Cage Rage 26: Extreme was a mixed martial arts

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 May 10, 2008 at the NEC Arena in Birmingham

Birmingham

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, England

England

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. It was televised on Sky Sports

Sky Sports

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 in the United Kingdom.

The card featured Matt Ewin looking to defend his Cage Rage British Middleweight title against Mark Epstein, and Che Mills

Che Mills

Che Mills is an English mixed martial artist. He is a former Cage Rage British welterweight champ, and holds 2 notable KO wins over DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis.-Early career:...

 and Marius Žaromskis

Marius Žaromskis

Marius Žaromskis is a Lithuanian welterweight mixed martial artist. After fighting the majority of his career for British promotion Cage Rage, he signed with DREAM in 2009 and then, later that year, with Strikeforce. With DREAM, Žaromskis won their 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix and became their...

 fighting for the vacant British Welterweight Championship. Ian Freeman

Ian Freeman

Ian William Freeman, a.k.a. "The Machine," is a retired English mixed martial artist. He used to fight as a light heavyweight for Cage Rage. He was their final British Light Heavyweight champion....

 returned to the cage for the first time in nearly two years to fight Cage Rage British Light Heavyweight Champion Paul Cahoon in the main event. Also, Paul Daley

Paul Daley

Paul 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...

, who was at the event as part of the commentary team, announced that he was coming out of retirement and would like to fight Che Mills

Che Mills

Che Mills is an English mixed martial artist. He is a former Cage Rage British welterweight champ, and holds 2 notable KO wins over DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis.-Early career:...

.

Results

• Lightweight bout:   Harvey Harra vs.   Gary Kelly

Harra defeated Kelly via submission (triangle choke) in round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Edgelson Lua vs.   Chris Rice

Rice defeated Lua via TKO (punches) in round 3..

• Heavyweight bout:   Popek Rak vs.   Kev Sims

Rak defeated Sims via KO (punches) at 1:12 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Brad Pickett
  Brad Pickett
  Brad Pickett is an English mixed martial artist and the former Cage Rage British Featherweight champion and Ultimate Challenge MMA Featherweight Champion. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
   vs.   Paul Reed
  Paul Reed (fighter)
  Paul Reed is a Scottish mixed martial artist, who competes in the featherweight division. He is a veteran of British MMA, having fought in the Cage Rage Championships and the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts....
  
  

Pickett defeated Reed via majority decision.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Marc Goddard vs.   Henrique Nogueira

Draw

• British Middleweight Championship:   Mark Epstein vs.   Matt Ewin (c)

Ewin defeated Epstein via unanimous decision to retain the Cage Rage British Middleweight Championship.

• Welterweight bout:   Ross Mason vs.   Ross Pointon
  Ross Pointon
  Ross Pointon is an English mixed martial artist who holds a record of 6 wins and 12 losses. He was a competitor in season three of The Ultimate Fighter, fighting in the Light Heavyweight division after premiering in the Middleweight division under Ken Shamrock...
  
  

Pointon defeated Mason via submission (heel hook) at 1:26 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Rodney Glunder
  Rodney Glunder
  Rodney "The Silent Assassin" Glunder is a Dutch-Surinamese mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has fought for M-1 Global, Cage Rage, K-1, PRIDE Fighting Championship, RINGS, It's Showtime and Art of War Fighting Championship, and holds notable wins over top contenders Cheick Kongo, Melvin...
  
   vs.   James Zikic
  James Zikic
  James Zikic is an English mixed martial artist and boxer. He competes in the light heavyweight and middlweight divisions for London Shootfighters MMA Gym.-Career:...
  
  

Zikic defeated Glunder via submssion (armbar) at 0:25 of round 3.

• British Welterweight Championship:   Che Mills
  Che Mills
  Che Mills is an English mixed martial artist. He is a former Cage Rage British welterweight champ, and holds 2 notable KO wins over DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis.-Early career:...
  
   vs. Marius Žaromskis
  Marius Žaromskis
  Marius Žaromskis is a Lithuanian welterweight mixed martial artist. After fighting the majority of his career for British promotion Cage Rage, he signed with DREAM in 2009 and then, later that year, with Strikeforce. With DREAM, Žaromskis won their 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix and became their...
  
  

Mills defeated Žaromskis via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 1 to become the new Cage Rage British Welterweight Champion.

• British Light Heavyweight Championship:   Paul Cahoon (c) vs.   Ian Freeman
  Ian Freeman
  Ian William Freeman, a.k.a. "The Machine," is a retired English mixed martial artist. He used to fight as a light heavyweight for Cage Rage. He was their final British Light Heavyweight champion....
  
  

Freeman defeated Cahoon via unanimous decision to become the new Cage Rage British Light Heavyweight Champion.