[4] Mark Adams was scheduled to fight Paul Reed in the main event for the vacant Featherweight Title.
Tabloid celebrity and former MMA fighter Alex Reid was scheduled to return to the cage and face Tom Watson at the event.
The event was originally scheduled to take place at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle on 4 December 2010 and headlined by a heavyweight bout between Stav Economou and Bob Sapp.
[citation needed] 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.
[15] The main event was scheduled to award the vacant Welterweight title match but was changed to a non-title contest when Paul Daley failed to make the required weight by just 0.88 pounds (400 grams).
[citation needed] Background Tom Watson was originally set to defend his Middleweight Championship against Frank Trigg.
[citation needed] However, on 9 August, it was announced that Watson had to pull out due to a back injury and was replaced with Jim Wallhead.
[citation needed] Daley ended up missing the welterweight weight limit by 6 pounds on the day of the weigh ins.
[21][better source needed] BAMMA will also hold its very first bantamweight bout with Érik Pérez vs. James Brum on the undercard.
[citation needed] Background This event was meant to hold the BAMMA debut of Nate Marquardt, but it has been pushed back to 2012 and will be against Yoshiyuki Yoshida.
Marquardt has shown his desire for his opponent to be UFC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce and BAMMA veteran Paul Daley.
[24] UCMMA Light Heavyweight Champion Jimi Manuwa has signed a four-fight deal with BAMMA and made his promotional debut on this show.
[25] UFC Hall of Fame member and MMA legend Randy Couture will be appearing at BAMMA 8 to meet fans and sign copies of his new book 'The Last Round'.
Nate Marquardt was due to headline the main event however this is no longer the case since he mutually cancelled his BAMMA contract.
[31] Sam Hooker and Rus Smith were expected to fight on the card, however due to injuries they were replaced by Luke Barnatt and Lewis Long respectively.
[36] One 20 July, BAMMA announced the co-main event bout, which will have Jack Marshman defending his British Middleweight title against Andrew Punshon.
On Channel 5, the only fight to have been shown live was Alex Reid vs Sam Boo, and then highlights of what was supposed to have been the main event, Jack Marshman vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam.
[44] After a short stint in the UFC, Colin Fletcher returned to BAMMA at this event for a bout against Tim Newman.
[47] Background Paul Daley made his return to BAMMA at this event with a KO victory against Romário Manoel da Silva, and Mansour Barnaoui defended his lightweight title for the first time when he defeated Colin Fletcher.
[48] Scott Askham was scheduled to defend his Middleweight Championship against Ion Pascu, but had to withdraw due to an injury.
Max Nunes dropped weight and was announced as the replacement to face Pascu in a Middleweight bout.