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BAMMA is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It is considered by many as the biggest MMA promotion in Europe. It premiered on June 27, 2009 and was shown on the television channel Bravo.〔(BAMMA on Bravo )〕 BAMMA events are now shown live on Spike (UK) Channel 5 in the UK and Ireland, ESPN 3 in the US, The Fight Network in Canada, TV Esporte Interativo in Brazil, KIX in Asia, Red Media in Russia, Setanta in Africa, TDN in Latin America. Currently BAMMA events stream live on (Lonsdale Facebook Page ) (Prelims) and Spike (UK) & Channel 5 (UK) (Main Card) ==History== BAMMA held its first event in London on June 27, 2009. ''BAMMA 1: The Fighting Premiership'' was held in a tournament format, with two semi-finals taking place in the Lightweight, Welterweight and Middleweight divisions. The semi-final winners progressed to the final, which is to take place at a later date. Their next event, ''BAMMA 2: Roundhouses at the Roundhouse'', was held at The Roundhouse and saw BAMMA's first champions crowned. Rob Sinclair defeated Nathan Beer to become the Lightweight Champion, and Alan Omer got the better of Paul Reed for the Featherweight Championship. After this, BAMMA moved to Birmingham for ''BAMMA 3: Horwich vs. Watson'' which hosted three title fights. Originally, tabloid celebrity Alex Reid was set to fight Tom "Kong" Watson for the vacant Middleweight title. 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 and IFL veteran Matt Horwich for the main event. Watson won the fight by decision and claimed the belt. In the Featherweight division, Omer lost his belt to Mark Adams via unanimous decision. Also, Daniel Weichel was brought over from Germany to challenge Sinclair's reign as Lightweight Champ. Sinclair, who used the England football anthem "Three Lions" as his entrance music, successfully defended his title by TKOing Weichel in the first round. A number of other big names also filled the card, including Seth Petruzelli and War Machine, and around 5,000 fans were in attendance that night.〔http://www.efnsports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1971&Itemid=64〕 At ''BAMMA 4: Reid vs. Watson'', Reid finally got the chance to take on Watson in a championship bout, but "Kong" was able to defend his title by winning via unanimous decision. Also featured on the card that night were three of Europe's most promising welterweights in Eugene Fadiora, Gunnar Nelson and Simeon Thoresen. ''BAMMA 4: Reid vs. Watson'' gained a huge TV audience breaking records for Bravo and becoming one of the most watched MMA bouts in UK history. The main event peaked with over 835,000 viewers during the fight, making it the most watched MMA event in UK history. BAMMA's next event BAMMA 5 was originally planned for December 2010 and was set to be headlined by Bob Sapp vs. Stav Economou.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BAMMA 5 Heading North )〕 However, due to snowstorms in the UK the event was cancelled. It was rescheduled for February 26, 2011 at the MEN Arena in Manchester with Paul Daley taking on Yuya Shirai for the BAMMA Welterweight title It was announced on January 27, 2011 that BAMMA had signed a 1-year deal with SyFy to broadcast all 5 of their arena events in 2011, completely live on the channel in the UK. This is an unprecedented deal which makes BAMMA the first ever MMA organisation in the UK to deliver totally live coverage on a non-subscription channel. BAMMA 6 took place at Wembley Arena on May 21, 2011 and featured a title defence by Tom Watson. It was announced on March 16, 2011 that Tom Watson would face Murilo Rua. Rumours began to circulate that WWE superstar Dave Batista would make his MMA debut at BAMMA 6. However this was not the case, instead UFC veterans Frank Trigg and Ivan Salaverry took part at the event, posting a win and a loss respectively. At BAMMA 7, they held their first British title fight, where Welsh Middleweight Jack Marshman became the first British Middleweight Champion. On November 14, 2011, "Inside MMA", announced that HDNet, the network that shows Inside MMA and promotions such as ProElite's and DREAM's live events has signed an agreement with BAMMA to air their events, beginning with BAMMA 8. A few weeks later BAMMA announced that they signed a 10 event deal with Canada's The Fight Network. In Brazil, TV Esporte Interativo signed an agreement with BAMMA to air their events in 2012 This MMA organisation will partner Rizin Fighting Federation for the RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GRAND-PRIX event to be held on December 29 and 31 2015. The former Pride FC Heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will headline the NYE Rizin FF main event. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BAMMA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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