Kaos Fighting Championships 2
 KAOS Fighting Championships 2 Dole Cannery Ballroom, Honolulu, Hawaii April 26, 2003 Report by Chris Onzuka Photos by Lester Gantan
KAOS put on its second show and mixed up some amateur and professional MMA matches and even slipped in a kickboxing match. The show started off with a little production problems, but once it got rolling the crowd enjoyed the action and seesaw battles. The first fight set the stage as an aggressive Mike Bauer went after a tough Raymond Ursua. After the first round, Ursua was bleeding from the nose and went on to fight the second round, but Bauer was too much for him. The Woo-George fight showed a technical grappling game can take a lot of punishment from an aggressive striker, but still pull out the victory. Ostovich returned to the ring after almost a year to fight a tough Yuhuva. However once it got to the ground, Ostovich methodically worked his way into the mount, Yuhuva surprisingly tapped out. The Naole-Laga fight was the most explosive and shortest fight of the night. Laga rushed toward Naole and Naole landed a solid straight right hand that KO’d Laga on the spot. Laga was okay after the fight and look for him to make a strong comeback. McCall brought in a superior ground game against Kekumu and peppered him from just about every position on the ground, but a game Kekumu took everything McCall had to offer and left it up to the judges to decide the match. Two muscle bound kickboxers squared off in a kickboxing match that reminded me of the Kimo Leopoldo vs. Masaake Satake fight, where both guys played the part of Kimo and rushed, pushed and pounded each other, trying to assert their authority in the ring. It became apparent that Redoble’s clean and straight punches started to take over the match, although Liua got in a few nice combinations. Serdyukov’s long body proved too much for Sariento, who landed a nice body kick, clinched and took Serdyukov down. Sariento made one mistake and Serdyukov capitalized, taking the top, securing a reverse crucifix position and locking in his teacher, Chris Brennan’s, favorite technique, the Kimura key lock. Stanford came into the fight with knock out power and pressured Dez Miner early. Stanford looked to keep Miner off balance, but once Miner clinched Stanford, it was all Miner. He performed a beautiful pick up and slammed Stanford to the ground, worked his way from the guard to the mount, punching along the way and ending the first round almost finalizing an arm lock. After the bell rung, Stanford had enough and did not come out for the second. Kauai Kupihea made his return to Hawaii and took on a tough striker in Vai Togia. They had a few nice exchanges with Togia landing the harder thigh kicks and Kupihea landing stiff jabs. Kupihea shot in to take the fight to the ground and then it was all Kupihea. He punched Togia from the mount, and as Togia rolled, he secured Togia in the turtle position and pounded him until the referee saw enough. The main event saw Ron Jhun totally dominate a tough James Meals. Jhun controlled the match and left the machine guns at home and brought out the bazookas for huge power punches to the head and body of Meals. Meals too a lot of hard punches and finally decided that was enough and tapped. Amateur MMA (2 Rounds – 3 minutes): Amateur MMA (2 Rounds – 3 minutes): Professional MMA (2 Rounds – 5 minutes): Professional MMA (2 Rounds – 5 minutes): Professional MMA (2 Rounds – 5 minutes): Kickboxing: (3 rounds – 1.5 minute) Professional MMA (3 rounds – 5 minutes): Professional MMA (3 rounds – 5 minutes): Professional MMA (3 rounds – 5 minutes): Professional MMA (3 rounds – 5 minutes): |
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From Koichi "Booker K" Kawasaki: GCM DEMOLITION  Here are the match-ups for GCM DEMOLITION, which will be held on May 1st. Event name: GCM DEMOLITION 030505 DATE: MAY 1st, 2003 (Thu) Yushin Okami (Wajutu Keishukai) Katsuya Inoue (RJW/Central) Naoki Seki (Free) Takahiro Sanehara (Team Shinagawa) Koji Gyatovichian (Chojin Club) Shinya Sato (P’s LAB Tokyo)
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From Koichi "Booker K" Kawasaki: ARUSE K-1 WORLD GP 2003 K-1 has announced all match-ups for ARUSE K-1 WORLD GP 2003 in Las Vegas . ARUSE K-1 WORLD GP 2003 in Las Vegas Date: May 2nd 1st match (3m 3R) Tournament 2nd match (3m 3R) Tournament 3rd match (3m 3R)Tournament 4th match (3m 3R)Tournament 5th match Tournament Semi final 6th match Tournament Semi final 7th match (3m 3R) Super fight 8th match (5m 3R)Super fight 9th match Tournament final 10th match (3m 3R) Super fight |
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Renegades Unleashed Renegades Extreme Fighting Championship Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, Texas By Michael "Mikie" Martinez Howdy, from the Lone Star state! Once again promoter Saul Soliz put together an action packed card that wowed fans from the opening bell. All of the fighters that stepped into the ring on Friday, April 18, 2003, were hungry for victories but most importantly respect. Notables of the night included Randy Hauer and Carlo Prater out of the Yves Edwards camp. Hauer has been working on his game with Yves Edwards and Tim Credeur and it most definitely showed. Haur flawlessly controlled his opponent from start to finish in dramatic fashion. Carlo Prater, another up and comer out of the Edwards camp, finished both of his formidable opponents in less than one minute total. Word to the wise, if Carlo Prader fights don’t blink, the fight may be over by the time you open your eyes. This night proved to be a colossal night of Texas MMA action. Here’s a quick rundown of the results: Fight 1: Randy Hauer (Yves Edwards) vs Matt Horning (Hammer House) Fight 2: Carlo Prater (Yves Edwards) vs Adam Arrendondo (Anthony Macias) Fight 3: Lee King (Mike Altman) vs Eric Pierce (Hammer House) Fight 4: Luis Munoz (Team Pound) v Edwin Allsites (Tim Mousel) Fight 5: Aaron Pendleton (Self Trained) v Christian Rotharmel (Leonardo Xavier) Fight 6: Javier Mejia (Team Pound) v Ray Hubbard (James Cooper) Fight 7: Brandon McDowell (Reylson Gracie/Phil Cardella) v Adam Pace (Aaron Pendleton) Fight 8: John Flores (Self-Trained) v Frank Alcala (Team Pound) Fight 9: Carlo Prader (Yves Edwards) v Lee King (Mike Altman) Fight 10: Christian Rotharmel (Leonardo Xavier) v Edwin Allsites (Tim Mousel) Fight 11: Ray Hubbard (James Cooper) v Brandon McDowell (Relson Gracie/Phil Cardella) Stay tuned fight fans because May 3, 2003, Renegade Extreme fighting heads back to the capital of the Lone Star State Austin, Texas, for a great night of MMA action. |
