URCC XVI: The Reckoning Experience

Reckoning! Awesome event from URCC MMA.

Another successful event in my opinion as A. Venue was jam packed! A nicely prepared card where all I can think about after was the 42 year old guy who fought like Machida and yes, he won! Angelito Manguray prepared for the fight well and executed a Machida styled game plan and defeated Badong Domasian for the URCC Colt 45 Lightweight Championship.

Other fights that are very memorable were

Alvin Ramirez def. Sonny Tubal

Fastest finish of the night. Alvin Ramirez is a young blood which will be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years to come. Nice kick combinations by Ramirez which started the beginning of the end for his opponent.

Richard “The Dancing Devil” Lasprilla vs Angelo Estanol

Richard “DD” Lasprilla packed some muscle on his arsenal and probably crisp his boxing as we see him picking apart his opponent on the feet. Though Estanol proved to bring different challenges on the table as he swinged for the fences as well and tagged Richard on some good shots.

Whenever the fight goes to the ground, it was all Richard. A purple belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu, Richard dominated the fight all of 2 rounds. Richard looks to finish Estanol in every angle he can see, but Estanol proves to be strong and tough as he gave Lasprilla his best by defending and withstanding the beating he was receiving.

Overall, Richard pulled off an impressive win over his opponent.

Eduard Folayang vs. Dooje Chung

Chung was explosive with his flying knee but Folayang is simply just like a tree bark, and received his knee and took the fight to him. A nice exchange came by and Folayang got the best of it making it end on Chung’s back.

A good G-n-P by Eduard until he got caught with an upkick from Chung which almost cost him the fight. Eduard was stunned for a while but recovered quickly. He got back into beating into Chung and finally ended the fight due to referee stoppage.

Impressive win by the pride of the Filipinos, Eduard “The Land Slide” Folayang!

URCC XVI: Reckoning – Recap , Results

A few hours before UFC 111 started, the Philippines’ biggest mixed martial arts event of the year was held in the A-Venue Events Hall, in Makati. Bloodyelbow.com was on site to cover URCC XVI: “Reckoning”, which was headlined by the country’s top MMA fighter, Eduard “Landslide” Folayang as he went back up in weight to defend his welterweight title against NEO Fight Korea’s Dooje Chung.

Even before the bout started, Chung, the visibly larger fighter, already displayed his athleticism, as he entered the ring by doing a fancy flip over the ropes that would’ve made his former Olympic gymnastics coach proud. There weren’t any feeling out period between the two. Things opened up quickly, and the pace never slowed down, leaving fans at the edge of their seats throughout the fight.

Chung gave it everything, throwing a flying knee right off the bat, launching several hard shots, and engaging into dangerous fire fights, but Folayang still got the better of the exchanges. He dropped his opponent twice, and finished off with vicious ground and pound in the first. The several time Wushu medalist kept his welterweight title and his perfect URCC record in tact, but it wasn’t with out a brief scare. In the middle of the opening period, Folayang was standing over Chung’s guard, and throwing huge shots to the delight of the hometown crowd, but that’s until the Korean landed a well-timed upkick which staggered the Filipino. Seeing that he hurt his opponent, Chung went after him throwing huge punches of his own, but Folayang recovered quickly and landed a huge hook that dropped him again. The “Landslide” followed him to the ground, and that was the beginning of the end.

In the co-main event of the evening, fan favorite and former URCC flyweight champion, Richard “The Dancing Devil” Lasprilla came back from a self-imposed hiatus to dominate Angelo Estanol en route to a unanimous decision victory. Estanol had his moments, landing some hard shots on a few exchanges that left the former champ bloody and bruised. For the most part though, it was Lasprilla who was pushing the pace, deciding where the fight takes place, and was doing the most damage. He was effective standing and on the clinch, landing hard knees and punches as he pressed Estanol up on the corner, but he was even more in control when things went to the ground. The DEFTAC jiujitsu fighter got into several dominant positions for majority of the 20 min bout, and although, Estanol got a reversal and landed a few shots towards the last ten seconds, it was too little to late, and Richard Lasprilla was victorious in his URCC return.

