The Amateur academy scene throughout the United Kingdom and its growing influence on the European youth of the future shows that the MMA bug can unlock a whole new avenue of professional potential for fighters when they become one with the trademark yellow gloves. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet the newest barrel blaster ready to create an instant success explosion in Cage Warriors and ignite his ticking clock of youthful fire and flame as he pens chapter one of his MMA story. A professional mixed martial artist since November 2024 and representing GB Top Team under champion coachmaker Brad Pickett, Callum Haughian owns a 1-0 record with his sole win coming via submission. He has spent his entire career as a professional MMA fighter with Cage Warriors and is 1-0 under their banner. Haughian has never gone to the scorecards during his professional journey and has spent his whole career in the United Kingdom. He has a 100 percent finish rate over the course of his career as a professional mixed martial artist with a single second-round finish under his belt in his only appearance in the professional ranks to show for it. He fought for numerous promotions as an Amateur including Cage Warriors Academy Southeast prior to turning professional.
In his professional MMA debut and promotional debut under the Cage Warriors banner on the preliminary card of Cage Warriors 180, he faced Marko Sarasjarvi and submitted him via guillotine choke in the second round. The victory earned Haughian the first submission win of his professional career in addition to his first victory and finish under the Cage Warriors banner. He also secured his first win and finish inside the professional ranks in the process. The more firepower that Haughian manages to gain, the bigger the boom’s blast radius will impact as the tests increase in difficulty!