The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts held their weigh-ins for this Saturday’s, September 10, BAMMA 7 event, which is set to go down at The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
Two main card fighters failed to make weight for the event, with one fighter pulling out of the fight earlier in the day.
If you would have guessed that one of those fighters was Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley, then you would be right. Daley failed to make weight for his welterweight bout with Jordan Radev, tipping the scales at 176 lbs, a full five pounds over the 171 lb welterweight limit.
‘Semtex’ was given an extra two-hours to drop the weight but turned it down, posting on Facebook that the fight was off. Instead of cancelling the bout Radev opted to face Daley in a 176 lbs catchweight bout making the fight official for the co-main event.
Daley explained to the press that the reason that several of the fighters were coming in overweight was due to the hotel saunas breaking down hours before the weigh-ins.
A last minute change saw lightweight title contender Leonardo Santos fail to even show up for the weigh-ins, opting to stay in Paris, France instead. Santos pulled himself out of the match because he was not going to make weight for the title match with Rob Sinclair and would not take a non-title fight because of the penalty in his contract to his fight purse for not making weight.
BAMMA officials pulled in a last minute replacement, pitting BAMMA 5 fighter Diego Vital against Sinclair for the World Lightweight Championship.
The main card and preliminary card of BAMMA 7 will stream live on the promotions Facebook page (www.facebook.com/bammauk) beginning at 2:15PM EST (11:15AM PST), with the main card beginning at 4PM EST (1PM PST) for fans living outside of the U.K. and Canada. U.K. fans can watch the event on Syfy, while Canadian fans can watch the event on The Fight Network.
The full BAMMA 7 weigh-In results are as follows:
Main card
Middleweight: Frank Trigg (185.5 lbs) vs. Jim Wallhead (185 lbs)
Catchweight (176 lb): Paul Daley (176 lbs)* vs. Jordan Radev (170 lbs)
World Lightweight Championship: Rob Sinclair (154.5 lbs) vs. Diego Vital (157.5 lbs)+
Lightweight: Andre Winner (155.5 lbs) vs. Jason Ball (155.5 lbs)
Preliminary card:
British Middleweight Championship: Jack Marshman (185.5 lbs) vs. Carl Noon (185.5 lbs)
Lightweight: Dale Hardiman (156 lbs) vs. Scott Jansen (157 lbs)#
Lightweight: Jeremy Petley (155 lbs) vs. Chris Fishgold (155 lbs)
Undercard:
Lightweight: Pindi Madahar (155.5 lbs) vs. Danny Compton (156 lbs)
Welterweight: Eugene Fadiora (182 lbs) vs. Robert Devane (184.5 lbs)
Welterweight: Lee Taylor (170.5 lbs) vs. Tom Breese (170 lbs)
Welterweight: Dean Amasinger (171 lbs) vs. Shah Hussein (170lbs)
Light Heavyweight: Fraser Opie (205 lbs) vs. Robert Krecicki (205 lbs)
Bantamweight: Erik Perez (140 lbs) vs. James Brum (140 lbs)
* Paul Daley refused the extra time to make weight, meets Radev in a 176 lbs catchweight bout
+ Diego Vital given two hours drop the extra weight, officially made weight
# Scott Jansen given two hours to drop extra weight, official at 156 lbs