Four-Man Welterweight Tournament Begins at Cage Warriors 121 on March 19

BREAKING: 4 man Welterweight Title Tournament is confirmed

Rostem Akman vs Ian Garry
Jack Grant vs Madars Fleminas #CW121 // March 19th // #THETRILOGY
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— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) March 2, 2021

Cage Warriors will begin its journey to crown a new 170-pound champion with the semifinals of a welterweight tournament on March 19.

The European promotion recently announced that Ian Garry will face Rostem Akman and Jack Grant will meet Madars Fleminas at Cage Warriors 121. The winners of the semifinal bouts will advance to vie for welterweight gold later this year.

“The welterweight division needs a new champion and there is no shortage of contenders,” Cage Warriors president Graham Boylan said in a release. “MMA fans love nothing more than a grand prix, and I am so excited to see how this one plays out.”

Garry has amassed a 5-0 record under the Cage Warriors banner and is coming off back-to-back TKO finishes of Lawrence Jordan Tracey and George McManus in 2020. Akman will make his promotional debut after a pair of decision losses against Sergey Khandozhko and Jake Matthews in the UFC saw him fall to 6-2 as a professional.

A winner in 16 of his 22 professional bouts, Grant has twice challenged for the lightweight title, falling to Agy Sardari via split decision last December and suffering a third-round TKO defeat against Jai Herbert at Cage Warriors 106 in June 2019. Latvia’s Fleminars halted a two-bout skid in his last outing, as he outpointed Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 118 on Dec. 11.

Cage Warriors 121 takes place at York Hall in London and features a lightweight title clash between Agy Sardari and Mehdi Ben Lakhdhar and a bantamweight championship matchup pitting Jack Cartwright against Sylwester Miller. The card will stream on UFC Fight Pass.