(Photo: Ben Alloway vs Mohsen Bahari via Dolly Clew/Cage Warriors)
Australian Damien Brown went down to his opponent, Karate stylist Tim Wilde in London, losing via unanimous decision while Ben Alloway’s road to the welterweight title took a backward step as he too went down, losing to Norwegian Mohsen Bahari via split decision.
The event which featured two separate events & two title fights took place at The Forum in London, England on Saturday night. It was broadcast live via the promotions website.
After a cautious beginning, Alloway rocked his opponent Mohsen Bahari with a straight right before the two clinched against the cage. Bahari secured a single-leg to get a takedown at the end of the first-round but did not do any substantial damage with the opportunity as Alloway worked back to his feet. Alloway took centre of the cage in the second-round but both were cautious and threw singular strikes. Blood started to spill from Alloway’s head as Bahari looked to take control with knees against the cage. Coming into the last round, the cut was cleaned up and Alloway again took centre of the cage as Bahari countered with strikes from the outside that opened up another cut on Alloway. The exchanges picked up late in the fight as both attempted to put an exclamation mark on the fight. In the end two judges awarded the fight Bahari 30-27 with the other giving it to Alloway 30-27.
It was Alloway’s first loss in the promotion after previously winning both fights. The former UFC fighter drops to 13-6 while Bahari moves a step closer to a title shot within the promotion and takes his record to 8-1.
With the crowd behind him, 26-year old Tim Wilde showed great footwork to get the better of the exchanges against Damien Brown in the early rounds of the fight which included a knee that dropped Brown early in the second-round. Brown was able to finally have some success in the last round by securing a takedown where he was able to to control the majority of the round before Wilde popped back to his feet late. In the end though the, all three judges awarded the fight to Wilde 29-28.
It was the third straight loss in the promotion for Brown after previously losing both outings via closely contested decisions to Julie Boussuge and Paul Redmond. Brown drops to 10-7. With the win, Wilde stayed undefeated at 5-0.
In the two title fights on the card, Jack Hermansson defeated Norman Paraisy via a fourth-round rear-naked choke submission to capture the Cage Warriors middleweight title while Stevie Ray became a two-time Cage Warriors lightweight champion by edging out Curt Warburton via split-points decision. Also notably on the card, former TUF Smashes contestant Bola Omoyele lost his second straight fight as he was submitted by Jack Marshman in the opening round.
Main Card #2
- Stevie Ray def Curt Warburton via Decision (Split) – Cage Warriors lightweight champion
- Jack Marshman def Bola Omoyele via Submission (Armbar), Rd 1, 4:51
- Mohsen Bahari def Ben Alloway via Decision (Split)
- Jake Bostwick def Simeon Thoresen via Decision (Majority)
- Jack Mason def Bruno Carvalho via Decision (Split)
- Damir Hadzovic def Martin Delaney via Decision (Unanimous)
Main Card #1:
- Jack Hermansson def Norman Paraisy via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Rd 4, 4:49 – Cage Warriors middleweight title
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk def Rosi Sexton via KO (Punch), Rd 2, 2:36
- Tim Wilde def Damien Brown via Decision (Unanimous)
- Marcin Wrzosek def Arnold Allen via Decision (Unanimous)
- Graham Turner def Suleiman Bouhata via TKO (Body-Punch), Rd 3, 1:08
- Brad Wheeler def Jason Cooledge via Jason Cooledge via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Rd 1, 3:27
Preliminary Card:
- Brett Caswell def Spencer Hewitt via Submission (Heel-Hook), Rd 2, 2:09
- Kerry Hughes def Amanda Kelly via TKO (Punches), Rd 2, 4:56
- Aaron Blackwell def Adam Ventre via Decision (Unanimous)
- Darren Stewart def Michael Ravenscroft via TKO (Elbows), Rd 1, 1:23
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