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Cage Rage 14
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Cage Rage 14: Punishment was a mixed martial arts
event held by the Cage Rage Championships on December 3, 2005 at the Wembley Conference Centre
in London
, England
. The event was televised on Sky Sports
in the United Kingdom.
The card was headlined by a title fight between Cage Rage World Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva
and challenger Curtis Stout. Also on the card was a fight between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort
and France's Antony Rea
, and veterans Akira Shoji and Mark Weir
met in a middleweight bout.
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
event held by the Cage Rage Championships on December 3, 2005 at the Wembley Conference Centre
Wembley Conference Centre
Wembley Conference Centre was a conference centre near Wembley Stadium, Wembley, in London, England.-History:Opened in 1977, it was the first purpose built Conference Centre in the UK. Events included conferences, corporate hospitality, annual general meetings, banquets and sports events including...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The event was televised on Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
in the United Kingdom.
The card was headlined by a title fight between Cage Rage World Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...
and challenger Curtis Stout. Also on the card was a fight between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort
Vitor Belfort
Vítor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in...
and France's Antony Rea
Antony Rea
Antony Rea is an French professional mixed martial artist. Antony is a Cage Rage veteran and has fought for Shooto, bodogFIGHT and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki. He is notable for his fights with Ultimate Fighting Championship contenders Vitor Belfort, Marvin Eastman, Jason MacDonald, Kazuo Takahashi,...
, and veterans Akira Shoji and Mark Weir
Mark Weir
Mark Anthony Weir is an English mixed martial artist usually fighting in the middleweight division at 185 lbs. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Pride Fighting Championships, and is the former Cage Rage British middleweight champion- Biography :Mark Weir lives in...
met in a middleweight bout.
Results
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Mark Buchanan vs.
Ryan White
- White defeated Buchanan via TKO (punches) at 3:11 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout:
Paul Daley
Paul DaleyPaul Daley is an English professional mixed martial artist who has fought for EliteXC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce, BAMMA, Maximum Fighting Championship, Cage Warriors, Shark Fights, Impact FC, Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
vs.Joey van Wanrooij
- Welterweight bout:
- Daley defeated van Wanrooij via unanimous decision.
- Lightweight bout:
Gesias Cavalcante vs.
Michihiro Omigawa
Michihiro Omigawais a Japanese mixed martial artist and Judoka who trains out of Hidehiko Yoshida's dojo. He made it to the finals in the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix losing to Masanori Kanehara.-Mixed martial arts career:...
- Lightweight bout:
- Cavalcante defeated Omigawa via KO (punches) at 0:49 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout:
Darren Guisha vs.
Ross Mason
- Welterweight bout:
- Mason defeated Guisha via TKO (punches) at 2:16 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout:
Dean Bray vs.
Nigel Whitear
- Welterweight bout:
- Whitear defeated Bray via submission (armbar) at 3:56 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout:
Chris Freeborn vs.
Robbie Olivier
Robbie OlivierRobbie Olivier is an English professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Oliver has spent almost his entire career in England, most notably for Cage Rage and BAMMA....
- Featherweight bout:
- Olivier defeated Freeborn via unanimous decision.
- Heavyweight bout:
Dave Legeno
Dave LegenoDavid "Dave" Legeno is an English actor, boxer and mixed martial artist.-Life and career:Legeno was born in Marylebone, London, England. He has been quoted as saying that he wanted to act since he read Shakespeare's Richard III...
vs.Alan Murdock
- Heavyweight bout:
- Murdock defeated Legeno via submission (armbar) at 4:07 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout:
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Xavier Foupa-PokamXavier Foupa-Pokam is a French mixed martial artist from Paris. Foupa-Pokam is best known for his brief career in the Ultimate Fighting Championships in their middleweight division, and his long career in British MMA with promotions such as BAMMA and Cage Rage...
vs.Sol Gilbert
- Middleweight bout:
- Gilbert wins as Foupa-Pokam is disqualified at 1:10 of round 1.
- Heavyweight bout:
Robert Berry
Robert Berry (fighter)Robert "Buzz" Berry is a retired English mixed martial artist. He formerly competed in the Heavyweight division and is a Cage Rage veteran.-Career:...
vs.Marc Goddard
- Heavyweight bout:
- Berry defeated Goddard via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:01 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Brian Adams vs.
Mark Epstein
- Light Heavyweight bout:
- Epstein defeated Adams via KO (punch) at 0:19 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout:
Matt Lindland
Matt LindlandMatthew James Lindland is an American mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008....
vs.Antonio Schembri
- Middleweight bout:
- Lindland defeated Schembri via TKO (punches) at 3:33 of round 3.
- Middleweight bout:
Daijiro Matsui
Daijiro MatsuiDaijiro Matsui is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. He has fought in a number of organizations including the Pride Fighting Championships and the Cage Rage Championships.-Career:...
vs.Alex Reid
- Middleweight bout:
- Draw.
- Middleweight bout:
Akira Shoji vs.
Mark Weir
Mark WeirMark Anthony Weir is an English mixed martial artist usually fighting in the middleweight division at 185 lbs. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Pride Fighting Championships, and is the former Cage Rage British middleweight champion- Biography :Mark Weir lives in...
- Middleweight bout:
- Weir defeated Shoji via KO (head kick) at 0:17 of round 1.
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Vitor Belfort
Vitor BelfortVítor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in...
vs.Antony Rea
Antony ReaAntony Rea is an French professional mixed martial artist. Antony is a Cage Rage veteran and has fought for Shooto, bodogFIGHT and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki. He is notable for his fights with Ultimate Fighting Championship contenders Vitor Belfort, Marvin Eastman, Jason MacDonald, Kazuo Takahashi,...
- Light Heavyweight bout:
- Belfort defeated Rea via KO (punches) at 1:30 of round 2.
- World Middleweight Championship:
Anderson Silva
Anderson SilvaAnderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...
(c) vs.Curtis Stout
- World Middleweight Championship:
- Silva defeated Stout via KO (punches) at 4:59 of round 1 to retain the Cage Rage World Middleweight Championship.