BAMMA 5: Daley vs. Shirai is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on February 26, 2010 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.
Fight card
Main card:
* Welterweight Championship bout: Paul Daley vs. Yuya Shirai
* Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Ricco Rodriguez
* Middleweight bout: Alex Makhonin vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
* Middleweight bout: John Phillips vs. Jean-Francois Lenogue
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
Background
BAMMA 5 will be the first BAMMA event held outside of Birmingham or London. The event 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. However, due to snowstorms in the UK the event was cancelled. 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 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. This event will be aired live at 9pm on the UK TV channel SyFy, on the 26th of February as part of a new tv deal.