BAMMA 8
| BAMMA 8: Manuwa vs Rea | ||||
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| Promotion | British Association of Mixed Martial Arts | |||
| Date | December 10, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Capital FM Arena | |||
| City | Nottingham, England | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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BAMMA 8: Manuwa vs Rea was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BAMMA) on December 10, 2011, at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England.[1]
Background
This event was meant to hold the BAMMA debut of Nate Marquardt, but it has been pushed back to 2012 and will be against Yoshiyuki Yoshida.
Marquardt has shown his desire for his opponent to be UFC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce and BAMMA veteran Paul Daley.[2] Daley, however, later decided not to take the fight, citing that between having already competed 5 times in 2011 from October 21 and being such a high stakes fight, it was in his best interest to look have his next fight in 2012 so he can rest up and work out a gameplan against Marquardt.[3]
UCMMA Light Heavyweight Champion Jimi 'Poster Boy' Manuwa has signed a four fight deal with BAMMA and made his promotional debut on this show.[4]
UFC Hall of Fame member and MMA legend Randy Couture will be appearing at BAMMA 8 to meet fans and sign copies of his new book 'The Last Round'.[5]
BAMMA 8 Live Play by Play [6]
Andre Winner was slated to fight Niko Puhakka in a lightweight title eliminator. However Puhakka was pulled from the card and replaced by Diego Gonzalez.[7]
Official Fight Card
Main card
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Jimi Manuwa vs 
Antony Rea
- Manuwa defeated Rea via TKO (retirement) at 5:00 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Jim Wallhead vs
Joey Villaseñor
- Wallhead defeated Villasenor via KO (punches) at 0:48 of round 1.
- World Lightweight Title Eliminator: Andre Winner vs
Diego Gonzalez
- Winner defeated Gonzalez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Bantamweight bout:
Paul McVeigh vs 
Erik Perez
- Perez defeated McVeigh via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
Preliminary card
- British Middleweight Title:
Jack Marshman vs Leeroy Barnes
- Marshman defeated Barnes via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
- Lightweight bout: Curt Warburton vs Tim Newman
- Warburton defeated Newman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Lightweight bout: Colin Fletcher vs David Round
- Fletcher defeated Round via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:13 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Tom Breese vs Qasim Shafiq
- Breese defeated Shafiq via submission (triangle choke) at 4:20 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Dean Amasinger vs Danny Mitchell
- Mitchell defeated Amasinger via submission (flying triangle choke) at 2:28 of round 2.
- Bantamweight bout: Brent Crawley vs Mark Platts
- Crawley defeated Platts via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:57 of round 1.
- Flyweight bout:
Brian Hyslop vs Ian Malone
- Hyslop defeated Malone via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
References
- ^ "BAMMA 8: MARQUARDT vs. TBC". bamma.com. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ "Nate Marquardt Talks Fight with Paul Daley, Free Agency and BAMMA". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ "Paul Daley Not Fighting at BAMMA 8, Hopes to Face Marquardt in 2012". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ "BAMMA Signs Top British Light Heavyweight Fighter". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ http://mma.mirror.co.uk/2011/10/26/randy-couture-to-attend-bamma-8-in-december/
- ^ http://www.mmahq.com/blog/2011/12/10/bamma-8-live-play-by-play/
- ^ http://www.thefightlounge.co.uk/andre-winner-vs-diego-gonzalez-bamma-8/