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Sunday, Sep 09, 2012

DESTINY: Na Koa

Charles "Kid Kaos" Bennett (right) squares off with John Vistante Jr (left) Photo credit: Aaron Meyer

By Chris Onzuka

Hawaii has been hit hard by the economy and the legislation regarding MMA.  Recently that law has expanded its reach to include kickboxing. The Hawaii MMA scene has fallen far from its hey day of having the 8,000 seat capacity sold out.  MMA promoters have been struggling to bring in fight fans when putting on major events.  The smaller events have basically kept the sport that we all love alive.  Promoter Jay Bolos wanted to get his money’s worth and give Hawaii’s loyal fans the biggest bang for the buck by putting on 29 matches.  This allowed many fighters to get the opportunity to showcase their skills in the famous Blaisdell Arena.  The event featured a number of amateur title matches along with professional title matches.

Many new champions were crowned and every fighter fought their hearts out for almost seven hours of non-stop MMA action.  A few fighters were brought in from outside of Hawaii and with the exception of Raquel Pennington hanging tough and showing that persistence pays off by finishing a guillotine on local favorite Raquel Pa’aluhi.  Pa’aluhi was one of two second generation MMA fighters which shows the time that Hawaii has invested in MMA and that I am getting old.  There were some spectacular fights with some amazing finishes.  Alex Pulotu-Stevenson’s head kick finish of Kevin Aguigui was one of them and the crowd was set on fire with the outstanding job that local boys Ben Santiago, Sale Sproat and Dustin Kimura performed on Black House fighters Paulo Silva, Douglas Silva, and Damaso Pereira.  There are limitations of having the undisputed Middleweight king OUTSIDE the ring.  The two local boys dispatched their Brazilian counterparts in outstanding fashion.

The main event featured an infamous member of the MMA community Charles Bennett, better known as Krazy Horse, but he goes by Kid Khaos now.  Bennett has KO power and has gotten into it inside and outside the ring.  He was paired up with none other than Hawaii’s own counterpart, TUF tryout alumni, Jonavan “Immortal Warior” Visante Jr..  The start of their match could not have been scripted better.  Due to a slipped support board under the cage, shortly after they began the match, it had to halted to fix that issue.  While waiting it to be fixed, both fighters started taunting each other, with Bennett telling Visante, “lets only fight on this side of the ring.”  The Referee could barely keep them apart for the few minutes it took to fix the problem, seemed like hours I am sure.  Both fighters were tentative, with Bennett looking for a big strike to end the night and Visante on his bicycle looking to pick apart his foe.  This was basically the entire five rounds, with the exception of a few times where Bennett got a hold of Visante and launched him in the air and slamming him to the mat.  Unfortunately, Bennett never opened up with any ground and pound and Visante stayed busy on the bottom and eventually got back to his feet.  In the end, partly due to some interesting judging, it ended up being a split decision in Visante’s favor earning him the professional world lightweight title.
155lbs Pro World Lightweight Title Match
5 Rounds – 5 Minutes
Johnavan “Immortal Warrior” Visante Jr. (Team SYD, Hawaii) def. Charles “Kid Khaos” Bennett (Florida)
Split decision after 5 rounds.

145lbs Pro World Featherweight Title Match
5 Rounds – 5 Minutes
Dustin Kimura (Gracie Technics, Hawaii) def. Damaso Pereira (Black House Gym, Brazil)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 1:48 in Round 2.

185lbs Pro Middleweight Title
5 Rounds – 5 Minutes
Sale Sproat (Molokai) def. Douglas Moura Silva (Black House Gym, Brazil)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 1:12 in Round 1.

135lbs Pro Women’s Bantamweight Title
5 Rounds – 5 Minutes
Raquel Pennington (Altitude MMA, Colorado) def. Raquel Pa’aluhi (Gracie Technics, Hawaii)
Submission via guillotine choke 3:52 in Round 1.

