· Cage Warriors 40 To Feature Sexton, Modafferi, McVeigh

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Press Release:

The Cage Warriors Fighting Championship returns to London for their first show of their 2011 campaign on February 26th, as the famous HMV Forum in Kentish Town, North London plays host to another top quality Cage Warriors event.

This will be the third Cage Warriors event since the long running UK based MMA promotion was taken over last summer. Already the new team have shown their intent with two highly produced shows which saw a mix of top US, UK and European talent do battle inside the CWFC cage.

The February 26th event is no different and is headlined by arguably the biggest women's fight in UK and European MMA history. As the BodogFIGHT, Elite XC and Bellator FC veteran Rosi "The Surgeon" Sexton (11-2) takes on the Japanese based American veteran Roxanne Modafferi (15-6) in a 'Super Flyweight' Bout, matched at 125lbs/ 56.7kg.

Whilst the headlining bout is supported by two exciting Title bouts, which firstly sees the CWFC Featherweight Title on the line. As the long time Champion Danny Batten (13-5-3) looks to continue his comeback (which started in October last year, with his non-Title win over Ismael Padavia at Cage Warriors 38: 'Young Guns') as the Englishman defends his Title against the young Scottish contender Graham "Afterburner" Turner (17-6-1) who is unbeaten at 145lbs/65.8kg.

Whilst another long time CWFC Champion is also in action as the charismatic Scottish based Irishman Paul "Metabolic" McVeigh (17-6-0) defends his CWFC Bantamweight Title for the forth time. McVeigh goes into battle looking to show why he's one of Europe's elite 135lbs fighters when he faces the promising German Judoka Andreas "Minigun" Bernhard (7-1-0) who is unbeaten since dropping down to this weight class.

Also in featuring on the main card is the powerful Icelandic striker Arni "The Ice Viking" Isaksson (10-3-0) who returns to Cage Warriors after four years away. The former CWFC eight man Welterweight Tournament winner takes on the former American Collegiate Wrestling standout Eric Bradley (5-1-0) in what promising to be a bout between two fighters with vastly contrasting skill-sets.

Whilst rounding out the top end of the card is the "Ultimate Fighter" season 12 contestant Joseph Duffy (8-0-0) looks to build on his perfect record when he faces fellow Irishman Tom Maguire (6-4-0). This bout sees Maguire looking for revenge after Duffy defeated his hard hitting teammate Conor McGregor at CWFC 39: The Uprising last November.

The card also features a full undercard consisting of the usual CWFC mix of experienced UK talent along with up-and-coming talent and four exciting Amateur match-ups.

Cage Warriors 40 Schedule:

Main Event
Rosi Sexton vs. Roxanne Modafferi

Co-Main Event

Paul McVeigh vs. Andreas Bernhard
Danny Batten vs. Graham Turner
Arni Isaksson vs. Eric Bradley Eric Bradley
Joseph Duffy vs. Tom Maguire
Ashleigh Grimshaw vs. Ismael Padavia
Brett Sizeland vs. Tony Machado
Brad Wheeler vs. Hayden Critchfield

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