Cage Rage 25 Results

For those of you who didn’t know, UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock was fighting at Cage Rage yesterday on Showtime where he unfortunately came up short against Robert Berry.

Ken Shamrock Suffers  First KO Loss at EliteXC Presents Cage Rage 25  

LONDON (March  9, 2008) – South London native David Haye disposed of Welshman
Enzo Maccarinelli  in less than two rounds to unify the cruiserweight
division. Haye entered  London’s O2  Arena on Saturday night with the WBA and WBC
belts and collected Maccarinelli’s  WBO strap after a brilliant show of speed and
power. 

The  fight began shortly after 2 a.m. local time with a delirious, sold out
crowd of  20,000 rocking the O2. Maccarinelli vs. Haye was a promotion of Frank
Warren’s  Sports Network. 
 
It was  a special night on SHOWTIME Sports as the premium network aired a
boxing and MMA  doubleheader for the first time in history. Immediately following
the live  boxing telecast, SHOWTIME aired EliteXC presents Cage Rage 25 from
Wembley Arena  via tape delay from earlier in the night. 

In a  battle of big punching British champions, Haye landed the first big
punch early  in the second round staggering Maccarinelli. Haye stalked him into
the corner  and followed up with a barrage of lefts and rights. Haye, aptly
nicknamed “The  Hayemaker,” landed another big right hand to send Maccarinelli
down. Although he  was able to get to his feet, Maccarinelli was on unsteady
legs as referee John  Keane began to count.  Keane waived  off the fight before
completing his count at 2:04 of the second.
  
“‘The  Hayemaker’ doesn’t lie,” said the jubilant and fresh unified
champion. “It is  nice to know that the cruiserweight division is now cleaned up. It
is time to  move up to heavyweight and fix that disgraceful division.”
Haye  improves his record to 21-1 with 20 knockouts.

“Ever  since I was a boy, I’ve said I would be the heavyweight champion of
the world,’’  Haye said. “Against my speed, my athleticism, my amateur
pedigree, there’s  nothing those heavyweights out there can do.”
“I  didn’t box the plan,” said Maccarinelli, who drops to 28-2, 21 KOs. “
Take nothing away from David Haye. It was a crackin’  shot and I just got
caught. Enzo (Trainer, Enzo Calzaghe) will crucify me for  this.” 
The  renowned tandem of Steve Albert and Al Bernstein called the action for
SHOWTIME  CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING with Bob Dunphy directing. The executive producer
of  SHOWTIME Sports is David Dinkins, Jr.
 
Across  town, before an equally excitable crowd of 8,000-plus at Wembley
Arena, MMA  pioneer Ken Shamrock of the USA was handed his first knockout loss by
English  powerhouse Robert “Buzz” Berry. 

Berry landed a series of  strikes to the head of Shamrock and sent him down.
The referee waved off the  fight at 3:26 of the first round as the 240-pound
Berry prepared to pounce  on his fallen opponent. 

In  other televised fights, Cage Rage featherweight champion Masakazu Imanari
of  Japan applied a text book reverse  heel hook to destroy the knee of
formidable Brazilian adversary Jean Silva.  Silva tapped out at 2:35 of round one,
and appeared to be in tremendous pain.  

In a  battle of big men, heavyweights Rob Broughton of England won a majority
decision  over fellow countryman Neil Grove by scores of 29-28 twice and
28-29. The two  men entered the cage at a combined 250-plus pounds and fought an
entertaining  scrape for three full rounds.
 
And  local favorite Tommy “Kong” Watson thrilled his adoring fans with a
knockout of  American Pierre Guillet. With Watson on his back during first-round
action,  Guillet dove in to attack, but Watson struck first by landing a
devastating  upward heel strike to Guillet’s head. Watson quickly pounced on top of
the  fallen Guillet and finished him with fist strikes to the head.
  
SHOWTIME announcers  Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros called the action at
Wembley Arena. The  producer of the EliteXC telecast was Richard Gaughan with
Rick Phillips  directing. The executive producer of SHOWTIME Sports is David
Dinkins,  Jr.

Catch an  encore of Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast:
Monday, March 10                  8 p.m.              SHO Extreme
Tuesday, March  11                10  p.m.             SHO2
Wednesday, March  12          10:30  p.m.        SHOWTIME
And on SHOWTIME On  Demand (where available) beginning March 11. 
Catch an encore of  Saturday’s EliteXC telecast:
Monday, March 10               9:30 p.m.          SHO Extreme
Tuesday, March  11                 Midnight            SHOWTIME