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

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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.