Hose Swamps Baroni to Capture Icon Belt

James MeinhardtMar 16, 2008

In the co-main event, Jeremy Williams made short work of Auggie Padeken (Pictures), scoring a knock out at 2:18 of the first round. The boxer turned mixed martial artist endured an early takedown from Padeken, but was able to hold on and eventually get back to his feet and work his stand up game.

"I hit him with a left hook and he kinda fell over, [then the] right hand closed the show," Williams said.

In state title action, Sadhu Bott was able to wrestle the featherweight strap away from Bronson Pieper when the young grappler secured an armbar at 4:31 of the first round.

Pieper got the better of the stand-up exchanges and dominated position with his wrestling, but the flexible Bott threatened with multiple submissions before finally catching an armbar from his back.

Late replacement Russell Doane was impressive in his knockout victory over Tyson Nam (Pictures).

The 808 Fight Factory fighter came out and landed two bombs that found their mark and eventually put Nam away with a series of punches as he stood over him. Nam got up to protest the stoppage, but could hardly stand as he wobbled around the ring.

Tough up-and-comer Koa Ramos (Pictures) was victorious in his Icon debut, showing he not only had knockout power, but a slick ground game as well when he tapped Wayne Perrin with a rear-naked choke at 1:29 of the first round.

Fresh off his second round TKO loss to Eddie Alvarez (Pictures) last January in ShoXC, Ross Ebanez (Pictures) returned to Hawaii and made short work of Brennan Kamaka (Pictures). Ebanez blasted Kamaka with a left hand and followed up with knees. Kamaka crumpled against the ropes, prompting his corner to throw in the towel just nine-seconds into the bout.

Also on the card, PJ Dean (Pictures) won a hard fought unanimous decision over Maui's Eddie Rincon.

Matt Comeau (Pictures) was able to avoid being caught in a few close first round submissions and come back in the second to stop Elias Delos Reyes (Pictures) by TKO when he took back control and rained down punches until the referee stepped in.

In a 150-pound bout, Brazilian Alan Lima (Pictures) Took on David "The Tan Superman" Padilla. Lima was able to dominate position throughout the fight and earned himself a unanimous decision.

Dwayne Haney took on Fighter's Union's Zack Rapal in a 135-pound match. Haney secured a fight ending guillotine choke at 2:27 of the first round.

Ricky "Hoku" Wallace made short work of late replacement Brandon Piper in their 145-pounf fight, needing only 36-seconds to secure a tap inducing standing guillotine choke.

Jay Bolos looked impressive against tough kickboxer Nui Wheeler (Pictures), securing an armbar to finish the fight at 1:26 of round two.

In the evenings opening bout, Wade "Kona" Ke needed just 1:45 to latch on a rear naked choke which caused Micah Ige to tap out.