Cage Rage 21

Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on April 21, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.^[1] It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ion Television in the United States.^[2]

The event was headlined by Tank Abbott vs Gary Turner in the main event. However, Bob Sapp was originally scheduled to fight Robert Berry in the main event. Berry pulled out and was replaced by Turner, and then Sapp pulled out and was replaced by Abbott.^[3] Also on the card was Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos taking on James Zikic for the vacant Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Championship, and two British title fights as British Welterweight Champion Paul Daley looked to defend his crown against Paul Jenkins and British Lightweight Champ Abdul Mohamed faced Ross Pointon.^[4]

Results

• Middleweight bout: Sunnat Ilyasov vs. James Nicholl

Nicholl defeated Ilyasov via majority decision.

• Middleweight bout: Xavier Foupa-Pokam vs. Tom Watson

Foupa-Pokam defeated Watson via submission (triangle Kimura) at 2:27 of round 2.

• Featherweight bout: Alex Owen vs. Brad Pickett

Owen defeated Pickett via majority decision.

• Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabaté vs. Ryan Robinson

Diabaté defeated Robinson via submission (armbar) at 1:15 of round 1.

• British Lightweight Championship: Abdul Mohamed (c) vs. Ross Pointon

Mohamed defeated Pointon via KO (spinning back fist) at 3:20 of round 1 to retain the Cage Rage British Lightweight Championship.

• British Welterweight Championship: Paul Daley (c) vs. Paul Jenkins

Daley defeated Jenkins via submission (punch to the body) at 0:41 of round 2 to retain the Cage Rage British Welterweight Championship.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Mark Epstein vs. Roman Webber

Epstein defeated Webber via KO (punch) in round 1.

• Middleweight bout: Daijiro Matsui vs. Mark Weir

Weir defeated Matsui via unanimous decision.

• Middleweight bout: Alex Reid vs. Murilo "Ninja" Rua

Rua defeated Reid via TKO (cut on the shin) at 0:28 of round 1.

• Heavyweight Kickboxing bout (K-1 Rules, 3Min. 3R): James McSweeney vs. Michael McDonald

McSweeney defeated McDonald by majority decision.

• World Light Heavyweight Championship: Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos vs. James Zikic

Zikic defeated Santos via unanimous decision to become the new Cage Rage World Light Heavyweight Champion.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Ivan Serati

Belfort defeated Serati via TKO (punches) at 3:47 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout: Tank Abbott vs. Gary Turner

Turner defeated Abbott via TKO (punches) at 2:31 of round 1.

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