Baguio fighters all set for PXC 26

BAGUIO mix martial arts fighters will be up for a tough task when the Pacific Xtreme Combat’s PXC 26 formally opens on Aug. 20 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila.

Pitpitunge

The trio of Geje Eustaquio, Jasor Ablasi and Crisanto Pitpitunge recently wrapped up training and will be among the under cards in the main event of the evening featuring Fil-Am Harris “The Hitman” Sarmiento and reigning lightweight champion Ronnie Borja of Guam.

Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao, in an interview, said the three trained alongside Universal Reality Combat Championship welterweight champion Eduard Folayang and lightweight Honorio Banario.

“They’re all ready to fight,” quipped a confident coach Sangiao in a text message.

Pitpitunge, who absorbed his first MMA loss last February, is set to try his skills against Guahan Top Team’s Alex Castro with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses in his career.

Eustaquio, meanwhile, is out to improve his record and earn his second win in MMA against Rogelio Plomeda from Deftac Bacolod with a record of one win and two losses while Jasor Ablasi will also seek his second win against Guamanian Kyle Aguon with a record of two wins and two losses tucked in his belt.

The PXC is a Guam-based mixed martial arts organization fast making inroads in the Pacific. Its return stint here is backed by San Mig Strong Ice in cooperation with Smart Communications, Beer Below Zero, Healthway Medical and Resorts World, with FHM, and 89.1’s Real Sports as media partners.

Buoyed by the success of its initial offering in the country last June, Pacific X-treme Combat returns with a bigger, more action-packed card this Saturday headlined by Fil-Am fighters at the Newport Theater in Resorts World Manila.

Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 19, 2011.