Cage Warriors 154: Hazan vs. Loughran (also known as Cage Warriors 154: Rome) is a mixed martial arts event to take place on May 6, 2023 at the Fiera Roma Arena in Rome, Italy.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Dylan Hazan vs. Caolan Loughran 135 lbs Bantamweight Championship
Leon Aliu vs. Darren Stewart 185 lbs
Michelangelo Lupoli vs. Sam Creasey 125 lbs
Emanuele Zaccaria vs. Sylwester Miller 135 lbs
Jasmine Favero vs. Izabela Walczak 135 lbs
Tanio Pagliariccio vs. Gerardo Fanny 125 lbs
Carlo Pedersoli vs. Giannis Bachar 170 lbs
Guido Possidente vs. Gianluca Rocca 155 lbs
Simone Patrizi vs. Ermil Xhaferi 155 lbs
Dario Bellandi vs. Daniel Karlsson 185 lbs
Preliminary Card
Yoga Prabowo vs. Jefferson De Filippis 135 lbs
Edoardo Caiazza vs. Marko Sarasjärvi 145 lbs
Khadim Dia vs. Milton Afonso Cabral 170 lbs
Alessandro Giordano vs. Enrico Di Gangi 135 lbs
Jovidon Khojaev vs. Emanuele Sabatino 155 lbs
Francesco Mazzeo vs. Joan Arastey 185 lbs
Cornellius RJ Aritonang vs. Gianluca Ancora 145 lbs
Luca Borando vs. Baris Adiguzel 145 lbs
Background
Cage Warriors’ return to Italy has its main event, as local hero Dylan Hazan faces Ireland’s Caolan Loughran in CW 154’s headline attraction.
The pair will contest the newly-vacant CW bantamweight title over five rounds at the Fiera Roma on Saturday, May 6th.
The championship bout has come to fruition following former title-holder Michele Martignoni’s decision to relinquish the gold, as he makes a return to the flyweight division to pursue a second world championship.
Bari, Italy’s undefeated phenom Dylan Hazan is in the midst of a stunning run of form that has seen him go 4-0 under the CW banner since debuting in the summer of 2021.
A decorated amateur wrestler with national titles to his name, Hazan has beaten a pair of former CW title challengers in Josh Reed and Scott Malone, before stopping Raymison Bruno and Jefferson De Filippis in 2022.
Once set to compete for the flyweight title, Hazan will now vie for the big gold belt at 135lbs.
Defacto #1 contender Caolan Loughran earned his shot at the belt following a phenomenal 2022 campaign, which saw him pick up three wins (and three finishes) en route to being named ‘Breakthrough Fighter of the Year’ in a poll of CW fans.
‘The Don’ first strapped on the famous yellow gloves at CW 135 in Manchester, stopping Bakhtyaar Oryakhail by TKO in the second round.
He followed that up with a star-making performance against Festus Ahorlu in front of a partisan Belfast crowd at CW 140, before notching up a career-best win against former flyweight champion Luke Shanks at CW 145 in London.
“Dylan Hazan is undefeated for a reason and with the home crowd behind him, there’s going to be a serious atmosphere inside the Fiera Roma…” said CW President Graham Boylan.
“Caolan Loughran had one of the most impressive years of anyone on the roster in 2022, proving all his doubters wrong…now he’s going into enemy territory to prove that he has what it takes to be a champion.”
“We’ve had some incredible 135lb champions in Cage Warriors over the years and on May 6th, one of these guys will continue that tradition!”
