LONDON, Dec. 2 — The Cage Rage weigh-in was low-key and efficient today, with every fighter making weight with the minimum of fuss.
In a faintly amusing incident, some joker dared Alex Reid (Pictures) to cement his metrosexual reputation by weighing-in wearing some sort of sparkly silver number. The sight of Mr Reid’s goodies was too much for poor Daijiro Matsui (Pictures), who found himself utterly incapable of keeping a straight face during their photo shoot.
With apologies, my preview of this event did not mention the lightweight match between Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante, of the American Top Team, and judo player Michihiro Omigawa (Pictures). This match replaces the previously advertised bout between Tyrone Glover (Pictures) and Luiz Firmino (Pictures) and will also be billed as a “PRIDE Bushido challenge match.”
The real story of the day, however, is about Cage Rage 15. Only a few of these fights are confirmed, but if Cage Rage gets its way, then on February 4 we will see:
Matt Lindland (Pictures) vs. TBA
Pedro Rizzo (Pictures) vs. Tengiz Tedoradze
Mark Weir (Pictures) vs. Jose Landi-Jons
Vitor Ribeiro (Pictures) vs. Luiz Azeredo (Pictures)
James Thompson (Pictures) vs. Robert Berry (Pictures)
Ryo Chonan (Pictures) vs. Travis Lutter (Pictures)
Jean Silva (Pictures) vs. Paul Daley (Pictures)
Evangelista Santos (Pictures) vs. Jason DeLucia
Mark Epstein (Pictures) vs. Darren Little (Pictures)
Brian Adams vs. Ryan Robinson (Pictures)
Alex Reid (Pictures) vs. Akira Shoji (Pictures)
James E Nicholl vs. Zelg Galesic
Brad Pickett (Pictures) vs. Robbie Olivier
Dave Legeno vs. Ryan White
The weights for tomorrow’s fights are:
Curtis Stout (Pictures) (83.9kg) vs. Anderson Silva (Pictures) (83.5kg)
Antony Rea (Pictures) (92.5kg) vs. Vitor Belfort (Pictures) (93kg)
Akira Shoji (Pictures) (83kg) vs. Mark Weir (Pictures) (83kg)
Daijiro Matsui (Pictures) (81kg) vs. Alex Reid (Pictures) (83kg)
Antonio Schembri (Pictures) (83kg) vs. Matt Lindland (Pictures) (83kg)
Brian Adams (92.5kg) vs. Mark Epstein (Pictures) (93kg)
Marc Goddard (109kg) vs. Robert Berry (Pictures) (113kg)
Xavier Foupa Pokam (83kg) vs. Sol Gilbert (Pictures) (82kg)
Alan Murdoch (97kg) vs. Dave Legeno (100kg)
Chris Freebourne (65.5kg) vs. Robbie Olivier (65.8kg)
Nigel Whitear (77kg) vs. Dean Bray (Pictures) (77kg)
Darren Guisha (77kg) vs. Ross Mason (Pictures) (77kg)
Michihiro Omigawa (Pictures) (70.3kg) vs. Gesias Cavalcante (70.3kg)
Joey Van Wanrooy (76.5kg) vs. Paul Daley (Pictures) (77kg)
Ryan White (106.5kg) vs. Mark Buchanan (Pictures) (103kg)