Icon Sport: Live from the Blaisdell

March 15, 2008

Jason Genegabus, our photo man Richard Walker and I are here at Icon Sport: To Hell and Back. Keep checking back for live updates after each fight if you can’t make it to the Blaisdell Arena.

Update: Show is scheduled to begin in 10 minutes. Kala just left the ring. Said he’s ready to go. Looks pumped. Jeremy Williams is chilling in the ring while Ross Ebanez is warming up, doing some grappling exercises with one of his coaches. Walker just called from ringside to say many of the fighters are complaining about the mat. A lot of guys are slipping on it and a couple of the logos are already peeling off. Not a good sign.

Kona Ke (0-0) vs. Micah Ige (0-0)

R1-Ige slips on the mat right away. Ke warned for punching to the back of the head. Ke lands a nice uppercut. Big left hand. Ke takes Ige’s back and works the choke. Ige taps.

Winner-Kona Ke def. Micah Ige at 1:41 of Round 1 due to submission (choke).

Nui Wheeler (1-0) vs. Jay Bolos (1-2-1)

R1-Wheeler lands a high kick and quickly works the takedown. Bolos stands up but eats a right hand. Bolos takes him down and quickly is in the mount. Now he takes his back. Wheeler defending the choke. Nui reverses and is now on top in Bolos’ full guard. Wheeler up on his feet. Big right hand. Wheeler working for a guillotine. Big knee to the head. And another to the ribs. Wheeler closes the round with a flurry of knees and a takedown. (Star Bulletin scores that round 10-9 for Wheeler)

R2-Round starts and Wheeler slips coming out of his corner. This could be a problem all night. Wheeler with a big left hook and again takes down Bolos. Wheeler struggling to do any damage in his guard as Bolos works a triangle. Bolos slips in an armbar. Wheeler taps.

Winner-Jay Bolos def. Nui Wheeler at 1:26 of Round 2 due to submission (armbar).

Brandon Pieper (0-1) vs. Ricky Wallace (0-1)

R1-Brandon lands a short left. They get backed into a corner. Wallace catches Pieper in a guillotine chok. Pieper taps.

Winner-Ricky Wallace def. Brandon Pieper at 37 seconds of round 1 by submission (standing guillotine choke).

Zack Rapal (0-1) vs. Dwayne Haney (3-0)

R1-Two mean rights by Haney to start. Haney now in Rapal’s rubber guard. Rapal throws him off then lands a kick. Both fighters back up. Straight left by Haney. Two kicks from Rapal stun his opponent. Inside leg kick from Rapal, straight left counter by Haney. Haney now in Rapal’s full guard. Haney going for a guillotine. He has some kind of choke locked in. Rapal taps.

Winner-Dwayne Haney def. Zack Rapal at 2:27 of Round 1 due to submission (front choke according to T Jay Thompson).

Alan Lima (1-0) vs. David Padilla (6-12)

R1-Padilla scored a quick takedown. Both fighters back up. Lima shoots in and gets a takedown of his own. Not much action. Now Lima opens up with a barrage of punches. Fighters back up and Lima scores an inside leg trip as the round ends. (SB scores it 10-9 Lima)

R2-Fighters clinch right away. Another leg trip by Lima who gains north-south position. Now he switches into the side mount. Lima working forearms to the head and knees to the body. Padilla blocks a kimura attempt. Lima stays in control as round ends. (SB scores it 10-9 Lima)

R3-Lima eats a punch on a shot attempt. Padilla lands a big left hook, but Lima is able to grab ahold of Padilla and work another takedown. Ref stands them up, Padilla lands two huge rights as the fight ends. Too little, too late. (SB scores it 10-9 Lima)

Winner-Alan Lima def. David Padilla by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Matt Comeau (1-0) vs. Elias Delos Reyes (1-0)

R1-Reyes eats a kick and shoots in. Reyes gets thrown to the mat, but quickly locks in a triangle. Comeau escapes and slams Reyes. Reyes tries a guillotine but Comeau slips out. Comeau in Reyes’ guard now stands up and drops a couple punches. Comeau landing some solid shots. Reyes goes for an armbar. Comeau escapes into north-south position. Round ends. Tough round to score. SB gives Comeau the nod 10-9.

R2-Both guys eat kicks at the same time. Reyes just misses a big right. Reyes locks in a guillotine. Comeau holding on. Comeau slips out right into Reyes’ full guard. Comeau going for a side choke. Now he secures full mount. Big flurry of punches. Reyes rolls to his back. Comeau landing bombs. Ref stops it.

