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Dan Hope

Dan Hope (British: born May 14, 1984, Gateshead) is a British mixed martial artist. Hope currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship.

Hope was raised in the North-East of England until age 12. His family then relocated to Cumbria in 1998. Excluding a very brief spell when Hope was 5 years old practising Shotokan Karate with his father, Hope’s first martial arts training was in Muay Thai.

After just over one year hope made his Thai Boxing debut. Hope recorded some notable wins up to 2007 and held the UKMF English 76kg title for 1 year. In 2008 Dan Hope made his amateur MMA debut.

In September 2008 Dan made his professional MMA debut. Hope put in a solid performance and victory over a more experienced opponent within the first round via scalf hold arm bar.

After racking up 7 victories out of 8 bouts Hope was asked to compete in the M-1 Global promotion. In attendance was Vladimir Putin. Hope fought highly regarded Rashid Magomedov at 10 days notice. Hope was stopped early in the first round.

Returning to the domestic scene hope stopped Steven Ray, Currently UK Lightweight, Scottish no1 Lightweight and Cage Warriors Lightweight Title holder in the first round via technical submission.

On the 16th June 2011 Hope made his Cage Warriors debut at Cage Warriors Fight Night 1 in Amman Jordan. This was his first drop to 155lb lightweight division since March 2009. Hope was dominated by the French stand-out fighter Jean N’Doye. Despite this hope won a Fight of the Night bonus after showing incredible toughness and durability in the fight.

Hope fought at 14 days