Star-divide

The bout that surprisingly got the most attention from the fans, was the lightweight title bout between Angelito ‘The Saint’ Manguray, an undefeated, 42-year-old, karate blackbelt, and Badong Domasian, a former pro boxer, who’s 15 years his junior. Manguray fought with a wide karate stance, stayed elusive and destroyed Domasian by using a wide variety of kicks, knees, and punches that dropped his opponent several times in the bout. Every time Manguray floors Badong, he threw vicious axe kicks to the grounded opponent. Domasian curled up at one point after taking an axe kick to the stomach, and Manguray followed up by unleashing another hard kick to the body which would’ve made PRIDE fans nostalgic.

When asked asked about winning the URCC Lightweight Title on the post-fight interview, ‘The Saint” stayed humble and said, “Fighting is my life… I just took my shot and I did well”. A doctor by day, and a brutal karate-based fighter by night, Angelito Manguray, at 42-years-young, certainly stole that show that night.

Quick Hits and Full Results:

1. FW (139 lbs): Jason Estoro def. Roldan Cartajena via TKO at 2:57 of the 1st round. Estoro was getting the better in the clinch and landed several knees while stopping Cartajena’s takedown attempts. The Elorde MMA fighter finished it with ground and pound.

2. BW (139 lbs): Reydon Romero def. Jessie Salvador via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 5:20 of the 1st round. Romero was fighting with the unorthodox stance that is seen from some of the YawYan fighters. He gets taken down after a brief exchange, then scrambles and reverses when he attempted a triangle. Romero wounded up with the mount and after some ground and pound, Salvador gave up his back, and got choked out.

3. BW (139 lbs): Jessie Rafols def. Erwin Focad via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:24 of the 2nd round. Erwin Focad, one of the youngest Lakay Wushu teammates of Eduard Folayang, tasted his first defeat as he got choked out in the second round. The match was a very entertaining match full of scrambles and reversals with Rafols getting the better of it. Focad was a very gritty fighter and despite being on the receiving end of a lot of hard shots, he didn’t slow down, showed a lot of heart, and found ways to get escapes and reversals. He had a chance to pull off the submission in the end, but he got reversed, and Rafols sunk in the choke.

4. Pinweight (119 lbs): Alvin Ramirez def. Sonny Tubal via TKO at :21 secs of the 1st round. Ramirez, one of the youngest fighters in the card, produced the fastest finish in the event. As the bell rang, he immediately threw a body kick, and followed up with a head kick that dropped Tubal. A few more punches on the ground, and the ref was forced to stop it immediately.

5. BW (139 lbs): Charles de Tomas def. Jun Paciedad via submission (Kimura) at 1:21 of the 1st Round. De Tomas threw several hard body kicks as they stood for a while. He then got a takedown and immediately moved to side mount. He locked in a Kimura shortly after, and it was another quick finish.

6. LW (159 lbs): Angelito Manguray def. Badong Domasian by TKO in the 1st, to win the vacant URCC Lightweight Title, at 42 years of age.

7. HW (206 lbs ++): Igor Sobora def. Nicholas Mann via TKO at 2:34 of the 1st round. A 6’3, 240 lbs Ukrainian born Sambo fighter, was too much, too big and too strong for the 207 lb Austrialian fighter in Nicholas Mann. Igor overcame an early striking advantage by Mann, by throwing a flurry of hard shots that overwhelmed his much smaller opponent. A light heavyweight bid would be probably be the logical step for Nicholas as he did show some potential.

8. Pinweight (119 lbs.): George “Pretty Boy” Lusadan def. Dindo Campo via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:54 of the 1st round. Fresh of his victory in the headlining bout of URCC Baguio a month ago, George Lusadan dominated Dindo Campo en route to a first round submission victory. Campo came out agressive, and the Lakay Wushu member ducked under his looping hook and scored with a powerful takedown. Lusadan got mount shortly after and had a relaxed and controlled ground and pound attack. He controlled Campo’s left arm and threw hard shots. After a lengthy stay on mount which saw ‘Pretty Boy’ batter his opponent, Campo gave up his back and lusadan sunk in the choke. Huge potential for another Lakay Wushu stand out.