Winner-Matt Comeau def. Elias Delos Reyes at 2:35 of round 2 by TKO (strikes).

Eddie Rincon (1-2) vs. P.J. Dean (0-3)

R1-Crowd seems amped up for this fight. Dean scores an early takedown. Rincon doing a good job controlling him from the guard. Chants of PJ and Eddie as the crowd seems split 50-50 on this fight. Dean still on top, Lands a couple punches. Now going for a guillotine choke. Works into a half guard. Locks in the guillotine but Rincon fighting it off. Rincon pops out and takes top control. Round ends. (SB scores a very close round 10-9 Dean)

R2-Big kick by Dean who eats a right. And another right. Big knee by Rincon. Dean ties him up to avoid further damage, but is rocked. Dean gets the takedown. Slips into side mount. Dean’s corner screaming for hammer fists. Dean seems content to control position. Rincon works back to full guard. Ref repositions the two in the middle of the ring. Dean lands a couple lefts. Cornerman Mike Onzuka is pleading for hammer fists. Dean working the body. Round ends. (SB scores it 10-9 Dean)

R3-Dean ducks a right and lands one of his own. Big kick. Dean with a barrage of punches. Rincon shakes them off. He shoots in but Dean goes for a choke. Dean on top of Rincon again. Dean staying busy in Rincon’s guard, but not doing much damage. Ref stands them up, but I have no idea why. Dean was busy the whole time. Dean throws a barrage in the final 10 minutes, but is dropped by a right hand as the round ends. Wild final 10 seconds. (SB gives round to Dean 10-9)

Winner-PJ Dean def. Eddie Rincon by unanimous decisions (scores not read).

Brennan Kamaka (6-11) vs. Ross Ebanez (17-6)

R1-Ebanez lands a huge left. Kamaka tumbles into the ropes. Ebanez pounces with a barrage of punches. Corner throws in the towel as Kamaka falls through the ropes. Over before it even started.

Winner-Ross Ebanez def. Brennan Kamaka by corner stoppage at 0:09 of Round 1.

Wayne Perrin III (1-1) vs. Koa Ramos (3-0)

R1-Ramos and Perrin hit the ground with Ramos scrambling to get on top. Fight restarted in the middle of the ring with Ramos quickly getting the mount. Ramos rains down a ton of punches. Perrin in trouble. Perrin rolls to his back. Ramos locks in the rear naked choke. Perrin taps.

Winner-Koa Ramos def. Wayne Perrin III by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:29 of round 1.

Time for the feature bouts of the evening. Doesn’t look like there’s an intermission. Props to Icon for putting on a show that’s flowing quickly. Crowd starting to pour in as well. Looks like we’re between 3-4,000 people in attendance.

And there’s a Mayhem sighting…

Russell Doane (1-1) vs. Tyson Nam (4-1)

R1-Doane takes down Nam right away. Nam pops up and just misses eating a knee. Big right hand by Nam. Nam drops Doane with a quick left. Nam drops a left and Doane gets back up. Nam throws him down and catches him with a right. Doane doesn’t look phased. Misses with a combo. Doane with another takedown. Doane lands some big shots. Nam is rocked. Ref stops the fight. Nam gets up to argue but almost falls down. Definitely a good stoppage. Huge win for Doane.

Winner-Russell Doane def. Tyson Nam at 3:53 of round 1 by TKO (strikes).

145-pound State Title Fight

Sadhu Bott (2-0) vs. Bronson Pieper (2-1)

R1-Bronson throwing some wicked punches, but can’t connect. Bott with a takedown, but Pieper reverses and is on top. Bott tries to get up but eats a right hand. Bott throwing punches off the ground. Pieper catches an up kick and throws a hard right. Ref stands them up. Big right by Bronson. They both trade lefts. Pieper with a takedown. Bott going for an armbar. Pieper escapes into side mount. Pieper pins Bott’s arm under his leg. Bott manages to get up but is cracked again. Two big knees by Bott. Pieper is stunned but rolls on top. Bott goes for an armbar but Pieper is trying to pull out. He can’t escape. Ref stops it. Didn’t see a tap but Pieper wasn’t going to get out.

Winner and new 145-pound state champion, Sadhu Bott def. Bronson Pieper at 4:47 of Round 1 by submission (armbar).

Auggie Padeken (6-7) vs. Jeremy Williams (4-0)

R1-Williams peppers Padeken with a jab. Right hand to the body by Wiliams. Jab by Williams. The boxer is picking Padeken apart. Padeken shoots in and gets the takedown. Williams is more active from the bottom. Williams kicks him off. Both fighters back to their feet. Williams with a HUGE left hand that drops Padeken, Follows it up with a right, but Padeken is out already. Wicked left hook to the temple. There’s the knockout power from Williams we’ve been waiting to see.

