The recent trips to Ireland by Cage Warriors have shown that coming away with at least a few prospects for a respective division is never out of the question. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will be introduced to the next bludgeoning bowler ready to knock opponents down in the perfect career quest for the organization at welterweight for the 2024 Calendar year as one of the 12 overall signings for the new year’s roster expansion for Europe’s worldwide leader on the MMA front. A professional mixed martial artist since December 2023 and representing The Honeybadger Academy and Team KF MMA, Dara Ward owns a 1-0 record with his one and only victory coming via knockout. He has a single second-round finish under his belt in his lone appearance as a professional mixed martial artist with a finish rate of 100 percent to show for it. Ward has never gone to the scorecards at any juncture over the course of his career as a professional MMA fighter and has spent his entire professional career in his home nation of Ireland. He has fought for Premier MMA. Ward also fought for several promotions as an amateur prior to turning professional in 2023 including Cage Legacy and Akuma Fighting Championship.
In his professional MMA debut in the co-main event of Premier MMA 1, he faced Marian Matei and went on to defeat him in the second round. The victory scored Ward the first knockout win of his professional career in addition to his only finish as a professional thus far. He also picked up his first win in the professional ranks in the process. Ward is certainly one grim reaper that opponents do not dare encounter because nightmares will haunt their sleepless spirits when they venture down the hallway of gloom and dread, so watch where you set foot instead!