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Paul Daley vs. Yuya Shirai Signed for BAMMA 5‎
Date: February 26, 2011




BAMMA 5 poster for ‘Daley vs Shirai’ on Feb. 26 in Manchester‎ is placed above. BAMMA 5 is an upcoming mma event to be held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on February 26, 2011 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.

BAMMA 5 will be the first BAMMA event held outside of Birmingham or London. The event which was originally scheduled to take place at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle on December 4, 2010 and headlined by a heavyweight bout between Stav Economou and Bob Sapp has been rescheduled due to snowstorms in the UK.

It has now been rescheduled for February 26, 2011 at the MEN Arena in Manchester. In January 2011, it was reported that Paul Daley was in advanced talks to headline the event. It was later confirmed that A welterweight tilt between Paul Daley vs Yuya Shirai will happen at BAMMA 5 with the welterweight title is on the line.

It was also reported by Scott Coker of Strikeforce that Paul Daley would only fight the winner of Nick Diaz and Evangelista Santos if he wins at BAMMA 5.

BAMMA 5 Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Lightweight bout: Daniel Thomas vs. AJ Wenn

Welterweight bout: Rob Mills vs. Leigh Cohoon

Lightweight bout: Jason Ball vs. Maktar Gueye

Welterweight bout: Paul Cook vs. Tom Maguire

Lightweight bout: Tim Newman vs. Diego Vital

Lightweight bout: Costas Doru vs. Liam James

Lightweight bout: Franky Slater vs. Jeremy Petley

Welterweight bout: Charlie Leary vs. Tom Breese

Main Card

Welterweight Title Fight: Paul Daley vs. Yuya Shirai

Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Ricco Rodriguez