BAMMA 4: WATSON vs. REID was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts

BAMMA

The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It is considered by many as the biggest MMA promotion in the country. It premièred on June 27, 2009 and was shown on the television channel Bravo...

 on September 25, 2010 at the National Indoor Arena

National Indoor Arena

The National Indoor Arena is a large indoor arena and is owned by the NEC Group. It is situated in central Birmingham, England and was opened in 1991, as the largest indoor arena at the time in the UK...

 in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom.

Background

Tabloid celebrity and former MMA fighter Alex Reid

Alex Reid (MMA)

Alexander Aristides Reid is an English mixed martial artist, kickboxer and actor who used the nickname The Reidernator. Reid has fought for Cage Rage, BAMMA and Cage Rage UK...

 was scheduled to return to the cage and face Tom Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

Tom "Kong" Watson is an English mixed martial artist, currently fighting at middleweight and training at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada and Jackson's Submission Fighting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is known for his unorthodox entrances, dancing to the ring in a gorilla mask...

 at BAMMA 3

BAMMA 3

BAMMA 3: WATSON vs. HORWICH was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on May 15, 2010 at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England. It featured three title fights, and was headlined by Matt Horwich and Tom Watson...

. However, Reid injured his knee while filming his documentary TV series Alex Reid: The Fight of His Life and was forced to pull out of the fight. This angered Watson, who claimed Reid was disrespecting him.

Watson also called him a "clown" and said that it was likely Reid pulled out to avoid an embarrassing defeat. Reid was then replaced by UFC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 and IFL

International Fight League

The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006 and closed on July 31, 2008...

 veteran Matt Horwich

Matt Horwich

Matthew Peter Horwich is a journeyman American mixed martial artist. Previously fighting for the Portland Wolfpack of the International Fight League where he held the middleweight championship in 2007, BAMMA and in the UFC, he holds notable wins over past and present UFC fighters Jake Rosholt,...

. Watson beat Horwich by decision and won the BAMMA Middleweight Championship and the Reid-Watson fight has now been rescheduled for BAMMA 4.

Rob Sinclair was also set to defend his lightweight title against Claes Beverlöv, though Beverlöv later pulled out due to injury and was replaced by fellow Swede Jani Lax

Jani Lax

Jani Lax is a Swedish mixed martial artist, who competes in the Lightweight division. He has fought around the world in a number of promotions including Finnfight, M-1 Global and Shooto.-Career:...

. Lax would then withdraw on September 22.

Preliminary card

• Middleweight bout:   Robert Devane vs.   Colin Lewis

Devane defeated Lewis via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:02 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Tom Breese vs.   Shah Hussain

Breese defeated Hussain via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:57 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Harvey Harra vs.   David Round
  David Round
  David Round is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League ....
  
  

Harra defeated Round via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:18 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Stuart Davies vs.   Scott Jansen

Davies defeated Jansen via submission (armbar) at 2:31 of round 1.

Main card

• Lightweight bout:   Tim Newman vs.   AJ Wenn

Wenn defeated Newman via submission (triangle choke) at 1:21 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Simeon Thoresen
  Simeon Thoresen
  Simeon Thoresen is a Norwegian mixed martial artist currently training under Joachim Hansen at Hellboy Hansen MMA.-Background:He started training karate at an early age, but choose to devote himself to gymnastics instead at the age of 8....
  
   vs.   Marco Santi

Thoresen defeated Santi via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:59 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Eugene Fadiora
  Eugene Fadiora
  Eugene Fadiora is an English mixed martial artist, who fights at Welterweight and Middleweight.-Biography:...
  
   vs.   Gunnar Nelson
  Gunnar Nelson (fighter)
  Gunnar Nelson is an Icelandic professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.-Early life:...
  
  

Nelson defeated Fadiora via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:51 of round 1.

• Catchweight (187 lbs) bout:   John Phillips
  John Phillips (fighter)
  John Phillips is a Welsh mixed martial artist, who fights at middleweight. He is a veteran of British MMA, having fought in Cage Rage and BAMMA.-Background:...
  
   vs.   James Zikic
  James Zikic
  James Zikic is an English mixed martial artist and boxer. He competes in the light heavyweight and middlweight divisions for London Shootfighters MMA Gym.-Career:...
  
  

Phillips defeated Zikic via TKO (punches) at 1:34 of round 1.

• BAMMA Middleweight Championship bout:   Alex Reid
  Alex Reid (MMA)
  Alexander Aristides Reid is an English mixed martial artist, kickboxer and actor who used the nickname The Reidernator. Reid has fought for Cage Rage, BAMMA and Cage Rage UK...
  
   vs.   Tom Watson
  Tom Watson (fighter)
  Tom "Kong" Watson is an English mixed martial artist, currently fighting at middleweight and training at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada and Jackson's Submission Fighting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is known for his unorthodox entrances, dancing to the ring in a gorilla mask...
  
  (c)

Watson defeated Reid via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-47) to retain the BAMMA Middleweight Championship.