Cage Warriors 52 main card set with Turner-Mesdari, McVeigh-Marin

Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:10 pm

With some newly booked fights, the main card is set for next month's Cage Warriors 52 event.

The event takes place March 9 at HMV Forum in London, and due to an extended streaming partnership, MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) carries a live stream of the main card. Facebook carries the prelims.

The card recently got some new additions following the cancellation of On Top 7 due to issues with the Scottish promotion's venue. That prompted Cage Warriors to expand its March 9 card to make room for three new bouts.

"I feel sorry for Tam Collins and the team at On Top in this situation because they work extremely hard, but sometimes things happen that are out of your control," Cage Warriors CEO Graham Boylan stated. "It's not easy putting on a show because there are so many variables.

"I hate to see fighters put time in and lose out, and I'll always help in any way I can, regardless of who or where it is. As a result I'll start Cage Warriors 52 earlier than planned, including the Facebook prelims."

One bout includes featherweights Fouad Mesdari (10-2), who's makes his promotional debut while on a 9-1 run, vs. Graham Turner (21-7), who looks for his fourth straight win.

The other main-card bout is a 128-pound catchweight fight between Paul McVeigh (18-8), who looks to snap a two-fight skid, vs. Paul Marin (5-1), who opened his pro career with four consecutive knockouts.

Additionally, new prelim bouts include lightweights Tommy Maguire (14-5) vs. Merv Mulholland (10-4) and welterweights Dan Hope (9-5) vs. Gary Kono (10-10).

The latest Cage Warriors 52 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (MMAjunkie.com, 4 p.m. ET)

Gael Grimaud vs. Cathal Pendred - for welterweight title
Mohsen Bahari vs. Bruno "B.C." Carvalho
Fouad Mesdari vs. Graham Turner
Matt Inman vs. Jack Mason
Paul Marin vs. Paul McVeigh
Liam James vs. Alan Philpott

PRELIMINARY CARD (1:30 p.m. ET)

Chris Fishgold vs. Steve O'Keeffe
Alex Enlund vs. Martin McDonough
Paul Redmond vs. Alexei Roberts
Tommy Maguire vs. Merv Mulholland
Dan Hope vs. Gary Kono

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