Winner-Jeremy Williams def. Augie Padeken at 2:18 of round 1 by KO.

World Middleweight Title Fight

Phil Baroni (10-8) vs. Kala Kolohe Hose (5-1)

R1-Phil shoots in and takes down Hose immediately. Baroni controlls the action and nails Hose with a big right. Baroni going to work with the knees. Hose on the bottom. Crowd is on their feet.Hose back up, Big right hand. Crowd is going nuts.

Baroni with another takedown. Hose doing more on the ground. Baroni tiring already. Hose gets on his feet. Big right hand. ANother takedown from Phil. Not much action onthe ground. Round ends. (SB scores it 10-9 Baroni)

R2-Fight begins. There’s something going on in Baronis corner. He looks exhausted. Hose with a kick. Hose with a flurry. Jumping knee by Hose but Baroni takes him down and is on top. Kala is naling Baroni repeatedly from the ground. Kala going for a kimura attempt. He has it. Baroni trying to fight it off. If Kala can roll him over, Phil’s in trouble. Kala lets it go and hits Baroni with a left. Kala doing all of this damage with Phil on top. Baroni catches him with a right. Ref stands the fighters up. Place is going wild. Everybody is standing.

2:30 left in the round. Baroni coveres up and is on his knees. Kala going to work on the body. Phil has Kalas leg but Hose blocks the slam. Kala going for a choke. Now Kala looks tired. Big body shot by Hose. And another. Phil is on all fours but Hose struggling to do much damage. Now Hose catches him with two right hands. Hose continually pounding away at Baroni. Hammer fist by Hose. Baroni taking a beating. 30 seconds left in the round. Another right from Kala. Ref stands them up again. Kala warned for hitting Phil in the back of the head. Place errupts in boos. Fight restarted. Baroni has his hands on his knees. Round ends. (SB gives Hose the round 10-9)

R3-Hose’s corner slow to get out of the ring. Big left hand by Kala. Knee by Kala. Baroni going for takedowns. Can’t get it. Kala with a left. Baroni grabs at Kala’s leg. Baroni on all fours again. Big knee. Hose now in Baroni’s guard. Kala going to work on top now. Big right hand. Hammer fists. What a war. Body/head combo rocks Baroni who ties Hose up from the ground. Hose stands up. Throws a couple kicks. Hose toying with Baroni. Hose flies in with a right hand. And another. Hose going to work. Hose back up and working the kicks. Baroni just lying on the ground as Hose stands over him. Big kick by Hose.

Hose with a right hand, Two kicks to the body. Baroni still on the ground. Hose peppering Baroni in the head but can’t sustain it. Hose jumps on Phil and throws a bunch of right hands. Baroni hasn’t done anything this round. Kala back up and kicking away at Phil. Big left hand! A slew of rights. Kala content with diving in with a couple punches then standing back up. Now Baroni brings him into his full guard. Round ends with Kala on top of Phil. Completely one-sided round. (SB gives Kala a 10-8 round)

We head into the championship rounds…

R4-Kala’s corner again slow to leave the ring. Straight left by Baroni. Kala answered with a counter right. Kala with power shots to the body. Baroni again is on all fours. Phil warned for feeling. He escaped under the ropes, Both guys standing in front of each other. Right by Kala. Left by Kala. Uppercut. Baroni just covering up. Baroni holding the ropes and running away from Kala. Back down on all fours. Baroni looks completely gassed. Kala continues to hammer Phil in the ribs. Phil reverses and takes top control. Ref moves them to center of the ring.

Kala pops right up. Big knee. Kala stomping away on Phil. Kala on top. Peppering Baroni in the head with right hands. Big left kick to the face. Baroni slides under the bottom rope again. Baroni’s face is bruised and battered. Ref restarts the fight. Left-Right-Left combo and Phil goes down and covers up. 1 min left. Baroni scores with a left. Round ends. (SB scores the bout 10-9 for Hose).

R5-Five minutes left. Who has anything left? Crowd errupts in Kala chant. I believe this is the first Icon main event go into the fifth round. Kala drops Baroni with a right hand. A kick by Kala. Kala pounces on Phil. A barrage of right hands. The ref steps in. It’s over. The Icon middleweight title returns to Hawaii.

Winner-Kala Kolohe Hose def. Phil Baroni by TKO (strikes) at 0:26 of the fifth round to become the NEW Icon Sport World Middleweight Champion!

Allright time to file a story.

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