9. Flyweight (129 lbs): Richard “The Dancing Devil” Lasprilla def. Angelo Estanol via Unanimous Decision. The crowd was chanting ‘Richard’ during a few moments in the fight.

10. Welterweight (169 lbs): Eduard “Landslide” Folayang def. Dooje Chung via TKO in the 1st round, to defend his URCC Welterweight Championship.

Article courtesy of URCC MMA.

URCC XVI – Reckoning

Reposted from URCC

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:26:00 03/21/2010

Filed Under: Martial Arts (general), Sports Events

RICHARD LASPRILLA, slowly regaining the passion that made him one of the country’s top mixed martial arts practitioners, battles Angelo Estanol in his comeback fight in the Colt 45 URCC XVI “Reckoning” on March 27 at the A. Venue Events in Makati City.

After a self-imposed hiatus, Lasprilla said he’s ready to start all over again, saying: “The joy and exhilaration of competing is just too much for me to avoid.”

Learning valuable lessons from his setback to Kevin Belingon three years ago and having trained long enough for this match, Lasprilla added that he’s now stronger and smarter than when he lorded over the flyweight division for several years.

“My training camp is really great, everybody in our gym is helping me prepare for my fight. We have different sparring partners from different teams to help me in every aspect of my game.”

But the limelight in the 10-bout event presented by Colt 45 and backed by Tribal Gear and My PLDT Watchpad is expected to fall on the title fight between reigning welterweight champion and wushu star Eduard Folayang and Korean Dooje Chung.

Tickets for the event pegged at P1,000 and P500 are now available at Ticketnet (tel. no. 911-5555). The first bout starts at 7 p.m.

Meanwhile, Angelito Manguray, a 42-year-old dentist from Davao City and Salvador Domasian of Ground and Pound MMA collide for the vacant lightweight crown.

Also expected to draw attention is the heavyweight showdown between Igor Subora of Ukraine and Nicholas Mann.

URCC Baguio “Tribal Wars” Feb.19

Repost from URCC

George ” Pretty Boy ” Lusadan with a 1 win, no loss record in the URCC, will headline the Colt45 Baguio 2 ” Tribal Wars “. Lusadan will be going up against Leonard Kaliwa of Team Biagtan, Kaliwa a young and fierce fighter will debut as Pro MMA fighter in the URCC. He will be tested against a former boxer and wushu champion, in the person of Lusadan. Also in the undercard, a Welterweight match featuring Honorio Banario from Team Lakay vs. URCC veteran Rommel Del-Is of Team Muay Buran. Both are locals of Baguio City, so expect a match that will go the distance between these two excellent strikers, Banario is a highly decorated Wushu fighter with several Gold Medals under his belt. Charlie Angel will also be seen in action vs. Joseph Amurao. Erwin Focad vs. Adam Cacay. Focad will also be seen in URCC 16 ” Reckoning ” in Manila. He will be fighting URCC veteran Richard Lasprilla in the March event. The Baguio event will also feature Women MMA fighters: Gina Iniong vs. Sonrex Patanao, this will be a first in URCC history, wherein professional female fighters will duke it out in the URCC Ring. URCC Baguio 2 ” Tribal Wars ” will be held at the Baguio International Convention Center on February 19, 2010, Friday. At 7pm. Ticket Prices are at: 200 pesos and 500 pesos. For more details please contact: Mr. Ferdie Matias 0920-960-19-18. Bakbakan Na!

On Februaury 19, 2010 URCC Baguio, ” Tribal Wars ” will have one match featuring Lady MMA fighters. The fighters are Ms. Sonrex Patanao a Pro-Am muay thai fighter with 5 wins and no loss record, she will be going against Ms. Gina Iniong a Wushu nationals Gold Medalist with a 1 win, no loss record in MMA. The two ladies will be fighting in the 114.4 pounds division. This will be definitely be historical, in terms of women MMA fights in the Philippines. The question is,… is the Philippine audience ready for women’s MMA. We will find out on February. The event will be held during the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio. The venue: Baguio Convention Center. Bakbakan Na!

