BAMMA 1: WATSON vs. MAGUIRE 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 June 27, 2009 at the Room by the River in London

London

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, England

England

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

The event was held in a tournament format, with two semi-finals taking place in the Lightweight

Lightweight (MMA)

The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...

, Welterweight

Welterweight (MMA)

The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The UFC's & Strikeforce's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb...

 and Middleweight

Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

 divisions. The semi-final winners progressed to the final, which is to take place at a later date.

Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout:   Spencer McMorris vs.   Radek Piechnik

Piechnik defeated McMorris via TKO (punches) at 1:57 of round 1.

• middleweight bout:   Ben Craggy vs.   Kes Kpokpogri

Kpokpogri defeated Craggy via unanimous decision.

• middleweight bout:   Dan Movahedi vs.   Adam Stanton

Stanton defeated Movahedi via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 1:08 of round 1.

Main card

• Lightweight bout: Francis Heagney vs.   Zack Jones

Heagney defeated Jones via TKO (punches) at 3:08 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Abdul Mohamed
  Abdul Mohamed
  Abdul Mohamed is an Afghan-English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight and welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Mohamed has starred in the domestic organisations, winning the Cage Rage British Lightweight Championship, as well as competing...
  
   vs.   Tim Radcliffe
  Tim Radcliffe
  Tim Radcliffe is an English mixed martial artist, who competes in the lightweight division. He is currently the UCMMA Lightweight Champion...
  
  

Radliffe defeated Mohamed via unanimous decision.

• Welterweight bout:   Nathan Champ vs.   Eugene Fadiora
  Eugene Fadiora
  Eugene Fadiora is an English mixed martial artist, who fights at Welterweight and Middleweight.-Biography:...
  
  

Fadiora defeated Champ via unanimous decision.

• Welterweight bout:   Edgelson Lua vs.   Che Mills
  Che Mills
  Che 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:...
  
  

Mills defeated Lua via unanimous decision.

• Middleweight 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.   Denniston Sutherland
  Denniston Sutherland
  Denniston Sutherland is a British Jamaican mixed martial artist, who competes in the middleweight division. He is currently the Cage Rage UK Middleweight Champion.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
  

Sutherland defeated Phillips via submission (punches) at 3:22 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   John Maguire
  John Maguire (fighter)
  John Maguire is an English mixed martial artist, who competes in the welterweight division. He is the former Cage Rage UK Welterweight Champion and has also competed in BAMMA. Maguire is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship....
  
   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...
  
  

Watson defeated Maguire via TKO (punches) at 2:47 of round 3.