On the occasion of its historic 100th event, Cage Warriors delivered with 10 fights, and nary a decision in Cardiff, Wales.

In the main event, Jack Shore (10-0) became the promotion’s new bantamweight champion with a dominant performance against Mike Ekundayo (7-1). He finished Ekundayo with 53 seconds left in the third round to cap off a night of 10 fights, 10 finishes. And he did it in front of his home fans.

Cage Warriors 100 took place at Viola Arena in Cardiff, Wales. The main card aired on UFC Fight Pass following prelims on Facebook.

Ekundayo tried to find a home for his jab early, but Shore threw a combination that forced him to move inside to tie things up. But after 40 seconds of clinch work, Shore gave his home fans a thrill when he took the fight to the canvas in a bit of a surprise move. Shore tried to pop out to side control, but had to settle for keeping Ekundayo uncomfortable from half-guard.

Ekundayo tried to scramble, but Shore may him pay quickly with an arm-triangle choke. From where Ekundayo was against the fence, Shore wasn’t able to get it on tight enough, but instead just made Ekundayo plenty uncomfortable. With 1:15 left, Shore was able to take Ekundayo’s back when Ekundayo turned. Shore worked for a rear-naked choke and forced Ekundayo to adjust. That let Shore get to full mount with 30 seconds left. A big elbow forced Ekundayo to turn again, but Shore couldn’t get the finish in what turned out to be a dominant first for the home-country fan favorite.

In the second, Ekundayo turned the tables and brought Shore to the canvas. He pushed Shore up against the fence. Ekundayo was bleeding from his head into Shore’s body, but Ekundayo wasn’t able to do a ton of damage. Shore was able to reverse the position, then got on top and went to work trying to finish Ekundayo with punches. He alternated between strikes and choke attempts, but again couldn’t get the finish.

Shore brought things to the canvas straight way into the third and made Ekundayo uncomfortable in a hurry. Ekundayo kept taking punishment from Shore, who jumped to mount and stayed heavy with ground-and-pound. And finally, with less than a minute left in the frame, Marc Goddard shut things down with Ekundayo exhausted and bleeding.

Dean Trueman taps Aiden Lee, wins featherweight belt
In the co-main event, Dean Trueman joined the likes of Conor McGregor as fighters to hold Cage Warriors’ featherweight title when he finished Aiden Lee in the third round.

Trueman had an omoplata opportunity in the middle frame, and when Trueman landed several quick hammerfists to Lee’s exposed face, it was enough to get the finish at the 3:36 mark of the third.

Lee looked for a takedown fairly early, then eventually got Trueman to the canvas. Trueman couldn’t avoid giving his back, and Lee locked up a body triangle. Lee went after a rear-naked choke, but Trueman fought the first one off. Lee rained some punches in from his back while Trueman tried to find a way out, but Lee had well more than two minutes to work with. Lee kept the body triangle locked on, then stepped over and took back mount. Then Trueman rolled over again and Lee had another shot at the rear-naked choke. Trueman had a brief chance to escape, but Lee stayed on him – just couldn’t get the finish.

Things slowed down in the second, but with a minute left a spinning kick from Trueman landed to the body. It forced Lee to move in on him and tie him up, and he was able to take Trueman’s back on the feet. He worked for a choke late, but didn’t have enough time to finish it.

Trueman’s striking seemed to come on a little stronger in the third round, and 90 seconds in Lee had to shoot for a takedown. He wasn’t able to land it this time, though, and Trueman made him work for it to no avail. Instead, Trueman landed a takedown – but instead of going to the canvas, he had Lee stand up.

He paid for that decision quickly when Lee took him back down, but Trueman countered by going after an omoplata. Then he started landing hammer fists – and suddenly referee Rich Mitchell stopped the fight. The result officially was a TKO, though Lee may have verbally submitted. Lee took three punches, but his shoulder was in a bad way.

Khalid submits Foss in second
Aaron Khalid (9-4-1) struggled mightily in the first round against Hakon Foss (9-6), but turned the page in the second for a submission win – though it was a disputed one.

