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British Heavyweight boxer Julius Francis is about to make his Cage Rage and Mixed Martial Arts debut against Cage Rage Heavyweight star Gary Turner.

Julius Francis vs Gary Turner

This has been a rumor circling amongst journalists over the last couple of weeks and we are happy to confirm that on Thursday the 31st July, British Heavyweight boxer Julius Francis and his opponent Gary Turner will be officially signing the contracts during a public press conference to be held at 12pm in the World famous Peacocks gym, Caxton Street North, Canning Town, London

Julius Francis will be making his Cage Rage debut on the 22nd of September 2007 at the Wembley Arena. Julius Francis can boast of winning four British Heavyweight title fights and five Commonwealth title fights, as well as two challenges for the European title and he has fought four former or future World champions, besides owning his very own much heralded Lonsdale belt. Now he is about to make the transition to one of the most technical combat sports in the World, but Francis will not be too fazed by this transition as he was a very successful kickboxer, before turning to boxing, Francis is currently working with Rob Sulski on his wrestling and Jujitsu, two very important tools that he will need inside the cage. Julius Francis will be up against a very formidable opponent in Gary Turner, just like Julius Francis, Gary Turner established himself an international name as a K-1 kickboxing star representing the UK all over the World. But don’t let that fool you, Gary has been studying and practicing martial arts for many years and is an excellent striker.

Cage Rage World Light-Heavyweight Title bout

Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort vs James "The Messenger" Zikic

Vitor Belfort is a superb Brazilian fighter that can Box, Grapple, Wrestle and submit his opponents into defeat. Vitor has proven himself worthy of a title shot by destroying Cage Rage fighters, Anthony Rea and Ivan Serati, but now he faces his toughest test against Current World champion James Zikic, who is a clever durable fighter that has proven strategy works. This will be an interesting fight and a very evenly matched war.

Cage Rage British and World Welterweight Title bout

Mark "The Wizard" Weir vs Paul "Semtex" Daley

This fight has all the makings of being one of the best ever domestic match ups and with the World and British titles on the line both men will have a lot to gain from a victory, Mark Weir has decided to come down in weight to the welterweight division after spending a majority of his career at middleweight. Mark will be awesome at his new found weight as he is one of the fastest and most accurate strikers in the World, but you can be sure “Semtex” will be ready to explode. At the moment Paul Daley is almost unstoppable as he has worked his way through a number of World class opponents finishing his last three fights with clear stoppages. This will be one that no fan will want to miss.

International Featherweight War

Chris Brennan vs Jean Silva

Imanari Masakazu has pulled out of his World title match with Jean Silva due to personal reasons which is very unfortunate as this fight would have been a possible Jujitsu master class in place of Imanari Cage Rage have been able to secure Chris "The Westside Strangler" Brennan, Chris Brennan is a well rounded American fighter who will be out to secure a very quick win on making his Cage Rage debut Chris and Jean have much in common as they have fought many of the same World class opposition but have never met Jean has stated that he wants to put a Cage Rage belt back on his waist and that Chris Brennan is a mere obstacle between him and his belt.

Cage Rage British Heavyweight Title bout

Mustapha al Turk vs Tengiz Tedoradze

This will be a huge battle between two exceptionally well rounded heavyweight fighters. Mustapha al Turk earned his title shot destroying his opposition, including mixed martial arts legend, Mark Kerr. Mustapha is a huge heavy handed striker with the ability to ground and pound his opposition into submission,

Tengiz is a fast thinking fighter with the ability to suplex or out wrestle his opponents, but in his last fight Tengiz also proved he can strike by strategically picking apart ex professional boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch. This will be a battle of the heavyweights with neither giving an inch.

International Middleweight War

Xavier "Professor X" Foupa Pokam vs Pierre Guillet

This will be an awesome fight between two World class fighters; both men are excellent strikers with very good ground games. This will be an evenly matched bout that could possibly be fought out without going to the ground, both men are more than capable of finishing the fight at any moment, so don’t blink or you may just miss it.

Cage Rage British Middleweight Title bout

Matt "The Hardest" Ewin vs Alex "The Detonator" Reid

This will be a war between two exceptional fighters, Alex Reid has been in the cage with some of the toughest fighters in the World including Dave Menne, Daijiro Matsui and Jorge Riveira to name but a few, Alex is a tough durable fighter with excellent striking and good submission skills and now he will be fighting an old enemy in Matt "The Hardest" Ewin for the Cage Rage British middleweight championship belt Matt is a tough, durable, well rounded fighter with excellent ground and pound skills.

British Heavyweight War

Domagoj Ostojic vs Neil Grove

We all love the heavy weights but heavy weights with heavy hands are even better. These two guys can knock you out with either hand while moving around the cage like light weights. It’s now their big chance to shine.

September 22nd is going to go BANG when these two immense men step in the cage. Neil Grove is unbeaten and a real force in the HW division, while Dominic is a kickboxing superstar who will “put everything on the line when he steps in the cage” says his manager. Both fighters are signed to long term contracts, so with nothing to lose fireworks are going to fly.

British Light-Heavyweight War

Ed "Caveman" Smith vs Roman Webber

This will be a battle of strikers as both these men have proven from past experience that they like to swing for the fences, Ed Smith made his Wembley debut at Cage Rage 22: Hard as Hell} and had an absolute war with Cage Rage veteran Tom "Kong" Watson, only to lose by judges decision, which will give him the hunger for a victory. Roman Webber is a physically strong individual that likes to bang and you can expect these two fighters to trade everything they have until someone hits the canvas.

British Welterweight War

Che Mills vs Ross Mason

That’s right fight fans two of the UK’s hottest welterweight fighters are about to throw down Che is a very direct technical fighter who has proven himself against some of the toughest welterweight fighters out there including a big KO win over welterweight title contender Marius Zaromskis, Ross "The Boss" Mason is a well rounded fighter with excellent striking skills and you know when Ross enters the cage that we will be witness to a war.

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