MUAY THAI LEGEND, RAMBAA SOMDET, TO COMPETE IN PXC!

PXC SIGNS HIGHLY-RANKED FLYWEIGHT 

RAMBAA SOMDET

“I'm very excited to find my new home in PXC and looking forward to debut in July. I would like the PXC title and hopefully go to the UFC as some of the PXC veterans have done so. See you in Guam in July! Thank you!”

— New PXC Flyweight, Rambaa Somdet

Last week, Muay Thai and MMA veteran, Rambaa Somdet, signed a long-term agreement to compete in Pacific X-treme Combat events. Somdet is expected to fight in PXC's Flyweight Division (125 pounds) and will make his PXC debut on July in Guam, USA.

Pacific X-treme Combat, one of the premier MMA organizations in Asia-Pacific, continues to expand its roster of fighters with the signing of veteran, Rambaa Somdet, one of the most renowned Muay Thai and MMA fighters hailing from Thailand. 

Rambaa Somdet is a great Muay Thai specialist with a 10-2 professional MMA record. Somdet has been promoted as one of the top Flyweights in the world of MMA and a major prospect for The UFC, although, actually, he is a natural Strawweight (115 pounds). Somdet has proven he can beat men bigger than him, which could draw him a cult following in PXC. He is expected to make his debut at PXC-38, scheduled for July in Guam, USA. 

Somdet had this to say about his recent signing: "I'm very excited to find my new home in PXC and looking forward to my debut. I would like to win the PXC title and hopefully go to the UFC as some of the PXC veterans have done so. Thank you!" Somdet also added, "See you in Guam in July!"

Somdet is a former Shooto Champion who has fought for K-1, Shooto, DEEP and Palace Fighting Championships. Hist 2 losses came early in his MMA career in 2002, with one of the losses at the hands of current UFC standout, Darren Uyenoyama. One of Somdet's key victories came against current UFC Flyweight Ulysses Gomez in 2008. 

Rambaa Somdet has not lost since returning to mixed martial arts in 2007. He defeated Noboru Tahara in a rematch to become the first Shooto Flyweight Champion (Shooto's Flyweight division is fought at 114 lbs.) on November 23, 2009 in Tokyo. On April 16, 2011, Shooto announced Somdet was vacating his title due to a partially torn left biceps.

PXC continues to gain fans globally, and has a reputation of producing some of the best MMA fighters in the Asia-Pacific region. According to PXC Promoter & CEO, E.J. Calvo, "We are happy to welcome Rambaa to PXC. Our Flyweight Division is full of young talent, and a veteran like Rambaa will raise the bar of competition to the highest in the region at that weight class." PXC's Flyweight Belt is currently held by Ale Cali, a lightning quick striker from the Philippines. Cali is slated to defend his belt against Hawaiian grappler, Louis Smolka. Other PXC Flyweights including Alvin Cacdac, Eugene Toquero, Jerome Wanawan, Josh Alvarez and Ernesto Montilla jockey for position in the rankings as new prospects enter the race by signing with PXC in the near future. 

Visit www.pxc.com.ph or www.facebook.com/pxcmma for news and information.

PXC News Update - PXC 35, 36 and 37

Look I've been away for a couple of weeks in Chiang Mai (yes, very nice thanks for asking) anyway it's time to update the news on one of Assia's best MMA events.

PXC News (Pacific X-Treme Combat)

PXC 35 

No other Asian Pacific MMA Organisation are as upfront and honest about their numbers:

Live Viewers per minute in the Philippines for the recent PXC 35 show: 627,660  

(The PXC don't just do what some another Asian organisations do and just claim everybody in a nation as it's audience and they should be respected for that).

