Cage Contender 15: Isaksson vs Murrie – Preview

Cage Contender XV returns on Saturday to The Kings Hall in Belfast with another stacked card.

In the main event, Iceland’s Arni ‘The Ice Viking’ Isaksson will take on Wayne ‘Mayhem’ Murrie for the interim Cage Contender Welterweight Championship.

Isaksson, who trains in the Mjolnir gym with the likes of former Cage Contender star and now UFC fighter Gunnar Nelson, is a veteran of the sport, having fought top names like UFC fighter Dennis Siver, who he holds a submission victory over and top rated Irishman Greg Loughran, to just name a couple.

UFC and The Ultimate Fighter veteran Ross ‘The Gladiator’ Pointon will take on former Antrim kickboxing champion Conor Cooke in the co-main event.

‘The Gladiator’ is known for his toughness and his willingness to fight anyone, even on short notice, having fought the likes of Michael Bisping and even heavyweight Valentijn Overeem, brother of Alistair.

Rich ‘Souza’ Gorey is set to take on Ronan ‘The Barbarian’ McKay in a middleweight bout. Gorey is coming off an exciting war with Phil ‘The Honeybadger’ Mulpeter, in which he was ahead after 3 rounds, having used his jiu jitsu and ground and pound to great effect, however, in the 4th round ‘The Honeybadger’ came out strong and managed to finish the fight via ground and pound.

Here is the fight card is full

CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE (Interim)
Wayne “Mayhem” Murrie -v- Arní “The Ice Viking” Isaksson

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Conor “Da Crook” Cooke (Red Dragon) -v- Ross “The Gladiator” Pointon (GPUK)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Rich “Souza” Gorey (Pedro Bessa) -v- Ronan “The Barbarian” McKay (EFR)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Ricky Edgeworth (Team Ryano) -v- Alan Philpott (Next Gen NI)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Barry “The Saint” McGuigan (Red Dragon) -v- Stevie “Taz” McCombe (Devils Fight Club)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Karl Moore -v- TBC

BANTAMWEIGHT
Stevie Kilfin (FAI) -v- Luke O’Neill (Red Dragon)

Prelim Card

FLYWEIGHT
Paddy Copeland (FAI) -v- Darren Watkins (Devils Fight Club)

WELTERWEIGHT
James McClarnon (PHK) -v- Chris Brolly (Ballynahinch FFT)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Alan Johnston (EFR M) -v- Glen Moore (Kyoujin)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Ross McCorriston (Next Gen NI) -v- TBC

FLYWEIGHT
Daniel Thompson (Evolve) -v- Karl McNally (Karate Jutsu)

WELTERWEIGHT
Gerard Gilmore (Chum Sut) -v- Dermot Kavanagh (Primal MMA)

WELTERWEIGHT
Aaron Kennedy (Karate Jutsu) -v- Mark Hall (PHK)

Tickets for Cage Contender XV are from £30-£65 and can be purchased from CageContender.com