Top U.K. promotion Cage Warriors has remembered what made it one of the premier fight organizations in Europe and booked another two fighters from the continent for its April 19 event, Enter the Rough House 6. Cage Warriors had almost exclusively used British fighters on the last couple of shows.

German lightweight Cengiz Dana, a veteran of more than 20 fights and a man who has been in the cage with experienced opponents like Gesias Calvancante (Pictures) and Brian Lo-A-Njoe (Pictures), will square off against fellow submission fighter Ian Butlin (Pictures). The duo was supposed to fight in 2006, and now what could likely be a ground battle will finally take place.

Also on the card is Frenchman Bendy Casmir. The member of team Haute Tension was one of the most improved fighters of 2007, scoring six wins in a row. Taking on the 27-year-old freestyle fighter will be top U.K. lightweight Andre Winner (Pictures), who won five out of six in 2007.

Previously announced for the show is a main event between former European welterweight king Mattias Awad and in-form local hero Dan Hardy (Pictures).

16-Man Austrian Tourney to Conclude in May

The Austrian Cage Fight Series will hold the final round of its open-weight tournament on May 3. Victory includes prize money of 10,000 Euros (around $16,000), which is many times the amount most European fighters normally make.

The four fighters who have survived the previous two rounds of the 16-man tourney are submission specialists David Marcina and Attila Ucar, knockout artist Sascha Weinpolter and model athlete Dritam Barjamaj.

Heavyweight Tournament:
Attila Ucar vs. Sascha Weinpolter
Dritam Barjamaj vs. David Marcina


Undercard:
Peter Steiner vs. Ismet Mandara
Stefan Crnko vs. Martin Haag
Thomas Hengstberger vs. TBA
Peter Krobath vs. Harold Fischer
Marcel Delgado vs. Samoth Schletterer
Philip Schranz vs. TBA
Mario Deutschmann vs. TBA
Thomas Krapf vs. TBA
Radoslaw Turek vs. TBA
Michael Ettl vs. TBA
Thomas Fötsch
Nandor Guelmino vs. TBA
Wolfgang Bravc vs. TBA
Dorian Pridal vs. TBA

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