"Godzilla" Grounds and Pounds his way to a First Round TKO!

Friday, November 12th 2010

OC Kickboxing and MMA’s own Yoko “Godzilla” Hamamura took part in the new promotion ZAR MMA FIGHT NIGHT in Layton, Utah. This was Yoko’s second professional bout. The card packed in eleven fights. Five of those fights featured UFC veterans.

This was Yoko’s first time fighting in the welterweight division (170 lbs.) as he normally fights in the middleweight division (185 lbs.) Yoko’s opponent was Daniel Ruiz (2-0), fighting locally out of Utah.

The fight began with Ruiz throwing punches and attempting a double leg tackle. Yoko responded with a deep under hook to stop the attempt. Ruiz had Yoko pressed against the cage but Yoko was able to reverse the position and deliver some knees directly to Ruiz’s head. After some effective dirty boxing against the cage wall the fight made its way back to the center of the cage. Ruiz tried once again to find the double leg. Yoko was able to sprawl and spin to his opponents back to execute some heavy handed ground and pound with Ruiz turtled up beneath him.

The fight came to end via referee stoppage seconds before the bell, giving Yoko the victory by way of TKO. Go Go Godzilla!

OC Kickboxing & Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Darren “Hollywood” Smith, beat Brandon Shorter via referee stoppage at Fight Night 4 “Independence Day” in Bellingham Washington.

Smith of Santa Ana, CA, knew his opponent had seen tape of him and was planning to take him down to avoid Darren’s devastating strikes and clinch. The two traded shots then clinched. Smith eventually broke free from the clinch and landed some devastating punches knocking Shorter down and then threw the ropes forcing the referee to stop the fight in less than a minute into the first round.