155lbs Pro Lightweight Match
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Ben “Da King” Santiago (UKA, Hawaii) def. Paulo Silva (Black House Gym, Brazil)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 0:23 in Round 1.

135lbs Pro Bantamweight Match
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Ian Delacuesta (808 Fight Factory) def. Jireh Umi-Torres (Molokai)
Unanimous decision after 3 rounds.

125lbs
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Angie Pereira (HMC) def. Haley Pasion (UKA)
Unanimous decision after 3 rounds.

205lbs Amateur Light Heavyweight Title Match
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Alex Pulotu-Steverson (Team Xtreme) def. Kevin Aguigui (Animal House Gym)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 0:19 in Round 2.

145lbs Amateur Women’s Title Match
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Bryanna Fissori (SOMMA) def. Chantelle Berengue (Animal House Gym)
Unanimous decision after 3 rounds.

Preliminary bouts:

155lbs Amateur Title Match
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Robby Ostovich (Jesus Is Lord) def. Dan Ige (Gracie Technics)
Unanimous decision after 3 rounds.

135lbs Amateur Title Match
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Kevin Natividad (EightSixx BJJ) def. Brandon Mina (808 Top Team)
TKO, fighter could not continue after the end of Round 2.

Heavyweight Interim Title Match
3 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Okala Makaiau def. Kevin Herzog (Team Mixed Plate)
Unanimous decision after 3 rounds.

145lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Ryan Delacruz (808 Top Team) def. Joseph Yeampierre (HMC)
Unanimous decision after 2 rounds.

155lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Micah Abreu (UKA) vs. Kaulana Costa (Team Akamine)
Draw

135lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Jared Iha (No Remorse) def. Drake Fujimoto (Relson Gracie Waterfront/SOMMA)
Unanimous decision after 2 rounds.

155lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Lawrence Collins (Jesus Is Lord) def. Robert “Cholo” Aguirre (Freelance)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 1:22 in Round 1.

140lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Cody Santos (Bulls Pen) def. Tony “The Tiger” Rodrigues (Waianae BC)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 0:35 in Round 1.

145lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Matt Aoki (Grappling Unlimited) def. Jason Recamara (Team Mixed Plate)
Submission via triangle at 1:41 in Round 1.

145lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Jacob Lee (808 Fight Factory) def. Jomar Escosis (Freelance)
Unanimous decision after 2 rounds.

170lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Walter Walker (Hawaii United) dedf. Pedro Macias (Alliance JiuJitsu)
TKO, fighter could not continue after the end of Round 1.

125lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Geremy Martyn (Technics MMAD) def. Jared Gonda (Team Mixed Plate)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 1:15 in Round 2.

160lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Keoni Diggs (808 Top Team) def. Justyn Jumawan-Perreira (No Way Fight Skool, Kauai)
KO at 0:16 in Round 1.

125lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Joey Balai (TCK) def. Stu Jones (Freelance)
Submission via rear naked choke at 2:39 in Round 2.

155lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Johnny Pecyna (808 Fight Factory) def. Ka’eo Kawa’a (UCS)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 1:27 in Round 1.

125lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Chas Dunhour (808 Fight Factory) def. Travis Arredondo (EightSixx BJJ)
TKO via Referee stoppage (injured shoulder) at 0:22 in Round 1.

185lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Keoni Kahakelii (Team Mixed Plate) def. Dwain Uyeda (UCS)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 1:14 in Round 1.

170lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Marlon  Calventas (Bulls Pen) vs. Rylan Fonoti (808 Top Team)
Draw

170lbs:  2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Anthony Curbello (Freelance) def. Juan Berdon (Freelance)
TKO via Referee stoppage at 1:11 in Round 1.

130lbs: 2 Rounds – 3 Minutes
Lena Cook (Submit Hawaiian JiuJitsu) def. Monica Franco (Lion Tribe)
Unanimous decision after 2 rounds.

posted by FCF Staff @ 8:40 pm
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