London. August 19th, 2014 – Flagship European Mixed Martial Arts promotion, BAMMA, has announced the following 3 fights to the preliminaries of “BAMMA 16: Daley vs. Fernandes”. The event takes place at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse on 13th September with tickets on sale at http://bit.ly/1xZ6u2g.
ALEXI ROBERTS VS. JACK GRANT – LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
Alexei “Boom” Roberts competes out of Team Kyouken with a professional record of 10-6-0 that includes losses against experienced competition. 80% of the Hampshire fighter’s wins have come via stoppage; with 40% by KO or TKO, and 40% by Submission. Roberts has previously earned the ITC Welterweight and Lightweight titles and is the former Shock N Awe Welterweight champion. Roberts debuted on BAMMA at “BAMMA Fight Night: Askham vs Nunes” to lose against wrestler Artem Kotov in a compelling match.
Jack Grant holds a professional record of 7-1-0 with 6 first round victories and a history against solid competition. 2014 ushered in a Rear Naked Choke victory over Abi El Kalphi at OMMAC 20, a Split Decision loss to Jefferson George at BAMMA 15 and a recent first round, Calf Slicer Submission of Georgi Stoyanov at CSFC. Other notable fights include a round 1 KO of Jason Ball just 38 seconds into the round, in December 2013. Jack Grant fights out of the Fight Ministry in Grimsby.
JEFFERSON GEORGE VS MARC DIAKIESE – LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
Jefferson George AKA ‘Shadow Demon Blaximus’ competes out of Morefire Icon Jiu Jitsu Team in Luton. BAMMA 13 saw George victorious over Marius Marzec via Rear Naked Choke at the close of Round 2; while BAMMA 14 brought the athlete a cut that lead to a frustrating early Doctor’s Stoppage. BAMMA 15 brought success again when the Shadow Demon overtook Jack Grant on the judges’ scorecards but was followed by a loss at KSW 27, when George fell foul of a decision. He redeemed himself at Warrior Fight Series in June against Jamie Reynolds. With the majority of his wins scored via Submission, George holds a current professional MMA record of 5-2.
Marc Diakiese was unbeaten at Amateur over 9 fights, and has remained undefeated at Professional level with a record of 4-0. On recently inking a 5 fight deal with BAMMA, Diakiese has his eyes set on the BAMMA belts.
Manager, Carl Messan, commented: “Marc is one of the hottest upcoming prospects in UKMMA. He is determined to be the BAMMA champ, first the British champ and then the World.”
ANT PHILLIPS VS MIKE GRUNDY – FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
About to make his professional debut at BAMMA 16, Mike Grundy scored a record of 6-0 at Amateur level and the AFC Lightweight title. Grundy recently attained Bronze in the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in wrestling, in which he is ranked 12th in the world. Grundy first began wrestling at the age of 7 and has since been 10 times GBR champion, has won numerous international accolades and previously represented at the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010. Grundy trains out Kaobon in Liverpool.
Ant “Submission Magician” Phillips is a former Cage Control Featherweight champion and the 2011 ICO World Champion. He holds a reported Professional MMA record of 9-7-0 dating back to 2008. Hailing from Birmingham, Phillips fights out of Black Country Combat.
BAMMA 16 FIGHTCARD SO FAR
WELTERWEIGHT BOUT
PAUL ‘SEMTEX’ DALEY VS. IGOR ‘CHATUBINHA’ FERNANDES
BAMMA WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
MANSOUR BARNAOUI VS. MIKE BRIGHTMON
BAMMA WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
TOM DUQUESNOY VS. ASHLEIGH GRIMSHAW
BAMMA LONSDALE BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
LEON EDWARDS VS. SHAUN TAYLOR
BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT
MIKE WOOTTEN VS. ANTOINE GALLINARO
FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
SHAY WALSH VS. PAUL REED
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
ALEXEI ROBERTS VS. JACK GRANT
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
JEFFERSON GEORGE VS. MARC DIAKIESE
FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
ANTHONY PHILLIPS VS. MIKE GRUNDY
