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Unbeaten flyweights clash in the middle of Tuesday’s card in what is one of the best fights so far this season on paper as Cage Warriors champ Jake Hadley squares off with TUF 29 alum Mitch Raposo.
A perfect 7-0 in his pro career, Hadley is one of the top prospects coming out of the United Kingdom, having claimed the Cage Warriors flyweight strap with a unanimous decision win over Luke Shanks at the end of last year. The 25-year-old “White Kong” was originally paired off with Kleydson Rodrigues on September 21 but couldn’t make the date due to visa issues. Rodrigues remained on the card and earned himself a contract, and now Hadley will look to do the same here.
The 22-year-old Raposo was the first pick of Team Volkanovski on Season 29 of The Ultimate Fighter, but unfortunately for the Fall River, Massachusetts native, he was bounced from the competition in the opening round, losing to Team Ortega’s Liudvik Sholinian. A grinder representing the Regiment Fight Team, Raposo is 5-0 in his pro career and could instantly establish himself as someone to watch if he’s able to halt Hadley’s run of success and secure himself a UFC contract here.
These are two terrific young fighters, both of whom have bright futures in the sport, so pitting them against one another on Tuesday could very well produce one of the best fights or the biggest statement win of the season so far.