Key takeaways
George Hardwick beat Yann Liasse by knockout at 4:14 of round one in the main event of Cage Warriors 152 at the BEC Arena in Manchester. In the co-main event, Nathan Fletcher beat Daan Duijs by submission at 4:17 of round one at bantamweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, two by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in eleven fights. One of the four decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Ieuan Davies, who stopped Dec Dean at 3:26 of round one, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Dumitru Girlean's knockout of Adam Cullen, 10 minutes and 19 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 46 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: five of seven, against two of the four below it. Michal Folc (knockout, round one) and Liam Gittins (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five weight classes were used, catchweight most often with four bouts.
