DAVAO CITY, Aug. 14 (PNA) – The Smoker Fight Blood Kompac 2 will now be more exciting as the organizers will be using for the first time an octagon cage ring this Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Kadayawan Hall of NCCC Mall in Matina.
“This octagon cage ring is courtesy of the I-Flex Fitness Gym, who will be allowing us to use it,” said organizer Dr. Vince Vicente of Smoker Fight MMA Promotions last Tuesday at the SCOOP of The Royal Mandaya Hotel.
Vicente has solved already his problem last week after the caretakers of the old boxing ring at the Almendras gym was already reserved for the use of the “ALA-Combra Lakas ng Tunay Boxing” event also slated this Saturday, 6 p.m. but at the Magsaysay Park. Vicente was accompanied at the weekly public service sports program sponsored by TRMH, Genesis 88 Advertising and Auto Center, Mulatto Outdoor Apparel, Beefit Gym and Aerobics, Edge Outdoor and Dexter’s Pizza at The Stadium by I-Flex owner Marco Tamayo, I-Flex gym instructors Yves Ravelo and Jess Jone Sigaya and FV Fighting System instructor Flash Val Casas.
But before Vicente met Tamayo, he was already negotiating with the Cenojas Mixed Martial Arts to use their old octagon ring cage which was no longer used. However, the said octagon, which was the first one used in Davao, still have to be restored which will take a much longer time according to owner Marco Cenojas.
“Hulog ng langit talaga si Sir Marco (Tamayo) dahil meron na pala siyang pinapagawang octagon cage,” said Vicente.
Although local materials were used in the octagon ring of the I-Flex, the size was patterned from the standard rings used in the international competition. Tamayo, who has transferred his Davao gym at his residence at Las Terrazas in Ma-a, said that the original octagon ring will cost half a million pesos.“I really want to help the sport of MMA and boxing that’s why I’m also developing fighters here in Davao,” said Tamayo, who now has an I-Flex gym in Dubai. Tamayo, who usually comes home for the annual Kadayawan Festival, is the 2003 Mr. Philippines World title-holder and a third placer in the 2010 Mr. World Fashion Man held in Italy.
Meanwhile, everything is now set with the MMA or Stand-up match-ups in the SF Blood Kompac 2 that will feature seven pairs coming from Davao, Tagum, Kidapawan and Koronadal City.
Pitted in the main event are Marlon Cruzpero (125 lbs.) of the Alterado Extreme Combat (AXC) Davao and Ramel Eting (127 lbs.) of CMMA-Kidapawan.
Seeing action in the undercard are Joseph del Valle (135 lbs.) of Beefit Python’s Pit vs. Serg Jayson (135 lbs.) of Nightmare MMA-Tagum; Dennis Quinonero (129 lbs.) of CMMA vs. Raynald Tumampos (125 lbs.) of KHJ Combat MMA; John Ray Arnaiz (125 lbs.) of KHJ Combat vs. Donix Seal Moralde (125 lbs.) of AXC; Rian Alterado (138 lbs.) of AXC vs. Chong Lee Wata (140 lbs.) of NMMA; Francis Corales (150 lbs.) of Flash Val Fighting System vs. Mark Luther Ranao (154 lbs.) of AXC; and Ron Jun Masupat (120 lbs.) of FVFS vs.T-Bone Teves (122 lbs.) of Beefit Python’s Pit. (PNA)
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