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EnRoute:Spike22′sKumite forApril3,2009

Getting things ready for this Friday’s Spike22AcademyFundraiser event 7pm at TheRoyalOrchidHotel

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Featuring

Manny”TheEnforcer”Chong

Jesse”SpiderMan”Taitano

Slade”TheRage”Adelbai

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The book is coming along great.  Here’s a sample:

UFC 13 Royce Alger
May 30, 1997
Augusta, Georgia
UFC 13

In my career as a fighter I’ve always fought in the unlimited weight class, but for the UFC I was offered a fight in the 200 lbs. class. Now for the first time I had to cut weight, a total of 11 lbs. Since the fight was all the way in Georgia, the East Coast of the States, I decided to break up the travel and instead of going straight from Japan to Georgia. I stopped in Los Angeles for a few days. In Los Angeles I trained with a good friend, fellow martial artists, Burton Richardson. He helped me with some strategy and helped me touch up my striking. After getting a few good days of training in, I headed off to Augusta, Georgia. When I got to Georgia I was still 2 lbs. overweight, and because I wasn’t used to dropping weight, even 2 lbs. was a big task. 2 days before the weigh-ins I didn’t eat or drink anything. The day of the weight check I was still worried about my weight, so I just sat in my room with my sweats on, under the covers, with the heater in my room set on high. Then, 2 hours before weigh-in time, I went downstairs to the training room with my brother and hit the pads and sparred for another 40 minutes.
Finally it was time to check my weight. I guess I was so worried about my weight and wanted to be safe that I actually dropped too much weight. I was 2 lbs. under, and my official weigh-in was at 198 lbs. I was drained but very relieved that I had made the weight. After weigh-ins, there was no time to rest. We went straight to the press interviews and picture taking. All the interviews were revolved around Royce Alger, and I got the feeling that I was already counted out, with everyone assuming Royce was going to be the champion. I was in a 4-man tournament that consisted of a judo expert, Al Leninger; a Pancration fighter, Guy Mentzer; NCAA wrestling champion, Royce Alger; and myself, the world Shooto heavy-weight champion. The alternate was a street fighter with a wrestling base named Tito Ortiz. At this time in the MMA scene, the wrestlers were dominant so that is why Royce was a heavy favorite. He was also Mark Coleman’s boy who was the reigning UFC heavy-weight champion. Royce also had some Golden Gloves boxing experience in his past, so he was a very well-rounded fighter. Everything leading up to the fight in the press conferences, interviews, and commercials was Royce Alger this, Royce Alger that. In the pre-fight interview, I was asked, “How does it feel to be going up against someone of Royce Alger’s caliber?”. And my answer was, ” I hear Royce is one of Dan Gable’s most ferocious wrestlers, so I look forward to meeting his aggression head on head.”
When we got in the arena, I was in awe at the set-up, and still had a hard time comprehending that I was going to be fighting in the pioneer of MMA, the UFC. 2 fights before Royce and I were going to fight, we were called to be on stand-by in a warm up area where there was a small mat area to warm up. What was very awkward was across the way from my warm up area, I could see over to Royce’s warm up area. I wasn’t interested in seeing Royce before the fight so I tried not to look over there, and just focused on my warm ups but………….

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PXC17:FearlessResults

Taniguchi fells Castro in 1st

By John Wesley Jr. • For Pacific Daily News • March 28, 2009.

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The fight card for PXC 17: Fearless was filled with some of Guam’s top fighters, as well as participants from Japan and Saipan.

In the fourth fight of the night, Japan’s Tomonori Taniguchi defeated Guam’s Alex Castro in the first round.

Castro was taking his time to set up his stand-up attack, but got caught by an uppercut that dropped him. Taniguchi followed up with ground and pound and the referee intervened to end the fight.

Other fights

s Jon “Superman” Tuck def. Thomas “the Saint” Calvo via submission:

The much-anticipated grudge match between Spike 22′s Calvo and Guahan Top Team’s Tuck kicked off the event.

Tuck made Calvo submit with a rear-naked choke in the first round.

Both fighters came out aggressive, but the much taller Tuck took advantage of his size. Tuck landed heavy knees to Calvo’s midsection and threw him twice. The second throw allowed Tuck to get on Calvo’s back, and after sinking in his hooks, Tuck locked in the rear-naked choke until Calvo tapped out.

s Yasuhiro Motomura def. Derek Rangamar via submission: In the second match of the night, Motomura made Rangamar tap out in the first round with a triangle choke.

Rangamar attempted a jumping knee early in the fight. The move didn’t startle his opponent though, and while Rangamar took his opponent down, Motomura escaped and worked his way to a submission victory.

s J.J. Ambrose def. Hideto Condo via submission: Ambrose used a rear-naked choke and forced Hideto Condo to tap out in the first round of the night’s third fight.

Ambrose controlled the match, grounding and pounding Condo until he found an opening to sink in the submission hold.

s Hosea Ware def. Hiroaki Sakuma via submission: Ware used his superior strength to gain top position on his opponent and had a full mount for most of the match.

Sakuma managed to sweep Ware, but Ware locked in an arm-bar and Sakuma submitted in the first round

(2 of 2)
s Kyle Reyes def. Kyle Aguon via decision: In a highly anticipated match, both fighters went the distance and Reyes was awarded the unanimous decision.