PXC 36

PACIFIC X-TREME COMBAT-36 (Friday, March 8, 2013) Fight Card

PXC-36 Brings Renewed Rivalry, Big Comebacks and Future MMA Stars to Guam

PXC-36 to feature Bantamweights Trevin Jones versus Kyle Aguon in grudge match between two of Guams top MMA teams, the return of former PXC Heavyweight Champ, Roque Martinez, and PXC's 1st ever professional female bout!

Main Event: Trevin Jones (Guam) versus Kyle Aguon (Guam) - Bantamweights

Kaiyana Rain (California) versus Kailin Curran (Hawaii) - Strawweights (Female Bout)

Roque Martinez (Guam) versus Mylo Lassiter (Saipan) - Heavyweights

Josh Calvo (Guam/Washington) versus Chris Cisneros (Hawaii) - Welterweights

Michinori Tanaka (Japan) versus Caleb Vallotton (California) - Bantamweights

Toby Misech (Hawaii) versus Seung Hwan Jo (South Korea) - Featherweights

Ricky Camp (Guam) versus Ian Dela Cuesta (Hawaii) - Bantamweights

Tyrone Jones (Guam) versus Koshi Matsumoto (Japan) - Lightweights

Robert Wustigg (Guam) versus Nate Quiniola (Hawaii) - Featherweights

“As PXC's first show of the year in Guam, we didn't hold back by bringing in high quality fighters to battle in front of thousands of loyal PXC fans. We will also be upgrading production of the show and expect to sell out. It should be a historic night at the UOG Fieldhouse!”

— EJ Calvo, PXC Promoter & CEO

This card features the best up and coming MMA fighters in Guam, Saipan, Hawaii, Japan and Korea. Look out for new PXC fighters making their debut, including Josh Calvo and Toby Misech from BJ Penn's camp in Hawaii.”

— Eli Monge, PXC VP & Head-Matchmaker

PXC 37

PXC-37 to Showcase the Best MMA Fighters in the Philippines!

Two PXC Title Fights Being Set for a Huge May Event; A Possible Third in Discussion!

Ale "The Young Gun" Cali and Crisanto "The Slugger" Pitpitunge to be featured at PXC-37 in Title Fights for their belts, while Mark Striegl and other PXC stars step up against the some of the best fighters in the world!

3 Filipino fighters will headline PXC's 3rd event in 2013, and 37th installment overall. Ale Cali (reigning PXC Flyweight Champion), Crisanto Pitpitunge (reigning PXC Bantamweight Champion) and Mark Striegl (Top PXC Featherweight Contender) will all be tested once more inside the PXC cage!

After a stellar card in February 2013, Pacific X-treme Combat returns to Philippine soil to showcase some of the best fighters the promotion has to offer. Other exciting, up-and-coming PXC talent will also be featured on the event's undercard.

Hailing from Davao, Ale Cali, has been making waves in the Philippine MMA scene with his fast hands and incredible take down defense. He will be facing one of Hawaii's top Flyweights in Louis "Da Last Samurai" Smolka. Smolka recently cemented his spot to be the #1 contender for Cali's title when he beat the heavy-handed Alvin Cacdac, a Filipino-American MMA figher and who has not lost in the PXC since 2011. Cali and Smolka will slug it out in a battle of striking versus wrestling styles in the PXC cage!

PXC Bantamweight Champ, Crisanto Pitpitunge, and Featherweight Contender, Mark Striegl, are also two of the best MMA fighters in the Philippines today, hands down. Training in Baguio City, Philippines, Pitpitungue and Striegl are set to return to battle their respective opponents - still to be named by PXC.

"The Slugger" has not lost since 2011, making this his first Title Defense, and a handful of PXC Bantamweight contenders are being considered for the May Title Fight, including Japan's Michinori Tanaka, Guam's Trevin Jones & Kyle Aguon, and Hawaii's Russel Doane.

"Mugen" has yet to be defeated in his pro MMA career at 12-0, and discussions are ongoing to determine if PXC Featherweight Champ, Joe Taimanglo of Guam, is available to put his belt on the line against Striegl after suffering an injury late last year in a Featherweight Title Defense. An announcement is expected to come soon. 

