CONGRATULATIONS TO RICARDO "EL MATADOR" SAPNO III
The event was supposed to be headlined by URCC Featherweight Champ, Eric Kelly, but after a bunch of controversy and personal issues from the champ that even had him talking about moving to Malaysia, he had to pull off from the bout at the last minute.
It was headlined instead by an interim title bout between Ricardo Sapno, and Reydon "The Filipino Bolo Punch" Romero, who just came off an upset victory over Jessie Rafols in an all out war several weeks ago.
The two faced off and engaged in a back and forth slug-fest during the opening round. Romero was getting the better of the exchanges earlier on, but he was already showing signs of fatigue during the latter moments of that 10-minute first round. As the second 10-minute round drew on, both fighters were clearly worn out. 'The Filipino Bolo Punch' failed to finish a very deep triangle choke, and when they were able to get up, he was landing shots just running on pure heart. A knee knocked the mouthpiece off Sapno, and as the break in the action had both fighters stand on the corners, Romero's body finally gave up and he collapsed by the ropes.
Sapno, showed a lot of potential during that bout. It was the biggest win of his career, and as he improved his record to 4-1, he won the Interim URCC Featherweight Title, and a future shot at the popular and dangerous Eric Kelly.
bloodYELLOW.COM
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/11/20/2574883/urcc-rogue-black-tie-brawl-results-asian-mma-news
"Red Romero may now be the owner of the record for the shortest time a fighter has held a belt. Ricardo Sapno of Beefit’s Python Gym from Davao took everything Romero had to throw and overpowered him with takedowns that seemed to gas-out Romero. The beginning of the second round was virtually an episode of “The Walking Dead” if they ever featured two zombies in an MMA fight. Romero could have won it all when he caught Sapno in a triangle armbar where he was able to land some heavy hammer fists. Sapno was able to get out of it but you could see the punishment he took as his face became swollen and bruised. Romero would later on launch a barrage causing the mouthpiece of Sapno to fly out but after the ref decided to let Sapno put on his mouthpiece, a very drained Romero collapsed in the ring and the fight was waived off with Sapno now the interim featherweight champion. "
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