BAMMA 8
Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England.
Jim Wallhead took under 90 seconds to put his name on the map with a stoppage victory over the usually iron chinned Joey Villasenor. It all started with a left hook followed swiftly by some nasty ground and pound which puts him next in line to face BAMMA newbee Nate "The Great" Marquardt.
From the opening bell Toulouse native Antony Rea attempted to bully Jimi Manuwa and did so successfully half a dozen times through out the opening round, but when Jimi landed one of those power shots of his you knew the inevitable wasn't far away. The undefeated Manuwa hit Antony with a spinning back fist head kick combination dropping Antony, resulting in the Frenchman eating some Manuwa ground and pound until the bell rang for the end of the round saving him from any further punishment.
What appeared to be the end of the fight due to stoppage was actually the end of the round, the end of the fight followed seconds later as Rea called time on the match by not answering the bell for round 2. Jimi "The Poster Boy" Manuwa remains undefeated after a back and forth clincher with Antony Rea.
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Full event results:
Brian Hyslop def. Ian Malone via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Brent Crawley def. Mark Platts via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 2:57
Danny Mitchell def. Dean Amasinger via Submission (Triangle Choke) R2 2:28
Tom Breese def. Qasim Shafiq via Submission (Triangle Choke) R1 4:20
Colin Fletcher def. David Round via Submission ( Anaconda Choke) R1 2:13
Curt Warburton def. Tim Newman via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jack Marshman def. Leeroy Barnes via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Erik Perez def. Paul McVeigh via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Andre Winner def. Diego Gonzalez via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jimmy Wallhead def. Joey Villasenor via Knock Out R1 0:48
Jimi Manuwa def. Antony Rea via TKO (Rea didn't come out for Round 2) R1 5:00
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