"We're very pleased how PXC has grown in the Asia Pacific region, especially in the Philippines. More and more MMA Fight Fans are loving the sport and we're humbled that PXC is trending as one of the top regional promotions in the world of Mixed Martial Arts," said EJ Calvo, PXC CEO and Promoter. 

PXC is presented by San Mig Strong Ice and Sports 5. With special thanks to PLDT MY DSL, Fitness First, FHM Philippines, FHM.com.ph, Premiere Condoms, Healthway Agility Phil, Beer Below Zero, Real Sports Radio, Loqal.ph, Filquet Media Concepts, Eden Night Club, SM Tickets and TicketWorld.

Visit www.pxc.com.ph or www.facebook.com/pxcmma for more updates.

Pacific X-Treme - Growing Fast

Pacific X-Treme Announce Some Impressive Figures

The guam based MMA organisation Pacific X-Treme Combat (PXC) have just released some impressive figures that demonstrate just how much MMA is growing in the Philippines.

Yes that is Big John!

Since the first Philippine PXC show (PXC 24) when they SOLD 700 tickets to the recent PXC 34 event which was held at the SMART Araneta Coliseum had 3,779 tickets SOLD.

A look at the shows between these two show a steady impressive climb in the numbers show on show. The total growth of tickets sales in just a year and a half is something north of 400% an incredible growth.

They of course also are shown on TV in the Philippines on AKTV. The first show the numbers were 187,603 viewers just eighteen months later  at the last show (PXC 34) the number was already an amazing 667,218. Something like 250% growth.

Of course it should not be forgotten that the last show (PXC 34) was also available on a stream outside of the Philippines on Sherdog.com. This would have helped further with the worldwide recognition of the brand as of course would the fact that at the recent UFC event in Macau PXC veteren Jon Tuck made a winning debut.

PXC are on the map in a big way.

Yet Another PXC Fighter Moving Up To The UFC

Yet Another PXC Fighter Moving Up To The UFC

Published on September 8, 2012 by The Editor in Pacific X-treme Combat, UFC

Pacific X-Treme Fighter Jon Tuck Signed by UFC

I know we are late with this news and for that I apologise, we have had house guests and I have been very busy.

Anyway enough about me, amazing news from PXC as yet another of their top fighters is plucked by the biggest MMA organisation in the world.

PXC is proving to be a tremendous opportunity for the best up and coming fighters. Based in Guam and having a series of successful sold out shows in both Guam and the Philippines it would appear the quality of their fighters is attracting a lot of attention.

Heres The official PXC Press Release:

PXC LIGHTWEIGHT JON TUCK SIGNED BY THE UFC FOR MAIN CARD IN MACAU

Pacific X-treme Combat (PXC), the premier MMA organization in the Asia-Pacific region, is proud to support yet another PXC Fighter making the move to The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), the world’s top MMA organization.

PXC Lightweight star, Jon Tuck, has been signed by The UFC and will make his debut on November 10thin Macau on the main card against China’s Tiequan Zhang. Tuck trains with Universal Alliance and SPIKE22/Ground Fu in Guam, as well as The Arena in San Diego, and has made a name for himself as an Abu Dhabi Champion, as well as featured fighter on The Ultimate Fighter reality show earlier this year.

Tuck has competed in PXC events since 2007, with a professional record of 6 wins with no losses. In 2009, Tuck recorded a win against Filipino MMA fighter, Edward Folayang, with a vicious knock-out in less than 10 seconds. Although battling several minor injuries over the last few months, Tuck showcased his knock-out power with his performance against up and coming Filipino-American fighter, Tristan Arenal (5-2), last November in PXC-28, which was nationally televised in the Philippines. According to PXC VP, Eli Monge, “Jon has all-around MMA skills that make him a special fighter. He can beat you so many ways!”

