Monday, August 1, 2016

Araneta Coliseum hosts successful WSOF-GC event

World Series of Fighting – Global Championship (WSOF-GC) brought the world to Philippines and the fans were thrilled with two highlight-reel knockouts and three superb submissions last Saturday at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.

Serving as the main highlight of the WSOF-GC event is the successful title defense of Heavyweight Champion Evgeny Erokhin. The Russian sent his challenger, Richard Odoms of the United States, to the canvas with a thunderous knockout just 71 seconds into the first round.

The Russian secured his tenth straight KO win in the process and raises his record to 15-4. The American falls to 11-3 with the defeat.

The co-main event saw Keremuaili Maimaitituoheti derail Pinoy hopeful Mario Sismundo with a second round rear-naked choke. The Chinese takes his sixth win in nine matches, while Sismundo drops to 3-2.

The main card also features the semifinals of the WSOF-GC Flyweight Tournament, which saw Lawrence DiGiulio and Yusaku Nakamura dispatch their respective opponents to set up their rematch slated later this year, with that winner claiming the inaugural Flyweight Championship.

DiGiulio defeated Marcel Adur via a split decision, while Nakamura defeated Moore via a unanimous decision.

The main card also saw Jujeath Nagaowa claim her third straight victory, as the Pinay defeated her Japanese opponent, Yuko Kiryu, through unanimous decision.

WSOF-GC's affiliate Underground Battle MMA (UGB-MMA) also managed to get a fight on the main card, with their featherweight champion Ahmed Mujtaba forcing Neil Larano to submit 68 seconds into the first round. The Wolverine now toting a 7-0 record with the triangle choke victory.

The undercard saw Kelvin Ong of Malaysia and Katherine Roy make debut victories, while Uloomi Karim dealt Yadwinder Singh his first defeat. The swing bout saw Nayara Hemily defeat Jenelyn Olsim through a rear-naked choke in the second round.

Official Results:

Evgeny Erokhin (15-4) defeats Richard Odoms (11-3) via KO R1 1:11 - Referee Jetro Chungalayo

Keremuaili Maimaitituoheti (6-3) defeats Mario Sismundo (3-2) via rear-naked choke R2 2:57 - Referee Noriel Akeysho

Yusaka Nakamura (13-4-1) defeats Tim Moore (10-6) via UD 30-27/30-27/30-27 - Referee Chungalayo

Jujeath Nagaowa (3-0) defeats Yuko Kiryu (2-3) via UD 30-27/30-27/30-27 - Referee Nicolas Bassig

Lawrence DiGiulio (18-8-1) defeatus Marcel Adur (11-5) via SD 29-28/28-29/30-27 - Referee Akeysho

Ahmed Mujtaba (7-0) defeats Neil Larano (2-1) via triangle choke R1 1:08 - Referee Akeysho
Nayara Hemily (4-3) defeats Jenelyn Olsim (2-1) via rear-naked choke R2 3:50 - Referee Bassig
Kelvin Ong (1-0) defeats Jessdan Dela Pena (0-2) via TKO R2 0:24 – Referee Chungalayo
Uloomi Karim (6-3) defeats Yadwinder Singh (5-1) via UD 30-27/30-27/29-28 – Referee Bassig
Katherine Roy (1-0) defeats May Ooi (2-2) via UD 30-27/30-27/30-27 – Referee Noriel Acquisio

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