April 29th, 2014 – BAMMA is excited to announce the launch of BAMMA Fight Nights, which kick off with “BAMMA Fight Night: Askham vs Nunes” in Southampton on 7th June 2014. The event will be headlined by Scott Askham vs Max Nunes for the BAMMA World Middleweight title and takes place at the O2 Guildhall. Tickets will be on sale at Ticketmaster and 023 8063 2601.
BAMMA Fight Nights will bring the show to more local areas and increase the opportunities for people to experience a BAMMA event on their doorstep. The nights will provide a proving ground for up and coming fighters on a BAMMA platform and create the opportunity for more regular fights for contracted fighters.
Managing director, Ashley Bothwell, said:
“We’re looking forward to increasing the BAMMA footprint outside the main cities and reaching local audiences on their home turf. While the glitz and glamour of the bigger arena shows is a draw, we also want to make BAMMA events accessible to more fans across regional areas, and take away the expense of travel and accommodation by bringing the show to them. Besides showcasing our stars to a wider audience, we’re also excited about unearthing upcoming talent from extended areas of the country and for these guys to be able to perform in front of their home crowd.”
BAMMA’s following event, BAMMA 16, is set to be BAMMA’s most prestigious event to date and is to be announced shortly. Two further arena shows are scheduled before the end of the year.
SCOTT ASKHAM VS MAX NUNES FOR THE BAMMA WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
BAMMA’s exclusively signed World Champion, Scott Askham, holds a professional record of 11-0-0, with his first 8 professional victories achieved between 4 seconds and 2:48 and a flawless record at Amateur. The majority of his wins have been attained via TKO. Askham debuted in the BAMMA cage for BAMMA 12 where he defeated the now BAMMA Lonsdale British Middleweight champion, Harry McLeman, by Rear Naked Choke, before going onto secure a victory over BAMMA’s former British champion, Jack Marshman. He returned for BAMMA 13 where he defeated BJJ black belt, Jorge Michelan Bezerra to earn the BAMMA World Middleweight belt. The Doncaster fighter was slated to fight Ion Pascu at BAMMA 14 but was forced to withdraw due to injury. “BAMMA Fight Night: Askham vs Nunes” sees the champion’s first title challenge play out.
“At Light Heavyweight, Max “Power” Nunes was the golden boy of the UK scene as he went undefeated over his first 10 professional fights. BAMMA 11 saw him demolish Kevin Thompson via TKO at 1:40 into round 1 and achieve the 8th 1st round finish of his career. Nunes went on to face unorthodox Marcin Lazarz at BAMMA 12, in a tricky bout that was his first to stretch to the third round. BAMMA 13 ushered in Nunes’ first career loss against Jason Jones in a bout for the BAMMA World Light Heavyweight title, after which Nunes made the decision to drop to Middleweight and took on Romanian Ion Pascu in a BAMMA 14 scrap that went the distance in Max’s favour. Now based back in his homeland Sweden, Nunes returns for the title shot at Middleweight following a 1st round victory over Boris Miroshnichenko at Pro FC. Nunes holds a current record of 13-1-0 and trains between Allstars Training Centre in Stockholm and Alliance in San Diego.
