Ian William Freeman is a retired English mixed martial artist who was the Cage Rage World Heavyweight Champion and the final Cage Rage British Light Heavyweight Champion. He was the first British person to fight in the UFC, as well as the first person to beat Frank Mir.
Vítor de Souza Ribeiro is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, he has formerly competed for Strikeforce, Shooto, DREAM, Cage Rage, Cage Force, the World Fighting Alliance, and K-1 HERO'S. Ribeiro is the former Cage Rage World Lightweight Champion and the former Shooto World Lightweight Champion.
The Curry Hicks Physical Education Building, better known as the Curry Hicks Cage, is an athletic facility on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst. It was built in 1931 as the Physical Education Building by alumnus Clinton Goodwin. It was rededicated in 1941 and named in honor of Curry Hicks, who had been the athletic director at the school since 1911. With a capacity of 4,000, the venue served as the site of indoor athletic contests including men's basketball from its opening until January 1993 when it was replaced by the more modern and much larger Mullins Center. While the basketball team played at the Cage, it was known as one of the loudest buildings in the Northeast.
Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went into liquidation and is now no longer trading. Cage Rage had been owned and managed by Elite XC until that company ceased operating, and the British promoters behind Cage Rage formed a new organization and withdrew all the old Cage Rage titles. Matchmaker and on-screen personality Dave O'Donnell was also a minority shareholder in the company. Fellow on-screen personality and co-promoter Andy Geer also owned a minority stake until he left the promotion in 2008. Cage Rage events were replayed on Nuts TV, along with their own weekday show on The Fight Network until these channels closed down. Every Cage Rage event and bout is now archived as part of the UFC Fight Pass library.
Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping is an English sports analyst, actor, commentator and retired mixed martial artist, who competed in the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight division of the UFC. A professional competitor since 2004, he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion, a former Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion and The Ultimate Fighter 3 Light Heavyweight tournament winner. At UFC 78, he became the first British fighter to compete in a UFC main event. At UFC 199, he became the first British fighter to win a UFC Championship and he remains the sole British winner of a UFC title. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on 5 July 2019.
Mark Anthony Weir is an English retired mixed martial artist usually fighting in the middleweight division at 185 lbs. He has fought in the UFC, the WEC, PRIDE, Cage Rage, UCMMA, Pancrase, and BodogFIGHT. He is the former Cage Rage British Middleweight Champion.
Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, was a United States-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization owned and operated by ProElite. It was founded as a partnership between Showtime Networks and ProElite and officially announced on December 14, 2006. It was headquartered in Los Angeles.
Alexander Aristides Reid is an English former mixed martial artist (MMA), fighting under Bellator, BAMMA and Cage Rage. He is an actor, having been in Hollyoaks also making an appearance in Drifters. Reid was the winner of Channel 4's 7th and final series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2010.
In Your House 6 was the sixth In Your House professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. The event took place on February 18, 1996, at the Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky. Five matches were broadcast on the pay-per-view. There were also three dark matches and one match taped for Free for All.
Dave O'Donnell is a mixed martial arts promoter, best known for his role in the Cage Rage promotion. He is currently the CEO and founder of Ultimate Challenge MMA.
Ultimate Challenge MMa is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It is shown live on London Live in the UK, Fight Now TV in the US and on Viewster in several other countries.
The year 2002 is the 1st year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2002 Cage Rage Championships held 1 event, Cage Rage 1.
The year 2003 is the 2nd year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2003 Cage Rage Championships held 3 events, Cage Rage 2.
The year 2004 is the 3rd year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2004 Cage Rage Championships held 5 events, Cage Rage 5.
The year 2005 is the 4th year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2005 Cage Rage Championships held 5 events, Cage Rage 10.
The year 2006 is the 5th year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2006 Cage Rage Championships held 8 events, Cage Rage 15.
The year 2007 is the 6th year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2007 Cage Rage Championships held 12 events, Cage Rage 15.
The year 2008 is the 7th year in the history of the Cage Rage Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. In 2008 Cage Rage Championships held 9 events, Cage Rage Contenders 8.