Profile of the

"Northern Cartel"

The Cagewarriors Pro Fight Team

 

 

 

Special Thanks go out to Ian Dean and Cagewarriors.com for the following article:

 

The Northern Cartel is a collection of clubs who train together in and around the Manchester/Yorkshire area

of England. Although originally made up of four clubs, the Northern Cartel has gradually expanded over the

last two years and now offers a range of MMA based training opportunities.

 

They were "adopted” as the Cagewarriors Fighting Championships official team in 2003 and have featured in

either organizing or fighting on Cagewarriors shows since then. In 2004, they completed work on a

permanent hub for the group in Diggle, Huddersfield, called the Quannum gym.

http://www.quannumfitness.co.uk/

The Northern Cartel team is made up of fighters from various background including Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,

Submission wrestling and Muay Thai  - and also include vale tudo and amateur boxing champions. In the

spring of 2004, they scored a big coup when they acquired the services of UFC 38 veteran Leigh Remedios

(who is the UK’s number 1 featherweight fighter). Although they are a young team, they have already

appeared on all of the UK's premier shows and now wish to test their skills in other European and World

organizations.

 

If you are an Ultimate Fighting/Mixed Martial Arts promoter and wish to know more about this group or wish

to have them on your show, please check out the roster and contact information below.

 

Due to logistical reasons, the Northern Cartel can only have three fighters per show and they also require a

day before weigh-in as well as hotel accommodation.

 

The roster is as follows...


Female Fighters

- Serena Sykes - u55k (121 lbs) first time fighter

- Diane B - u50k (110 lbs) First time fighter

Male Fighters

- Jamie Jebson - Lightweight - u70k (154 lbs), first time fighter

- Dean Emerson - Lightweight - u70k (154 lbs), 1-1-0

- John O'Malley - Middleweight - u84k (185 lbs),  0-1-0

- Mark Spencer - Lightweight - u70k (154 lbs)

- Matt Thorpe - Welterweight - u77k (170 lbs)

- Dave Butlin - Welterweight - u77k (170 lbs), dependant on Dave returning to fighting

- Ian Butlin - Lightweight - u70k (154 lbs)

- Leigh Remedios - Featherweight - u65.8k (145 lbs), Leigh is a UFC 38 vet but is managed by Julian

  Sonessa.

To find out more about the Northern Cartel please go to:
http://www.cagewarriors.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=43

Or to enquire about having a Cartel member fight on your show, please contact Aaron Chatfield of

Stream-9 at aaron.chatfield@stream-9.com

 

 

- From Ian Dean and Cagewarriors.com (with a little editing from us, color, highlights, etc...)

 

  

(1/9/05)