FORMER Universal Reality Combat Championship [URCC] titleholder Redon 'Red Romero painted the town red scoring a hard-earned victory against powerhouse opponent Rahul Raju,Jr. of India via scorecard in the URCC/PAGCOR Battle Extreme Tournament of Superstar [BETS]held Saturday night at the jumpacked Coral Ballroom of Casino Filipino Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel and Casino in Manila.
Mixed martial arts striker Romero capitalized on his speed and agility to overcome the height and reach advantage of Juggernaut's Raju as he prevented the Indian grappler to take control of the floor by escaping the lethal pins and lock attempts while hitting back with his quick combo punches and chopping kicks downstairs to convince the judges’ decision for the 'Filipino Power Puncher'.
Romero's victory in the lightweight division earned him a ticket for the prestigious 16-man $1 million ROAD FC International MMA tournament in South Korea this summer.
Red Romero earlier downed countryman Patrick Manicad of Catalan Fighting System while Raju stopped Andrew Benibe of DefTac MMA for the qualifying faceoff.
In the mainer of the fight night organized by Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation[PAGCOR] led by AVP-Entertainment head Jimmy Bondoc in partnership with URCC of Prof. Alvin Aguilar,Caloy 'Bad Boy Baduria of Elorde MMA took only a minute and 55 seconds to deck flat in his back Jessdan dela Pena of Zamboanga to dominate the URCC middleweight division title to add glitter to his heavy metal stinging punch as trademark of his MMA career.
Askar Marazhov of FIST Gym in Ukraine proved to be too strong against his local opponent Arvin Chan of Zamboanga in the middlewight class.
The 'Hyperman Mozharov caught Chan in submission with a lethal triangle choke at one minute and 31 seconds of the opening round . With his one-sided triumph, the 24-year old Ukranian fighter is challenging the reigning URCC world lightweight champion Chris Hoffman for their face to face in the near future.
Ernest 'Iron Montilla ,Jr . of Surigao scored a smashing first round victory over Sam Becaldo of Masbate to reign the bantamweight division .
John Gonzales of Cavite MMA knocked out Reinan Gervacio of Manila in a fast 16 seconds first round stoppage . Arnel Lampacan of Ultimate Fitness scored a TKO in third round against Fight Farm product Joe Vincent So in their flyweight bout.
Japanese bet Hiromitsi Irie salvage a losing situation when he caught Andy Ligao's feet for a lock while going down from a punch to snatch his victory in the straw weightt class. Rodian Menchavez of Masbate MMA scored an upset over favored Banedicto Alumno of Baguio City via sensational first round neck choke in the bantam class. DS