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Daley To Put Contendership On The For The BAMMA Belt.

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#1 ·
StrikeForce welterwight Paul 'Semtex' Daley is set to put his #1 Contendership Status on the line as he fights in his mative M.E.N. Arena in Manchester where he takes on DEEP legend Yuya Shirai in the main event of BAMMA 5 with the BAMMA Welterweight Championship up for grabs.

Source ; mmamania.com/
 
#10 ·
They won't be growing long if they keep avoiding paying their fighters. Tom Watson, one of their champions, was involved in a complete shambles of a situation with Alex Reid. Watson was waiting at the weigh-ins for 2 hours before Reid showed up, and then Alex showed up over-weight, and despite this being acknowledged by BAMMA, he wasn't given the 10% of Reid's purse he was promised. This, after Watson fought 2 weeks previous, and despite BAMMA knowing this (it was a contracted fight for Watson) still booked the Reid fight for 2 weeks after Watson's fight in Canada against Jesse Taylor. Appreciate what they're trying to do for British MMA, but you cannot treat your fighters like that, especially your champions. I just hope Paul doesn't get messed about too.
 
#12 ·
So because they're still paying their fighters a little of what they're owed it's OK? BAMMA owe (or did owe) Tom Watson several thousand dollars, which he needed to actually make it so he made some money for that fight. As it stood when I read his blog, he was losing money for taking that fight, which just isn't on. BAMMA are putting on decent shows, they're easily the best UK promotion, but if they're going to have any semblance of longevity they need to step their game up and start paying their fighters properly.
 
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