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KING OF THE CAGE TO ENTER PHILIPPINES FOR FIRST EVENT

Fresh off their recent announcement of  entering the Philippines furthering its global expansion, KOTC announced today that it will hold its first live event in the Prestigious Mall of Asia Arena July 5th in Manila.
 
Terry Trebilcock, CEO for King of the Cage states "It’s exciting to be hosting our first event in the 20,000 seat arena in the Mall of Asia. We will actually beat the NBA into the Philippines. They are scheduled to hold their first event at the same venue in the fall of 2013". 
 
With 2 undefeated world champions headlining the card, (11-0 Sean Strickland from USA @ 84 kilos and 5-0 Lowen Tynanes, a Philippino/Hawaiian at 73 kilos) and a TV deal to be announced shortly, KOTC looks to carry on its tradition of hosting world class entertainment to yet another country.
 
The show will have 11 professional fights, with 2 world titles, and will promote a minimum of 10 fighters that are from the Philippines.  The event on July 5th will be broadcast live or delayed in over 50 countries.

About King of the Cage King of the Cage is a mixture of several different martial arts, which pits one person's martial arts style versus another. It is a full contact sport, which has slowly but surely made its way to the mainstream public and most importantly into our living rooms every day. Today, King of the Cage is available weekly to over 50 million homes in the United States on cable and satellite television and also airs in more than 60 countries worldwide which include Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Mongolia, Thailand, South Africa, and most of Europe to name a few.  After performing 400+ events of blood, sweat and tears, King of the Cage has proven to be an integral part in the evolution of Mixed Martial Arts. No other production has promoted more fights than King of the Cage. KOTC has and continues to promote hundreds of shows throughout the world, including 17 of the United States and far-reaching countries such as: England, Singapore, South Africa, Canada, Japan, and Australia. King of the Cage has been a career staple for countless stars:  Forrest Griffin, Quinton Rampage Jackson, Rashad Evans, Krazy Horse, Keith Jardine, Mac Danzig, Urijah Faber, Joe Stevenson, and Diego Sanchez.  Sustainability is the key factor in any production, King of the Cage continues to operate because of a multitude of key factors with one of the most important being its allegiance to the fighters and the fans. King of the Cage is one of the founding fathers of not only a Sport, but a Lifestyle! http://www.kingofthecage.com

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Ten Glorious Years - URCC 22 Dekada

Colt 45 URCC 22  Dekada

Universal Reality Combat Championship

Asia's Longest Running And One Of It's Most Respected MMA Organisations Celebrates 10 Years in Style

There are many reasons we here at Rear Naked News love the URCC. 

Not the least is the fact that they started the whole dam MMA thing ten years ago when many people in Asia had no idea what was going on.

They built a great following and more importantly they build a great group of fighters.

The Philippine MMA events play to probably the most knowledgable MMA fans in Asia, MMA is on TV everyday somewhere in the Philippines, they love the sport.

Because of that love they produce some real kick ass fighters, Team Lakey is probably the most successful MMA gym in Asia in real terms. 

But of course there are many other MMA gyms around the Philippines providing competition and that is why the Philippines is such a hot bed of quality young fighters.

Ten years ago when Alvin Aquilar started the URCC I am sure he had no idea of the influence they would have over Asian MMA.

Whilst newer organisations for the main part are using Cages the URCC are very much traditionalists and like the once big Japanese organisations who they have outlasted they still fight in a Ring. Personally, I have no preference I am much more concerned about the quality of the bouts.

The quality of the bouts depends on matchmaking and the URCC have probably Asia's best matchmaker in Will Carlos.

These lead to very exciting events and of course being in the MMA crazy Philippines the crowds pour into these events.

And to celebrate ten years as one of Asia's best MMA organisations the URCC present  the Colt 45 URCC 22 - Dekada.

Some of the top names in Asian MMA will be fighting including Eric "The Natural" Kelly and Eduard Folayang.

At the SM Arena on December 1st starting at 8:00pm.

Here's the fight card:

Flyweight:

Janel Lanusa  vs Ramie Crisostomo (0-1-0) 

Roy Doliguez (2-0-0)  vs Dennis Salazar (2-3-0) 

Pinweight:

Spartan Sumogat vs Alvin Ramirez (5-5-0)

Featherweight:

Reydon Romero (4-3-0) vs Sulpiano Laurio Jr. (1-1-1)

Catchweight:

Ray Estrada (0-1-0) vs Coloy Baduria (7-4-1) 

Middleweight:

Froilan Sarenas (3-1-0) vs Rodrigo Praxedes (1-1-0)

Bantamweight:

Jessi Raffols vs Keiff Mangusan (3-1-0)

Reysaldo Transmonte (2-2-0) vs Hideo Morikawa (4-1-0) 

Featherweight:

Eric Kelly (8-0-0) vs Brad Terry (0-1-0) 

Superfight:

Lowens Tynanes (1-0-0) vs Eduard Folayang (12-2-0)

If you are outside of the Philippines you can watch a live stream of this event at URCCMMA.COM