“Mugen” Gets His Chance to Impress Us…Again.

“Mugen” Gets His Chance to Impress Us…Again.

 (article by the coffee boy)

         Young, good-looking, and absolutely beastly, Mark “Mugen” Striegl has been on a tear lately and people have noticed. After making his successful debut with popular Filipino promotion PXC, submitting Robert Wusstig under two minutes, he now has what is a huge step up in MMA veteran Harris “The Hitman” Sarmiento.

         Sarmiento, the reigning PXC Lightweight Champion with a record of 35 – 23, will be dropping to the featherweight division to meet Striegl. Sarmiento is known for his grinding-style of fighting and well-roundedness, and will pose a considerable threat to Mark Striegl’s perfect 11 – 0 record.

         Striegl is known almost exclusively for his aggressive style of grappling and wide range of submission skills in his arsenal, and has demonstrated this in his fights against Ev Ting, Alcer Lozada, and more recently Robert Wusstig. Out of his 11 wins, nine have come by way of submission after more or less dominating and outclassing his opponents on the ground.

         What’s most impressive about this young man isn’t so much his skills nor his record, but rather how he fearlessly draws his opponents into his own world and does it with a “poker face” – I can’t remember the last time I saw him look frustrated, not even in one of his early fights against top Korean prospect Bae Young Kwon.

         The guys behind PXC clearly see something in Striegl, and giving him this fight against Sarmiento is probably their way of breaking him into a new scene, potentially rewarding him a title shot if he can prove that all the hype behind him is legitimate.

         Mark Striegl has had steady momentum over the last year and, what with wins over Ev Ting and Alcer Lozada and rumors that ONE FC wanted to sign him (obviously failing to do so), it was no surprise that PXC was aggressive and eager to sign him before anyone else did, and break him into their promotion.

         The significance of this fight for Striegl is, well, very significant – a win over the bigger, more experienced man in Sarmiento will show everyone in the featherweight and bantamweight division that he means business. A dominating win would serve him well right now – PXC’s featherweight and bantamweight divisions are one of the most stacked divisions around.

         Striegl’s game plan should be a no-brainer: feel him out, drag Sarmiento into his own world, and work those submissions. But make no mistake, this should be an uphill battle for the rising star and will definitely bring out the best in him.

This is Mark “Mugen” Striegl’s toughest fight to date – will he impress us again?

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.

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PXC ~ Pacific X-Treme 33 Preview

PXC ~ Pacific X-Treme 33 Preview

Published on August 9, 2012 by The Editor in Pacific X-treme Combat

Exciting Times in Philippines MMA

The Philippines is looking forward to a couple of big MMA events in the next few weeks. The first will be ONE FC – Pride of a Nation and then a day later it will be Pacific X-Treme Combats time to shine.

PXC have in a short period of time become a major player in the Philippines with a local TV audience reaches over high half a million viewers and it genuinely sells out it’s events.

The Event PXC 33 is going to be on September 1st 2012, at Ynares Sports Arena. Pasig City, Manila.

The Fight Card:

PXC Lightweight Title:

 Harris “The Hitman” Sarmiento (34-23) vs Jon “Super Saiyan” Tuck (6-0)

Sarmiento has a bucket load of experience starting his pro career right back in 2002.  Tuck on the other hand since 2007 has had just seven bouts all of which he won in the first round. His most famous win was over the URCC champion and present ONE FC fighter Eduard Folayang that took just 8 seconds. (Gorilla Warfare 3, 2009).

Flyweight Title Bout:

Ali “The Young Gun”  Cali (4-1) and Erwin Tagle (1-1-2)

Rest of the Card:

Mark “Mugen” Striegl (10-0) vs Robert “The Real Deal” Wusstig (4-5)

Striegl is the newest addition to the PFC roster a very talented and experienced fighter with Legend, URCC, PRO and DARE bouts under his belt. He hoped to fight Mitch Chilson at ONE FC in Manila but he was ignored. ONE FC’s loss is most defiantly the PXC’s gain and having signed a three-fight deal he must have a chance at a featherweight title shot soon. He will certainly become a very big crowd favorite and he hopes to really make a name for himself amongst the Philippine public.

Anthony Leone (11-5) vs Satoshi Inaba (8-7-2)

Leone is a Strikeforce and Bellator veteran and shows the higher level that PXC is aiming for.

Richie “Rich” Redman (2-2) vs Sung Chan Hong (debut)

Troy Bantiag (2-0) vs Jon Delos Reyes “The Heat”  (6-1)

Eugene Toquero (2-0) vs Leonard “Bruce” Caliwa (1-1)

Victor “Gladiator” Torre (6-1)  vs Jerome “Torogi” Wanawan (2-0)

Kristoffer “Ludakris” Persson (1-1) vs Isaiah Ordiz  (no record)

Dave Galera (1-0) vs TBA

Arex Montalban (1-0) vs Salvador “Badong” Domasian (1-3-1)

An exciting night is in store for those Cageside

PXC33 Teaser 1 (click link to watch)

PXC is co-produced in the Philippines by Sports 5 and telecasts via AKTV, the sports channel of TV5, featured primetime on IBC 13 free-to-air nationwide. According to PXC Promoter & CEO, EJ Calvo, “Our partnership with TV5 has been a major reason for our success in the Philippines. Ratings have increased every show since launching last year, and soon we expect PXC events to be drawing more viewers than most sports in the Philippines.” Over 500,000 actual viewers tuned into PXC31 in July”.

PXC 33 will take place on Saturday, September 1st, and will broadcast Live from The Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

PXC is presented by San Mig Strong Ice and Sports 5. With special thanks to Rogin-e, Best Western F1 Hotel, 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.