URCC Cebu 7 Results- Three Killer Bouts

In one of the quickest and deadliest cards the URCC has put on in the last ten years, these three brutal fights stood out for me and had me choking on my C45 beer..enjoy\

Photo credits:  Steph Hamada Matias and Bubbles Aguilar

MATCH 2
VAUGHN DONAIRE (CEBU DEFTAC) VS HANS LAMINALO ( BUTUAN MMA)

Vaughn Donaire of Deftac Cebu set the tone of the whole evening with his huge fists pummeling the hapless Hans Lamanilao of Butuan Extreme MMA. Donaire landed a huge right that toppled lamanilao in the first canto of the  opening round and never looked back.

Although Donaire had the mount position for a good three minutes raining a barrage of uinanswered blows from the mount , Donaire could not take out the Butuan brawler - Eventually Laminalo escaped and they were briefly on thier feet when Donaire managed to take Laminalo down again. '

This time Donaire, unleashed "double gorilla fist pumps from heaven" and although the double barreled attack wa effective if only half of them landed -- but hey, 50% connection is not bad at all - especially when your opponenets face was already red as a beet and ready to spew from all angles, Donaire defeats Lumanilao by a merciful RSC.

MATCH 3 FLYWEIGHT DIVISION
ROEL ROSAURO (YAW YAN ARDIGMA CEBU ) VS ARNEL YLANAN (BULLET FIGHTING)

Both started the standard  "I -will kick-your leg-and- then -you kick- my- leg- ok ?"  exchange. Somewhere in that MOA ( memorandum of agreement) Ylanan did not read the fine print "and-then - i-will- hit-you-with-spinning backfist-that-will-give-you-an-OOBE (out-of body experience) and that.s exactly how the deal ( and Ylanan) went down. Rosauro with a highlight reel KO.

 did not read the fine print

MATCH 4
UTRYCH ALARIN (BUTUAN MMA) VS  JIMMY YABO (SELDEF)

It's round one and I am already liking this lanky fellow from seldef, he has the height advantage and is measuring his opponent with a half jab, making Alarin unsure about his distance and range. A few more, "jabs" and   Yabo has the longtitude and latitude on his GPS, Yabo mistakenly moves into the kill zone exposed and Yabo nails him with a straight. Ylanan rises to his feet and referree Christain wong stops the fight , Ylanan complains but Wong gestures that he (Ylanan) is still cross eyed from the punch. Ylanan finally agrees with the "three" referees in front of him. One punch and 23 seconds is all it took.

Wadson Teixiera vs Folayang result: Tap out or KTFO? (A URCC Cold Case File)

PROMOTERS NOTES: URCC CEBU 7

Seeing a fighter on the mat after being on the business end of a terrific kick or brutal blow,  not breathing , motionless and being in that state for five minutes can leave even a crusty Bob Arum breathless and white ( whiter) with worry. 

This is what unfolded after 56 seconds of the super fight between Folayang and Teixeira. It was a game opening  , with each exploring leg kicks and a few flurry of punches , then as Folayang threw a left hook, Wadson landed, a , well, I’m not sure what he (Wadson) landed , a half hook or a jab, I was right in front of the action but truly did not see the punch that decked "the landslide" 

As soon as Folayang was on his wallet, Wadson was able to execute a guillotine, Folayang, as usual, found a way to extricate himself from the choke, landed the mount, and then the insanity started. 

A few quick rights a left then two or four rapid elbows had Wadsons head bouncing violently off of the mat. It was sick hearing the bone connect with bone followed quickly by a BOOM as the Brazilian's head ricocheted off of the plywood beneath the canvass of the ring.  

Teixiera on the canvas

From ringside it seemed as if Eduard was resolute in trying to put Wadson’s Cabeza through the canvass and into the basement of the Cebu International Convention Center.

Wadson at the Cebu weigh in 

Looking straight at Texieras face as this was happening , it was a surreal scene as he had his eyes closed but was still “defending” himself “intelligently”, Teixeira looked very calm and collected , all the while his eyes were shut , the fact that there was no grimace or sign of pain on his face while he was receiving every blow made it even more surreal.

A few more elbows for good measure and Wadson tapped - and then he was gone.

For the next few minutes it looked a little dicey for the Brazilian. He was totally starched on the mat - motionless and breathing shallow. Then our intrepid cut man Carlo "katman" Castaneda applied an old school trick to resurrect Wadson, a stinging cold ice pack to the nape of the neck and then BOOM! - eyes wide open, muscles coming violently to life , a huge rush of air filling the lungs and then a bewildered smile and query - (" what the fuck just happened" in Portugese) - audience reacts to the "Lazarus" effect, Wadson gets to his feet to thunderous applause and all is well once again in URCC land.

So was it a tap out or Knock out?

This KO/Tap out hybrid got us buzzing at the producers table. From the referee Christian Wong and visiting promoters from Baguio Ferdie and Steph Matias, to Alvin, Bubbles Aguilar and Jed Dario asked the burning question : "was Wadson already out before he tapped?- could it have been a case of his brain sending a tap out command to his hands and not getting there on time due to Eduard’s elbows disrupting Teixiera's message of surrender??? 

Whatever really happened we may never truly find out, (or for that matter-care for) but one thing is clear, it was a tremendous result for Folayang and a lively (if not painful) debut of the totally likable  Wadson Teixiera into the URCC.

p.s

An hour later we saw Wadson shaking his booty and enjoying the nightlife in Renault Lao's club.-long live MMA in Cebu ! ( special thanks to jed dario for some awesome weigh in pics)

Folayang was 160 lbs at the weigh in wadson was over by 2 lbs

With ringside reports from Franz von Muhlfeld Executive Producer URCC