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John David Jackson’s Star Pupil Luis “Cuba”Arias Ready for His First Headlining Bout
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Undefeated Middleweight headlines deze zaterdagnight in Columbus, Ohio. |
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NEW YORK, NY (Maart 3, 2016)–Deze zaterdag nacht in Columbus, Ohio,
Victory Sport & Vermaak is pleased to announce that undefeated middleweight prospect, Luis “Cuba” Arias will make the first in what we hope, are many headlining appearances when he takes on power punching Gilberto Santos of Brazil in a bout scheduled for ten rounds under the direction of world class trainer, John David Jackson. Arias of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has a perfect record of 13-0 met zes knockouts.
“Camp has been excellent. Things have been coming together nicely and on time. I get better and stronger every camp,” Said Arias. “I am not overlooking Santos as he’s a strong fighter who’s coming to win but this is my time and I want to make a statement in my first headliner.”
“Training with John David Jackson has been a great. Having someone with his level of experience has helped me develop as a fighter. He has helped take my game to another level. Him and Derik Santos have been a great fit for me. I feel I have the best training team in boxing.”
De 25 year-old came into the pro ranks with high aspirations after a stellar amateur career that saw him win two US National Championships and a National PAL title, in addition to numerous medals on the international level.
In Jackson, he has a trainer who has trained many world champions and is currently one of the hot cornermen in boxing due to his work with current Light Heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev.
“Luis has had a great camp he’s strong and on weight. He’s ready for his first headlining bout and wants to showcase his talent and show people that he’s the real deal,”said Jackson of his prized pupil,” Said Jackson.
“For this camp we are stressing the body attack. Luis is a good boxer with excellent skills and power. We are trying to develop his all-around game so we are focusing more on working the body for this fight.”
Jackson does not feel Cuba Arias is just any boxer. He sees major things in the future for him.
“Luis has the potential to become a World Champion. He was a tremendous amateur, Hij is moeilijk, determined with excellent power and great all around skills. 2016 should be his breakout year. He has the skills and needs to be showcased on a bigger stage. It’s time to take the wraps off and let him prove himself. Hij kan vechten, he gets better each time out, he wants to test himself in bigger fights and is ready for the challenge.”
“Na deze strijd, I want a real test for Luis, a good name fighter where he can be challenged and have to work. I know he can be great and will rise to the occasion so I just want him to get the opportunity to showcase his skills and show everyone what a great fighter he is.”
Arias, who is promoted by Roc Nation Sports and managed my Victory Sports & Vermaak, now has the complete team in place with the addition of the world class trainer.
Said Victory Sports & Entertainment’s Rick Torres, “2016 is the year where Cuba has to step up the level of competition and show everyone how great he is. This is his first headlining bout which is a big deal for him and we know Santos is a dangerous opponent with real punching power so this should be a good test for Cuba. After this fight we are looking forward to Roc Nation putting him on higher profile fights, TV fights where the world can see what we already know – that he’s one of the best young fighters in the world and a future Champion. With the right development Cuba can become a star attraction in the sport and we know Roc Nation can make this happen. We just want the opportunity and Cuba will handle the rest.”
Victory Sport & Entertainment is een managementbedrijf voor atleten met kantoren in New York en Las Vegas. Opgericht door de bekende sportadvocaat Rick Torres en bokstrainer Michael Leanardi, Victory has steadily built an impressive stable of young prospects that it is grooming for future stardom. Victory Sport’ website is www.victorysportsent.com.
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Pay-Per-View Rights Secured for Adamek-Molina in US and Canada for Apr. 2 Showdown in Poland
Kraków, Polen (April 2, 2016) — The upcoming heavyweight showdown between former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek (50-4, 30 KO) of Poland and Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina (24-3, 18 KO) Raymondville, Texas in Kraków on Apr. 2 at the Kraków Arena for the IBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title will be distributed in North America by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 2 pm ET/11 am PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view.
In addition to the live pay-per-view telecast in Poland as part of Polsat’s Boxing Night serie, North American residents will be able to purchase the fight for pay-per-view on via iN Demand, DirecTV, DISH Network, en Vubiquity in de Verenigde Staten, as well as Rogers TV and SaskTel in Canada, voor een adviesprijs van slechts $29.95.
Neem contact op met uw lokale kabel of satelliet provider voor meer informatie. This event is presented by Polsat, Main Events and Don King Productions.
