- George Chung
- Aug 9, 2024
- 2 min read
Cage Warriors have today revealed details of a huge light heavyweight title bout for their upcoming return to Manchester's BEC Arena for Cage Warriors 178 on Saturday, September 21st.
Former middleweight champion James Webb will look to join an exclusive club of two weight Cage Warriors champions when he faces challenges Andy 'The Vice' Clamp for his 205lbs title.
Previous two weight champions include the likes of Dan Hardy, Conor McGregor and Mason 'The Dragon' Jones.
Clamp (13-2, 1NC) captured CW gold in his previous outing in the famous yellow gloves, using his suffocating ground game to wear out Matty Byfield, before earing the finish via ground 'n' pound in the third round of their CW 168 headliner.
Prior to that, he scored a first round submission over the then undefeated Ghassan Abdenabi, extending his finishing percentage to 93%.
Rangy on the feet at 6'4, Clamp has honed his world class ground game under UK MMA mainstay Tom Blackledge, his coach of over a decade.
Challenger Webb enters the bout off the back of a successful 205lb debut, where he convincingly out-struck Polish scrapper Adam Biegański over three rounds.
He previously held gold in the middleweight division, with wins over the likes of Craig White, Mick Stanton, Thomas Robertsen and Jason Radcliffe.
Webb trains under another former CW middleweight champion, Team KF Head Coach Chris Fields.
"We've got two big guys with big pedigrees going at it for the light heavyweight title at the BEC Arena..." said CW President Graham Boylan.
"Andy Clamp has scaled the mountain of Cage Warriors, and he's going to have the home crowd behind him for his first defence in Manchester."
"He'll have an excellent challenger in James Webb, who's walking into enemy territory in pursuit of a second world title."
"We're going to have a real North versus South clash on our hands at CW 178!"
Clamp vs Webb will take place over five rounds on the main card of CW 178: Manchester.Additional bouts will be announced in the coming weeks, with the entire event airing live on UFC Fight Pass and international broadcast partners.
