Press Release – We are proud to announce 2 more fights to the stacked BAMMA 6 card including the UK return of The New York Badass, Phil Baroni.
Fighting out of the World famous American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, home to the current UFC Heavyweight Champion, Cain Velasquez, Josh Koscheck and Jon Fitch, the UFC and PRIDE veteran Baroni makes his BAMMA debut fresh off the back of a unanimous decision win against Nick Nolte last month.
The New York Bad Ass previously fought at Wembley Arena under the Cage Rage promotion, beating Scott Jansen by KO after a huge right handed haymaker.
Coming in to the fight as a big fan favourite, Phil Baroni says, “It’s great to be back at Wembley Arena and fighting for such a great organisation as BAMMA.”
His opponent and fellow Cage Rage veteran, Gloucester’s Matt Ewin is making his return to the cage after a 3 year break but with an impressive 4 fight win streak before the break, with notable wins over Alex Reid, Mark Epstein and Xavier Foupa-Pokam.
The Ground and Pound specialist, Matt Ewin says, “Its great to be making my MMA return with such a high profile and professional organisation such as BAMMA. I’m coming to Wembley to make a big impact and add to my winning streak. I’ve got the endurance and strength to take home the win.”
About his opponent, a confident Ewin says, “I’ll be keeping an eye on his striking but he’s got absolutely nothing on the ground. He’s slow and he gasses really quick so it’s up to me to make him gas. It will be an easy win for me.”
BAMMA matchmaker, Jude Samuel, says, “This is going to be a very exciting fight to watch. With Matt’s return to the cage after 3 years and Phil’s return to Wembley after 3 years, all eyes are on this fight. Two veterans bringing experience, fire and passion to BAMMA. This is what great fights are made of!”
Completing a quartet of Brazilians on the card, Curitiba native and training partner for ‘Ninja’ and ‘Shogun’ Rua, the always dangerous Joao Paulo De Souza will take on the English-Italian Middleweight, Valentino Petrescu.
Petrescu, making his long awaited BAMMA debut had this to say about his opponent, “Little is known of Joao Paulo outside of brazil, but I know he is the training partner of former UFC Light heavyweight Champion Shogun Rua. This will be a tough fight and I hope it will be a great stand up war, because I know he likes his Muay Thai same as me. I’m looking forward to making my debut on BAMMA. Its been a long time in the workings, and finally it has arrived at the biggest UK stage in Wembley on the biggest UK show. Paulo is going to go back to Brazil with a bruised body, deflated ego and a new found respect for UK MMA all in 15 minutes! That will be his 15 minutes of fame over!”
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