Tyson Nam defeated Shojin Miki “X1 125lb World Champion”Ricky Ing defeated Joey VonblankenburgRicky Ing defeated Joey VonblankenburgJoshua Acevedo defeated Takehito ImanariBlake Fialka defetaed Jeremy SantiagoBlake Cooper defeated Blake Perry
Congratulations to all the fighters who gave Hawaii another night to remember
Zach Zane vs Keali’i KanekoaBraydon Akeo vs Austin BlochShojin Miki vs Kana HyattBen Wilhelm vs Daniel TerryGeremy Martyn vs Donald GonzalezAkeem Coit vs Zach WintersBlake Perry vs Isaiah Fonseca
1st time ever that X1 will be doing a show at the Waipahu @filcomballroom, as we bring you X-1 #52 “MARCH MADNESS” on March 22nd featuring a night of great fights on a Friday Night in a setting that you’ve never seen before at the FilCom!
In the Main Event we’ll have Zach “God’s Warrior” Zane going up against Big Islands Keali’i “The Saint” Kanekoa in a 170lb Pro MMA Bout for the vacated X-1 State Title.
In the Co-Main we’ve got a battle between 2 State Champion wrestlers, as Oahu’s Braydon Akeo will be facing Austin Bloch of the Big Island in a 145lb Pro MMA Bout. Both fighters are undefeated, so somebody’s “O” has to go!
We’ve also got other great fighters, like the “One Man Riot” Kana Hyatt who’ll be making his return to the X-1 ring, young 155lb up-comer Ben Wilhelm, Shojin Miki who recently fought on Bellator, the X-1/Pro Debut of North Shore’s own Geremy Martin and much much more.
JAPAN’S NII WALKS OFF WITH THE X-1 LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD TITLE.
WAIANAE’S KAMAKA CLAIMS WELTERWEIGHT TITLE. MAIN EVENT: Suguru Nii def. Kaeo Meyer via Unanimous decision, for Lightweight (155 lbs.) World Title (3X5 min. rounds)Japan’s Suguru Nii played spoiler in front the home town audience at X-1 #49 on Saturday night at the Blaisdell Arena. In his 3rd fight of the evening, Nii secured a Kimura arm lock that led to a submission at 3:55 of the very first round. The fight capped off an eight-man Lightweight Grand Prix Tournament and a crowned Nii as the new World X-1 Lightweight Champion, a title last held by the UFC’s Max Holloway. Nii started the main event with a swift take down and maintained the top position, but was unable to cause significant damage. Meyer got back to his feet quickly, but was caught with the Kimura while attempting to put Nii on the ground. A gracious Nii simply said “My name is Suguru Nii, thank you, thank you.”CO-MAIN EVENT: Rodney Mondala def. Bill Takeuchi via Unanimous decision, for Bantamweight (135 lbs.) World Title (3X5 min. rounds)Takeuchi entered as a heavy favorite having defended his belt last September. Mondala spent most of the first round working leg kicks to Takeuchi’s left leg and using his quickness to avoid Takeuchi’s heavy hands. In the second frame, Takeuchi went to his wrestling to score a series of take downs. Mondala survived an accidental mid-round groin strike and used shots from the clench to score. In the final round, Mondala walked down a visibly tired Takeuchi with crisp combinations to get the nod from the judges in a unanimous decision victory.Zane Kamaka def. Mike Bronzoulis via verbal submission, for World Welterweight (170 lbs.) Title (3×5 min. rounds)
Zane Kamaka came into the cage fired up and dominated the one round match from the top position with punches, elbows and submission attempts. Bronzoulis verbally submitted to referee Kevin Yoshida prior to the start of round two. At the close of the contest, Kamaka took the center of the cage with his new X-1 Title draped by a handful of other title belts “I work too hard for this, UFC give me a call” Kamaka said.
Russell Mizuguchi def. Shojin Miki via Unanimous decision, for the Flyweight (125 lbs.) State Title (3X5 min. rounds)
Mizuguchi started off with a takedown and spent most of round one with ground control over Miki against the cage. In second round, Miki evened up the scorecard with increased pressure and strikes. Mizuguchi used takedowns and wrestling to control most of the fight. The match ended with Mizuguchi working Miki on the ground to become the State Flyweight champion via unanimous decision.
X-1 #49 GRAND PRIX RESULTS: Kaeo Meyer def. Taison Naito Michael Brightmon def. Kohmei Kimura
Kenji Sakura def. Titus Strickland
Suguru Nii def. Kenji Sakura
Kaeo Meyer def Michael Brightmon
X-1 #49 UNDERCARD RESULTS:
Marcus Gamble def. Thor Kristufek Cheyden Leialoha def. Yuto Sekiguchi Michael Nakagawa def. Dominic Abalos Joey Von Blankenberg def. Jeremiah Young (amateur)
JAPAN’S NII WALKS OFF WITH THE X-1 LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD TITLE. WAIANAE’S KAMAKA CLAIMS X-1 WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
MAIN EVENT: Suguru Nii def. Kaeo Meyer via unanimous decision, for Lightweight (155 lbs.) World Title (3X5 min. rounds)
Japan’s Suguru Nii played spoiler in front of a home town audience at X-1 #49 on Saturday night at the Blaisdell Arena. In his 3rd fight of the evening, Nii secured a Kimura arm lock that led to a submission at 3:55 of the very first round. The fight capped off an eight-man Lightweight Grand Prix Tournament and crowned Nii as the new X-1 Lightweight World Champion, a title last held by the UFC’s Max Holloway. Nii started the main event with a quick take down and maintained the top position, but was unable to cause significant damage. Meyer got back to his feet quickly, but was caught with a Kimura arm lock while attempting to put Nii back on the ground. A gracious Nii simply said “My name is Suguru Nii, thank you, thank you.”