Foss and Khalid traded early, then two minutes in started talking to each other. Foss tried a few spinning back kicks, but couldn’t get them to land cleanly. A high kick from Foss was blocked midway through. With a minute left, Foss landed a kick, then backed Khalid up with a jab. With 40 seconds left, Khalid took Foss down, but he was back up quickly. Another takedown was good for Khalid late.

A minute into the second, Khalid started to put a bunch of offense together on the feet. He wobbled Foss and had him covering up. A few seconds later, he was able to easily get a takedown since Foss was concerned about the strikes. Khalid quickly locked in a rear-naked choke, but Foss fought his way out.

Shortly thereafter, though, Khalid got a D’Arce choke locked in, and when Marc Goddard checked his arm, he determined he was out and waved the fight off. Foss protested that he wasn’t out, but Foss didn’t move his arm and it appeared to be limp. Had Foss moved his arm to indicate to Goddard he was OK, he may have compromised his position further – but it didn’t change the fact Khalid had the choke on tight and Foss was in a bad spot. The ending came at the 2:18 mark of the middle frame.

Dalby survives rough start to top Mulpeter
It was a rough first round for UFC veteran Nicolas Dalby (16-3-1), but he rallied late in the first, then took over in the second and third to get a third-round TKO against Philip Mulpeter (9-6).

Mulpeter wasted no time and took Dalby to the canvas and quickly got to half-guard. He put pressure on Dalby’s neck and shoudler and tried to pass to mount. Two minutes in, Dalby finally worked his way out and got his back to the fence, but Mulpeter stayed tight on him. When Dalby tried to create space, Mulpeter took him back down. Dalby reversed and got back to his feet, then landed a left kick to the head that stumbled Mulpeter briefly and forced him to quickly again look for a takedown. Dalby rallied late, and at least gave Mulpeter something to worry about in the second.

In the second, Dalby was able to turn the tables with two minutes left and got on top in side control. He quickly jumped to full mount, then went after a rear-naked choke. Mulpeter turned over and took some punches, then got stuck in a choke from Dalby. With 50 seconds left, Dalby had to let loose and went back to striking, but it was a big momentum shift in his favor.

Dalby took over in the striking game in the third and seemed to put Mulpeter in trouble several times. But like a zombie Mulpeter kept pushing forward and taking the punishment, just surviving. Midway through the frame, Mulpeter tried to shoot to get back to the canvas, but Dalby easily stuffed it and landed an uppercut, then a knee.

And with 90 seconds, Dalby started laying on the punishment. Over and over, he landed till Mulpeter was clearly punch drunk and out on his feet. Referee Rich Mitchell stepped in to shut things down at the 3:32 mark of the frame.

Scott Malone taps out home favorite Josh Reed
Scott Malone went into enemy territory and laid the “Boom Boom” down on Josh Reed in a hurry. Malone (6-1), fighting Reed (7-3) in Reed’s home country, delivered a quick takedown and an armbar to win it at the 2:16 mark of the opening frmae. The fighters traded low kicks early, but Malone worked his way to the takedown and went to work on Reed on the canvas. Eventually, Malone got an armbar locked on and put Reed in trouble. Malone kept working on the hold while Reed continued to defend, and eventualy with one extra little torque from Malone, Reed had to tap.

Cage Warriors 100 results:

MAIN CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET)

• Jack Shore def. Mike Ekundayo via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 4:07 – to win vacant bantamweight title
• Dean Trueman def. Aiden Lee via TKO – Round 3, 3:36 – to win vacant featherweight title
• Aaron Khalid def. Hakon Foss via technical submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 2, 2:18
• Nicolas Dalby def. Philip Mulpeter via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 3:32
• Scott Malone def. Josh Reed via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:16

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 1:45 p.m. ET)

• Alex Lohore def. Tim Barnett via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:41
• Rhys McKee def. Jefferson George via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:44
• Aiden Stephen def. Kris Edwards via verbal submission (kimura) – Round 2, 1:57
• Jai Herbert def. Joe McColgan via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:00
• Brett Hassett def. Michael Corston via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 0:21

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