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Bellator 82 takes place this evening at The Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The event features the finals of the Bellator Season 7 Welterweight Tournament with Lyman Good squaring off against Andrey Koreshkov.
The Bellator 82 weigh-ins took place earlier today in Mount Pleasant, Michigan in preparation for Bellator’s Friday night event at The Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort.
After more than a decade in mixed martial arts, veteran fighter Falaniko “Niko” Vitale (28-9; 16 submissions, 8 T/KOs) is ready to make one more run at a world championship.
World class fight promotion X-1 World Events is proud to bring its next exciting fight card to Hawaii as they present “ISLAND PRIDE,” live on Saturday, Nov. 6, at Blaisdell Arena.
Kala “Kolohe” Hose will face Falaniko “Niko” Vitale for the X-1 middleweight title at “X-1 Heroes” this Saturday, Sept. 11, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kala spoke to us about the upcoming fight.
Jason “Mayhem” Miller returned to the ring Saturday night, April 18th, against Kala “Kolohe” Hose at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii in a middleweight match up in the inaugural event for the “Kingdom MMA” promotion.
Miller submitted Hose in the main event by rear naked choke at 2:23 of round number one. The fight did not stay long on the feet as Miller shot in early for the take down. Once on the ground, he mounted Hose and landed some vicious hammer fists causing the Hawaiian to give up his back, which then allowed Miller to sink in the choke.
After the fight, Miller thanked the Hawaiian crowd and announced his next fight would be in the DREAM organization. He also said people should check him out on Twitter (www.twitter.com/mayhemmiller).
Kingdom MMA’s inaugural event featuring Mayhem Miller vs. Kala ‘Kalohe’ Hose, has been postponed until April 18th due to a little known licensing rule in Hawaii. It seems the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs (DCCA), the people who regulate all MMA events in Hawaii, have a new rule that all pro fighters must get HEP/HIV testing and physical clearance by a HAWAIIAN doctor.
Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller, who lives on the mainland (continental United States), has already been cleared by a doctor in the ‘lower 48’, which the DCCA says they will not accept. So, Miller is currently being evaluated and tested by a Hawaiian physician, which pushes the fight card back to the nearest available date at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, April 18th.
For anyone who thought it was too early for the twenty-eight year-old Jason “Mayhem” Miller (21-6) to hang up his gloves, you were not alone. Miller has kept a low profile as of late after rumors of retirement surrounded the former Icon Champ.
Miller will emerge from the shadows to fight Kala “Kolohe” Hose (7-2) on a Kingdom MMA card in Hawaii with a speculated date of either March 28 or 29th. Kingdom MMA is a new promotion founded by former Icon Sport president, T. Jay Thompson.
Hose was due to fight UFC and TUF veteran, Kalib Starnes back in November of 2008, but pulled out at the last minute due to contractual issues. Hose’s last fight was a second round TKO victory over Rolando Dominique in August, 2008, at Icon Sports, Hard Times.
Destiny: Pier Fighter 1 went off in Hawaii on Saturday night. It was not without a hitch however, as Starnes’ original opponent Kala Hose pulled out at the last minute due to contractual issues.
The Destiny promoters scrambled and were able to find an opponent for Starnes in Chris Cisneros. Cisneros had trained to fight on the undercard so he was prepared.
Fight Card:
Kalib Starnes defeats Chris Cisneros by submission (armbar) in Rd.2
Eddie Rincon defeats Kolo Koka by decision
Yancy Medeiros defeats Po’ai Suganuma by TKO in Rd.2
Kaleo Kwan defeats Zack Rapal by TKO in Rd.1
Colin Makenzie defeats Tim Moon by submission in Rd.1
