Mick Stanton Outpoints Will Currie, Captures Middleweight Title at CW 151

By Martial Arts Videos March 25, 2023
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The fourth Cage Warriors Fighting Championship Unplugged
event saw the coronation of Mick
Stanton as the new middleweight king.

Stanton’s stalwart defense kept Will Currie
at bay in the
CW 151 headliner. Currie (9-3, 5-3 CW) relied heavily on
takedowns to move the action to his world, where he overwhelmed his
opponent from every position and dominated the first two stanzas.
While “Drago” accumulated ample control time, Stanton (11-7, 8-5
CW) was the one who accumulated more damage while attacking with
occasional submission attempts. In Round 3, “The Huyton Hammer”
reversed his opponent in a remarkable keylock attempt. Even though
it wasn’t successful, the effort gave Stanton the boost he needed
to end the frame on top, pummeling his adversary until the bell
rang.

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In the championship rounds, Stanton’s confidence grew as he landed
an early single-leg takedown in the fourth round. After a a
scrambling exchange, Stanton secured mount and spent most of the
round punishing Currie from there. Currie bounced back in the final
round with plenty of hammerfists and ground-and-pound, looking very
eager to stop his foe. In the heat of the action, referee Rich
Mitchell delivered a stern warning after Currie landed repeated
shots to the back of the head in the heat of battle. With one final
push, Stanton reversed the position and ended the battle on top of
his foe. After full 25 minutes, the judges issued three 48-47
scorecards for the victor, Stanton.

Relentless calf kicks and an educated jab led Bellator MMA alum Alberth
Dias to a unanimous decision win over veteran Steve
Aimable in the co-headliner. Dias (6-3, 1-0 CW) showed he was
focused on taking home the victory, constantly pressuring Aimable
(18-10, 8-7 CW) in the first two periods. The leg kicks, coupled
with quick, straight strikes, showed some appreciable damage,
including marking up Aimable’s right eye. An inadvertent eye poke
from the Brazilian severely impacted “Diddy Kong,” who needed a few
minutes to recover. Aimable tried valiantly to push the pace in the
third frame, arguably the best one for the Englishman, but it was
too late. When the dust settled, the cage announcer revealed Dias
took home the decision with matching 29-28 tallies from all three
judges.



Earlier on the billing, former lightweight kingpin Agy Sardari
(16-4, 3-2 CW) outclassed Samuel
Blasco (9-10, 0-1 CW) en route to a unanimous decision (30-27,
30-27, 29-28); Jhonata
Silva (8-1, 1-0 CW) put Stipe Brcic
(11-4, 1-2 CW) away with a knee and punch combination at 3:36 of
the third stanza in their 125-pound tilt; middleweight Naglis
Kanisauskas (6-2, 1-1 CW) tapped Michael
Tchamou (3-3, 2-3 CW) with a triangle choke at 3:21 of Round
1.



Capping off the first portion of the card, light heavyweight,
Matthew
Byfield (6-1, 1 NC; 3-0, 1 NC CW) forced Prince
McLean (9-10, 0-1 CW) to tap due to a rear-naked choke at 2:50
in the second frame; former Cage Warriors 185-pound titleholder
Matthew
Bonner (14-8-1, 11-6-1 CW) smashed Guilherme
Cadena Martins (26-20, 0-2 CW) with punches at 2:54 in the
first period;
Shawn Marcos Claudino da Silva (5-0, 1-0 CW) punched out
Kierandip
Singh Sahota (8-2, 0-1 CW) at 2:06 of Round 2 in their
flyweight clash; 125-pounder Ander
Sanchez (2-1, 2-1 CW) landed a sudden heel hook on Ryan Hewitt
(1-1, 0-1 CW) at 4:36 in Round 2; the event kicked off with
bantamweight Sam Kelly
(4-1, 2-0 CW) dispatching Pav Singh
Sahota (4-2, 0-1 CW) in just 11 seconds with a barrage of
punches.

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