J-sect’s Eastman, Pele Victorious In First Florida King Of The Cage
 J-Sect’s Eastman, Pele victorious in first Florida King of The Cage Held January 24, 2004 – Sunrise, Florida Report and photos by Keith Mills Sunrise, FL — It was a night of decisions as eight of thirteen fights ended in the judges’ hands in King Of The Cage’s first show in Florida.
Heavily favored American Top Team went 2-1 for the night while the real winners were J-Sect Academy going 2-0 in two of three main events. The surprise of the night was Seth Petruzelli defeating Dan Severn, partly due to a powerful first round in which he actually got Dan’s back. Eastman played arguably the most technical fight in his rematch against Vernon "Tiger" White while Jorge Santiago had the crowd cheering loudly in what was the most exciting fight of the night. Even with the cancellation of both the John Alessio and Erica Montoya fights, this card can only be viewed as a successful first run in the rapidly expanding Florida scene. Look for a full report in the next issue of Full Contact Fighter.
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Ring Of Honor 2 Held January 24, 2004 Campbell High School Gym, Ewa Beach, Hawaii By Chris Onzuka ROH 2 consisted mostly of kickboxing matches, spiced up with five MMA matches. The crowd was filled with friends and families of the fighters, but it is steadily growing with each event. The action shown by most of the matches were fast paced. Fighters from smaller schools are getting much needed experience and you can see that their skills are growing with every fight. They are also being matched up with fighters of similar skill, making for even fights and good exchanges. Some of the highlights were the Piko-Oasay fight, where both fighters were unloading on each other for most of the fight until Piko landed an accidental low blow. That incident changed the direction of the fight and soon after, Piko was able to finish off Oasay. MMA fighter Jim Kikuchi stepped in for an injured teammate and had some great exchanges with Peter Kahananui before Kikuchi landed the blow that ended the match. Promoter Kai Kamaka’s youngest son returned to the ring and had a great battle with another tough pint-sized warrior who shared the same name, Triston. The event was capped off by veterans from the 808 Fight Factory; Harris Sarmiento and Ron Jhun. Sarmiento just came off of a decision victory over Rob McCullough in WEC, but tonight it would be a kickboxing match against Alvin Ulip. Unfortunately, this match ended quickly due to Ulip injuring his knee. Ron Jhun took on Texan Andrew Chappelle in a MMA match in the main event. Chappelle showed good guard recovery, but Jhun controlled the whole match and pounded Chappelle for all three rounds on his way to a unanimous decision. Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X :45 seconds Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute MMA – 2 Rounds X 3:00 minutes Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute MMA – 2 Rounds X 3:00 minutes Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute MMA – 2 Rounds X 3:00minutes Kickboxing – 3 Rounds X 1:00 minute MMA – 3 Rounds X 5:00 minutes |