Fans were recently disappointed when Jon Tuck was forced to pull out of a title fight against PXC Lightweight Champ, Harris Sarmiento, set for September 1st in PXC-33 in Manila, Philippines. In November, Tuck will be facing UFC fighter, “The Mongolian Wolf” Tiequan Zhang (1-2 in UFC bouts, 18-3 overall), and will represent his island home of Guam as the first UFC fighter hailing from the US Territory located a short 3 hour flight from China.

Jon Tuck joins Hyun Gyu Lim from South Korea as the most recent PXC fighters to be signed by The UFC. PXC has featured UFC talent including Dan Severn, Jeremy Horn, Roy Nelson, Rich Clementi and Eddie Yagin throughout its 33 professional events. PXC CEO, E.J. Calvo, stated, “Current PXC Fighters are certainly representative of the best MMA talent in Asia, including Guam’s Joe Taimanglo, Hawaii’s Harris Sarmiento, Crisanto Pitpitungue, Ale Cali, and Mark Striegl from the Philippines, and Filipino-Americans Tristan Arenal and Alvin Cacdac. The only question is: who will be the next PXC star to be signed by UFC?”

“We are excited for Jon and wish him the best in his UFC career! We knew he was being watched closely, and we promise to give all other PXC stars the same opportunity to gain exposure against the best in the Asia-Pacific. PXC has a growing list of young talent that will climb the rankings, and it is a gift to our fans to put together great shows featuring the region’s elite fighters,” added PXC CEO, E.J. Calvo.

PXC 33 Because The Philippines Loves A Good Fight Night

PXC 33 Because The Philippines Loves A Good Fight Night

Published on August 16, 2012 by The Editor in Pacific X-treme Combat

 The PXC Organisation has sent us a couple of press releases. One about Mark Striegl and the other an Updated Fight Card:

PXC SIGNS UNDEFEATED FILIPINO MARK STRIEGL FOR SEPTEMBER 1st EVENT

Pacific X-treme Combat (PXC), the top MMA organization in the Philippines, continues to grow its roster of the best Filipino fighters announcing an exclusive multiple-fight deal with local MMA star, Mark Striegl. 

PXC Promoter & CEO, E.J. Calvo, stated, “Mark will be highlighted as one of our top Filipino talents putting his undefeated record on the line on nationwide television.” Calvo added, “We are happy to give Mark an opportunity to compete at the highest level of MMA in the Philippines and showcase his abilities. 

We will definitely test him with some of the best opponents in Asia!” Striegl is Filipino-American, and resides and trains in Baguio City, Philippines. Mark is undefeated as a professional, and has recorded wins in various shows across Asia, making a name for himself in Japan, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as in the Philippines. 

Striegl will make his PXC debut against Featherweight Robert Wusstig, a tough up and coming fighter from Guam. Wusstig is on a 2-fight win streak, including a championship victory in Trench Warz-15 against Shane Alvarez, the undefeated Featherweight from Saipan. Upon returning to PXC competition, Wustigg is looking to climb the PXC rankings and live up to his reputation as spoiler. 

In his young career, Robert “The Real Deal” Wustigg has fought some of Guam’s toughest MMA fighters, recording key wins against former Bantamweight Champ, Justin Cruz, and scrapper, Thaddeus Malbreaux. See Mark Striegl take on Robert Wustigg on September 1stat PXC-33.

PXC 33 “SUPER SATURDAY” FIGHT CARD 

SHOWCASES THE BEST MMA FIGHTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

On Saturday, September 1st, PXC-33 will feature the best MMA fighters from the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region, featuring Filipino MMA stars taking on fighters from the US, Guam, Japan and Korea. Unfortunately, due to a recent training injury, the much anticipated title fight between PXC Flyweight Champ Ale Cali and Erwin Tagle will be postponed. Cali suffered an injury to his face, and was not cleared to fight for 4 weeks.

