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The United Kingdom Unlocked: A Breakdown of Upcoming MMA Events
Although the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s March trilogy event is not long behind us, the promotion has already announced another trilogy. The trio of cards is slated for June 24-26. With the United Kingdom slowly beginning the road out of the COVID-19 lockdown, we’re going to see many more regional organizations start up once again.
The only confirmed match-up thus far for the next Cage Warriors trilogy is a welterweight title clash between Ian Garry and Jack Grant. The fight was announced by Cage Warriors head Graham Boylan during Cage Warriors 122.
There are certain moments of a fighter’s career that a fighter will never forget. Their first amateur fight, for example. If they’re skilled enough, then their first pro fight too. Tasting the thrill of victory for the first time is another moment that stays with a fighter.
Pannie Kianzad has been able to experience all of those events, but she was able to add another milestone to her career on July 10 when she made her Las Vegas debut. It was also her debut in the United States and her first fight outside of Europe.
Fighting out of Sweden, Kianzad made her first Invicta appearance after amassing an impressive 7-0 record, notching a win against top fellow bantamweight fighter Milana Dudieva and then capturing the inaugural Cage Warriors women’s bantamweight title. With Cage Warriors hitting the pause button on its promotion, Invicta FC quickly jumped in and signed Kianzad to its already talented bantamweight division.
The Golden Cage Promoters Discuss Their Vision for Italian MMA
In 2021, Italian MMA hopes to see some much-desired light after
several dark months.
The first Italian promotion to break the ice in the new year will
be The
Golden Cage, which will hold its
third event on Feb. 6. The event will go down behind closed
doors at the Heaven Fight Arena, the home of the Aurora MMA team,
and it will be headlined by a welterweight championship clash
between Leonardo
Damiani and Marco
Saccaro.
Sherdog spoke with the two minds behind the upcoming Golden Cage
event. The first was Luigi Perillo, the founder of Icon Holding. He