Davao City heavyweight beats Tagum City in Smoker Fight Pre-Qualifier

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Larroza vs Dayot

 DAVAO CITY, June 23 (PNA) -- Heavyweight Justin Dayot of Beefit Python’s Pit based in Davao City landed more punches to beat James Louie Larroza of Tagum Nightmare Mixed Martial Arts in the main event of the Smoker Fight Pre-Qualifier held Saturday at the Maxima Resort and Aqua Fun in Island Garden City of Samal.

The 24-year-old Dayot (220 lbs) started slow but dominated the final two rounds as he threw left-right jabs on the face of Larroza, who suffered a nose bleed in the third round.

The 248-pound Larroza, who absorbed his second straight loss in the stand-up kickboxing match, said that he still wants to fight in the future depending on Dr. Vince Vicente, who organized the event sponsored by Maxima Resort and Aqua Fun.

The smallest fighter among the 14 fighters, diminutive Miel Generale of King’s Sword MMA Davao, took the Best Fighter award. The 5-foot Generale, defeated 5-foot-4 Jelen Xavier of Tagum Nightmare MMA convincingly in their match also voted as the Best Fight among the seven bouts.

The first two fights, both ended via a referee stoppage.

Adrian Benedict Bautista (130 lbs.) of the Alterado Xtreme Combat (AXC) connected right straight jabs on the face of Hilot Jerby (130 lbs.) of Beefit Python’s Pit in the second round.

Dennis Quinonero (121 lbs.) of Cenojas MMA also scored a second round stoppage against Allan Yasis (121 lbs.) of Davao City, who turned his back after absorbing solid body shots.

The other winners were Ian Duay (128 lbs.) of King’s Sword, Brandon Lascuna (121 lbs.) of Metrolifestyle and Rian Alterado (150 lbs.) of AXC.

The winners of the seven-match competition are expected to next see action in the Smoker Fight XII set in October. (PNA)
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