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A lightweight championship bout between Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett and Soren Bak has been announced for Cage Warriors 96, which takes place in Liverpool’s Echo Arena in September 1st.
Cage Warriors announced the fight over social media.
IT’S ON. 😱
The Baddy. The Viking. The biggest fight in European MMA.
Pimblett vs Bak for the World Lightweight Title, September 1st, @EchoArena. 😳🙌 Full details 👇🏼https://t.co/sMQkUkIkdP pic.twitter.com/ZajhN0ZRV4
— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) June 1, 2018
Pimblett (14-2) is a former Cage Warriors champion. The Liverpudlian captured the vacant featherweight title with a win over Johnny Frachey, before defending the belt once, with a decision win over Julian Erosa. Following his defeat to Nad Narimani, “The Baddy” moved up to lightweight, where he scored a scintillating flying triangle win at Cage Warriors 90.
Bak (11-1) is currently riding a three fight win streak, all under the Cage Warriors banner. “The True Viking” suffered his only professional loss in 2016, before debuting with the promotion, and scoring impressive wins over Scott Clist, Martin Stapleton, and most recently Alexander Jacobsen
Cage Warriors 96 takes place live from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England on Saturday, September 1st.
