Wednesday, 22 February 2012

BAMMA 9 - BARNATT & LONG IN; HOOKER & SMITH OUT


·      SATURDAY 24TH MARCH
·      BIRMINGHAM NIA ARENA
             (NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA)


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(Feb. 22, 2012) BAMMA, Europe’s leading Mixed Martial Arts promotion, is proud to announce that Luke Barnatt is to replace Sam Hooker; and Lewis Long is to replace Rus Smith in two fiery matches at BAMMA 9, which takes place on 24th March at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena.

Stepping in just 5 weeks before the fight, upcoming talent Luke ‘Bigslow’ Barnatt takes Sam Hooker’s place in a bout against Hyde MMA’s Lee Johnson. Lee Johnson is the more experienced fighter with a record of  5-1 and all wins secured by submissions within the first 2 rounds.  However, fighting out of Cambridge’s Tsunami Gym - home to respected UK talent that includes John and Tommy Maguire, and Robby Olivier –Barnatt, though just 2 fights and 2 wins into his career, shows promising talent and comes from a renowned camp whose star continues to rise.  

With Rus Smith out due to injury, Birmingham home-boy Tom Breese will now face new opponent, Lewis Long.  Welterweight, Breese fights out of distinguished referee, Marc Goddard’s gym; and with three rapid submission wins at BAMMA plus a flawless 8-0-0 Semi-Pro record, Breese is a daunting prospect for any undercard fighter. One man brave enough to step up to the challenge is Lewis Long who can boast to have had just one loss in his 6 fight pro-career. With most of his wins also by submission, expect sparks to fly over some pacey, polished ground game in this hot technical match-up.

BAMMA Matchmaker, Jude Samuel, says:

"I'm very excited to have Big Luke on the card. He is one of the UK's up and coming fighters to look out for. He is one of those tall, dangerous middleweights for whom you have to be on your top game when you come up against him. Both him and Lee are full of character and I'm looking forward to this match very much. Meanwhile, Lewis Long steps into the shoes of Rus Smith. A very capable submission specialist, he will give Tom a new set of problems to challenge his arsenal. The winner of this match will be making headways within the UK MMA community. We wish Sam and Rus a speedy recovery from their serious injuries.”
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                                                                                Fight Card

                                                       MAINCARD
MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
JACK MARSHMAN VS TOM WATSON

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
PRZEMYSLAW MYSIALA VS JASON JONES


PRELIMINARIES
MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT
ANDREW PUNSHON VS MATT HOWARD

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
FRASER OPIE VS ANTHONY TAYLOR

                                                                LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
JASON BALL VS COLIN FREAKSHOW FLETCHER

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT
NICK NEMBHARD VS LEEROY BARNES
                                                                                                                     


UNDERCARD
                                                                                                                                                    
WELTERWEIGHT BOUT
LEWIS LONG VS TOM BREESE

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
CHRIS FISHGOLD VS DALE HARDIMAN

HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
MARC GODBEER VS CATALIN ZMARANDESCU

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT
LEE JOHNSON VS LUKE BARNATT

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
ROBERT TRUESDALE VS SAM MENSAH

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
JAKE MURPHY VS DAVID ROUND

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