Cage Rage 26

Cage Rage 26: Extreme was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on May 10, 2008 at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England.^[1] It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.^[2]

The card featured Matt Ewin looking to defend his Cage Rage British Middleweight title against Mark Epstein, and Che Mills and Marius Žaromskis fighting for the vacant British Welterweight Championship. Ian Freeman returned to the cage for the first time in nearly two years to fight Cage Rage British Light Heavyweight Champion Paul Cahoon in the main event. Also, Paul Daley, who was at the event as part of the commentary team, announced that he was coming out of retirement and would like to fight Che Mills.^[3]

Results

• Lightweight bout: Harvey Harra vs. Gary Kelly

Harra defeated Kelly via submission (triangle choke) in round 1.

• Middleweight bout: Edgelson Lua vs. Chris Rice

Rice defeated Lua via TKO (punches) in round 3..

• Heavyweight bout: Popek Rak vs. Kev Sims

Rak defeated Sims via KO (punches) at 1:12 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout: Brad Pickett vs. Paul Reed

Pickett defeated Reed via majority decision.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Marc Goddard vs. Henrique Nogueira

Draw

• British Middleweight Championship: Mark Epstein vs. Matt Ewin (c)

Ewin defeated Epstein via unanimous decision to retain the Cage Rage British Middleweight Championship.

• Welterweight bout: Ross Mason vs. Ross Pointon

Pointon defeated Mason via submission (heel hook) at 1:26 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Glunder vs. James Zikic

Zikic defeated Glunder via submssion (armbar) at 0:25 of round 3.

• British Welterweight Championship: Che Mills vs. Marius Žaromskis

Mills defeated Žaromskis via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 1 to become the new Cage Rage British Welterweight Champion.

• British Light Heavyweight Championship: Paul Cahoon (c) vs. Ian Freeman

Freeman defeated Cahoon via unanimous decision to become the new Cage Rage British Light Heavyweight Champion.

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