CO-MAIN EVENT: Rodney Mondala def. Bill Takeuchi via unanimous decision, for Bantamweight (135 lbs.) World Title (3X5 min. rounds)
Takeuchi entered as a heavy favorite having defended his belt last September. Mondala spent most of the first round working leg kicks to Takeuchi’s left leg and using his quickness to avoid Takeuchi’s heavy hands. In the second frame, Takeuchi went to his wrestling to score a series of take downs. Mondala survived an accidental mid-round groin strike and used shots from the clench to score. In the final round, Mondala walked down a visibly tired Takeuchi with crisp combinations to get the nod from the judges in a unanimous decision victory.
Zane Kamaka def. Mike Bronzoulis via verbal submission, for World Welterweight (170 lbs.) Title (3×5 min. rounds)
Zane Kamaka came into the cage fired up and dominated the one round match from the top position with punches, elbows and submission attempts. Bronzoulis was unable to continue after suffering a broken arm from blocking a kick, verbally submitting prior to the start of round two. At the close of the contest, Kamaka took the center of the cage with his new X-1 World Title and draped by a handful of other title belts, “I work too hard for this, UFC give me a call” Kamaka said.
Russell Mizuguchi def. Shojin Miki via unanimous decision, for the Flyweight (125 lbs.) State Title (3X5 min. rounds)
Mizuguchi started off with a takedown and spent most of round one with ground control over Miki against the cage. In second round, Miki evened up the scorecard with increased pressure and strikes. Mizuguchi used takedowns and wrestling to control most of the fight. The match ended with Mizuguchi working Miki on the ground to become the X-1 Flyweight State Champion via unanimous decision.
155lb – Kaleo “Lights Out” Kwan def Chris Kirtley via TKO rnd 1
155lb – Jordan Baily def Robby “Supernatural” Ostovich via north/south choke rnd 2
149lb Catch Weight – Matt “Cowboy” Comeau def Jason “Nuk” Miknuk via RNC rnd 1
170lb – Maki Pitolo def Coats Cobb-Adams via unanimous decision
145lb – Ed Thommes def Spencer Higa via RNC rnd 1
125lb – Charlie “El Guerrero” Alaniz def Ian Dela Cuesta via unanimous decision
145lb – Issac Hopps def Nui Wheeler via RNC rnd 1
Amateur MMA Card
Heavyweight – Clint “Grizzly” Daniel def Tipo “Pako” Lafaele
135lb – Jared Miyamoto def Joey Von Blankenburg
125lb – Shojin Miki def Jair Rocha
205lb – Andrew “Hammah” Sanchis def Alvin Kanehailua
120lb Women Catch Weight – Angela Lee def Jada “The Pretty Assassin” Pereira
170lb – Ka’u Eggers def Clem Halemano
125lb – “Ferocious” Federico Vento def Jared Gonda
Amateur Kickboxing
Christian Lee def Charles Naone
Wilber Alvarez def Mana McAllister
X-1 World Events MMA is back in action with “The Return” Friday September 26th at Aloha Stadium. Under new leadership with a new vision, X-1 is bringing to you the most stacked Mixed Martial Arts card Hawaii has seen in years.
Headlining this card is UFC and Bellator veteran, and the current X-1 Middleweight World Champion, Falaniko Vitale who puts his impressive 30-10 record against California’s Carnage MMA product and Strikeforce veteran, Jaime “El Cucui” Jara. Vitale has fought the world’s elite in mixed martial arts, but will be putting his skills to the ultimate test against, the Brazilian Jiu-Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and blue-collar brawler, Jaime Jara.
The Co-Main event features newly signed Invicta FC female fighter, Rachael Ostovich. The Team Jesus is Lord fighter, representing Mai’ili, Hawaii will have her hands full as she takes on the Middle Eastern “Princess of Punishment” Misha Nassiri who battles in and out of the cage as a military Sergeant by day and an MMA fighter by night. Guaranteed fireworks from these 2 highly touted pro prospects.
X-1 is also making this night a family affair as Rachael’s brother and Fiancé will be competing on the same card. Robby “Supernatural” Ostovich will be going toe-to-toe against 3-1 King of the Cage and Gladiator Challenge veteran Jordan Bailey in his biggest fight to date, and Arnold Berdon, will be making his pro debut against Tough-as-nails fighter Kelii Palencia.
Fan favorite Raquel Pa’aluhi, training out of Xtreme Couture in Vegas via Wai’anae, Hawaii, will also be on the card making her final cage appearance as a Hawaii resident and looks to leave Hawaii with a bang, but her opponent, cage veteran Tierra Arnold has plans to send her packing with a loss.
With over 20 bouts, top MMA talent from across the state of Hawaii will be competing on this amazing night of fights including Bellator veteran, Hilo’s Chris “The Maverick” Cisneros, Maui’s Jair Rocha, and top fighters from the island of O’ahu will be represented on this action packed card. Kaleo Kwan, Collin Mansanas, Nui Wheeler, Ian Dela Cuesta, Former UH football standout Clint Daniel, Tipo Lafaele, Jada Pereira, Angela Lee and many more… The Return of X-1 MMA – A NIGHT OF FIGHTS YOU DON’T WANNA MISS!
Tickets are on sale now and going fast @ www.x1events.com , Presale tickets are $40.00 for General Admission & $100.00 for VIP limited seating. For more info call 951.323.3592