The primary Friday evening within the month of June is a jam-packed one. Irrespective of if it’s in Bangkok with ONE Championship or in San Diego, CA with Cage Warriors, aggressive violence is on the menu on the sixth month’s seventh evening. It must be in your viewing menu, additionally.
Friday, UK-based Cage Warriors heads to its American dwelling base of San Diego for Cage Warriors 173. It’s Graham Boylan‘s promotion’s one and solely card within the month of June. After this weekend, Cage Warriors won’t be again in motion once more till Saturday, July 20 in London for Cage Warriors 174. Extra on that occasion when the time comes.
Reside protection of Cage Warriors 173 from the Sycuan Resort and On line casino will, as all the time, be seen gavel-to-gavel around the globe on UFC Battle Cross, starting at 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT. Absent of any canceled and/or postponed fights between now and the top of this week, the ultimate model of Cage Warriors 173 will function 10 bouts.
Featherweights Go To Battle in Cage Warriors 173 Most important Occasion
Highlighting the evening’s itinerary this week is a nontitle affair at featherweight within the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion. UFC veteran Wilson Reis (28-13 MMA, 3-1 CWFC) makes his forty second profession MMA look as an expert when he takes on 14-fight veteran Bruno Souza (11-3 MMA, CWFC promotional debut), himself a UFC veteran.
With no championship at stake on Friday evening, the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion is an marketed three rounds at 5 minutes per spherical to shut the present.
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Cage Warriors 173 Most important Occasion Fighter Comparability
Heading into the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion on Friday evening, Bruno Souza stands because the taller contestant at 5-foot-10, in comparison with the 5-foot-4 body of Wilson Reis. Souza additionally owns a five-inch attain benefit (70 inches to 65 inches) over Reis going into this weekend’s bout.
Presently, the oddsmakers nonetheless have but to launch betting odds for Cage Warriors 173. Should you plan on betting on this or some other struggle taking place over the weekend, please wager responsibly.
Reis Trying to Construct Off Submission Win from February
Wilson Reis enters the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion with a report of 4-1 in his final 5 fights. Again on Feb. 23, he submitted Toby Misech (12-9 MMA, 0-2 CWFC) by arm-triangle choke within the first spherical of their struggle throughout Cage Warriors 166 in San Diego.
After the struggle, the alumnus of the UFC and Bellator MMA sat down with Edith LaBelle.
“Man, it’s so superb. He was throwing a lot warmth,” Reis stated of Misech. “We have been prepared for that. He’s a Hawaiian gangster, good knockout energy, particularly within the first spherical. He says ‘We are able to’t make a mistake within the first spherical [or] we’re going to sleep. I do know I practice each day, man, however I all the time go for my jiu-jitsu, I work on my boxing each day, they usually landed.”
How will Wilson Reis fare this outing? Tune into the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion and discover out.
Bruno Souza Makes Quick Journey for Cage Warriors 173 Most important Occasion and Returns to Featherweight
Within the different nook, fellow UFC alum Bruno Souza has posted a report of 3-2 in his final 5 MMA fights. A veteran of the LFA and Karate Fight, he final appeared within the cage on Sept. 2 of final 12 months throughout the Labor Day weekend.
That Saturday evening, he scored a unanimous determination after three rounds over Teruto Ishihara (13-12-3 MMA) on A1 Fight 14 on UFC Battle Cross from Los Angeles. Whereas each Wilson Reis and Bruno Souza have been born in Brazil, the headliner on Friday is as near a “dwelling sport” as Bruno Souza can get.
Souza’s camp is predicated out of Tinseltown, that means that he and his teammates will solely have to make (roughly) a 120-mile drive from LA to San Diego to make the stroll. Combating in a single’s personal geographic area is a boon for any competitor.
On the similar time, Friday’s headlining bout is his first MMA look at 145 lbs. since his second and final UFC bout in March of 2022 in Columbus, OH at Nationwide Enviornment. How will switching again to featherweight have an effect on him because the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion nears?
Evaluation, Movie Examine, and Prediction
Friday’s Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion seems to be to favor Wilson Reis, a prolific submission specialist, in comparison with Bruno Souza’s background as a karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter.
Search for Reis to Take Souza to the Mat
Provided that Wilson Reis has scored 13 of his 28 profession wins by means of submission, it stands to cause that his struggle in opposition to Souza on Friday may additionally go to the mat. His final struggle vs. Misech resulted in a submission.
Upon touchdown a crisp punch to the top in spherical two, Reis instantly pounced on Misech with floor and pound photographs earlier than transitioning to a head and arm choke, making use of the torque to lock up the submission in underneath three minutes. If Wilson knocks or takes Souza down, the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion is a wrap.
Souza Can Exhaust Anyone
Within the different nook, Bruno Souza has been recognized to make his adversaries dog-tired. Simply take a look at the tape of his final struggle vs. Ishihara. Whereas Souza made an effort to complete him with a rear-naked choke throughout the third and last spherical, Ishihara bettered himself and ultimately received again to his toes.
Regardless of Ishihara touchdown crisp punches later in spherical three, Souza landed punches to the top throughout the contest and stalked Ishihara because the spherical closed. Souza can seize management of the match within the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion if he will get out in entrance and disturbs Reis’ plan of assault.
Ultimate Ideas
Though there received’t be any championship on the road this Friday, the Cage Warriors 173 principal occasion received’t be quick on leisure. Should you don’t have plans for Friday evening, you do now.
Prediction: Bruno Souza by Unanimous Choice.
