{"id":7413,"date":"2011-02-09T10:07:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=7413"},"modified":"2011-02-09T10:09:14","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:09:14","slug":"bamma-breaking-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=7413","title":{"rendered":"BAMMA: Breaking MMA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>BAMMA (British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) are excited to announce the full fight card for their much hyped February 26th event at Manchester\u2019s MEN Arena.
\nBAMMA 5 has already created excitement with the announcement of its explosive headlining fight which sees DEEP\u2019s current Welterweight champ, Yuya Shirai face the UK\u2019s contemporary fight legend, Paul Semtex Daley.<\/p>\n

An announcement from U.S. fight promotion, Strikeforce, that Daley\u2019s pending title shot is now dependent on a win at BAMMA has added further intensity to an already exhilarating bout; and attracted the eyes of international fight fans and press alike.<\/p>\n

Now, prior to Londoner James McSweeney\u2019s anticipated slugfest with former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez, BAMMA can confirm a hot middleweight match between Swansea\u2019s John Philips and France\u2019s Jean-Francoise Lenogue.<\/p>\n

Philips is renowned for his aggressive stand up and knock-out power with his last 5 fights lasting less than 5 minutes. Having previously lost to current BAMMA middleweight champion Tom Watson, Philips is itching for his chance to take the belt. Meanwhile, Lenogue is back on the up after a unanimous decision win over Damir Mihajlovic in November. Another exciting addition to the card is the contest between rising British middleweight Alex Makhonin and ex UFC and Cage Rage star Xavier \u201cProfessor X\u201d Foupa-Pokam, with Makhonin looking to add to his 6 fight win streak and Professor X looking to break his 3 fight losing streak. A must win on both counts.<\/p>\n

The under-card continues its promise to showcase the cream of British and European talent, with the addition of a welterweight matchup between Leeroy Barnes and Mohsen Bahari. BAMMA can guarantee that this will be one of the strongest MMA cards in UK history.<\/p>\n

In the wake of BAMMA\u2019s groundbreaking partnership deal with Universal Networks channel Syfy, not only is the event significant in its line up but also pioneering in its televisation. For the very first time British audiences will be able to access Mixed Martial Arts live on non-subscription TV. With plans for SyFy to screen all five BAMMA events over the course of 2011, Bamma 5 will christen the airwaves at 9PM on Saturday 26th February.<\/p>\n

Liam Fisher, Vice President of Business Development at BAMMA comments \u201cSpeaking purely as an MMA fan, this is a fantastic card. The return of Paul Daley, Ricco\u2019s 10 fight win streak, big matches for John Phillips and Alex Makhonin, Professor X, The Hammer, the list goes on! Manchester better be prepared!\u201d<\/p>\n

BAMMA 5 Full Fight Card:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Daley Vs Yuya Shirai (Welterweight Championship)
\nRicco Rodriguez Vs James McSweeney
\nJohn Philips Vs Jean-Francois Lenogue
\nAlex Makhonin Vs Xavier Foupa-Pokam
\nUnder-Card:
\nDaniel \u201cDenzil\u201d Thomas Vs AJ Wenn
\nLeeroy Barnes Vs Mohsen Bahari
\nRob Mills Vs Leigh Cohoon
\nJason Ball Vs Peter Duncan
\nPaul Cook Vs Tom Maguire
\nTim Newman Vs Diego Vital
\nCostas Doru Vs Liam James
\nFranky Slater Vs Jeremy Petley<\/p>\n

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BAMMA (British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) are excited to announce the full fight card for their much hyped February 26th event at Manchester\u2019s MEN Arena. BAMMA 5 has already created excitement with the announcement of its explosive headlining fight which sees DEEP\u2019s current Welterweight champ, Yuya Shirai face the UK\u2019s contemporary fight legend, Paul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2552,234,510],"class_list":["post-7413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-bamma","tag-england","tag-mma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7413"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}