The pay-per-view telecast will also include several key undercard bouts: a 10-round cruiserweight fight between Mateusz Masternak vs. Eric Fields, a 10-round cruiserweight fight between Michael Cieslak vs. Francisco Palacios and additional bouts still to be determined.
Kathy Duva, CEO van Main Events, Adamek’s promoter said, “Every time Tomasz fights back home in Poland we get numerous requests from his American fans who wish to watch the fight here. We are so excited to be able to provide them with an opportunity to watch this exciting fight here in the US.”
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A LEGENDARY MARCH THROUGH THE DECADES – SHOWTIME SPORTS® CONTINUES CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo Lopez, George Foreman & More Showcased In March
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NEW YORK (Maart 2, 2016) - Showtime Sport rolls out its third installment of a year-long salute commemorating 30 jaren van Showtime Championship Boxing in March with “Legends’’.
This month will be highlighted by legends Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez and George Foreman. Seven of the most unforgettable and important fights from these legends – some of which have seldom been re-aired since their live presentation – are available now on the network’s on demand platforms and will air will air on “Throwback Thursdays”in March at 10 p.m. EN/PT op Showtime EXTREME.
De Donderdag, Maart 10 presentation of Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi airs exactly 30 years after the final win of Hagler’s Hall of Fame career on March 10, 1986. Hagler vs. Mugabi was the first main event to ever air on SHOWTIME®.
The classic fights, which are also are available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime ANYTIME® and via the network’s standalone streaming service, will be wrapped with brief context and commentary from SHOWTIME Sports host Brian Custer.
Below is the schedule of SHO EXTREME premieres for the month of March:
- Morgen, Donderdag, Maart 3: Terry Norris vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
- Donderdag, Maart 10: Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi
- Donderdag, Maart 17: Felix Trinidad vs. David Reid
- Donderdag, Maart 24: Ricardo Lopez vs. Rosendo Alvarez II
- Donderdag, Maart 31: Iran Barkley vs. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs. Gerry Cooney (10:15 p.m. EN/PT), Gerald McClellan vs. Julian Jackson I (10:30 p.m. ET / PT)
Ter ere van de beste rivaliteit op SHOWTIME, zie hieronder voor een speciale column van SHOWTIME Sports-expertanalist en bokshistoricus Steve Farhood.
LEGENDS
Door Steve Farhood
Boxing without legends would be like religion without saints.
There’s no formula for a fighter to advance from star to superstar to legend. The process depends on timing, circumstance, and sometimes as little as a point or two on the judges’ kaarten.
And oh, ja: It helps if a guy can really fight.
As we celebrate 30 years of boxing on SHOWTIME, we’re focusing on a different theme each month. Throughout March, the theme will be Legends.
In de 130 years from John L. Sullivan to Floyd Mayweather, boxing has given us what other sports can’t provide. Consider:
- The Associated Press voted Luis Firpo’s knockdown of Jack Dempsey as the greatest sports moment of the first half of the 20th Century.
- The Frazier-Ali “Fight Of The Century” in 1971 was easily the most anticipated sporting event in history.
- Last year’s Mayweather-Pacquiao fight generated more than half-a-billion dollars — in one night!
Legends are made by big moments … and how they respond to those moments.
On SHOWTIME, we’ve featured three decades worth of legends. Here’s a look at those who will share the spotlight in March.
MARVIN HAGLER: Since Vince Lombardi didn’t exactly say, “Timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” Hagler should’ve said it.
Hagler was a great fighter long before he was a superstar, but it wasn’t until he fought Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, en Sugar Ray Leonard (three of Hagler’s last six bouts) that Marvin became Marvelous.
Hagler’s one appearance on SHOWTIME, which happened to be the first bout televised on the network (Maart 1986), was the final win of his career. Undefeated over 10 jaar, Hagler had established himself as one of the greatest middleweights in history. And while it could be argued in hindsight that at age 31, the ultimate blue-collar fighter was slightly past his prime, much of what made Hagler special was on display during his savage defense against his unbeaten and ferocious challenger, John Mugabi.
Almost three decades after his retirement, Hagler remains the middleweight today’s 160-pounders are measured against.
Sugar Ray Leonard: If Hagler bloomed late, Leonard was a superstar before he threw a single punch as a professional.
Back in the mid-‘70s, that’s what a magnetic smile, an Olympic gold medal, and repeated exposure on prime time television could do for a young fighter.
