Cage Warriors – Europe’s Main MMA Organisation – has at the moment confirmed the addition of an enormous light-weight title bout to its already stacked CW 169 occasion at London’s indigo at The O2.
Returning champion George Hardwick will try the third defence of his 155lb crown, when he meets American challenger Lucas ‘Cassius’ Clay (10-3).
The bout will happen over 5 rounds at London’s indigo at The O2, on Saturday, March thirtieth, and airs stay on UFC Combat Move and worldwide broadcast companions.
27-year-old Hardwick, from Middlesbrough, UK, final competed within the well-known yellow gloves in April of 2023, stopping Luxembourg’s Yann Liasse with a barrage of unanswered punches within the very first spherical.
Previous to that, he captured the vacant title in a brutal warfare of attrition towards Kyle Driscoll, earlier than making a profitable defence towards Chris Bungard.
Hardwick final noticed motion in a spirited defeat to the UFC’s Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady on Dana White’s Contender Sequence in August.
He’ll now return to the European chief in a bid to assert his championship outright with a 3rd profitable victory, kickstarting one other UFC run within the course of.
Difficult Hardwick shall be St Louis, Missouri’s Lucas ‘Cassius’ Clay.
The 28-year-old, a product of St Charles MMA, initially got here to prominence as one of many first fighters of word to hit a buggy choke in MMA competitors.
A gifted newbie, Clay compiled a 9-1 report earlier than making the leap to the professional ranks, the place he has up to now achieved ten victories together with 4 by the use of submission.
“On March thirtieth, we’ve bought the Cage Warriors light-weight champion again in motion…” stated CW President Graham Boylan.”
“George Hardwick will defend his belt towards Lucas Clay. Lucas is ten and three, has eight wins through submission (throughout newbie and professional) and he’s by no means been completed.”
“George has additionally by no means been completed and is coming in on a six struggle Cage Warriors win-streak. This one is locked and loaded!”
The bout joins numerous high-profile contests beforehand introduced for the cardboard, together with Jordan Vucenic vs Simone D’Anna, Lone’er Kavanagh vs Shawn Da Silva, Will Currie vs Leon Aliu, Matt Figlak vs Kamil Dołgowski and extra.
Tickets can be found through CageWarriors.com, with the complete occasion airing stay on UFC Combat Move and worldwide broadcast companions.
