warriors Featherweight Championship.
Co-Main Event: James Power def. Daniel Kolasinski by TKO (Punches) at 0:10 into Round 2.
Kennedy Freeman def. Gisele Libanio by TKO (Punches) at 3:08 into Round 3.
Leon Hill def. Tommy Hawthorn by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 2:28 into Round 2.
Chasen Blair def. Arturs Lesans by Submission (Armbar) at 2:12 into Round 1.
Aidan Lee def. Josh Abraham by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 4:46 into Round 1.
Prelims: (1 pm ET/ 10 am PT, UFC Fight Pass and UFC Fight Pass YouTube)
Featured Prelim: Jack Humphries def Joao dos Santos by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 3:00 into Round 1.
Co-Featured Prelim: Michael Tchamou def. Joe Ambler by Submission (Guillotine) at 2:27 into Round 1.
Joe Fields def. Tom Wright by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 1:55 into Round 1.
Charles Joyner def. Albert Serpeti by KO (Body Kick) at 1:07 into Round 1.
Jackson Clarke def. Faudel Bentayeb by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-26.)
Jordan O’Neill def. Thodoris Harris by KO (Body Kick) at 1:18 into Round 1.