It was an “Onslaught” of a Night!

November 21, 2009, 8pm at the World Trade Center Pasay. What a successful event it was for URCC XV – Onslaught! It was a great night for champions except for the current Colt 45 Heavyweight champ.

It was a night to remember that actually started for me not in the most usual of ways. We were supposed to be there earlier but apparently due to traffic it was like 7:45 in the evening when me and my wife arrived. Coming from Macapagal Highway I suddenly saw a sign saying World Trade Center. I really thought that I needed to turn right on Buendia before getting to the venue, but after I saw the sign, I immediately decided to turn to it and got inside. Apparently it was the back entrance.. we ended parking at the far back of the place and had to walk through some puddles before getting into the main lobby. Well not the best start but the night was young and I really hope that the event would be worth while.

For one, I wanted to see how the Filipino MMA scene was doing, how the crowd, and ofcourse, how was our fighters in this day of age. It was 5 years ago when I watched my last live URCC event and that was URCC 3. Back then, I had a team mate who was fighting hence I attended to support our team.

The Good

Well as expected it was an awesome night for fights and URCC 15 did not disappoint! Started off with 5 fights which actually was pretty awesome already. All I can remember was Zarco whom I knew from a previous URCC event whom last night got KTFO by Sabah Fadai. Fierce looking dude who seemed to be well conditioned and prepared for the fight.

Championship bouts was on there way and there was this one fight whom I thought would be easy but turned out to be and can be Fight of the Night material. It was with Docyogen versus Alvin Ramirez whom which the fight was mostly Docyogen when he does his ground and pound, but whenever they stood up, it was Alvin who was getting the better end of the fight. Docyogen by decision ofcourse, I really can’t believe how a young dude like Alvin can take all that punishment and still fight till the end. Just proves that the Filipinos are taking the MMA fight game real serious packing in loads of Cardio and endurance for the fight. Fighters are now well prepared more than it was before. It was like I never saw anyone gassed last night which is a real good sign for MMA in the Philippines. Other bouts were also great except for that one No contest between Ali Khatibi versus Andrew Benibe. I really thought Benibe was getting the best of the exchanges that was happening between them until the eye poke or cut that happened.

Congratulations to Marcus Valda for becoming the new Colt 45 Heavyweight Champion defeating Vicente Pajaro via GNP. When it started, I actually thought Marcus rushed into things and was getting some jitters but when he got comfortable, he did a signature suplex which I believe was a highlight reel suplex for Marcus. From then on, it was Marcus all the way beating Vicente from his back.

I was actually disappointed with the main event not that it was not as exciting as it was but because probably I expected more from the fighters I rooted for. With the Baduria fight, I know Caloy is tough as nails, but with this fight, he was just like a cocky fighter throwing looping punches like always trying to go for the knockout. Black Tiger fighter Zhang Ti Quan always comes out prepared and seems that he knew what Bad Boy was doing so he did some counter punching himself and effectively nullified Baduria’s efforts. Baduria hits hard which probably led the Chinese fighter to take it to the ground. I know that Caloy had a good ground defense but probably because of the banging, for sure his head was clipped enough to wobble a bit to slow his defensive thinking hence he got caught (just my opinion really)

The Sangiao fight was like.. what??? He got caught by that? Well a fight is a fight and anything can happen.

A really great event in my opinion. It was a milestone evolution from what it was before. For sure it can use more improvements but from where it has begun, this was a real jump from it.

Kudos Alvin and Bubbles Aguilar and to all the people that supported and made the event happen.

I forgot to mention, a friend of mine Mr. Jaime Sin of K-1 Extreme Sports Shop was a judge. I am sure judging the the Alvin – Docyogen fight was a tough draw, good work bro.