Mixed Martial Arts has fast becoming the upcoming sports for Dabawenyos as the Kadayawan Hall of NCCC was almost filled up, despite of the ongoing festivities. We were expecting that since it was THE Kadayawan Festival that the crowd will be divided and that the there will be just an inconsequential group of individuals who are going to witness the MMA event. And to our astonishment Dabawenyos have a solid group of MMA followers.
On the 17th of August Davao was treated with an MMA cage courtesy of Iflex gym. The experience was different compared to the other events since this was a collaboration with a local tattoo artists competition.
The event was highlighted by the SF pre-qualifier winner Rian Alterado who at this fight showed skill and confidence. Rian of Alterado Extreme Combat showered his opponent with a barrage of srtikes during the earlier round. But Chong Lee Wata was not a push over as he did some good counters. The takedown defense of Aletrado was astounding as he prevented Wata from a good double leg. Wata was not able to escape the near perfect close guard control of Rian which eventually lead to technical execution of picture perfect triangle choke. It took time for Aletrado to submit a tough never surrender Wata as Alterado slowly scoots his hips towards a proper angle to get the choke. Rian did an alternate armbar from that position then eventually went in for the kill to get the submission that he executed. Aletrado won his debut Amateur MMA fight by Tapping out his tenacious opponent.
T-bone the youngest MMA fighter in the card and the whole Davao, showed great courage and technique as he fought Ron Jon D Masupat of the FlashVal fighting Sytem. both are pin weights and gave everyone a toe toe battle from the beginning of the first round until the last horn blown on the third round. The battle went to the ground as the young T-bone hounded Masupat with relentless submission attempts. MAsupat a never say die fighter was in trouble and was about to be submitted several times by the Teves. Masupat has an iron will and prevailed. Eventually on the final round it was Masupat's stand-up skill and endurance which got the Judges eyes and gave him a majority decision.
Chirstian Dichoso of Pythons Pit took the fight in a weeks notice and showed stand-up proficiency as he got his opponent with several head kicks and stunned Junior Mendoza of Iflex gym. Mendoza who is a well conditioned boxer, also took the fight on a short notice. However the conditioning of the Mendoza got the best of Dichosa and forced the ref to stop the fight and gave Mendoza the win via TKO.
3 grueling rounds of grappling and pounding showed by the two brave warriors. Dennis Quinonero of CMMA who won on the stand-up pre-qualifiers at SF MAxima was pitted against a formidable opponent from KHJ Koronadal Raynald Tumampos. IT was a non stop ground action as Tumampos despite of the inexorable MUNOZ' like donkey kong ground and pound of Quinonero, was unfaced and refused to surrender. It was a the dominance of Quinonero as he controls his opponent gave the judges to decide Dennis as the winner.
Moralde and Arnaiz was a stand-up crusade as Donixseal Moralde of Alterado Extreme combat gives a pin point striking accuracy strikes to his never surrender opponent John Ray Arnaiz of KHJ Koronodal. Moralde gave Arnaiz a cut on right eye which prompted the referee to put the fight on halt, have Arnaiz checked by the ring physician. The referee and Arnaiz corner was given a warning that the fight be stopped if the cut enlarges. Despite of the cut Arnaiz the"lionheart" of KHJ Koronodal never showed signs of giving up as Moralde drops a bomb after bomb on Arnaiz. On the third round Arnaiz got his second wind started and fought like a berzerker giving Moralde some problems of his own. The last 10 seconds was HL of Arnaiz as he was able to gain top control fully mounted and did some damaging ground and pound but it was too late as he ran out of time to convince the judges. Domix won the fight via unanimous decision
The crowd went wild as Joseph del Valle a debut fighter from Pythons Pit did this PICTURE ERFECT double leg take down as he slam Serg Jayson head instructor of Nightmare MMA of Tagum down to the canvass. Del Valle did several successful takedowns however Jayson did not let this pass as he brought his A- game by bombarding del Valle with laser point precision strikes and a takedown of his own.with Del Valle on a defensive position covering himself it was just time when Jayson was able to sneak at Del Valle and executed a well timed RNC which prompted the adamantine Del Valle to Tap out.
Congratulations to the MMA Officials for a very unbiased, impartial and legitimate decisions. The group was comprised of Mr. Lito delos Reyes, Mr Abner Luzon and Ricardo Sapno III. Both Delos Reyes and Luzon underwent an MMMA officials seminar under the AMATEUR MMA RULES with Fernando Piccio the straightforward referee of the evening.
Congratulations to all the fighters keep on fighting and for the MMA fans of Davao Thank you for supporting the sport. Hopefully and eventually the sport will get bigger and Smokerfights would be able to produce caliber fighters that will represent Mindanao on Natoinal and international MMA events.
The night ended giving MMA fans another treat of MMA actions featuring mindanaw's young, raw, potential champion fighters.As Fighters and fans go home they have an additional unforgettable extraordinary amateur MMA experience brought to you by SMOKERFIHGTS MMA and its event partner Redstar Tattoo.
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The event was highlighted by the SF pre-qualifier winner Rian Alterado who at this fight showed skill and confidence. Rian of Alterado Extreme Combat showered his opponent with a barrage of srtikes during the earlier round. But Chong Lee Wata was not a push over as he did some good counters. The takedown defense of Aletrado was astounding as he prevented Wata from a good double leg. Wata was not able to escape the near perfect close guard control of Rian which eventually lead to technical execution of picture perfect triangle choke. It took time for Aletrado to submit a tough never surrender Wata as Alterado slowly scoots his hips towards a proper angle to get the choke. Rian did an alternate armbar from that position then eventually went in for the kill to get the submission that he executed. Aletrado won his debut Amateur MMA fight by Tapping out his tenacious opponent. 
