10 Reasons To Support Cage Warriors

As with every MMA event I've attended in this country, there's a checklist of things I expect when I attend:

- to be abused or threatened by the drunken cavemen (they tend to hunt in packs)
- to be the smallest person in the venue by a very long way (this includes the women)
- to feel completely out of place and question my love for the sport within the first few minutes of arriving
- that guilty sense of pleasure I get whenever enjoying watching MMA live

If all of the above are checked off then I know it's been a good night.

Last Sunday at Cage Warriors 41 at the hmv Forum in Kentish Town, the list was emphatically checked off and then checked again just for good measure. I guess I bring it on myself...

With the above in mind, I bring you my 10 Reason To Get Behind Cage Warriors:

1. YOU CAN AFFORD TO ATTEND
2. The progress made between each event is blindingly obvious, from the production values to the fights themselves
3. Adam Edwards' phenomenal Baywatch theme walkout. We salute you, Sir.
4. They don't host at Time and Envy/Liquid and Chav/Stab and Envy
5. You might see Luc Lamude there in the near future...
6. An abundance of stools in between rounds
7. The promotion helps to further the careers of up and coming prospect fighters
8. YOU WILL ENJOY
9. Oh yeah, the fights. Them fights is good.
10. And I guess this only applies to the Brits, but you've got to support your own, haven't you?

We came, we saw, we loudly debated which fighter was sexiest as they walked by, we offended a red headed gentleman, we witnessed the burning canvas damage first hand (f*** you, James McSweeney*) and, despite a Baywatch inspired walkout not automatically being awarded the W, we loved every second of it.

With Cage Warriors 43 just announced I'll expect to see even more of you there. Maybe you can give me shit at the bar? :)





*It's a long story which resulted in receiving the following tweet from McSweeney himself:

@thephantomknee @jackstonemason y dont u do rub cream on his feet! Then bend over and let him take you aswell


Sexy stuff, James. We'll get the FlipCam...

BAMMA 6: WE NEED YOU!

Dear Mr BAMMA,

We enjoyed your recent show in Manchester, truly we did. There were some awesome fights, some devastating finishes and the Daley KO we travelled from London to see. Overall we were very happy with our night out...

...but there's one important thing that you forgot:

Stools


Yours Sincerely,

Jimbo


All those empty seats and the fighters were forced to stand between rounds. Maybe next time pay McSweeney less in exchange for a couple of stools. He doesn't deserve whatever you're paying him, trust me.

Whatever the figure is.



Positives:

Pierre Guillet's cone shaped head
Paul Daley adding to the highlight reel
Ken Shamrock and his hair
Cheap tickets/great seats
TOM KONG WATSON IS BACK


Negatives:

SOOOOO many empty seats
James McSweeney
Sound cutting out on the pre-recorded videos
James McSweeney
My sinus issues (not strictly speaking your fault)
James McSweeney


BAMMA has the building blocks to genuinely represent the UK for MMA and help to kick-start the careers of upcoming British fighters and generally boost the profile of the sport in this country, it just needs one thing:

You.

Don't let this go the way of Cage Rage, it deserves your attention. If we can pack out Wembley in May then maybe we can see bigger and better things for BAMMAs 7 and 8. Let's not settle for Bob Sapp, we want the best in the U.K and the UFC seem content to feed us mid level European competition, fight night level Americans and anyone British they can get their hands on.



Say 'NO' to James Wilks once a year and 'YES' to one of your own.