A week after hosting back-to-back events in Manchester, Cage Warriors, the premier U.K. MMA promotion, returned on Friday with Cage Warriors 186, featuring two title bouts.
Both Hardwick brothers, George and Harry, were set to defend their lightweight and featherweight titles. In an unusual turn, George’s title defense was scheduled first, closing out the preliminary card on UFC Fight Pass, giving some separation between his and Harry’s bouts.

Cage Warriors 186 full-card results
Main Card Results:
- Featherweight Title: Harry Hardwick (c) defeated Javier Garcia by technical decision (40-37, 40-37, 40-37) after an early stoppage due to a clash of heads.
- Nik Bagley defeated Keweny Lopes by unanimous decision.
- Will Currie defeated Eli Aronov by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27) in a middleweight contest.
- Yannick Bahati knocked out Charles Joyner in just 4 seconds of Round 1 in a light heavyweight fight.
- Tariq Pell defeated Ermil Xhaferi by TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at the end of Round 1 in a lightweight bout.
- Ollie Sarwa knocked out Yadwinder at 4:29 of Round 1 in a catchweight (140 lbs) match.
Preliminary Card Results:
- Lightweight Title: Samuel Silva defeated George Hardwick (c) by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) to claim the Cage Warriors lightweight championship.
- Jawany Scott defeated Jonny Touma by TKO in Round 2 at 1:56 in a flyweight contest.
- Daniel Crooks-May defeated Cameron Stewart by unanimous decision in a lightweight bout.
- Mim Grubb submitted Rhi-Rhi Hudson with a rear-naked choke at 4:13 of Round 1 in a strawweight fight.
- Rafael Aronov defeated Danny Blundell by TKO at 4:02 of Round 1 in a welterweight bout.
- Kadeem Perkins defeated Tommy Brunning by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) in a bantamweight contest.
- Joe Middleton submitted Craig Rawlins with an anaconda choke at 3:00 of Round 3 in a middleweight match.
- Jan Mašek defeated Harry Shaw by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) in a featherweight bout.
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