It’s ironic that Leonard was initially viewed by some as a coddled creation of the media. In feite, he was as tough as any fighter of the star-studded early-‘80s. Better yet, he remains the best fighter I’ve covered in 38 years on the boxing beat.
Leonard’s appearance on SHOWTIME was the penultimate bout of his career. In electing to end yet another lengthy layoff, Sugar Ray, 34, chose outstanding 23-year-old super welterweight titlist Terry Norris as his opponent. Leonard dropped from 160 naar 154 pounds and fought at Madison Square Garden for the first time.
The bout served as a reminder that at least in a pre-Bernard Hopkins world, boxing was very much a young man’s game.
FELIX TRINIDAD: There are only three Hispanic fighters who became superstars in the USA without speaking English. The first was Panama’s Roberto Duran. The second was Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez.
The third was Puerto Rico’s Trinidad.
Trinidad’s motto might as well have been, “If you can’t be from America, then beat America.”
A classic puncher with a boy scout’s smile and a fan-friendly personality, Trinidad made his name by defeating four U.S. Olympiërs, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya (albeit by a terrible decision), David Reid, and Fernando Vargas.
Bovendien, Whitaker, De La Hoya, and Reid had all been gold medalists.
The fight we’ll feature on Maart 17 op SHO EXTREME, Trinidad vs. Reid, was Trinidad’s 14th and final appearance on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and SHOWTIME pay-per-view.
From his welterweight title-winning kayo of Maurice Blocker in 1993 through his defense against Mahenge Zulu in 1998, 13 of Trinidad’s 14 bouts were aired on SHOWTIME. Twelve of those fights were knockout wins.
Where Trinidad ranks with Wilfredo Gomez, Miguel Cotto, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, and the rest of the legends from Puerto Rico is debatable. What is inarguable is that “Tito” generated as much excitement as any fighter of his era.
RICARDO LOPEZ: What’s smaller: the chance that a strawweight (105 pond) becomes an American television star or the fighter himself?
There’s never been an American world champion at strawweight (or minimumweight). We just don’t grow fighters that size. In feite, until the emergence of Mexico’s Lopez in the early-’90s, most American boxing fans couldn’t have identified a single strawweight if armed with a map of the world and a set of WBC ratings.
Lopez was so complete, so dominant, so technically perfect, that from 1994 to ’99, he was a staple of SHOWTIME’s boxing programming. He fought 13 consecutive bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING or SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, and the first 11 of those contests were defenses of the strawweight title.
And if you think the little guys can’t punch, goed, there were some one-punch kayos sprinkled in.
Lopez, who retired with a mark of 51-0-1, is universally acknowledged as an all-time great. Too bad he never fought America’s Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Had he won that bout, he’d likely be acknowledged as one of the two or three greatest Mexican fighters ever.
Which is saying a lot for a fighter who never faced an opponent recognized by the American viewing public.
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BELLATOR MMA IS THE NEW FIGHTING HOME OF WANDERLEI ‘THE AXE MURDERER’ SILVA
Bellator President Scott Coker and Wanderlei Silva (Krediet: Bellator / Lucas Noonan)
SANTA MONICA (Maart 2, 2016) –Bellator MMA is pleased to announce that one of the most popular, recognizable and beloved fighters in the sport of mixed martial arts, Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (35-12-1), heeft een exclusief meerjarig bestaan getekend, multi-fight contract with the promotion. The 39-year-old publicly fielded offers from companies all around the world, but the former Pride FC Middleweight Champion made the decision to take his explosive style to Bellator MMA.
“The Axe Murderer” has fought in some of the most memorable feuds and battles the sport has ever seen. His wars with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Mirko Cro Cop, Vitor Belfort, Dan Henderson |, Kazushi Sakuraba, Chuck Liddell, and Michael Bisping are the stuff of legend – but Silva is far from ready to close the book on his illustrious career.
In addition to his Pride FC Middleweight World Championship, Silva’s packed trophy case of accolades includes awards for Fight of the Year (2003, 2004, 2007), KO van het Jaar (2008), and multiple Fight of the Night awards including one for each of his last three fights, om er maar een paar te noemen. He now looks to continue to provide his award-winning, entertaining fights inside the Bellator cage.
Silva has several options for his first fight with Bellator. Although he has spent the majority of his career at 185-pounds, one of the things that his fans love most about him has been Wanderlei’s willingness to fight the best of the best – even if it was up two weight classes at heavyweight – as proven by his heavyweight wars against guys like Mark Hunt, Gilbert Yvel, Kazuyuki Fujita and Cro Cop; Or, his battles against light heavyweights like Ortiz, and his most recent opponent, Brian Stann, who he knocked out in the second frame.
