BAMMA 7: Trigg vs. Wallhead 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 10 September 2011 at the NIA Arena in Birmingham, England.

Background

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...

 was originally set to defend his Middleweight Championship against Frank Trigg

Frank Trigg

Dewey Franklin Trigg III is an American mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler and co-host of MMAWeekly radio show and TAGG radio show...

. However, on August 9, it was announced that Watson had to pull out due to a back injury and was replaced with Jim Wallhead

Jim Wallhead

Jim Wallhead is an English professional mixed martial artist, based in Leicestershire, England, who competes in the welterweight division. Wallhead's background is in Judo, where he holds a Black Belt having trained under Olympic silver medallist Neil Adams...

.

BAMMA held its first ever British Middleweight title fight to crown the first champion in their new British title division aimed at developing a British champion in each weight class.

Paul Daley

Paul Daley

Paul Daley is an English professional mixed martial artist who has fought for EliteXC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce, BAMMA, Maximum Fighting Championship, Cage Warriors, Shark Fights, Impact FC, Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

 fought Jordan Radev

Jordan Radev

Jordan Radev is a Bulgarian Olympic wrestler and professional mixed martial artist. He was the first Bulgarian mixed martial artist to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in its middleweight division....

 in his second BAMMA

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...

 appearance. Daley ended up missing the welterweight weight limit by 6 pounds on the day of the weigh ins. The bout still went on at a catchweight of 176 pounds.

BAMMA will also held its very first bantamweight bout with Erik Perez vs. James Brum on the undercard.

Efrain Escudero

Efrain Escudero

Efrain Escudero is a Mexican professional mixed martial artist. He trains under Drew Fickett and competes in the 155 lb weight class...

 was scheduled to face 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...

 in a lightweight bout. However, on September 6, it was announced that visa issues prevented his travel to England.

Rob Sinclair was supposed to defend his World Lightweight Championship against Leonardo Santos

Leonardo 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:...

. The bout, however, was cancelled after Santos refused to fly to the event. Diego Vital stepped up on one day's notice to take the fight.

Main card

• Middleweight bout:   Frank Trigg
  Frank Trigg
  Dewey 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.   Jim Wallhead
  Jim Wallhead
  Jim Wallhead is an English professional mixed martial artist, based in Leicestershire, England, who competes in the welterweight division. Wallhead's background is in Judo, where he holds a Black Belt having trained under Olympic silver medallist Neil Adams...
  
  

Wallhead defeated Trigg via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27).

• Catchweight (176 lb) bout:   Paul Daley
  Paul Daley
  Paul Daley is an English professional mixed martial artist who has fought for EliteXC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce, BAMMA, Maximum Fighting Championship, Cage Warriors, Shark Fights, Impact FC, Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
   vs.   Jordan Radev
  Jordan Radev
  Jordan Radev is a Bulgarian Olympic wrestler and professional mixed martial artist. He was the first Bulgarian mixed martial artist to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in its middleweight division....
  
  

Daley defeated Radev via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

• British Middleweight Championship bout:   Jack Marshman
  Jack Marshman
  Jack Marshman is a Welsh mixed martial artist, who fights at middleweight. He is the first and current BAMMA British Middleweight Champion. He is also a member of the British Army.-Military Service:...
  
   vs.   Carl Noon

Marshman defeated Noon via TKO (punches) at 2:09 of round 3.

• Lightweight bout:   Andre Winner
  Andre Winner
  Andre Winner is an English professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom, reaching the final. Winner is also a member of Team Rough House. He holds notable wins over Jeff Lawson, Rolando Delgado and Rafaello...
  
   vs.   Jason Ball
  Jason 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...
  
  

Winner defeated Ball via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

• World Lightweight Championship bout:   Rob Sinclair (c) vs.   Diego Vital

Sinclair defeated Vital via KO (punch) at 3:00 of round 3.

Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout:   Dale Hardiman vs.   Scott Jansen

Hardiman defeated Jansen via submission (rear naked choke choke) at 1:16 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Jeremy Petley vs.   Chris Fishgold

Fishgold defeated Petley via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:33 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Pindi Madahar vs.   Danny Compton

Madahar defeated Compton via TKO (punches) at 2:06 of round 2.

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

Fadiora defeated Devane via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:55 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Lee Taylor vs.   Tom Breese

Breese defeated Taylor via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:26 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Dean Amasinger vs.   Shah Hussein

Amasinger defeated Hussein via unanimous decision.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Fraser Opie vs.   Robert Kręcicki

Opie defeated Kręcicki via TKO (punches) at 3:19 of round 1.

• Bantamweight bout:   Erik Perez vs.   James Brum

Perez defeated Brum via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:31 of round 1.