European promotion Cage Warriors heads to Manchester for its latest show, Cage Warriors 112, with one of the city’s homegrown stars returning to defend his title.
Bantamweight champion Jack Cartwright knocked out former title challengers Scott Malone and Marko Kovacevic on the same night to capture the vacant 135-pound title at Cage Warriors Unplugged 2 in September 2019. Now the SBG Manchester-trained fighter will look to cement his position at the top of the division when he takes on Croatia’s Manuel Bilic at the BEC Arena on Mar. 7.
Rising welterweight prospect Adam Proctor (11-1) gets the chance to showcase his skills in the co-main event, when he looks to extend his six-fight win streak with victory over undefeated U.K.-based Latvian Madars Fleminas (7-0).
Former middleweight champion James Webb (6-2-1) makes a swift return to action after losing his title to Nathias Frederick in his last outing at Cage Warriors 111. Webb takes on Liverpool’s Mick Stanton (6-3) in a bout that could propel the winner into a title shot later in the year.
Meanwhile, on the preliminary card, former Bellator lightweight Tom Mearns (6-3) kicks off his exclusive Cage Warriors contract against SBG Manchester’s Steven Hooper (4-3), while undefeated Irish lightweight prospect Paul Hughes (4-0) will bid to continue his good form with victory over Frenchman Youri Panada (4-1) in a 150-pound catchweight bout in the first fight of the night.
The Cage Warriors 112 main card will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass, with the preliminary card streamed live via Cagewarriors.com.
Full Cage Warriors 112 results include:
MAIN CARD (4 P.M. ET, UFC Fight Pass)
- Champion Jack Cartwright vs. Manuel Bilic – for bantamweight title
- Madars Fleminas vs. Adam Proctor
- Lukasz Marcinkowski vs. George Smith
- Mick Stanton vs. James Webb
- Scott Malone vs. Adam Wilson
PRELIMINARY CARD (1:30 P.M. ET, Cagewarriors.com)
- Liam Gittins vs. Jonas Magard
- Nathan Fletcher vs. Johan Segas
- Steven Hooper vs. Tom Mearns
- Paul Hughes vs. Youri Panada
- James Sheehan vs. Kyran Sturrock
