PINOY MMA FIGHTERS - READY FOR THE WORLD?

Are Pinoy MMA fighters ready to go global? Was Caloy Baduria's win over Frank Camacho a signal that local mma should now look beyond our shores? The Boys In Guam Have been going all over the world competing in tournaments in Japan, Thailand , Hawaii, and the United States - And I hear they've given a good account of themselves - So why not Filipino MMA fighters? After all "The Crank" went down to the "Bad Boy"? -and a lot of people agree that Frank Camacho is world class.

Or was Caloy's win just a fluke? - like the boys from the other side of the pacific claim? just a wayward left hook - " the bad boy just got lucky"

Soon four Filipino MMA fighters will hazard their skills to see if we are ready for combat in hostile shores...abangan

More Guam MMA Fighters In URCC?

Justin "The Shocker" Cruz just received an invitation to compete for the URCC Bantamweight title on May 31 in the Philippines. Justin Cruz who beat Lino “The Terminator” Tagacay in Manila at the Araneta last Dec 9 2007 in the Ring of Fire presented by Platinum Productions

Justin’s opponent has yet to be divulged…meanwhile it looks as if the Guam – Philippines rivalry is heating up, as yet another outfit in Guam expressed interest in four URCC fighters to compete in guam sometime this year – “ The offer is serious and the clamor for Filipino fighters on the island is strong as Caloy Baduria beat their superstar,( Frank Camacho) we expect to see more challenges from our neighbors in the pacific in the near future.” Franz von Muhlfeld one of the executive producers of URCC was quoted in an interview last month

Pacific Extreme Challenge

The Pacific eXtreme Challenge is based in Guam and has 13 tournaments in the can. Frank the "crank' Camacho cut his teeth in this tournament and is one of the stars defeating Ryan Biggler before losing to Caloy BAduria in the Philppines mma tournament URCC.

PXC is a wildly succesful tournament in Guam and is attracting a lot of attention from other MMA events from mainland USA.

Pacific eXtreme Challenge is broadcast on guams sports network KUAM.

More about our saipan and guam MMA brothers in coming posts