Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Octagon cage ring in Smoker Fight Blood Kompac 2 in Davao City


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)
FPV/ASA/LOLITO T. DELOS REYES/LDP

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

DAVAO GRAPPLERS

DAVAO CITY (Aug. 7) PNA – The Cenojas Mixed Martial Arts-Kamphuis Fabricio Davao (CMMA-KFD) dominated the Nightmare MMAI Sub-Fighting Championship held Sunday at the Gaisano Mall of Tagum in Tagum City.
Mike Lim beat his own teammate Earl Sideno in the finals of the Open weight division of the grappling competition. Axel Agbayani also from CMMA-KFD settled for the bronze medal to complete a 1-2-3 finish by the team of Sensei Marco Cenojas.
Lim, one of the fighting twin brothers, earlier took the gold medal in the featherweight category by outclassing another teammate Rannier Actub in the championship.
CMMA-KFD earned two more golds courtesy of bantamweight Mark Co and flyweight Chad Gutierrez, who also both defeated their own teammates in the finals.
Co outplayed Raphael Facundo while another CMMA-KFD entry Vann Tan settled for the bronze. Gutierrez overpowered David Acosta as the Davao team toppled down their rivals from Koronadal and Tagum City.
At least 30 players saw action in the event organized by Nightmare MMA and supported by the city government of Tagum. – LITO DELOS REYES

Friday, June 28, 2013

Gerenale defeats Xavier in Samal's Smoker Fight

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

KING'S Sword Martial Art’s Miel Gerenale defeated Jelen Xavier of Tagum Nightmare MMA via unanimous decision during the Smoker Fight Pre-Qualifier held June 22 at the Maxima Resort and Aqua Fun in the Island Garden City of Samal.
The five-footer Gerenale, being the smaller fighter weighing only 98 lbs., subdued the much bigger Xavier with an impressive turning hook kick on the face in the third and final round.
Xavier, who stands 5’4’’ and weighs 112 lbs., was on the advantage as he took an aggressive approach and kept Gerenale at bay in the beginning of the first round. Gerenale was able to pull himself together and began landing a number of kicks and punches towards the end of the first round.
“It was a full-packed action of kicks, knee strikes and punches,” describes Nell Jone Astudillo III of King’s Sword.
Astudillo said that Gerenale’s training in American Bushido Karate and Muay Thai was an advantage to his win. Gerenale was also named Most Promising Fighter of the event after his stellar performance. His bout was also named the Fight of the Day.
Aside from Gerenale, amateur boxers Adrian Benedict Bautista and Rian Alterado from Alterado Xtreme Combat (AXC) also showed promise by beating their respective rivals.
Justin Dayot (220lbs) of Beefit Python’s Pit bested James Larroza (248 lbs) of Nightmare Mixed Martial Arts of Tagum in the main event.
Bautista of AXC overcame Jerry Hilot of Python’s Pit while Dennis Quinonero of Cenojas MMA (CMMA) prevailed over Allan Calit Yasis of Davao City.
Ian Duay of King’s Sword, Brandon Lascuna of Metrolifestyle and Alterado of AXC also axed wins.
“The event showed that there are a lot of enthusiasts who are interested in playing MMA,” organizer Dr. Vince Vicente said.
The event was participated by CMMA, King’s Sword, Pythons Pit, AXC, Nightmare MMA of Tagum, and Ian Garcia of Cebu Yawyan.
The event served as a pre-qualifier to the Smoker Fight XII slated in October. (RJFL)

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

 PNA NEWS
    LAM/ASA/LTREYES/LDP

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)
LAM/ASA/LTREYES/LDP





Monday, April 1, 2013

SMOKERFIGHT XI - THE INEVITABLE RESULTS

SMOKERFIGHT XI
MARCH 16, 2013
NCCC, KADAYAWAN HALL
Davao City, Philippines

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
Raymund Lacuna vs James Laroza
Lacuna via RNC

