Cage Warriors 52 adds James vs. Philpott and Bassett vs. Sizeland

The fight card for Cage Warriors' first event of 2013 continues to take shape with two new additions, both of which are familiar bouts.

The organization today announced a fight between bantamweights Liam James (6-4) and Alan Philpott (7-3), who initially were slated to fight in December, as well as a rematch between middleweights Brett Bassett (8-3) and Brett Sizeland (6-2).

Cage Warriors 52 takes place March 9 at HMV Forum in London, and as previously announced, welterweight champion Gael Grimaud (17-5) meets challenger Cathal Pendred (11-2-1) in the headliner. Broadcast and streaming plans will be announced shortly.

James was slated to fight Philpott this past month at Cage Warriors 51 but was forced off the card with a knee injury. In the rematch, both fighters look to rebound from losses. Englishman James recently moved down from featherweight and suffered a submission loss to Olivier Pastor at Cage Warriors Fight Night 7. The 20-year-old Philpott, meanwhile, made his Cage Warriors debut in October and submitted Kris Edwards, but the 20-year-old Northern Ireland fighter then suffered a submission loss to Mike Wotten in the Cage Contender organization

Bassett, meanwhile, rebounded from his TKO loss to Sizeland with a September win over Mike Ling, which came via 38-second knockout at Cage Warriors Fight Night 7. The Englishman now looks for his fourth win in five fights when he rematches Sizeland, who's went 1-1 since their first fight with a TKO win over Victor Peixoto at Cage Warriors 47 and a TKO loss to Denniston Sutherland at Cage Warriors 48.

The latest Cage Warriors 52 lineup now includes:

Champ Gael Grimaud vs. Cathal Pendred - for welterweight title
Paul Redmond vs. Alexei Roberts
Liam James vs. Alan Philpott
Alex Enlund vs. Martin McDonough
Brett Bassett vs. Brett Sizeland

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