Cage Warriors 185: Riley vs. Abbasov (also known as Cage Warriors 185: Manchester ) is a mixed martial arts event to take place on March 15, 2025 at the BEC Arena in March 14, 2025, in Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Luke Riley vs. Tariel Abbasov
Lightweight Teddy Stringer vs. Antonio Sheldon
Catchweight (160 lb) Adam Cullen vs. Nonato Junior
Lightweight Omiel Brown vs. Yan Blasco
Middleweight George Smith vs. Olli Santalahti
Bantamweight Jack Humphries vs. Nick Beukema
Preliminary card (YouTube / UFC Fight Pass)
Bantamweight Sam Kelly vs. Richard Kallos
Middleweight Ethan Charlton vs. Leon Naumann
Flyweight Connor Wilson vs. TBD
Lightweight Shay Ingram vs. TBD
Flyweight Joe Fields vs. Enrico Di Gangi
Lightweight Chris Prince vs. Alisson Marreira
Flyweight Ryan Hewitt vs. Christian Tebbett
Featherweight Liam Molloy vs. Seyed Hossein Mousavi
Welterweight Mariusz Mikołajewski vs. Joe Ambler
Flyweight Fran Breen vs. Elves Oliveira
Lightweight Joshua Adeboye vs. Aaron Pierre
Background
A featherweight bout between undefeated prospect Luke Riley and Tariel Abbasov is scheduled to headline the event.
It’s fight week in Manchester! Cage Warriors – Europe’s Leading MMA Organisation – is back in Manny with a double header of fight nights at the BEC Arena as our very own month of March Madness continues!
On Friday night, viewers will once again be treated to the studio setting of Unplugged, as an audience of specially invited guests enters the UK’s equivalent of the Apex for a up-close, intimate night of action, with a final card to be confirmed in due course.
On Saturday night, the BEC throws its doors open to the general public for CW 185 and the return of stand-up standout Luke Riley for one last outing in the Famous Yellow Gloves.
The undefeated Next Generation striking sensation will face his toughest test to date in the form of elite wrestler and sambo stylist Tariel Abbasov.
Also in action, undefeated MMA Fight Academy Prospect Teddy Stringer will look to take out the frustrations of an inactive 2024 on UKMMA veteran Antonio Sheldon, in a guaranteed barn-burner at 155lbs.
