Guam and Philippine based MMA promotion Pacific X-treme Combat, held their 39th event on September 14, 2013. Held at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig, it was a high-profile fightcard as the event was headlined by Asia's Top Featherweight MMA prospects Mark Striegl of FightCorps MMA and Jang Yong Kim of the MMA world renowned Korean Top Team. WEIGH-IN RESULTS: FIGHT 1ADAMSON TORBISO 132 vs HAROLD BANARIO 135 FIGHT 2 JINEL LAUSA 124 vs ADAM CACAY 125 FIGHT 3 ROSS EBANEZ 170 vs ZEBASTIEN KADESTAM 170 FIGHT 4 ISAIAH ORDIZ 155.5 vs GLEN RANILLO 155 FIGHT 5 KYLE REYES 145 vs ROLANDO GABRIEL DY 144 FIGHT 6 ERNESTO MONTILLA JR 126 vs ROLDAN SANGCHA'AN 126 FIGHT 7 JESSIE RAFOLS 135 vs LOUIS SMOLKA 135 MAIN EVENT FOR THE VACANT FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE Mark Striegl 145 vs Jang Yong Kim 145 SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines July 5, 2013 Heightened talks about Shinya Aoki moving to the featherweight division have been making its rounds on the internet this past few weeks. A master of submission, and one of the world's top lightweights, reports about Aoki’s intention to go down to featherweight dates as far back as April 2013 prior to him winning the Lightweight title against Kotetsu Boku at One FC 8. It was detailed in the interview and complete report by bloodyelbow.com.
The report said: "Heath, Shinya and I have talked about this for the last year or so, and all three of us have decided that it is best for Shinya's future," said Chatri Sityodtong, the founder and one of the head coaches at Evolve MMA, "He can easily make 145. He is too small to be a lightweight, and he will be a huge featherweight. His body type at 145 is akin to Jon Jones with a huge wingspan and reach." There is no denying that Combat Sports or Mixed Martial Arts in particular, is on the rise in the Philippines. I remember about six or seven years ago, many fitness gyms in the Philippines, especially in the northern part of the country, brilliantly capitalized on the success and popularity of Manny Pacquiao. As The Pacman became a household name all over the world, more people got hooked into boxing. Ordinary fitness buffs, office workers, people from all walks of life and of whatever gender, enrolled at gyms that had boxing facilities, and had boxing as part of its diverse fitness classes. Some went to the gym to lose weight, others went to learn and train.
In the south, Boxing has always remained as the top most favourite sport and recreation by Filipinos in the Visayan region. During those years, around 2006-2007, the UFC has continuously rose to popularity, with the likes of Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, BJ Penn, - among others, the most recognizable names of MMA fighters. Back in those years I didn’t know that URCC was the Philippine's pioneer MMA organization, although I've already heard of it, and at that time it has gradually and steadily made its presence known. URCC was already holding its eighth or 10th MMA events in Manila. Ever since its inaugural event in 2002, more and more Pinoy Martial Arts practitioners from all over the country got their chance to test their skills against other fighters. From 2011 to today, International MMA organizations such as the Guam based PXC, and Singapore based One FC, have held big events in the country for the past two years or so (PXC -8 times, and One FC –twice). In this year alone, three big events were already held between the two international MMA promotions, and we are expecting another two or 3 more this year. There is a large pool of MMA talents in the country as more gyms have specialized in training Mixed Martial Arts. In case you didn’t know, a big-time Philippine MMA event is happening this April 27, 2013 at SMX Convention Center in Pasay. Featuring an explosive fight card from non-other than the biggest Philippine MMA promotion itself, the URCC, and it is dubbed as “URCC 23 – Unrivaled”.
In an effort to find answers to essential questions that I thought every URCC MMA fan like me would want to know, I reached out to the Main Event fighters of URCC 23. I saw Red Romero’ fight at URCC Dekada via live streaming but one of my honest to goodness fundamental question leading up to URCC 23 is, “Who is Red Romero?” So, without further ado, below are info from our Q&A on “Things I needed to know” about The Filipino Bolo Punch. |
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