EXPLOSIVE action looms in the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) as Filipino fight fans finally get to witness bare-knuckle exhibition fights topped by the duel between Kenjhons “Mr. Mainit” and Map Soberano this Thursday night.
Kenjhons and Soberano, both 39, will not only entertain the crowd at the Xylo of the Palace at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City, but they are determined to crush each other for pride and glory in URCC 80 Bare Madness.
“I promise to show how I burn somebody like Map [Soberano] with my bare-knuckle flaming fists,” said the 40-year-old Kenjhons—Kenneth Serrano in real life.
“It’s going to be a bloodbath and I will use his own blood to wash my face,” Soberano, of Central Taguig, said. “I’m hoping he [Mr. Mainit] won’t be running around for entertainment. It will be entertaining if he’ll go toe-to-toe with me.”
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URCC Global chairman Arnold Vegafria and URCC founder Alvin Aguilar see an interesting bout that will captivate Filipino fight fans, who are in for a rare mano-a-mano fight—without gloves.
“Filipinos do love combat sports very much and we’re expecting that the first ever bare-knuckle fistfight to be held on Thursday in the Philippines will be a blockbuster,” Vegafria said. “This is going to be the first time here in the Philippines although it’s already being held in Europe and the US. So everyone is excited about this big event.”
Aguilar believes many Filipinos will excel in bare-knuckle boxing saying local fighters never back down from challenges.
“Here’s another avenue for our countrymen to excel: Bare-knuckle boxing. We have to prove to everybody that we Filipinos are the real boss when it comes to real fights, and we’ll show it in our first ever bare-knuckle fight in our country,” Aguilar said.
Besides the super fight between Mr. Mainit and Soberano, Kimbert Alintozon and JV Baldonasa will collide in a 125-pound bare-knuckle battle, while Elias Duran faces Ronnel Esperas in a 145-pound clash.
Rocky Vergara takes on Marvin Dela Cruz in a 125-pound bare-knuckle bout and Ruel Catalan meets Edrion Macatangay at 125 lbs, Jayson Margallo faces Wilson Managuio at 135 lbs and John Ornido squares off with Janedie Bernardo also at 135 lbs all in mixed martial arts format.
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