FokaiSaipan:RitesOfPassage7

Featuring

Manny”TheEnforcer”Chong

Jesse”SpiderMan”Taitano

Slade”TheRage”Adelbai

SaipanMMAResults:GuerillaWarfare2

MAIN EVENT

Kelvin Fitial over Ed Carpenter – TKO / 2nd Round

FIGHT RESULTS: Eduard Folayang over Jerome Norita – TKO / 52 sec 1st Round Charlz Aiken over Mike Davis – TKO / 1st Round Jay Santos vs Joel Pangelinan – Cancelled Fight Tara Namauleg over Kristy Halstead – TKO / 23 sac 1st Round Shane Camacho over Lionel Borja – KO / 53 sec 1st Round Robert Palacios over Rick San Nicolas – Tapout / 1st Round John Borja over Neil Taisacan – Verbal Submission / 3:11 mins 1st Round Swain Cangco over Victorino Igitol – Decision Martin Ayuyu over Jay Muna – RNC / 52 sec 2nd Round Leroy Sablan over J.J. Mality – KO / 48 sec 1st Round

THE GORILLA THANKS THE WARRIORS FROM THE MAINLAND, NMI, PHILIPPINES, GUAM, POHNPEI AND APPRECIATES ALL WHO PARTICPATED IN MAKING “BATTLE READY” A HUGE SUCCESS!  TO OUR MAIN SPONSOR BUD LIGHT,  SI YU’US MA’ASE !!

Special thanks to our other sponsors:

  IT&E – Boarderline – Power 99 – Aquarious – Younis Art Studio
- J’s Restaurant – The Set - Shop 670 – The Flair – Jonny’s Bar – OTM – CD consulting – Saipan Apparel

TheF-Files:ComunSense

• OK?
•  Let’s find out just how clever you really are
•  Ready? GO!!! (scroll down slowly to uncover Q’s and A’s)
•  First Question:
• You are a participant in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
  
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•  Answer : If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely WRONG! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, YOU are in second place!

• Try not to screw up next time. Now answer the second question, but don’t take as much time as you took for the first question, OK?
•  Second Question:
• If you overtake the last person, then you are…?
• (scroll down)
• Answer : If you answered that you are second to last, then you are WRONG again. Tell me Sunshine, how can you overtake the LAST person??
• You’re not very good at this, are you?
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• Third Question:
•  Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only.
• Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator.
• Try it.
• Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30 . Add another 1000 . Now add 20 . Now add another  1000 . Now add 10 . What is the total?
• Scroll down for the correct answer …
  
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• Did you get 5000 ?
• The correct answer is actually 4100 ...
•  If you don’t believe it, check it with a calculator!
•  Today is definitely not your day, is it ?
•   Maybe you’ll get the last question right… Maybe…
•  Fourth Question:
• Mary’s father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini,  4. Nono, and ??? What is the name of the fifth daughter?
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• Did you Answer Nunu?  NO! Of course it isn’t.
• Her name is Mary you retard! Read the question again!
• Okay, now the Bonus round,
• a final chance to redeem yourself:
• A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
• Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
  
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• It’s really very simple
•  He opens his mouth and asks for it…
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•  Does your employer actually pay you to think??
•  If so Do NOT let them see your answers for this test!
• PASS THIS ON TO FRUSTRATE THE
• SMART PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE!

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!!

 

FokaiSaipan:TheArtOfWar3Results

Here are the official results from the ART OF WAR III held at the Fiesta Resort
and Spa Hibiscus Hall:

100-130lbs  Bantam weight:

Gold- Jesse "PUMPY" Manglona-Team Gracie Barra (Guam)
Silver- Reagan Mality-Team Pwang
Bronze-Shane "PikaBoo"Alvarez TRENCH TECH

131-140lbs  Feather weight:

Gold - Jess "Pumpy" Manglona-Gracie Barra (Guam)
Silver - Alverick "Pretty Boy" Alvarez-TRENCH TECH
Bronze - Mike Sanchez- PUREBRED LLOYD IRVIN (Guam)

141-150lbs  Superlight weight:

Gold - Chris "No Luv" Laayug - TT
Silver - Min Joo Jong - TT
Bronze-Derick "El Peligro" Rangamar- Team Marianas Elite

151-160lbs  LIGHT WEIGHT

Gold- Ryan "The Dentist" Urquizu- Team BJT Entertainment Guam
Silver- Gio "Palaxi" Sablan-TT
Bronze- Tj "Ying Yang" Castro- TT

161-180lbs. Weltet weight

Gold- Byron. Everisto- Carlson Gracie (Guam)
Silver- Slade "Rage" Adelbai. Trench Tech
Bronze- Rusty Ada- Gracie Barra

180-200lbs. Middle weight

Gold- Eric Sian Attao Team PUREBRED Lloyd Irvin( Guam).
Silver-Syl "The Deal" Teregeyo- Marianas Elite
Bronze- Ron Chisato. TT

200lbs and up. Heavy weight

Gold- Kelvin "THE BIG HIT" Fitial Marianas Elite
Silver- Francis Mendiola. Gracie Barra
Bronze- Evangelis Babauta- Carlson Gracie (Guam).

SUPERFIGHT#1- Luis "The Shreddar" Blanco vs. Justin "The
Shocker" Cruz

*WINNER- Luis Blanco by advantage

SUPERFIGHT#2 -Tetsuji Kato. vs. Terence "TT-Rex" Aflague

*WINNER- Tetsuji Kato by advantage.

FokaiSaipan:TheArtOfWar3

RestInPeace:ChiefJusticePOPSTaylor

FOKAISAIPAN:RITESOFPASSAGE6

RITES OF PASSAGE 6-”CONVICTION” TENTATIVE FIGHT CARD:

FokaiSaipan:ResultsTrenchWarz9

TrenchWarz9Annihilation:12.12.08

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