Cage Warriors 113 lineup builds with UFC vet Danilo Belluardo vs. Mason Jones

The lineup for Cage Warriors’ March return to its home stomping ground of London continues to grow with the addition of several new fights, including one with a UFC veteran.

Danilo Belluardo (13-5) has signed with the promotion for a lightweight bout against the unbeaten Mason Jones (8-0), the promotion announced Friday along with several other bookings.

In addition, former featherweight title challenger Steve Aimable (14-6) meets Perry Goodwin (9-7), and Scottish prospect Aidan Stephen (6-2) takes on Emrah Sonmez (11-2) at 145 pounds. Welterweights Hakon Foss (9-8) and Nathan Jones (13-9) have been booked for a meeting, as have Matthew Bonner (6-5-1) and Jamie Richardson (8-5) at middleweight.

Cage Warriors 113 takes place March 20 at indigo at The O2 in London. The card streams on UFC Fight Pass. The next day, the UFC visit The 02 for UFC on ESPN+ 29.

Jones was the Cage Warriors “Fight of the Year” in voting done by the promotion’s fans in 2019. The 24-year-old Welshman went 2-0 in 2019 with decision wins over Donovan Desmae and Aleksi Mantykivi. In 2018, he went 4-0 with three wins by stoppage.

Italy’s Belluardo will be Jones’ most experienced opponent yet. After a six-fight winning streak, he signed with the UFC in 2019. But he lost both his fights with the promotion by TKO to Joel Alvarez and Mark Madsen. Now he’ll try to snap his skid in his Cage Warriors debut.

The Cage Warriors 113 lineup includes:

• Samir Faiddine vs. Luke Shanks – for flyweight title
• Donovan Desmae vs. Paddy Pimblett
• Danilo Belluardo vs. Mason Jones
• Steve Aimable vs. Perry Goodwin
• Hakon Foss vs. Nathan Jones
• Emrah Sonmez vs. Aidan Stephen
• Matthew Bonner vs. Jamie Richardson
• Ian Garry vs. TBA
• Coner Hignett vs. TBA
• Darren O’Gorman vs. TBA
• Kingsley Crawford vs. TBA
• James Hendin vs. TBA