Top Irish welterweight Cathal Pendred (13-2) has vacated his title, and it’ll be up for grabs in Cage Warriors 66′s new championship headliner, officials today announced. Nicolas Dalby (11-0) and Sergei Churilov (15-1) will fight for the vacant title at the event, which takes place March 22 at Ballerup Super Arena in Ballerup, Denmark. Cage Warriors 66′s main card streams on MMAjunkie following prelims on Facebook. A reason for wasn’t given for Pendred’s decision to vacate the title, though Cage Warriors officials said they mutually agreed to terminate his contract. However, the fighter recently tried out for “The Ultimate Fighter 19″ and is a rumored cast member on the upcoming season of the UFC’s reality series. As Pendred wrote on Twitter : “I have officially vacated my @CageWarriors world title.
BAD MMA Trending Cloud
UFC • Bellator • Conor Mcgregor • news • PFL • Jon Jones • Daniel Cormier • Dustin Poirier • Khabib Nurmagomedov • Dana White • Francis Ngannou • Jorge Masvidal • videos • Nate Diaz • WSOF • Anderson Silva • Max Holloway • Ronda Rousey • Amanda Nunes • Donald Cerrone • Michael Bisping • Michael Chandler • Tony Ferguson • Kamaru Usman • Alexander Volkanovski • Demetrious Johnson • Alex Pereira • Charles Oliveira • featured • Henry Cejudo • jake paul • Jose Aldo • One Championship • Derrick Lewis • sean o'malley • Aljamain Sterling • Stipe Miocic • islam makhachev • Tyron Woodley • Georges St Pierre
- MMA News (110913)
- Kai Asakura shuts down concerns around weight cut for UFC 310 title shot vs. Alexandre Pantoja
- UFC 311 news: Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira added to January pay-per-view
- Michael Bisping uses Jake Paul as example to highlight issue with Jon Jones
- UFC 310: Michael Chiesa sees Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Ian Machado Garry going the distance
- Ian Machado Garry rooting for Joaquin Buckley to beat ‘b*tch’ Colby Covington at UFC on ESPN 63
- UFC flyweights Edgar Chairez, C.J. Vergara to collide in March
- Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson medical suspensions: Both fighters receive same mandatory minimum
- Daniel Cormier responds to Bo Nickal’s discontent with UFC 309 commentary: ‘There’s room for improvement’
- Khalil Rountree discusses moment he ‘went blind’ in Alex Pereira loss at UFC 307
- MMA Junkie LIVE debate: Does Jon Jones deserve No. 1 pound-for-pound ranking?