“Father Father Father, help us, send us some guidance from above, ’cause people got me questioning, Where is the Love?” 

That song comes into my head every single time I think about Cage Warriors Lightweight Champion Chris Fishgold. Chris is arguably one of the most feared competitors on the UK MMA circuit right now. The Liverpudlian holds a record of 15-1-1, with his only loss being a very questionable decision to say the least against Gi Bum Moon at PRO Fighting 10 in Taiwan. The draw on Fishgold’s record came against another one of the most feared fighters in the UK, Ryan Roddy; you can see our interview with Ryan here, he talks participating on SAS: Who Dares Wins and returning to fighting.

Let me make this clear, I’m not asking where the love is because Fishgold doesn’t receive any, but I definitely feel he deserves a tonne more credit than he gets. He is, of course, team mates with the now infamous Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett, and holds wins over a who’s who of talent. The Next Generation MMA product has won his last five fights, and in that time has never gone past the three minute mark.

Yes, three minutes! Two explosively quick stoppages over Benjamin Baudrier at ICE 9 and Alejandro Ferreira at ICE FC 11 were followed by a submission over Jordan Miller at Cage Warriors 75 in just 64-seconds. Fishgold weren’t happy with just three first round stoppages, and wanted more. He got his fourth first round stoppage at Cage Warriors 77 against Adam Boussif, capturing the CWFC Lightweight Championship in just one minute and thirty three seconds. Following the victory, Fishgold missed the last bus home, and therefore in his next appearance made up for it, submitting Jason Ponet in, again, 64-seconds. Let me tell you, Chris made that bus comfortably.

Why doesn’t Chris Fishgold get the same attention as his team mate, Mr. Pimblett, you ask? Well, it certainly has nothing to do with talent. Fishgold and Pimblett both have an array of talent and have the ability to beat any man they step into the cage with, so what does it come down to?

Marketing. 

Patrick Pimblett says what he wants, and he doesn’t mix his words when doing so, Chris Fishgold, however, is more conservative. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It would be a bad thing if Chris was being somebody he wasn’t just to get more attention. Every now and then we see Chris speak his mind, and goodness is it exciting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXD-6-mkv9E&index=10&list=PLfmSM7mFhz6cZXjMWa77MAldT3hfGWZK1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXD-6-mkv9E&index=10&list=PLfmSM7mFhz6cZXjMWa77MAldT3hfGWZK1

The image above is from my post fight interview with Chris following Cage Warriors 78, in the video I asked him about long time rival Jim Alers. This was definitely one of the times Chris spoke his mind.

Realistically, Chris not getting the full praise he deserves doesn’t matter that much, I’m sure the UFC have already seen what he is capable of doing and are keeping a close eye on him. Go and see him while you can, folks, because he’s not going to be around here for much longer.

I say that, but you can’t actually buy tickets to Chris’ next fight, as he fights in the co-main event of Cage Warriors: Unplugged this weekend agains UFC veteran Nic Herron-Webb.

Cage Warriors: Upnlugged is an invite only event where the public are unable to purchase tickets like the usually would. 

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