Bamma 16 Daley Vs Moreira da Rocha Results & Discussion

Bamma 16
September 13, 2014
Victoria Warehouse
Manchester, England
TV: 

Main Card:
                                                     Welterweight 
Paul Daley(34-13)                    Vs (28-6)Marinho Moreira da Rocha
                                           Lightweight Championship
Mansour Barnaoui(11-2)           Vs            (12-4)Michael Brightmon  
                                         Featherweight Championship
Ashleigh Grimshaw(16-8 )         Vs                 (9-1)Tom Duquesnoy                                   British Welterweight Championship  
Leon Edwards(7-1)                   Vs                     (7-0)Shaun Taylor

Some very interesting fights here.

Hopefully this will be available in the U.S. on ESPN 3's streaming service for qualifying cable/isp customers like the last numbered BAMMA card.

^I hope it's on TV as well. I wish AXS would have kept BAMMA. It was one of their better orgs.

BAMMA is excited to announce the return of BAMMA World Lightweight champion, Mansour Barnaoui, to defend the title at "BAMMA 16: Daley vs Fernandes". Barnaoui is set to face Hawaiian challenger, Michael Brightmon, in one of three title bouts that night.

I could go to this but the crowd MMA attracts is not the people I like to be stood around with watching ultimate caged fighting.

Kingfedor wrote:
BAMMA is excited to announce the return of BAMMA World Lightweight champion, Mansour Barnaoui, to defend the title at "BAMMA 16: Daley vs Fernandes". Barnaoui is set to face Hawaiian challenger, Michael Brightmon, in one of three title bouts that night.

Glad to see Barnaoui back in action, they could've found a better opponent for him though. Really wish that fight with Khamanaev would've happened. That was probably the best fight he could find in Europe.

Here's the full card announced.

Paul Daley (34-13-2) vs. Igor Fernandes (18-6)
Mansour Barnaoui (11-2) vs. Michael Brightmon (12-4)
Tom Duquesnoy (9-1) vs. Ashleigh Grimshaw (16-8-1)
Leon Edwards (7-1) vs. Shaun Taylor (7-0)
Mike Wootten (7-0) vs. Antoine Gallinaro (7-1)
Paul Reed (20-11-1) vs. Shay Walsh (10-3)
Andy Craven (4-0) vs. Greg Severs (5-0)
Jack Grant (7-1) vs. Alexei Roberts (10-6)
Marc Diakiese (4-0) vs. Jefferson George (5-3)
Anthony Phillips (5-5) vs. Mike Grundy (0-0)

Daley got a visa to fight in NA again!

Paul Daley’s last bout before returning to Bellator won’t be against Igor Fernandes.

Set to headline the BAMMA 16 card in Manchester on Sept. 13, Daley will now face Marinho Moreira da Rocha, as "Chatubinha" was forced to withdraw from the bout with a broken tibia.

Daley (34-13-2), who recently signed a new contract with Bellator MMA, hasn’t fought since a brutal knockout victory over Romario Manoel da Silva at BAMMA 14. "Semtex" has finished five of his last six opponents.

da Rocha (28-6), who just like Daley has won the vast majority of his MMA bouts with stoppages, makes his international debut after winning six straight bouts via knockout in Brazil.

Results:

Shay Walsh defeats Paul Reed via Decision, Unanimous
Paul Daley defeats Marinho Moreira da Rocha via KO/TKO, Body Shot
Tom Duquesnoy vs. Ashleigh Grimshaw Ends in a No Contest, Accidental Low Blow
Leon Edwards defeats Shaun Taylor via KO/TKO, Punch
Alexei Roberts defeats Jack Grant via Decision, Unanimous
Mike Wooten defeats Antoine Gallinaro via Submission, Rear Naked Choke
Andy Devant defeats Roggy Lawson via KO/TKO, Corner Stoppage
Marc Diakiese defeats Jefferson George via Decision, Unanimous
Mike Grundy defeats Anthony Phillips via Submission, D'Arce Choke
Sam Ferguson defeats James Bray via KO/TKO
Igor Puskarskis defeats Alex Cossey via Submission, Triangle Choke
Javonne Morrison defeats Callum McVay via KO/TKO
Tim Barnett defeats Joe Naraynsingh via KO/TKO
Rob Zabitis defeats James Winstanley via Decision, Unanimous
Lars Atkins defeats Jason Peterson via Submission, Triangle Choke
Jake Bond defeats Josh Doyle via Decision, Unanimous