Cage Warriors 47 took place Saturday night in Dublin, Ireland, and if you were lucky enough to be watching at home you were treated to a magnificent night of MMA. In the main event, it was champion Mike Hayes vs. DJ Linderman in a heavyweight title bout. The title fight went 5 rounds, and it was new champion D.J. Linderman  who pulled out the unanimous decision win.

In the co main event it was Conor McGreggor who put the pressure on Dave Hill from the first horn. Conor dropped hill in the first round, but was unable to finish Hill, and by the end of the round Hill had turned the tables on McGreggor and almost had a submission of his own. However, in the second round it was all McGreggor who dropped Hill again, and secured the rear naked choke to win the vacant Cage Warriors Featherweight Title.

The full Cage Warriors 47 Results:

MAIN CARD (MMAjunkie.com)

Champion Mike Hayes vs. D.J. Linderman (for heavyweight title)
D.J. Linderman defeats Mike Hayes by unanimous decision (49-47 49-48 47-46) to become the new Cage Warriors Heavyweight Champion.

Dave Hill vs. Conor McGregor (for vacant featherweight title)
New Cage Warriors Featherweight Champion
Conor McGregor defeats Dave Hill by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:10 of round 2

Aisling Daly vs. Rosi Sexton (women’s tournament semifinal)
Rosi Sexton defeats Aisling Daly by unanimous decision (29-28×3)

David Bielkheden vs. Cathal Pendred
Cathal Pendred defeats David Bielkheden by unanimous decision (30-27×2, 30-28)

Mark Platts vs. Neil Seery
Neil Seery defeats Mark Platts by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:36 of round 2

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Jack Mason vs. Tommy Quinn
Jack Mason defeats Tommy Quinn by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Victor Peixoto vs. Brett Sizeland
Brett Sizeland defeats Victor Peixoto by technical knockout at 1:32 of round 1

Yuri Malko vs. Paul Redmond
Paul Redmond defeats Yuri Malko by technical knockout at 2:05 of round 2

Cage Warriors 46 took place Friday Night in Kiev, Ukrane (Friday afternoon in the states,) and was streamed live on MMAJunkie. Cage Warriors put on their third consecutive show in less than a month, and this one lived up to the excitement of the previous two. In the main event Andreas Kraniotakes got his third straight first round submission win in the Cage Warriors cage over Dmitry Poberezhets. The card was full of submission wins, but most memorably is Pavel Kusch’s 30 second omoplata submission over Alexander Starikov.

Below is how the main card played out, and the quick results for the entire card.

Main Card

Andreas Kraniotakes (12-5) vs. Dmitry Poberezhets (10-4-1)
Andreas Kraniotakes really put the pressure on  Dmitry Poberezhets from the very beginning. There was no feeling out process in this one, and after a scramble  Kraniotakes ended up in the top position. Poberezhets was able to scramble to avoid some strikes, but eventually gave up his back, and the choke came a minute or so later.

Andreas Kraniotakes defeats Dmitry Poberezhets by submission (Rear naked choke) 3:27 round 1

Diego Gonzalez (14-6) vs. Ivica Truscek (17-9) 
Truscek landed about 20 consecutive jabs on Gonzales before he ended up on his back.  Gonzales was landing from the top, and ended up in back mount threatening to choke, but not getting it. The last 20 seconds of the round was Truscek landing more jabs. Round 2 was almost exactly like round 1, in that the whole first half of the round Gonzales was eating jabs. He then got it to the floor, and was able to lock up an arm in guillotine and Truscek was forced to stap.

Diego Gonzalez defeats Ivica Truscek by submission (arm-in guillotine) 3:25 Round 2

Pavel Kusch (11-2) vs. Alexander Starikov 
Starikov immediately dove for a double leg when Kusch through a strike, and Starikov stacked him on his back up against the cage. From there Kusch locked up the omoplata, and rolled Starikov over. He was forced to tap at 31 seconds, and he may injured his shoulder.

Pavel Kusch defeats Alexander Starikov by submission (omoplata) at :31  of round 1

Phil Harris (19-9) vs. Remi Morvan (8-6)
Remi Morvan came out aggressive and he quickly got the fight to the ground, he was able to get on top and even move to mount and was landing strikes. Harris was able to recover and get up, and get a take down of his own.He landed some shots that hurt Morvan, but he was able to scramble to the top. Harris hooked up the triangle choke which he quickly sunk in, and as soon he extended the arm out he got the win.

Phil Harris defeats Remi Morvan by submission (triangle choke/arm bar) 4:22 of Round 1

Dan Hope (8-4) vs. Alexander Voitenko (7-3)
Once Voitenko was able to get ahold of Hope, he was able to get him to the ground. For the most part he wasn’t getting much offense from the top position on Hope, Voitenko started to put together strikes, and do some damage and cut Hope. Hope threw an ill advised kick right away in round 2, and ended up on his back for it. He stayed there a good part of the round, but was landing elbows from the bottom. They were stood up, and Voitenko was able to get the take down. This time Voitenko was able to gain side mount and rain down with punches that were marking up Hope. In the third round, again Hope throws another kick, and ends up on the bottom. Once Voitenko got some leverage, he opened up with hammer fists, and the ref stepped in to save him.

Alexander Voitenko defeats  Dan Hope by technical knock out (strikes) 1:11 Round 3

Neil Seery (9-8) vs. Artemij Sitenkov (13-7)
Seery who is the better of two fighters on the feet was much smaller then Sitenkov. After some feeling out, Sitenkov pressed Seery up against the fence, and dropped down and rolled into a knee bar that Seery was forced to tap to.

Artemij Sitenkov def Neil Seery by submission (Knee bar) :55 Round 1

Quick Results

Main Card
Andreas Kraniotakes defeats Dmitry Poberezhets by submission (RNC) 3:27 round 1
Diego Gonzalez defeats Ivica Truscek by submission (arm-in guillotine) 3:25 Round 2
Pavel Kusch defeats Alexander Starikov by submission (omoplata) at :31  of round 1
Phil Harris defeats Remi Morvan by submission (triangle choke/arm bar) 4:22 of Round 1
Alexander Voitenko defeats  Dan Hope by technical knock out (strikes) 1:11 Round 3
Artemij Sitenkov def Neil Seery by submission (Knee bar) :55 Round 1

Preliminary Fights:
Vladimir Katyhin defeats Anatoly Safronov by submission (rear-naked choke) :41 Round 2
Sergei Churilov defeats Anatoly Starodubtsev by submission (Achilles lock) 2:51 Round 1
James Brum defeats Leandro Gontijo by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-25)