Congratulations to the NEW Cage Warriors
Flyweight Champion, Luke ‘The Apocalypse’ ShanksWe have a new king in the flyweight division
#CW114 pic.twitter.com/JC1Ns5Cgvd— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors)
September 24, 2020
“The Apocalypse” has come for
Cage Warriors Fighting Championship’s flyweight division. The CW
114 main event featured Samir
Faiddine (11-7) putting his 125-pound title on the line against
Luke
Shanks (7-1). The defending champion looked competitive in the
first round, but things went downhill quickly. By the second frame,
Shanks exposed all Faiddine’s gaps in his takedown defense. From
there, “The Apocalypse” took his opponent down practically at will,
where he mauled Faiddine with relentless ground-and-pound. This
strategy repeated itself throughout the remaining rounds without
mercy. After one of the most one-sided fights in Cage Warriors
history, Shanks was awarded a unanimous decision victory with
scorecards tallying astounding 50-41, 50-42 and 50-45 scores.
The King of Violence, indeed
Jake Hadley has THAT powerIs he next for the winner of tonights main event?
#CW114 pic.twitter.com/UIE6XG3Baz— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors)
September 24, 2020
The co-main event came as a flyweight clash between Jake Hadley
(6-0) and Shaj Haque
(10-5). From the opening bell, Haque pushed his opponent across the
cage and seemed to prevail in the grappling exchanges. Shortly
after the 4:00 mark, “The White Kong” landed a violent head kick
that shook Haque before taking his opponent on the ground. In top
position, Hadley smashed up “Superman” with a barrage of punches.
The referee called the end of the bout at the 4:43 mark. Given his
impressive winning streak, Hadley might have earned a crack at the
belt that Shanks earned later that night.
In a welterweight affair, Mateusz
Figlak (4-1) submitted Madars
Bertholds-Fleminas (7-2) via rear-naked choke at the 1:15 mark
of the opening stanza. Figlak took his opponent down, put in the
hooks, and forced his opponent to tap for the first time in his
career. Earlier that night, Mateusz’s brother Michal
Figlak (3-0) thrashed Oban
Elliott (3-1) as he forced a stoppage due to strikes in the
third round.
Elsewhere on the first card of “The Trilogy,” Aaron
Khalid (10-5-1) rendered Mick
Stanton (6-5) unconscious in under 30 seconds after locking a
vicious anaconda choke. Finally, Adam
Amarasinghe (6-2) took home a unanimous decision over Coner
Hignett (8-6) in their flyweight encounter.