DECKY DALTON IS to step in to face Paddy Pimblett on next weekend’s Cage Warriors 113 card in London.
Pimblett (14-3) will be competing for the first time in 18 months at the event, which is scheduled for Friday, 20 March at Indigo at the O2 Arena.
The popular Liverpudlian, who’s a former Cage Warriors featherweight champion, had been preparing to take on Italian fighter Davide Martinez.
However, with the ongoing threat of coronavirus placing Italy on lockdown, Martinez has been ruled out of the lightweight bout.
Instead, Pimblett will now face Dalton (11-4), who has grasped a late notice opportunity to make his Cage Warriors debut against one of the organisation’s biggest names.
The 28-year-old will be making a swift return to action, having recorded a first-round submission win over Frenchman Kalifa Seydi in a featherweight contest that took place in his hometown of Belfast last Saturday night.
The fight is expected to be officially confirmed by the organisation later today.
Dalton will join his Fight Academy Ireland team-mate Joe McColgan on the Cage Warriors 113 card. McColgan is booked for a lightweight clash with Rafael Macedo.
Cage Warriors 113 is due to be headlined by an interim featherweight title bout between Morgan Charrieré and Darko Banović.
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Great servant
Super player. Really underappreciated when he was at his best…. o how we could do with a 30 year old donacha now!!!
Brilliant player in his day. Was a match winner in many a game. Happy retirement
Yes great player and has been great for Cork. Can’t believe he and Kerrigan are still on the panel. Today’s result another embarrassment
@Ger Buckley: He never let the jersey down unlike many 15 years younger who are disgraceful
@Tim Brennan: disgraceful??? I’m not disagreeing that the result was bad but what will abusing the player’s get us?? Might make you feel better alright!!
Donnacha you are an absolute gentleman enjoyed refereeing you and enjoyed watching you as a fellow Duhallow man I want to thank you for all you have done for cork, Duhallow and Ballydesmond. A true great of the game of gaelic football. Best wishes o. Your retirement from the Intercounty game.
Can’t fault him really, the footballers coming through have either no bottle or simply are just not good enough so he’s better off to bow out with his name in tact. There’s surely 15 better footballers in the county than those put out today. Useless would be the understatement of the century
Legends like him deserve to go out on better terms. What a footballer.
Thanks for the memories.