The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts have announced that BAMMA welterweight veteran Warren Kee and heavyweight Mark Godbeer have signed fresh deals with promotion in addition to a new face in the form of Brazilian Orestes ‘Furacao’ Betran.
With a history of competing at bantamweight, it was announced that Betran will be joining the BAMMA featherweight ranks. fighting out of HJJT & Iron Gymnasium in Londrina, Brazil, the 31-year-old’s pro record stands at 16-4 featuring 10 KO/TKO victories, and he is 8-2 in his last 10 fights.
“It’s an honor to be apart of a great organisation like BAMMA,” said Betran. “I look forward to performing in front of the great UK fans.”
Cambridge’s Warren Kee (7-3) and was Last seen in the BAMMA cage at BAMMA 11 in 2012 where he faced Tom Breese for the BAMMA-Lonsdale British Title. Fighting out of Elite TC, KVT and Tsunami Gym alongside the likes of former BAMMA standout and current UFC middleweight contender Luke Barnatt, Kee has recently made the decision to drop to Lightweight.
Kee stated: “I have a crowd pleasing style and I always come to fight, I have worked massively on all areas of my game and now I’m fighting at a weight I should have my whole professional career, so I am super excited to get in the cage early next year and show BAMMA fans the new Warren ‘Relentless’ Kee.
“I am happy and excited to sign an exclusive contract with BAMMA, I’ve had a lot of problems in and out of the cage in recent history, but they’re behind me now and I’m fully focused on getting gold put around my waist at BAMMA. The lightweight division is stacked with talent and I just have to get there one fight at a time with solid winning performances.”
Experienced heavyweight Mark ‘The Hand Of’ Godbeer makes his return to the promotion bringing with him a record of 8-2. From Bridgewater, Somerset, Godbeer fights out of the Trojan Freefighters and is the first name signed to the new look BAMMA heavyweight division. Godbeer’s last UK outing came at BAMMA 9: Watson vs. Marshman in 2012 where he was victorious against Catalin Zmarandescu by way of corner stoppage at the end of the first round.
Most recently, Godbeer faced UFC veteran Cheick Kongo at Bellator 102 last year, and was defeated by way of TKO in the second round.
“Really pleased to be signing with a promotion like BAMMA; one of Europe’s leading fight promotions based on home soil,” said Godbeer. “Looking forward to working my way through the newly developed heavyweight division, getting into title contention and reaching my goal of getting that belt. Im really pleased for the opportunity BAMMA has given me and I plan on making the most of it!”
BAMMA Matchmaker Jude Samuel said:
“I very happy with the latest acquisitions, who will all add a different dynamic to their respective divisions. It’s a new and exciting era for the BAMMA featherweight and lightweight divisions especially, and the added acquisition of Betran will add a bit more South American spice to the already hot featherweight division.”