Silva is the latest in a long line of recent free agent signings made by Scott Coker and Bellator MMA. The former Chute Box competitor joins: Josh Thomson, Phil Davis, Benson Henderson, Sergei Kharitonov en Anastasia Yankova on a roster with champions the likes of: Marcos Galvao, Daniel Straus, Will Brooks, Andrey Koreshkov, Rafael Carvalho, Liam McGeary enVitaly Minakov,
JULIAN WILLIAMS MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES & FOTO'S
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RFA RETURNS TO SOUTH DAKOTA IN APRIL WITH CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER
MAIN EVENT: RAFAEL VIANA vs. DEVIN CLARK LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
Co-main event:
LEANDRO HIGO vs.
JOEY MIOLLA
BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
FUNCTIE FIGHT:
JORDON LARSON vs. BRIAN CAMOZZI
WELTERGEWICHT OORLOG
Vrijdag, APRIL 15TH, 2016 LEVEN OP AXS TV
LIVE at the SANFORD PENTAGON in SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Tickets nu te koop bij Ticketmaster.com
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Opstanding Fighting Alliance (RFA) president Ed Soares heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat de RFA in april terugkeert naar South Dakota en de eerste licht-zwaargewichtkampioen en een nieuwe bantamgewichtkampioen zal kronen.. In het main event, Devin “Bruine beer” Clark zal in zijn geboortestad vechten voor een wereldtitel tegen de Braziliaanse toppers Rafael “Gaucho” Viana. In de co-main event, Joey “Het Beest” Miolla en Leandro “Pitbull” Higo zal strijden om de vacante bantamgewicht kroon.
RFA 37 – Viana vs.. Clark vindt plaats Vrijdag, 15 april In het Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. De gehele belangrijkste kaart zal live worden uitgezonden en de landelijke op AXS TV bij 10 p.m. EN/ 7 p.m. PT.
“Ik ben verheugd om aan te kondigen dat de RFA in april twee wereldtitelgevechten naar South Dakota zal brengen,” Opgegeven Soares. “Rafael Viana en Devin Clark zijn ongeslagen en twee van de beste potentiële klanten van 205 pond ter wereld. Ze zullen strijden om de inaugurele RFA licht-zwaargewicht titel in het hoofdevenement van RFA 37. In de co-headliner, Joey Miolla en Leandro Higo zullen beiden terugkeren naar het Sanford Pentagon om te vechten voor de vacante RFA bantamgewicht titel.”
Tickets voor RFA 37 – Viana vs Clark zijn te koop via Ticketmaster.com. U kunt uw favoriete vechter ook steunen door uw kaartjes te kopen via CageTix.com/RFA.
Clark (5-0) is de meest succesvolle vechter van 205 pond in de geschiedenis van de RFA en wil de eerste lichtzwaargewichtkampioen van de promotie worden voor het publiek van zijn geboorteplaats. Clark is een NJCAA-worstelkampioen en een Golden Gloves-bokskampioen die zijn naam snel naar de top van verschillende MMA-ranglijsten voor licht-zwaargewicht prospects heeft zien stijgen. De afgestudeerde Lincoln High School heeft meer dan de helft van zijn carrièreoverwinningen behaald in de RFA Octagon en zal op zoek zijn naar de grootste overwinning van zijn carrière in het hoofdevenement van RFA. 37.
“Het is een eer om te vechten voor de inaugurele RFA licht-zwaargewicht titel voor het publiek van mijn geboorteplaats in Sioux Falls,” verklaarde Clark. “De eerste RFA-kampioen licht-zwaargewicht worden zal nog meer voor me betekenen, aangezien ik het kan doen tegen zo'n getalenteerde en taaie tegenstander.”
Viana (6-0) is de oudere broer van Bellator-ster Guilherme Viana en hij traint ook samen met UFC-ster Glover Teixeira. Hij is een BJJ zwarte band en de regerend Shooto Brasil licht-zwaargewicht kampioen. Viana, zoals Clark, heeft bewezen klinisch te zijn met zijn afwerkingsvermogen en staat te popelen om voor de eerste keer buiten zijn geboorteland Brazilië te vechten. Zijn internationale debuut zal ook zijn eerste gevecht zijn dat wereldwijd op televisie wordt uitgezonden en Viana wil er ten volle van profiteren.
