Cage Warriors’ Cory Tait wants to fight for vacant bantamweight belt

With the Cage Warriors bantamweight championship currently in a vacant state, Cory Tait believes he’s earned the right to compete to be the next champion.

Cage Warriors has yet to officially announce when the next 135-pound title fight will go down or who will participate, but Tait (8-2) is determined to get a place in the fight and is willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen.

“I just want the whole MMA world to not forget about me,” Tait recently told MMAjunkie Radio. “I always feel like I don’t get that fair shake around here. I’m campaigning for that title shot, really.”

The belt is vacant because former divisional kingpin Brett Johns (10-0) failed to make weight for a title bout with James Brum at Cage Warriors 67 this past month. The organization stripped Johns of the belt, and while Brum could have taken it home with a win, Johns out-grappled him over five rounds to take the decision and to keep the belt ownerless.

Johns took a fair amount of criticism for inability to make weight, but Tait said he has nothing but respect for the 22-year-old.

“Credit to Johns,” Tait said. “That was a good fight. I was shocked he was able to do that to Brum. Maybe the extra weight helped him a little bit, I don’t know. Still credit to him. He’s done a fantastic job.”

With Johns claiming that his weight issues are a thing of the past, Tait believes the most logical fight for the vacant belt would be against the former champion.

The potential matchup would present an interesting clash of styles since Tait prefers to keep his fights standing while Johns has a knack for taking out his opponents on the mat.

Tait isn’t trying to be boastful, but he feels his skills would make him a far more entertaining champion than Johns ever was, and that’s one of many reasons why he should get the chance to vie for the vacant title, he said.

“No disrespect to Johns – I’m just trying to get a fight going,” Tait said. “I don’t want to be forgotten because I know I’m good enough. My fights are more exciting than his, so I know people would love to have me as the champion.

“I don’t want to talk too much badness on the guy, but they can’t forget me because I’m great in my own right.”

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