It was a great battle between the two, as Galera had a good strategy answering the bell in the opening round like being fired straight up out of a cannon, charging straight to Romero and then went for the takedown. Romero did a great job in sweeping from his guard and this fight has become a see-saw battle, both fighters taking turns, trading vicious ground-and-pound punches and elbows in the first round. There was a confusion in the second round when Dave Galera stood up and let go of his submission hold (RNC) for the second fight in a row, as he thought the referee had stopped the fight via a tapout by his opponent. After that, referee Joey Lepiten let the fight continue, and Galera immediately jumps back on top of Romero for a ground-and-pound until Romero successfully got another sweep for his turn to throw bombs at Galera. In the third, Galera was again successful with his takedown and this time around he made sure he got the finish as he threw unanswered punches that prompted the referee to stop the fight.
Interim Bantamweight Championship
Dave Galera def. Red Romero via TKO Round 3
Interim Featherweight Championship
Will Chope def. Andrew Benibe via RNC Round 1
Vaughn Donayre def. Rex De Lara via Split Decision Round 3
Edmund Velasco def. Angelito Manguray via TKO Round 2
Fei Guo Lin def. Alvin Ramirez via UD Round 3
MJ Abrillo def. Qin Long via UD Round 3
Melchor Cases def. Mark Somes via UD Round 3
Onyok Transmonte def. Suri Guga via Kimura Round 2
Roy Doliguez def. Lito Adiwang via RNC Round 2
*Note: For the first time, URCC Implemented a new format at URCC 23 Unrivaled. Regular matches were heled at 3 rounds of five minute each, and 5 rounds of five minutes each for the Championship fights.
*Official: "Froilan Sarenas vs Arvin Chan match was cancelled. Both fighters weighed in over the limit. Froilan opted to fight. Arvin decided not to"
FULL EVENT GALLERY: URCC 23 Unrivaled
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