FLYWEIGHT DIVISION
Jeko Constantino vs Marlon Cruzpero
Constantino via DQ

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION
Ranniel Zinampan vs Adrian Antipasado 
Antipasado via ref stoppage ground and pound

PINWEIGHT DIVISION
Jay Solana vs Jose Carlo Castillo Laurel
DRAW

FLYWEIGHT DIVISION
Jhun del Valle vs Dante Reyes Madrideo
Del Valle via unanimous Decision

FEATHERWEIGHT
Calixto Perkins vs John Paul del Valle 
Del Valle via unanimous decision

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
Sal Demecillo vs Ranz Jairoe Somo Samson
Samson via unanimous decision

FLYWEIGHT DIVISION
Ruben Lanaza vs Venson Deleporre 
Lanaza via unanimous decision

COMAIN EVENT
FLYWEIGHT DIVISION
Serg Jayson vs john Myron Basil 
Basil via KO

MAINEVENT
FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION
Rudy Tacogue vs Rockytune Batolbatol 145
Batolbatol via DQ


del Valle of AXC escape the leg lock attempt of Madrideo from Bicol
It  was a night full action as it started with an RNC by MUMMA  of CDO's heavy weight Raymund Llacuna against a tough hard kicking fighter from the city of Tagum, James Laroza of Nightmare MMA, a toe to toe exchange of blows by Delopere of Laguna against Davao's Ruben Lanaza. A fight that is notable to watch, was the war between a skilled grappler from Laguna Jose Carlo Laurel of Fightworks MMA against a never surrender stand-up tactician Jay Solana of Alterado Extreme Combat, Davao City. It escalated till the end at the co-main event as John Basil of AXC gave a knock out blow, a heavy upper cut which connected to the chin of his noteworthy opponent of Team Nightmare MMA, Panabo City, Serg Jayson. The night ended with two tough fighters, as Rudy Tacogue a former pro boxer dominates the stand-up domain against his opponent Rocky Batulbatol of FitBOX MMA. Batulbatul gave Tacogue a hard time as he did several dominating ground and pound and several submission attempts. The match was stopped due to a DQ, as Tacogue threw a kick which gazed the opponents face. IT was a controversial call for everyone as the hometown hero was already leading in the rounds, nonetheless the organizer after thorough discussion with the coach of both teams ad with the ref, respected the initial call. IT was a night of action, fun and excitement. Congratulations to all the warriors!!!

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Davao's Phyton's Pit Represent in Wrestling tourney


NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL SCHOLASTIC TAKEDOWN WRESTLING CHALLENGE

Take it to the history of wrestling here in Davao City. Phyton's Pit is the first wrestling club in Davao City affiliated officially with WAP or Wrestling Association of the Philippines. The team is headed by no other than the renowned coach of mma Mr. Bambi Posadas. His team composed of Lloyd Anthony Abucayan and his very own son Clay Posadas competed in the recently held event organized by WAP, the National-International Scholastic Take down wrestling challenge last February 23. Both players bagged 3 gold medals and a sliver medal. Abucayan who is only 17 years old bagged 2 gold medals for his weight category and open weight category for the national event and grabbed a silver for the international category. Clay Posadas a young promising athlete got a gold metal on his weight class.  

Abucayan and Posadas

 Davao Wrestling Club - Phytons pit with SCOOP Davao 
(Marlon Gayog, Otek Durante, Doc Vince Vicente, Llyod Abucayan, Clay Posadas, Coach Bambi Posadas and Jimmy Javier L-R)

Doc Vince, Otek Durante and Coach Bambi Posadas at Royal Mandaya Hotel during SCOOP Davao hour



Congratulations to Lloyd Anthony Ablin Abucayan & Clay Posadas & to Coach Abelardo Posadas for winning 3 Gold Medals(National Level) & 1 Silver Medal(International Level) from the National Scholastic Takedown Wrestling . Congratulations to Coach Bambi Posadas for producing great athletes.


(photos courtesy of Mr. Racky Acac of SCOOP DAVAO)