 

Reyes came out trying to take control of the match with some kicks, but Aguon countered with knees. Before the end of the first round, Reyes had a full mount and began to pound on Aguon. Eventually Reyes locked in an arm-bar, but Aguon refused to tap.

The second and third rounds saw the fighters trade flurries of punches, knees and kicks before Reyes was declared the winner.

s Fasi Jesse def. Eric Santos via decision: The seventh fight saw little action and went three rounds before Jesse took the unanimous decision.

The fight saw several stalemates and the ref had to stand both fighters up several times. The only exciting action came in the third round when Jesse started with strong kicks that Santos countered. Santos had Jesse in a choke hold, but couldn’t sink it to close the match.

Delay

After a long delay due to fans leaving the building after some pepper spray was spread in the stands, Guam’s Justin Cruz made Japan’s Taki Tsuchiya tap out in the first round.

Cruz applied a rear-naked choke to get the win.

The last two fight results were not available at press time.

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Congratulations to MiguelAyuyu of TeamCarlsonGracie on his Kickboxing Debut KnockoutVictory over PXC veteran Joshua Alvarez.

AWord(or2)FromDaFlyingCockoroach

Hafa Adai and Greetings All,

As some of you may already know, Rep.Stanley Torres is taking all the steps necessary to pass House Bill 16-26 which aims to produce an Athletic Commission for the regulation of Mixed Martial Arts in the CNMI. He was quoted as saying “MMA is very violent and too brutal” and that it’s nothing but a “Blood Sport”. He also mentioned that we are operating our shows/events in an “unorganized manner” and that it needs to be regulated.

Mind you, between the 2 local promoters, collectively we have had 20 SUCCESSFUL MMA events with another  one coming up on the 27Th of this month.This doesn’t include the other 4 MMA events that was held here in Saipan and 1 in Tinian and 1 in Rota by outside promoters in 2004,2005 and 2006.There were no serious injuries in all 26 MMA events held.Each event had anywhere form 8-18 matches per show.

Fighters from the Saipan,Tinian,Rota, Guam, Hawaii, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, the US and Japan have competed in MMA here in the CNMI and believe me, it takes respectable, experienced promoters who have global connections to successfully put on an event such as the ones held in recent years.

I truly believe that it is Rep. Stanley Torres’s ultimate intent to bring down the sport of MMA altogether and by initiating this commission, it solidifies that chance. I am not against a commission, especially when it involves fighter safety. If the terms are for the best interest of the fighters,competitors and and of course the promoters who are putting on these events for everyone’s viewing pleasure, then I support regulation to a certain extent. But you are going to have to ask yourselves- Who will run the commission? What should their credentials be? Who decides who will be appointed ? I know the Governor will definitely appoint the Doctors and other members of the board but truthfully you would need experienced people to run the commission.

What I am against are the outrageous fees and mandatory percentage charges that will be implemented and that will be enforced by the commission for us to pay. Rep.Torres copied the Nevada State Athletic Commissions guideline VERBATIM and wants to use it here in the CNMI. According to the regulations of the commission, we would have to pay a $10,000.00 bonding fee per fighter, pay a high percentage fee on all ticket sales and gross sales per event, pay a fee for 3(three) “Highly Qualified” Doctors per event, and pay all the requirements for fighters’ mandatory health screening- CAT Scan, MRI Scan of the brain, Chest X-Rays, Blood testing and etc…..the list goes on and on…Just paying SS tax for employees and BGRTs is tough enough. (Oh and the service fee the CPA charges).

It wouldn’t be so bad if Saipan or Tinian or even Rota had stadiums that fit 20,000+ fans and if we were selling out the house every time. If this were the case, as it is in Nevada and the States and other parts of the world, then the fees would probably be attainable.The reality is, is that commissions around the world are facing litigation from promotional companies all the time because of how they are ran.

FYI- In every MMA event held here in the CNMI, many months of planning and organizing takes place prior to each event. Fighters’ safety is our priority.We insure the presence of a Doctor and ambulance at each event and we hire highly qualified and experienced referees to control each bout. International MMA rules are enforced and fighters are educated in all the do’s and don’ts prior and during each contest. The referees and doctors can stop the match at any time they feel the competitor’s lively hood is at risk…even if the competitor thinks he is OK. Combatants are matched by weight and EVERY PARTICIPANT signs a waiver form prior to competing. Good sportsmanship is mandatory and more friends are made through fighting in MMA than in any other sport. In fact, it is through fighting that goodwill and friendship are created. Events such as MMA is their outlets.

I think that there is some regulation taking place after all with all these requirements, don’t you? Statistically, MMA is far more safer than boxing as far as deaths and serious injuries are concerned.

If you have the time, please feel free to comment on this issue. Every opinion is welcomed and encouraged. I would like to hear everyone’s take on this and what positives and negatives may come out of the whole thing. Thank you for reading!

LONG LIVE THE ISLAND WARRIORS!! AND LONG LIVE MMA!!

 

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Calling all Heavyweights, Light Heavyweights and Middleweights! With the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter set to kick off April 1st, the 10th season is already in the works and SpikeTV, along with UFC, has announced the casting call at The Marriott Seattle Airport Hotel in Seattle, WA on April 6th. Fighters can register by showing up at the Marriott between 8am and 9am on that date, or in advance by filling out the online registration form here.
Applicants will have to grapple and hit pads so bring gear.

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