The best Mixed Martial Arts card in years to come to Ireland is on in The Helix in Dublin this Saturday and has a distinctly Irish feel to it.
Cage Warriors has become the preeminent Mixed Martial Arts promotion this side of the Atlantic in recent years with many fighters such as Michael Bisping, Ross Pearson and Dan Hardy going on to become international stars with the UFC.
Indeed not since the UFC visited these shores in 2009 has such a high-profile card been put on display in Ireland.
The main event will see Mike Hayes face DJ Linderman in a real grudge battle for the heavyweight strap.
The undercard will hold even more interest to Irish fight fans with with one of the greatest knockout specialists in Europe and Dubliner Conor McGregor fighting for the vacant featherweight belt against Dave Hill.
His SBGi clubmate Cathal Prendred will take on David Bielkheden in a welterweight bout. Prendred has been marked out by some as a future international star and has been used as a sparring partner for some high-profile UFC fighters in the past.
Irish MMA’s answer to Katie Taylor, Ais “The Bash” Daly will also be looking to bring home gold soon too, she is fighting Rosi Sexton for a chance at the women’s super-flyweight title.
JOE will be live-blogging from the event on the night, and you could be there too.
Cage Warriors ticket information is available over here but we have three tickets to give away for this Saturday evening in the Helix, all you have to do is answer the question below:
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