"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!

1/10/2010

Round 1 was a battle with a lot of strikes landed by both fighters. Mendez took down Thompson who almost caught Mendez with a triangle choke from the guard but Mendez escaped.

In Round 2, Thompson came out with a vengeance landing several knee strikes and finally caught Mendez with a standing front choke. Kudos to Travis.

Come and train with Travis in one of his group Mixed Martial Arts classes or in a private lesson !

OC Kickboxing & MMA fighter Reggie Guerrero defeated his opponent Gary Mangat in a split decision battle at “Round 2 the Explosion” put on by Fight Night Entertainment at the Bellingham Sportsplex in Bellingham, WA.

In Round 1, Mangat took down Guerrero early taking his side and Guerrero quickly pulled guard, stood up and took down Mangat taking his side then the mount but couldn’t control the position ended up on the bottom and went for an arm bar attempt but Mangat narrowly escaped.

In Round 2 Mangat took down Guerrero. Guerrero pulled guard and went for another arm bar that Mangat escaped by slamming Guerrero. Mangat attempted an ankle lock which Guerrero escaped pulling guard. Mangat rained down some punches from inside Guerrero’s guard, forcing Guerrero to go to his knees then Mangat went for a choke. Guerrero was saved by the bell.

Round 3 was a war. Guerrero got a double under and tried for a take down but ended up on the bottom. Guerrero got a hip sweep on Mangat and ended up in the mount which Mangat quickly escaped and got back to his feet. Guerrero took down Mangat and mounted him. The referee stood them up and the two traded some punches and knees before the final bell.

One judge had the match at a draw 29-29 and the other two had Guerrero winning 29-28. Both fighters fought hard! Congrats to both!