Jack Shore gets CW title shot vs. winner of Sat’s CW94 main event
Wales has been producing some of the biggest names in fight sports for years, and Jack Shore is the newest name rising into the national spotlight.
In a massive move for mixed martial arts in the region, Cage Warriors President Graham Boylan has announced that the promotion will make the step up to Cardiff’s incredible Ice Arena for their next Welsh outing. Headlining the card will be Jack ‘Tank’ Shore, still unbeaten in twelve amateur and eight professional showings, as he fights for the world bantamweight title in the biggest MMA event the country has ever seen.
When our previous Welsh champions went for the belts, they were some of the most memorable nights we’ve had in 15 years.,” said Boylan. “But Jack Shore has managed to assemble a Welsh fanbase on a level we’ve never really seen before. Think McGregor in Dublin – this is going to be massive.”
Shore will face a newly crowned champion to be decided this Saturday at CW94 in Antwerp, when Belgium’s Brian Bouland faces submission specialist Ilia Topuria for the belt. Both men have signed contracts to face Shore on September 29th should they become champion.
Bouland and Topuria are elite level, and winning the Cage Warriors title means one of them is the best in Europe, says Shore. I need to take that from them in order to prove that spot belongs to me. I’ll be in Antwerp this weekend watching very closely.”
The atmosphere when I walk out to fight in Wales is like nothing else, and now Cage Warriors are raising the game. Fighting for the title in a historic event like this means everything to me.
Wales has been producing some of the biggest names in fight sports for years, and Jack Shore is the newest name rising into the national spotlight. Shore is not only a long-time training partner of UFC welterweight and ex-Cage Warriors champion Jack Marshman, but is also trained by Gary Lockett, elite boxing coach and former teammate of Welsh boxing legend Joe Calzaghe. The title Shore hopes to raise for the home crowd at CW97 was formerly held by Welshman and now UFC bantamweight Brett Johns, who became champion during Cage Warriors’ last visit to Cardiff in 2013.