This title fight is being discussed to headline PXC’s next big show in Manila.

UNDERCARD

BOUT 1: Arex Montalban (Philippines) vs. Salvador Domasian (Philippines) – Featherweight (145 lbs.)

BOUT 2: Kristoffer Persson (Sweden) vs. Isiah Ordiz (Philippines) – Lightweight (155 lbs.)

BOUT 3: Victor Torre (Philippines) vs. Jerome Wanawan (Philippines) – Flyweight (125 lbs.)

MAIN BOUTS

BOUT 4: Troy Bantiag (Philippines) vs. Jon Delos Reyes (Guam) – Bantamweight (135 lbs.)

BOUT 5: Eugene Toquero (Philippines) vs. Leonard Caliwa (Philippines) – Flyweight (125 lbs.)

BOUT 6: Richie Redman (Philippines) vs. Hong Seung Chan (Korea) – Lightweight (155 lbs.)

BOUT 7: Anthony Leone (US) vs. Masato Sannai (Japan) – Bantamweight (135 lbs.)

BOUT 8: Mark Striegl (Philippines) vs. Robert Wusstig (Guam) – Featherweight (145 lbs.)

BOUT 9 (TITLE FIGHT):

Harris Sarmiento (Hawaii) vs. Jon Tuck (Guam) – Lightweight (155 lbs.)

PXC33 will be broadcast LIVE on AKTV, TV’s sports channel shown on IBC-13.  PXC is presented by San Mig Strong Ice and Sports 5. With special thanks to e-Games, Fitness First, FHM Philippines, FHM.com.ph, Premiere Condoms, Healthway Agility Phil,  Beer Below Zero,  Real Sports Radio, Loqal.ph, SM Tickets and Ticketworld.

Visit HYPERLINK “http://www.pxc.com.ph”www.pxc.com.ph for more updates on the September 1 Fight Card or visit us on Facebook.

The Philippines Is An Asian MMA Heaven Right Now

The Philippines Is An Asian MMA Heaven Right Now

Published on August 8, 2012 by The Editor in ONEFC

URCC, PXC and ONE FC – It’s All Happening in The Philippines

Firstly our thoughts and prayers to the people of the Philippines who are suffering in the terribly floods at the moment. 

I am sure you have all heard about ONE FC heading to Manila and read countless stories leading up to the event from the ONE FC press network.

It genuinely has the potential to sell out, imagine that, some 16,500 screaming Asian MMA fans. The best thing about the Philippines is that HYPE is not necessary, The Philippines is the hotbed of Asian MMA, more than any where else the people of the Philippines love their MMA. It’s all over the TV and with the URCC the Philippines has probably  the longest established MMA organisation in Asia and of course they are part of that collective known as the ONE FC network.

PXC are relatively new in the Philippines, having a history in Guam before landing on the Philippine shores, but the Philippine fans have taken to them very well and they are attracting massive audiences both at events and on TV. There were some 500,000 TV viewers of the PXC 31 show, as well as selling out the Ynares Sports Arena for the second event in a row. Their next event is on the 1st September (PXC 33) and features some great match-ups. 

We will do a bigger article on that event soon.

ONE FC are coming to do their show before the PXC show on the 31st August with a mixture of fights featuring many well known names in World MMA and a lot of local favorites.

Jens Pulver, Phil Baroni, Andre Arlovski, Tim Sylvia who are all probably on the twilight of their careers having been dropped by the worlds premier MMA organisation the UFC, so they will be looking to relaunch themselves on a fresh stage.

Pulver is going to have to get through local favorite Eric Kelly. Kelly is a 7-0 fighter who built his name in the URCC before stepping up to the ONE FC. Pulver although far from his best, has experience against the likes of Urijah Faber, Leonard Garcia, Cub Swanson, Joe Lauzon and BJ Penn. It’s going to be a tough fight for Kelly but with the roar of 16,500 Philippine fight fans we here at MMANewsAsia believe he  can win.

