 In mid @-@ 2006 , Mann signed with top domestic organisation , Cage Rage and made his promotional debut at the Cage Rage : Contenders 1 event against Ashleigh Grimshaw . Mann later stated that the fight was one of his toughest , especially after being hit with an early low blow . The organisation , at the time , adopted the " open guard rule , " allowing fighters to stomp on each other . At the end of the third round , the fight was declared a draw , despite Mann feeling that he had the better of the fight , after a knockdown in the first round and a triangle choke attempt in the second round . 
