By Alex Dillon
@ADillon__BAMMA 17 took place at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester this past Saturday with Colin 'Freakshow' Fletcher, Martin Stapleton & Brendan Loughnane just some of the big names who were victorious on a stacked show. After recently announcing some new signings as well as already having some great young talent on the roster, BAMMA look to be heading in the right direction.
Now that the dust has settled on this Saturday's event what fights can be made next for some of the winners?
Colin 'Freakshow' Fletcher
'Freakshow' stopped American Michael Brightmon in the main event at BAMMA 17 after Brightmon could not continue past the second round. The American to his credit, did land flush on Fletcher on a couple of occasions in the first round but once 'Freakshow' found his rhythm it was just a matter of time before he put his foe away. With such a good performance, it's hard not to reward Fletcher with a rematch against the BAMMA world champ Mansour Barnaoui in the near future.
Martin Stapleton
The SBG Manchester fighter made his debut in the co-main event and looked fantastic in doing so by submitting frenchman Sebastien Fournier in the first round via rear naked choke. 'Stapes' may have had a rocky time over in Bellator but BAMMA provide the perfect platform for him to get to the top of the ladder in my opinion. The Rochdale fighter was originally scheduled to fight Jeremy Petley before an injury and it is a fight which still makes sense. Stapleton also told Kingdom MMA in his post fight interview that he would like to fight for the British Londsale belt at BAMMA so don't rule that out either.
Brendan Loughnane
Since coming up short on the TUF:Smashes finale, Loughnane has been on a tear in the UK scene with wins over the likes of Jason Cooledge and Ali McClean. Loughnane continued this rich vein of form by dispatching late replacement Florian Rousseau in the first round via TKO. Loughnane improves every fight and in my opinion isn't far away from a shot at the champion Duquesnoys world championship belt. A #1 contender fight against Ashleigh Grimshaw would certainly show where he belongs in terms of title shots.
Mike Wootten
The TUF 18 semi finalist has been pretty impressive in his BAMMA stint so far racking up two wins in a row and looking good in doing so. Wootten's all round MMA game seems solid and it looks as if he could go far in the BAMMA bantamweight division. One name murmured before and after the fight as a potential future opponent for the MMA Academy fighter is undefeated BAMMA prospect Ed Arthur (5-0). With both fighters tearing up the promotions bantamweight division, this fight could end up being one of the fights of the year in 2015.
Marc Diakiese
Originally scheduled to fight Manchester's Kane Mousah at BAMMA 17 until the latter pulled out with a knee injury, Diakiese faced off against late stand in Vernon O'Neil who was making his pro MMA debut. To O'Neils credit he more than held his own throughout the fight but Diakiese ultimately controlled the fight and ended up with the Unanimous Decision victory. The fight that HAS to happen next is Diakiese vs Mousah. Both are at similar stages in their careers and match up perfectly. What's more there's been talk back and forth between the two with Mousah heading down to the BAMMA 17 weigh ins and riling Diakiese up adding fuel to the rivalry between the two. I don't think there's one person that doesn't want this one to happen. BAMMA 18 please.
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