Cage Warriors will head to Belfast for the first time for Cage Warriors 115, and the promotion has already confirmed a host of local favorites will feature on the card.
The event, which will take place at the SSE Arena on May 16 and streamed live on UFC Fight Pass, will be headlined by Rhys McKee, who heads into his latest bout riding a three-fight win streak after a hugely successful year in 2019. Now the Ballymena native will look to position himself for a shot at championship gold at 170 pounds with a big win on home soil.
Former BAMMA lightweight champion McKee (10-2-1) defeated Jefferson George and Perry Goodwin at 155 pounds in his first two bouts under the Cage Warriors banner, but moved up to welterweight and scored a 63-second knockout of Hakon Foss in his last outing at Cage Warriors 110 last November.
McKee will be joined by fellow countrymen Joe McColgan, Decky McAleenan and unbeaten prospect Paul Hughes, with each man heading into Belfast with momentum on their side.
McColgan (6-2-1) followed up his spectacular draw with Mehdi Ben Lakhtar in September 2019 with a first-round submission of Robbie Scott at Cage Warriors 110, while McAleenan (6-3) snapped his two-fight losing skid with a hard-earned decision victory over Antanas Jazbutis on the same night. Hughes (4-0), meanwhile, will look to continue his unbeaten run as he looks to build on his first-round submission finish at Cage Warriors Unplugged 2 last September.
The show also marks the second appearance of the year for Dublin’s Ian Garry, with the undefeated Irishman set to kick off his year with back-to-back fights. Garry (3-0) will make his first appearance of 2020 at Cage Warriors 113 in London on Mar. 20, and is scheduled make a swift turnaround to compete in Belfast on May 16.
Their respective opponents are set to be announced in due course.
