Irishman Solomon Simon will headline Cage Warriors 200 on Saturday evening at the RDS arena which is filled to the brim with home fans. Cage Warriors have an incredible track record among Irish fighters, with some of the greats in Irish MMA spending a period of their careers in the yellow gloves. Such as Ian Machado Garry, Paul Hughes and of course the infamous Conor McGregor.
Cage Warriors are back in Dublin for the first event of 2026 and will be headlined by an incredible fight. It’s a UFC-caliber fight for featherweight gold in the yellow gloves with two immensely talented prospects. At 7-0, Simon is strongly tipped to be the next great Irishman signed to the UFC after a stint with Cage Warriors and his highlight reel reinforces that idea. A ferocious finisher with skills in all areas of MMA. Additionally, the 145-pound champion has a 100% finish rate, including 3 submissions and 4 KOs, proving his violent versatility.
Nik Bagley will be hoping to spoil the party in the Emerald Isle as he sets out to run wild against the defending champions. The fight was originally scheduled for November last year, but Bagley had to withdraw due to a training injury. Bagley has another impressive record to his name at 7-1, with six of his victories coming via submission, so it’s clear where the Englishman thrives. His only defeat in his career only came in this second Cage warriors was released in 2022, but since then the Ukrainian-born featherweight has been on his way to gold.
Solomon Simon previews the fight with Nik Bagley
Speaking about the Brandon talks about fight podcastthe featherweight champion confirmed that he has been watching Bagley for some time and feels he is an excellent opponent.
“Like I rate him a lot… it would probably be the toughest opponent for sure, like I’ve been watching him for a while.” he continued, saying, “I rate his skills much higher than the last one, like everyone else had a few things they were really good at or whatever it is, but he seems very well rounded.”
Known for his last-second finishes, Solomon Simon has said in other interviews that he wanted this fight to go deeper into the championship rounds and he elaborated on those desires:
“I want to push myself to a stage where I want to see how far I can go in my own head, like mentally, because the fight game is tough, like when you’re in challenging positions, when you’re wrestling, like when you’re trying to get out of positions, when you do things like your mind starts to play tricks on you and stuff, like those are like I want to go in there and like I want to fight those demons and I feel like he would be someone who could push me there.”
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