Del Guerra vs Omoyele plus four other bouts agreed for Cage Warriors 56

New Cage Warriors recruit Bola Omoyele's next opponent named

It has today been confirmed who Bola Omoyele will fight in his first Cage Warriors fight since signing an exclusive contract. The welterweight will face of against Vincent del Guerra in one of five bouts that officials have today confirmed for Cage Warriors 56. Cage Warriors 56 will take place on Saturday, July 6th at The Forum in Kentish Town, London, England.

Omoyele (6-1), who was a member of Team UK on The Smashes series of The Ultimate Fighter last year, recently signed an exclusive contract with Cage Warriors Fighting Championship. We caught up with Bola last week to discuss his new contract with Cage Warriors, that interview can be read here.

Omoyele has stopped his opponents in all six of his wins with 5 TKOs and one submission, five of which have come in the first round.

Omoyele told Cage Warriors: “Thanks to God for giving me the strength and health for this fight, and to Cage Warriors and my management for bringing me on board.
“I’m excited like a child to be finally getting into the cage again and showcasing my skill-set. Vincent is going to have his work cut out for him.”

Hailing from Marseille in France, del Guerra (20-8), will be fighting for the 29th time in his professional career, despite having only turned 23 in February.

The versatile del Guerra has 17 stoppage wins on his record - nine by submission, eight by (T)KO - and has vowed to make a real impression when he makes his Cage Warriors debut on July 6.
“This is a very big opportunity for me,” said del Guerra to Cage Warriors. “I will put on a great fight with my opponent and show everyone that I’m one of the most dangerous welterweights in Europe.”

Also featuring on the main card will be a middleweight clash between Brett Bassett and Denniston Sutherland, as well as a host of other exciting fights that will be announced in due course.

Meanwhile, following a recent injury lay-off , Brett Bassett (8-3) will return to action for the first time since his spectacular KO of Mike Ling last September to take on experienced CWFC veteran middleweight Denniston Sutherland (19-9).

On the prelims, Fabio Ferrari (5-2) and Brett Sizeland (6-2) will also meet in a middleweight bout, lightweights Brad Wheeler (9-9) and Jason Cooledge (8-4) will clash, while unbeaten featherweight prospects Chad Griffiths (4-0) and Arnold Allen (3-0) will be in opposite corners for their Cage Warriors debuts.

Cage Warriors Adds Petrescu, Hewitt, Griffiths to Their Roster

  
Cage Warriors Adds to its Talented Roster
by Chris Houten - @houts4thewin

 
 
Leading European promotion Cage Warriors has added talented English-based trio Valentino Petrescu, Spencer Hewitt and Chad Griffiths to its roster.

Petrescu (pictured) who holds a 12-3 professional record is most famous for his stink on TUF Smashes. Widely considered in the top 15 of UK Middleweights, the Romanian born fighters only losses have come to high level fighters in Jimi Manuwa, Beslan Isaev, and Lee Chadwick

All of Petrescu's victories have come by first round stoppage. 

Hewitt, a former UCMMA interim-bantamweight champion joins Cage Warriors with 10-5 record which included 9 first round stoppages.

Having previously fought for Bamma and UCMMA, BJJ Blackbelt Hewitt holds notable wins over Cory Tait,  CWFC veteran Ben Hajir.

Finally, unbeaten prospect Chad Griffiths makes the drop to featherweight to join Cage Warriors.

Undefeated in 4 outings, Griffiths has won all of his fights by stoppage, finishing three of his four opponents inside the first round.

Petrescu, Hewitt, and Griffiths all join on five-fight deals, committing them exclusively to the organisation for the next 18 months.