{"id":239908,"date":"2016-11-07T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=239908"},"modified":"2016-11-07T06:00:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T20:00:55","slug":"twin-wins-crank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/twin-wins-crank\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin wins for \u2018The Crank\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Frank \u201cThe Crank\u201d Camacho battles Roman \u201cThe Sonic Boom\u201d Alvarez in the heavyweight class finale in the Art of War 11: Submission Grappling\/BJJ Tournament held last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
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Frank \u201cThe Crank\u201d Camacho made the most out of his short trip to Saipan after ruling two weight classes in last Saturday\u2019s Art of War 11: Submission Grappling\/BJJ Tournament held at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

The Guam-based Camacho topped the middleweight and heavyweight divisions after defeating Shane \u201cPikaboo\u201d Alvarez and Roman \u201cSonic Boom\u201d in the finals, respectively.<\/p>\n

In the middleweight gold medal match, Camacho was up on points, 7-3, going into the last two minutes of the five-minute bout and managed to finish off Shane with a triangle. Camacho, who stayed on the island just over the weekend, moved into the title bout after Roman tapped out in their semis fight with the former employing a head-and-arm lock on the latter in the closing seconds of their Final Four tiff. The eventual gold medalist was also way ahead on points, 12-0, before Roman surrendered. Shane, in the other semis pairing, won on points against Stanley Iakopo, 8-2.<\/p>\n

The gold medal win was Camacho\u2019s third, as he earlier prevailed in his opening match against Phil David, who tapped out (head-and-arm lock) at the 2:43 mark of the one-sided bout. Had David survived, he would have still lost, as Camacho was winning on points, 11-0. <\/p>\n

In the other preliminary results in the middleweight category, Shane coasted to a 10-0 victory over Peter Mendiola, while Roman also shut down Vince Masga, 4-0. Masga took the bronze medal although he and Roman failed to score a single point in their consolation bout and rematch as the former got the nod from referee and BJJ black belt Mike Ulloa of Spike 22.<\/p>\n

In the heavyweight class finale, Camacho stopped Roman on a rear-naked choke early in the match. The two-time gold medalist had a slight edge on Roman, 2-0, before he pulled the plug on his foe. <\/p>\n

Camacho set up a gold medal bout against Roman in the heavyweight division after the former clobbered Lil John Aguon in the semis, 24-0. Roman also prevailed on points against Trench Tech president Cuki Alvarez in the other Final Four pairing, 14-0. Cuki settled for the bronze medal following his 7-2 victory over Aguon in the consolation match.<\/p>\n

Four other fighters entered the heavyweight class with one of the division\u2019s favorites\u2014Kelvin \u201cThe Big Hit\u201d Fitial\u2014pushed to the exit door early after bowing to Aguon, 0-11. Josh Castro also registered for the division and got a free pass to the next round after a no show from Anthony Rivera. Cuki had a similar victory via forfeit over Nate Untalan and then the Trench Tech head booted out Castro with his 3-0 triumph to arrange a semis showdown against Roman.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, five other weight classes were featured in AOW 11 and results will be reported on Saipan Tribune later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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