BAMMA 6
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BAMMA 6: Watson vs. Rua was a mixed martial arts
event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts
on 21 May 2011 at the Wembley Arena
in London, England.
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This was the first BAMMA event to be held at the Wembley Arena
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Phil Baroni
pulled out of a bout against Matt Ewin and Ivan Salaverry
stepped in 3 weeks out.
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 21 May 2011 at the Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
in London, England.
Background
BAMMA 6 was announced during the television presentation of BAMMA 5BAMMA 5
BAMMA 5: Daley vs. Shira was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on 26 February 2011 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.-Background:BAMMA 5 was the first BAMMA event held outside of Birmingham or London...
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This was the first BAMMA event to be held at the Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
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Phil Baroni
Phil Baroni
Philip George Baroni is an American mixed martial artist. He has a professional MMA record of 14–14–0. Baroni has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he holds a record of 3–7–0. Also he has fought in the PRIDE FC where he holds a record of 4–2–0...
pulled out of a bout against Matt Ewin and Ivan Salaverry
Ivan Salaverry
Ivan E. Salaverry is a Canadian mixed martial arts fighter and instructor. He is a member of Tito Ortiz's Team Punishment, and is known for his well-rounded skills. Salaverry is a middleweight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, BAMMA and the now-defunct World Fighting Alliance...
stepped in 3 weeks out.
Main card
- Middleweight Championship bout: Tom WatsonTom 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...
vs. Murilo RuaMurilo RuaMurilo Rua is a former Brazilian mixed martial artist who fought in Pride Fighting Championships. Nicknamed Ninja, he is the older brother of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. He is known for his well-rounded fighting skills, in particular Muay Thai and Brazilian...
- Watson defeated Rua via KO (head kick and punches) at 2:06 of Round 3.
- Middleweight bout: Frank TriggFrank TriggDewey Franklin Trigg III is an American mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler and co-host of MMAWeekly radio show and TAGG radio show...
vs. John PhillipsJohn 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:...
- Middleweight bout: Frank Trigg
- Trigg defeated Philips via TKO (doctor's stoppage) at 2:41 of Round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Ivan SalaverryIvan SalaverryIvan E. Salaverry is a Canadian mixed martial arts fighter and instructor. He is a member of Tito Ortiz's Team Punishment, and is known for his well-rounded skills. Salaverry is a middleweight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, BAMMA and the now-defunct World Fighting Alliance...
vs. Matt Ewin
- Middleweight bout: Ivan Salaverry
- Ewin defeated Salaverry via unanimous decision.
Preliminary card
- Middleweight bout: Joao Paulo de Souza vs. Valentino Petrescu
- Petrescu defeated de Souza via majority decision.
- Lightweight bout: Jason BallJason Ball (martial artist)Jason Ball is an English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. He began his professional MMA career in January 2005 as a welterweight, and has held the welterweight belt for the UK based organization Ultimate Force before surrendering the belt after making a...
vs. Leonardo SantosLeonardo Santos (fighter)Leonardo Silva dos Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who fights at lightweight. He has fought the likes of Takanori Gomi, Jean Silva and Jason Ball.-Early life and BJJ:...
- Lightweight bout: Jason Ball
- Santos defeated Ball via unanimous decision.
- Welterweight bout: Che MillsChe MillsChe Mills is an English mixed martial artist. He is a former Cage Rage British welterweight champ, and holds 2 notable KO wins over DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis.-Early career:...
vs. Marcio Cesar
- Welterweight bout: Che Mills
- Mills defeated Cesar via KO (punches) at 3:58 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Scott Jensen vs. Craig Chesters
- Jansen defeated Chesters via TKO (elbows) at 0:50 of round 2.
- Heavyweight bout: Cătălin ZmărăndescuCătălin ZmărăndescuCătălin Zmărăndescu is a Romanian Super heavyweight kickboxer and lately mixed martial artist. He became known participating in the Local Kombat fighting circuit and for his rivalry against Daniel Ghiţă's cousin, Ciprian Sora, also kickboxer but now retired...
vs. Sharif Mohammed Ali
- Heavyweight bout: Cătălin Zmărăndescu
- Zmărăndescu defeated Ali via submission (front choke) at 0:32 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Shane Omer vs. Aaron WilkinsonAaron WilkinsonAaron Wilkinson is an English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Wilkinson mostly competed in the English domestic circuit, before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to appear on The Ultimate Fighter:...
- Lightweight bout: Shane Omer vs. Aaron Wilkinson
- Omer defeated Wilkinson via KO (punches) at 1:32 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Leigh Cohoon vs. Sam Watling
- Watling defeated Cohoon via unanimous decision.
- Lightweight bout: Costas Doru vs. Jeremy Petley
- Petley and Doru fought to a draw.
- Welterweight bout: Lee Taylor vs. Kenny Moyston
- Taylor defeated Moyston via TKO (punches) at 3:02 of round 2.
- LightHeavyweight bout: Ryan White vs. Fraiser Opie
- White defeated Opie via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:39 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Murrey Fullerton vs. Charles Scott
- Fullerton defeated Scott via submission (armbar) at 2:25 of round 1.