{"id":206133,"date":"2015-07-08T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=206133"},"modified":"2015-07-08T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:00:40","slug":"electrifying-debut-win-for-benghit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/electrifying-debut-win-for-benghit\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrifying debut win for Benghit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renz \u201cThe Intense\u201d Benghit scored a unanimous win over Guam\u2019s Frank \u201cHellboy\u201d Quidachay in one of the nine undercard bouts offered in last Friday\u2019s Rites of Passage 18: Warpath at the Saipan World Resort\u2019s Royal Taga Hall.<\/p>\n

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Renz \u201cThe Intense\u201d Benghit, right, celebrates after being declared as the winner by referee Alverick Alvarez, center, in his match against Guam\u2019s Frank \u201cHellboy\u201d Quidachay in their undercard bout in last Friday\u2019s Rites of Passage 18: Warpath. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Benghit and Quidachay, who were both making their debut, did not disappoint the fight fans that braved the stormy weather brought by Typhoon Chan-Hom, which left the Marianas early Monday morning.<\/p>\n

The Tinian bet and Quidachay battled through three five-minute rounds with neither fighter backing down and giving it their all to get the crowd up on their feet. It was really an intense bout as both fighters traded blows and tried to force each other into submission for two rounds. Theirs was the only fight that went the full distance.<\/p>\n

Quidachay, the Team High Blood Pressure Guam member, had several chances of ending the duel in the third having the advantage as he tried to force Benghit to tap out. Quidachay, with less than two minutes left in the third, looked headed for the win when he got Benghit pinned down and cornered in another attempt to force his opponent to submission.<\/p>\n

But Benghit, like in the earlier rounds, again managed to get out of trouble until the final bell, leaving the judges\u2019 scorecards to decide the outcome of the electrifying bout.<\/p>\n

Benghit celebrated when referee Alverick Alvarez raised his hand, as the former was announced the winner of the bout, while a look of frustration was seen on Quidachay\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Trench Tech\u2019s Cole Morrill and Guam Muay Thai\u2019s Mike \u201cthe Medic\u201d Pacini also debuted with wins in a pair of fights that lasted two rounds, while five earlier contests only needed one round to finish.<\/p>\n

Morrill forced RedAntsAcademy\u2019s Jones Langu (1-2) to tap out with 1:46 left in the second round via armbar, while Pacini defeated Ko \u201cPak Pak\u201d Palacios via referee stoppage with 1:45 to go.<\/p>\n

Wesly \u201cBaby Bully\u201d Ponio, Jeff Garcia, and Ryan \u201cSnoflake\u201d Perez opened up the night\u2019s event with first round wins over Kier \u201cThe Radical Kidd\u201d Agda, Daniel Flow Motion\u201d Floor, and Fradley Jepen in their kickboxing matches.<\/p>\n

Ponio scored a referee stoppage win with 1:41 in the first round against Agda; Garcia defeated Floor by verbal submission; and Perez scored a technical knockout win over Jepen.<\/p>\n

Mike Muna, in one of the six full contact mixed martial arts fights, defeated Matthew \u201cMighty Mouse\u201d Sablan via keylock with 2:15 left in the first round, while twins Jonathan \u201cThe Outlaw\u201d Camacho and Jadrien \u201cThe Last King\u201d Camacho lost by guillotine choke against Team Zalaka\u2019s Timothy Salas and TrenchTech\u2019s A.J. \u201cSmalls\u201d Aldan, respectively.<\/p>\n

Jonathan tapped out with 1:26 remaining in the first round, while Jadrien surrendered in the 2:56 mark also in the first round.<\/p>\n

Cousins \u201cShiska\u201d Bob Alvarez and Roman \u201cSonic Boom\u201d Alvarez had an exhibition match in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as part of TrenchTech\u2019s promotion of the art of grappling and submission fighting.<\/p>\n

In other news, TrenchTech promoter Cuki Alvarez said that Ning \u201cThe Slicer\u201d Cepeda is doing fine after being accidentally kicked on his balls by Eric \u201cGatty\u201d Gatmen in their lightweight title match.<\/p>\n

Alvarez added the ultrasound showed Cepeda suffering from bruised testicles. \u201cThe doctors at the Commonwealth Health Center said it is not that serious and he will be fine in a couple of weeks. He just needs some rest and is now recovering from that blow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gatmen and Cepeda were locked in arms while standing when the former accidentally hit the latter\u2019s balls in an attempt to deliver several knees to his opponent. Cepeda dropped down to the canvass wincing in pain, prompting referee Alvarez to immediately step in and stop the fight. The match was declared no contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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