Pinoy Warriors’ Best Not Enough
The four Filipino fighters who went up against the Chinese fighters during the recent URCC 7 — The Art of War at the Araneta Coliseum gave their best but this was apparently not enough against the visiting fighters. The Filipinos were clearly outclassed by their competitors, who were more experienced and had more fights under their belts.
Presented by San Miguel Strong Ice, in cooperation with Solar Sports Entertainment, the main bout saw He Peng (Team Art of War) defeating bantamweight titleholder Mark Sangiao with a flying kick in the face. Sangiao was so badly hit by the kick that it took him a couple of minutes before he could get up and regain his composure. By that time, referee Del Bacho declared that he was no longer fit to continue the fight.
Heavyweight Christian Wong (Deftac Yaw Yan) put up a good fight against Ao Hai Ling (Team Art of War). Hopes were raised for a while when Wong successfully pinned down Ao but the big Chinese fighter managed to fight his way out of the awkward position. In the end, it was Ao’s strength and agility that helped him beat Wong through submission.
The two other Chinese fighters who did well during the competition were Dai Shuang Hai (Team Art of War), who beat Mike Banayad (AFC Philippines) through submission and Zhang Tie Quan (Team Art of War), who defeated Salvador Domasian (Elorde MMA Team Philippines) through referee stoppage.
Caloy Baduria (Elorde MMA Team) was declared the new middleweight champion after he defeated Benjie Gloria (Republic Gym). Gloria failed to make his mark throughout the match and was defeated through submission.
It was agent Vince Soberano, who helped bring in the Chinese fighters, who arrived last Dec. 5 from Beijing, China and immediately started training for the bout.
For more information about URCC 7 and the previous URCC, check out www.urcc.net.
Link: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/mnlastd/?page=sports03_dec17_2005
Tags: Araneta Coliseum, Blog, Christian Wong, The Art of War, URCC 7
