Making your professional debut on short notice with a prominent organization never really tells the whole story of who you are once the mask of intrigue comes off to enter the mixed martial arts arena. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet the newest hive hatchling ready to come out stinging in the hope of his career being sweet as honey for Cage Warriors for future Manchester buzz. A professional mixed martial artist since November 2025 and representing Manchester Top Team, Nathanael Woods holds a 1-0 record with his only win coming via decision over a period of three rounds and a timeframe of 15 minutes. He is 1-0 under the Cage Warriors banner. Woods has spent his whole career as a professional MMA fighter in the United Kingdom. His lone appearance in the professional ranks has resulted in a unanimous verdict. Woods fought for several promotions as an Amateur, including Full Contact Contender, UK Fighting Championships, FightStar Championship and Kingdom Combat Championship before turning professional.
In his professional MMA debut and promotional debut under the Cage Warriors banner on the preliminary card of Cage Warriors 198 at a catchweight of 130 pounds, he faced Matthew Friel and went on to defeat him via unanimous decision. The victory scored Woods the first decision win of his professional career alongside win number one under the Cage Warriors banner. He also picked up his first overall victory as a professional mixed martial artist in the process. Woods may just be beginning his professional adventure but is already showing a punch of zippiness when his home hive is under the microscope so foes entering Manchester should pay head about stirring up a hornet’s nest abuzz with anger amongst a cheering swarm of support for their local and homegrown talents all across the area hive to keep the yellow gloves humming in tuneful harmonies!
Woods v Friel Cage Warriors 198
