The Cage Warriors return to the 3Arena in Dublin for the popular Cage Warriors 153 event. The event will be headlined by the welterweight champion, Reese Mackey temporary hero, Jimmy Walhead With undisputed belt on line.
Reese Skeletor Maki
McKee (12-4-1) won the Cage Warriors welterweight belt during his second stint with the promotion. Originally fighting under the BAMMA banner, Maki went 6-2-1 (with one fight outside the organization) before joining Graham BoylanPromoted in 2018 and debuted at Cage Warriors 100.
He would go 3-0 with the promotion, finishing all fights before signing to the UFC and making his debut on very short notice. Unfortunately for Maki, he will make his debut against the Destruction Machine Khamzat Chimaev. Skeletor won’t land a punch in his first appearance, however, and will be given another chance. However, it was again unsuccessful, and McKee was cut from the organization.
Will rejoins the Cage Warriors, and is defeated Alexei Mantekevi on his way back. After that, he was awarded the England title Justin Burlinson In June last year the bout was voted “Fight of the Year” by the organization. He’ll be looking to go 3-0 since his comeback when he walks into 3Arena.
With a win on Saturday night, Rhys McKee could punch his ticket to the UFC. At just 27 years old, McKee can still compete in the ‘major leagues’, however, he will always have to outgrow Jimmy Wallhead.
“Judo” Jimmy Walhead
Jim Wallhead, a certified legend in English MMA, will be looking to take over the undisputed belt after winning the interim belt last November. On the night, Walhead scored his second consecutive knockdown when he was asleep Matthews Viglak In the first round. Wallhead is also a UFC veteran having joined the promotion in 2016 and like McKee, he went 0-2.
Since then he has gone 4-0 with two wins at Bellator and two at Cage Warriors. It would be a fairytale for Walhead to win the belt in Dublin, some 17 years after the 39-year-old debuted with promotion.