London. August 26th, 2014 – Flagship European Mixed Martial Arts promotion, BAMMA, has completed the professional card for “BAMMA 16: Daley vs. Fernandes” with the signing of an opening Welterweight clash between James Bray and Sam Ferguson. With Amateur fights still to be announced, the event takes place at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse on 13th September. Tickets are on sale at http://bit.ly/1xZ6u2g.
Headlined by the notorious Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley against Brazilian Igor Fernandes, BAMMA 16 also presents 3 title fights: Mansour Barnaoui returns to defend the World Lightweight belt from American Michael Brightmon; Tom Duquesnoy faces challenger Ashleigh Grimshaw for the BAMMA World Featherweight title; while explosive Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards faces Shaun Taylor to defend the BAMMA Lonsdale British Welterweight title.
Other names of note include TUF star and Ronda Rousey training partner, Mike Wootten; and debuting Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, Mike Grundy, alongside a host of UK talent.
The latest preliminary bout to be added pits James Bray (0-1) against Sam Ferguson (1-1). “Ruthless” James Bray hails from Anglesea in Wales and fights out of Pound MMA in Bangor and Brindley MMA in Runcorn. He lost his first professional fight to the heavily more experienced Ant Davis. Sam Ferguson has been competing since 2008 (at Amateur level), fighting out of Team Colosseum in Bolton. He scored a 1:26 TKO victory in his Professional debut, to be outstripped by the more established Dan Rushworth in his following fight.
See below for the full professional fight card for BAMMA 16:
BAMMA 16 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTCARD
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
ANDY CRAVEN VS. GREG SEVERS
FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
ANTHONY PHILLIPS VS. MIKE GRUNDY
WELTERWEIGHT BOUT
JAMES BRAY VS. SAM FERGUSON
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