“Ik ben zeer vereerd dat ik deze kans krijg,” verklaarde Viana. “Dit wordt mijn eerste internationale gevecht en het is een grote eer om te vechten voor de inaugurele RFA-titel voor licht zwaargewicht.. Ik zal een geweldige show neerzetten voor de fans op RFA 37.”
De co-main event van RFA 37 zal culmineren in de kroning van de derde kampioen bantamgewicht in de geschiedenis van RFA. De eerste twee kampioenen, Pedro Munhoz en Luke Sanders, ging 4-0 in de RFA voordat u tekent bij de UFC. De vacante RFA bantamgewicht-titel ligt voor het grijpen tussen twee mannen die afgelopen zomer hun RFA-debuut maakten op dezelfde kaart in back-to-back periodes. Joey Miolla (8-1) en Leandro Higo (15-2) vertegenwoordigden hun thuisland op de historische “USA vs. BRAZILIË” evenement dat afgelopen augustus plaatsvond bij RFA 29. Beide mannen wonnen die avond en lieten zien waarom ze twee van de meest gewaardeerde vooruitzichten van 135 pond in de sport zijn.. Op Vrijdag, 15 april, Miolla en Higo staan tegenover elkaar in hetzelfde gebouw waar ze afgelopen zomer hun RFA-debuut maakten, maar deze keer zal de winnaar weglopen met RFA-goud om hun middel.
RFA 37 zal ook een van de favoriete zonen van South Dakota vertonen als Jordon Larson (6-2) keert terug in de strijd tegen het weltergewicht. Larson maakt zijn vierde optreden voor de RFA in zijn geboorteplaats Sioux Falls tegen de in Colorado geboren Brian Camozzi. (5-2). Larson, die de ontvanger is geweest van drie van de luidste ovaties in de geschiedenis van RFA, zal opnieuw de wandeling maken naar de RFA Octagon in het bijzijn van zijn bewonderende thuisstadfans. Hij zal Camozzi onder ogen zien, wie is de jongere broer van UFC-ster Chris Camozzi. De jongere Camozzi-broer maakte een enorm statement tijdens zijn RFA-debuut in januari. Hij demonstreerde zijn dynamische vaardigheden door de eerste persoon te worden die Tyler Milner afsloot en hij deed het in minder dan één ronde.
RFA 37 – Viana vs Clark vindt plaats Vrijdag, 15 april In het Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Extra aanvallen op de hoofdkaart en voorlopige kaart van RFA 37 zal binnenkort worden aangekondigd. Dit wordt het vierde evenement van de promotie “De Mount Rushmore State” van South Dakota en het wordt het vierde RFA-evenement van 2016. De gehele belangrijkste kaart van RFA 37 zal live worden uitgezonden en de landelijke op AXS TV bij 10 p.m. EN / 7 p.m. PT ditVrijdag, 15 april.
Kunt u terecht op RFAfighting.com voor bout updates en informatie. RFA is ook op Facebook op Facebook.com/RFAfighting, Instagram op RFAfighting, en Twitter op RFAfighting.
Zab Judah fighting to become 6-time world champion
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LAS VEGAS (Maart 1, 2016) – 
UNBEATEN MIDDLEWEIGHT PROSPECT IEVGEN KHYTROV TAKES ON KENNETH MCNEIL IN UNDERCARD ACTION THIS SATURDAY, MAART 5 FROM SANDS BETHLEHEM EVENTS CENTER IN BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
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BAMMA 24 – Kone vs. Phillips Results, Fight Highlight’s and Video Footage
BAMMA’s second event in Ireland was even more successful than their first, as nearly 6,000 fans packed the 3Arena for ‘BAMMA 24 – Kone vs. Phillips’ on February 27. De kaart, stacked with many of Ireland’s top contender’s, did not disappoint. BAMMA 24 delivered many impressive KO and submission wins throughout the night, als 12 of the events 16 bouts ended with a finish. Some of the night’s stand-outs include John ‘The White Mike Tyson’ Phillips, BAMMA Featherweight Champion Tom ‘Firekid’ Duquesnoy, Irish fan favorite ‘The Housewives Choice’ Chris Fields and Dylan ‘The Nuke’ Tuke.
