This week, we confirmed actor Tiny Lister, best known for his role as the neighborhood bully Deebo from the Friday movie series, as the host for our first ever Cage Vs Cons event.

Lister will be serving as the host, who will introduce talent in the ring and on the stage. We have some other cool stuff planned as well, so stay tuned ... and sign up to our email list to receive updated info first!

Make sure to visit his official website at TommyTinyLister.com. For more info on the upcoming event, visit our info and line-ups page here.

Our next casting call is coming up...

It's on January 6, 2011 at Hooters in Hollywood, where we will audition professionally MMA fighters and ring girls/models for our upcoming Cage Vs Cons event on May 21 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

Address: 6922 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA. 90028
Time: 5:00 p.m.

Cage Vs Cons will take place in front of 16,000 people and be filmed for our movie, of the same title, which will air on Pay-Per-View and be carried in major retail stores.

We are looking for fighters that are ex-convicts, as well as fighters with interesting hobbies or careers such as motocross, skating, surfing, tattooing, law enforcement, etc.

We are also looking for models that would like to be ring girls, hostesses, dancers, actresses...

ALL MODELS AND FIGHTERS WILL EAT FOR FREE AT THE CASTING CALL. Please invite friends and family to enjoy a fun night!!

In mid-December, we held our first casting call at Willy's BBQ in Augora Hills, California ... and had a great turn-out. More than 40 fighters showed up to audition with us for our very first event. We did tons of interviews, and are still deciding on fighters, but another casting call is coming.

Below are a few photos from that night:

Our first casting call for fighters and models went down in Agoura Hills last week. Nearly 40 fighters showed up to audition, and we found a lot of good talent. A great start to our upcoming, first Cage Vs Cons event.

Staffers from the Ventura County Star were on hand, taking photos and interviewed Cage founder Michael Lynch and Scott Hemming, CEO and founder of Caged In Promotions (who is our lead promoter). Below is an excerpt of the paper's article about Cage Vs Cons:

Michael Lynch looked up and smiled. Finally, answers he had been waiting all night to hear were starting to roll in to his questions: “Have you ever been incarcerated?” and “Have you ever been involved with gangs?”

“All right, now we’re getting somewhere,” said Lynch, after Tom Gloudeman, a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter from Palmdale, admitted on camera that he once spent six months behind bars.

It was not your typical casting call. Lynch asked those questions last week on the outdoor patio at Willy’s BBQ and Grill Smokehouse in Agoura Hills. It was the first of two events to seek participants for “Cage Vs. Cons,” a music festival and night of MMA fights planned May 21 for the Los Angeles Sports Arena. The fighters will be featured in a documentary ahead of time to help fans decide who they want to root for.

Next up was Aaron Maynard, another professional MMA fighter from Inez, Ky., who arrived in California two weeks ago to train with former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten at his Elite Mixed Martial Arts gym in Thousand Oaks.

Maynard, a lanky white kid who you’d picture taking cookies to his grandmother on Sundays, was asked if he’d ever done any underground street fighting and the questions about gangs, which seemed to puzzle Maynard. “I guess they probably don’t have too many gangs in Kentucky,” Lynch said.

“Not too many,” replied Maynard, who then mentioned that his father was a Kentucky state trooper. Bingo. Lynch threw his head back again and imagined the possible matchup: Gloudeman vs. Maynard. A bout made in heaven for fans who attend the cage matches that are officially sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission. It will pit professional fighters who have served time against those who haven’t.

The concept was created by Lynch, founder of Felony Fights, which has produced some of the top underground fight videos on the market today. It is being promoted by Scott Hemming, CEO and founder of Caged In Promotions, a Ventura County promotional events company that has put on six MMA fights at venues such as the Hyatt Westlake Plaza and the Oxnard Performing Arts and Convention Center.

Thanks to the Ventura County Star for their support. Read the full story over at VCStar.com.

As you can see, the official CageVsCons.com has launched ... finally.

Here you will find all the latest info about our upcoming, first Cage Vs Cons event, set to take place at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on May 21, 2011. So far, we've revealed some of the top acts set to perform, but other info is still to come.

Some of the site's sections are still under construction, so bare with us. They will be completed soon.

Add us on Facebook at Facebook.com/CageVsCons, and on Twitter @CageVsCons for up-to-the-minute info.

Scott Hemming and Hervi Estrada of Caged In Promotions, as well as Michael Lynch (producer of Cage Vs Cons), are holding a first of three casting calls for fighters for the upcoming, first Cage Vs Cons Music/MMA event, to be held at the La Sports Arena on May 21st.

The casting call will consist of an on-camera interview with a short series of questions this Tuesday (December 14) at 5 p.m. at Willy's BBQ (exit Kanan)

Address: 28434 Roadside, Augora Hills, 91301. For info, call 818-991-7227.

A buffet will be included for fighters "only". Please invite all your friends and family for support.

Girls who would like to be involved as ring girl or models, should show up as well.