ANTH TAYLOR & DYSON ROBERTS REPLACEMENTS FOR BAMMA 11

Two further changes are to take place to the preliminary fight card for BAMMA 11 presented by GoDaddy.com, as Anth Taylor and Dyson Roberts have had to withdraw from their Mixed Martial Arts bouts on 1st December at Birmingham’s NIA, due to injury.

Kevin Thompson will now replace Anth Taylor in a Light Heavyweight clash with undefeated Max Nunes, while Kyle Redfearn replaces Dyson Roberts and squares off against Marc Allen at Lightweight. Kevin Thompson comes from Cumbria with a professional MMA record of 13-5-0. Thompson has never yet gone the distance: Only two of his matches have made it past the first round and five of his victories have been achieved in less than a minute. The majority of Thompson’s wins have been attained by TKO (punches) while other victories have come via Submission to Punches, TKO by corner stoppage and grappling submissions. Recent losses on Thompson’s record have been to Linton Vassell and Ricco Rodriguez.

Thompson was pitted for BAMMA 10, presented by GoDaddy.com, against Tony Moran; but he was forced to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by undefeated Max Nunes whom he is now set to face. Nunes also has an impressive history of first round conquests.

Thompson said: “I’m very excited to be fighting on BAMMA and look forward to impressing on my debut on December 1st.” Durham’s Kyle Redfearn fights out of Kirkmerrington MMA with a record of 5-4-0. Debuting in May 2012 Redfearn has stacked up 100% of his victories in the first round, with times that range between 21 seconds and 2 minutes 14 seconds. Opponent Marc Allen, with a record of 6-1, also likes to stop his opponent early and went to the third round for the very first time at BAMMA 10 (presented by GoDaddy.com) to attain a win by decision against Lee Taylor.

BAMMA’s Managing Director, Ashley Bothwell, said: “We’re very pleased to have Kevin Thompson back on the BAMMA card. He’s a fierce talent who I’m sure will be a real hit with our fans. Nunes is dangerous challenge but Thompson has what it takes to make this a thrilling bout. It’s always great to see new talent coming up and Kyle Redfern has shown himself to be an exciting and risky fighter. I’m looking forward to seeing these matches realised on December 1st and I’m sure the fans are too.”

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BAMMA 11 FIGHT CARD

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

XAVIER FOUPA-POKAM VS. JACK MARSHMAN

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

LINTON VASSELL VS. JASON JONES

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

ALEX REID VS. TBA

BAMMA LONSDALE BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

WARREN KEE VS. TOM BREESE

BAMMA LONSDALE BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE BOUT

STEVIE RAY VS. DALE HARDIMAN

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

KEVIN THOMPSON VS. MAX NUNES

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

MARCIN LAZARZ VS. SAM MENSAH

BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT

JAMES DOOLAN VS. SPENCER HEWITT

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

RICHIE DOWNES VS. JEREMY PETLEY

LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT

MARC ALLEN VS. KYLE REDFERN

FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT

ANDREW FISHER VS. DIEGO VITAL

MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT

CHRIS DOUGLAS VS. YANNICK BAHATI

BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT

DAVID FARYCKI VS. BRIAN CREIGTON

WELTERWEIGHT BOUT

JONNY BILTON VS. LEON EDWARDS

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT

THOMAS DENHAM VS. MIKE NEUN