Mike Hayes vs. D.J. Linderman title fight headlines Cage Warriors 47

A title fight and rematch will headline Cage Warriors 47 with newly crowned champion Mike Hayes (18-4-1) taking on fellow American heavyweight D.J. Linderman (11-3).

Cage Warriors officials today announced the Irish headliner.

The event, which features a championship doubleheader, takes place June 2 at The Helix in Dublin, and the main card streams live on MMAjunkie.com.

Hayes and Linderman first fought back in 2009 at a regional Alliance Fights show in Washington. Linderman won the bout via unanimous decision, but their paths never crossed when they both subsequently joined Bellator.

"I can't stand D.J. Linderman," Hayes stated. "He's a piece of trash. I'm going to smash him."

Hayes recently won the Cage Warriors' heavyweight title with a third-round submission victory over Andreas Kraniotakes in March. It marked "300's" sixth straight win and his 10th win in his past 11 fights. The lone loss came via close split decision to Alexey Oleinik (31-6-1 at the time) at Bellator 26.

Linderman, who briefly went to light heavyweight for Bellator's fourth-season tournament, recently made his Cage Warriors debut and scored a unanimous-decision victory over Bobby Brents in an April headliner. He's now 4-2 in his past six fights, and the defeats came to Richard Hale (split decision) and Moise Rimbon (unanimous decision), who are a combined 37-13-3.

Although former UFC champion Jens Pulver was announced for the event, officials today told MMAjunkie.com he won't be part of the card.

The latest Cage Warriors 47 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (MMAjunkie.com)

Champ Mike Hayes vs. D.J. Linderman (for heavyweight title)
Dave Hill vs. Conor McGregor (for vacant featherweight title)
David Bielkheden vs. Cathal Pendred
Aisling Daly vs. Rosi Sexton
Mark Platts vs. Neil Seery

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Sweet fight. Both guys are legit. Looking forward to this one.