Arlovski and Sylvia will battle each other, completing a quadrilogy of bouts. The first bout was right back in 2005 at UFC51 with Arlovski emerging victorious in just 47 seconds of the first round. Then in 2006 they fought twice more, Sylvia won them both at UFC 59 and 61. The first was a resounding first round TKO due to punches at 2:43. The third fight between these two went to a decision. And that was it. Who knew that six years later these two would be doing it again? Both of these guys are on a winning streak after some less successful times. I have heard a few disparaging remarks about this fight and I must admit I was disappointed when Sao Palelei who was originally due to fight Arlovski decided against signing a five fight deal with ONE FC.  But I think it’s still going to be a big thrill for the people of the Philippines to see these UFC veterans once more strut there stuff.

Baroni has of course already fought under the ONE FC banner; but one must wonder why he has been brought back again, Initially he was due to fight in the Kuala Lumpur show but was pulled due to fighting and losing via TKO punches at a Ring of Fire event in America. Before that fight I was all for him having another go in the ONE FC cage, but, now? His recent record is not what you would expect from a fighter on ‘Asia’s Premier MMA Organisation”  He has one win in his last six fights and that was a decision against the almost unknown Nick Nolte.

Australian URCC favorite Nicholas Mann will tackle a member of the most famous MMA family. Gregor Gracie. Gracie has two not so impressive ONE FC bouts to his name. A decision win at the first ONE FC event against Seok Mo Kim and a decision loss to Adam Shahir Kayoom at ONE FC 4. This will be a tough step up for Nicholas Mann but Gracie will have to show his best form to win.

URCC favorite Kevin Bellingon will be hoping to get a better result than his last short lived effort during ONE FC 3 when he was submitted by Masakazu Imanari and frankly I think he should be fine, he will have a great support from a fiercely partisan crowd as he takes on Soo Chul Kim who already has two losses at ONE FC to his name. I am pretty sure this will be three in a row for Kim.

This ONE FC event could truly be their coming of age. If as expected the crowd turns up in numbers and the fight card lives up to the promise of the majority of the match-ups it could be a great event.

Podcast Ep24 – EJ Calvo of Pacific Extreme Combat, Guests Today

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Podcast Ep24 – EJ Calvo of Pacific Extreme Combat, Guests Today – PXC 29 Feb 18th

Published on February 3, 2012 by The Editor in Pacific X-treme Combat

On todays show we have another great guest,*

EJ Calvo is a big cog in the Pacific X-Treme wheel. PXC for those who do not know started putting on shows as long ago as 2004

that was on the Island of Guam ,since those early days they have grown into a very well set up and respected MMA organization which has spread from the Island into the Philippines as well.

Their latest event PXC 29 is due to take place on February 18th 2012 at Ynares Sports Center, Pasig City, Manila.

It features a top quality list of international fighters mixed with some local warriors and promises to be a lot of fun.

EJ Tells us about the early days of PXC and then brings us up to date by previewing this event and discusses the future.

Sorry about the scuffing noise in the first part of this show, EJ was talking to us on an iPad, once I sussed out where the noise was coming from I had him put it on the table and all better.

Our grateful thanks to EJ for his time and we hope to speak to him again soon.

The fight card for the PXC 29  event is HERE

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Intro and Outro commentary kindly provided by ‘The Brooklyn Monk’ Antonio Graceffo

Our outro music as always is Gods from the band – The Deering. Check out this track and many more at their website.

*There was also another show recorded today with two MMA fighters based in the Philippines who between them have covered most of Asia fighting – Now, when I say it was recorded it wasn’t there was a glitch in the matrix – Due to the incompatibility of programs – So we lost it, but let me say here and now it was awesome!  So, Sorry to the two boys whose names I’m keeping to myself for now – I will catch up with them again as soon as we can sort out the technical issues.

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