Swedish-Nigerian featherweight standout Wasi Adeshina is set to compete at the upcoming Cage Warriors 153 card in Dublin on April 29.
The promotion, known to be the No. 1 UFC feeder league in Europe, today announced that Adeshina will take on Irishman Decky Mcaleenan on the card.
“Wasi Adeshina will silence the Irish crowd”
Adeshina is coming off a decision victory against Ireland’s Glenn McVeigh and is now riding a four-fight win streak in Swedish promotion FCR MMA. “The Nigerian Jaguar’s” current pro record is 5-2, including a somewhat controversial DQ loss against fellow Swede Mario Markus in a fight that he was winning prior to connecting with an illegal knee.
His opponent Mcaleenan has a professional record of 7-5-1 and is currently on a two-fight losing skid, most recently losing to Sweden’s Tobias Harila by way of first-round knockout.
“Wasi Adeshina will silence the Irish crowd,” Adeshina’s management team JDZ management wrote on Instagram following the fight announcement.
Updated Cage Warriors 153 fight card
Cage Warriors 153 goes down in Dublin’s 3Arena and airs live on UFC Fight Pass. Check out the latest fight card according to Cage Warriors’ official website down below!
- Welterweight title bout: (C) Rhys Mckee vs. (IC) Jimmy Wallhead
- Welterweight bout: James Sheehan vs. Oban Elliott
- Featherweight bout: Ryan Shelley vs. Tobias Harila
- Featherweight bout: Decky Mcaleenan vs. Wasi Adeshina
- Bantamweight bout: Taka Mhandu vs. Benoit Blanc
- Welterweight bout: Adam Darby vs. Jack Tucker
- Middleweight bout: Paddy Mccorry vs. Angus Hewett
- Lightweight bout: Leon Hill vs. Marcin Zembala
- Featherweight bout: Solomon Simon vs. Dorian Cliucinicou
- Middleweight bout: Kyle Mcclurkin vs. Owain Williams
- Flyweight bout: Ryan Curtis vs. Nicolas Leblond
- Lightweight bout: Dean Barry vs. Adam Shelley
- Bantamweight bout: Alexander O’Sullivan vs. Tom Wright
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