Phillips pulled off the big upset of the night by knocking out Cheick ‘Animal’ Kone in just 65 seconden, becoming the new BAMMA Middleweight Champion. BAMMA Featherweight Champion Tom ‘Firekid’ Duquesnoy knocked Damien ‘The Rage’ Rooney out cold in his bantamweight debut, ‘The Housewives Choice’ Chris Fields clinched an impressive first round submission win, and Dylan ‘The Nuke’ Tuke delivered a brutal TKO that fans are still talking about!
Click here to view BAMMA 24 replay footage: http://grabyo.com/g/bamma-2016
The stacked card for this Dublin event also featured several elite fighters from Straight Blast Gym (SBG) in Ireland. As noted on Fightsday.com, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor took to FacebookZaterdag night to pay tribute to his SBG teammates fighting on the BAMMA card. (See Facebook snapshot)
*FB Image source: Fightsday.com
Below are the official results from ‘BAMMA 24: Kone vs. Phillips’ held op zaterdag Februari, 27 at the famed 3Arena in Dublin, Ierland. BAMMA’s next event is BAMMA 25, to be held on Mei 14, 2016 at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. Tickets zijn nu te koop bij http://bit.ly/BAMMA25. Voor meer informatie, kunt u terecht op www.Bamma.com.
BAMMA 24 – Kone vs. Phillips Official Results
BAMMA is brought to you in Association with:
Spike TV & Kanaal 5 – BAMMA Broadcast Partners
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Belangrijkste kaart
(Main Event) BAMMA MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
John ‘The White Mike Tyson’ Phillips Def. Cheick ‘Animal’ Kone via Knockout (Stempel) Rd.1 1:05
MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT
Andy ‘Lions Paw’ DeVent Def. Paul Byrne via Knockout (Ponsen) Rd.1 0:59
BANTAMWEIGHT SUPERFIGHT
Tom ‘Firekid’ DuQuesnoy Def. Damien ‘The Rage’ Rooney Via Knockout (Stempel) Rd.1 1:23
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
‘The Housewives Choice’ Chris Fields Def. Dan Konecke via Submission (Darce Choke) Rd.1 4:39
VOORAF CARD
LONSDALE BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE
Alan ‘The Apprentice’ Philpott Def. Nathaniel ‘The Prospect’ Wood Via TKO (Doctor Stoppage – Broken Nose) Rd.3 3:40
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
‘Magic’ Myles Price Def. Mario ‘Rudeboy’ Saeed Via TKO (Strikes) Rd. 2 1:24
WELTERWEIGHT BOUT
Peter ‘The Showstopper’ Queally Def. Nathan ‘Mr. Bag & Tag’ Jones Via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Vedergewicht wedstrijd
Dylan ‘The Nuke’ Tuke Def. Mark ‘The Prophet’ Andrew Via TKO (Strikes) Rd.1 0:51
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
Brian ‘Pikeman’ Moore Def. Mick ‘Basher’ Brennan Via TKO (Strikes) Rd.1 2:39
Vedergewicht wedstrijd
Decky ‘The Diamond’ Dalton Def. Mike ‘Gip’ Cutting Via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Vedergewicht wedstrijd
James Gallagher Def. Gerard Gilmore Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rd.1 2:55
WOMENS FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
Sinead Kavanagh Def. Zarah Fairn Dos Santos Via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
BANTAMGEWICHT BOUT
Sean Tobin Def. Gary ‘The Dumptruck’ Morris Via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rd.2 3:53
Vedergewicht wedstrijd
Lloyd Manning Def. Nicholas Ott Via Knockout (Stempel) Rd.1 0:59
160lb CATCHWEIGHT BOUT
Rhys ‘Skeletor’ McKee Def. Alex Masuku Via Knockout (Headkick) Rd.1 2:51
(Amatuer) LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT
Jay Moogan Def Cian Cowley Via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
*Tom DuQuesnoy is still the BAMMA Featherweight Champion, this was his debut at Bantamweight
A range of BAMMA 24 replay clips are now available here for use with your reports: http://grabyo.com/g/bamma-2016
ABOUT BAMMA:
BAMMA is Europe’s largest and most premier MMA organization. BAMMA launched in 2009 with the aim of delivering Mixed Martial Arts events that fully capture the entertainment and sporting prowess on display in the world’s fastest growing sport. BAMMA’s combination of arena sized venues, compelling fight cards and exceptional production values has led to the fight organizations unrivaled position as Europe’s leading MMA promotion, as well as a broadcast deal with Spike TV UK. Voor meer informatie, kunt u terecht opwww.Bamma.com.