Main and co-main events
George Hardwick beat Nicolas Savio by split decision after three rounds in the main event of Cage Warriors 209 at the Graham Boylan in Newcastle. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Nell Ariano beat Norbert Pietrzak after three rounds at light heavyweight.
How the card was decided
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, three by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in eleven fights. One of the three decisions divided the judges.
Finishes and fight times
The quickest finish belonged to Luca Borando, who stopped Leandro Camargo at 2:17 of round one, and six of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Chris Morris's submission of Joshua Onwordi, 12 minutes and 40 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 29 minutes of cage time.
Main card against the prelims
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its five results came early, against three of the six above it. Geoff Pavey (knockout, round one), Randy Mboyo (knockout, round one) and Luca Borando (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Countries, weight classes and broadcast
Six weight classes were used, lightweight most often with four bouts.
