{"id":413745,"date":"2024-09-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=413745"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Fitial-takes-main-MMA-event-fight-in-Shamrock-FC","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Fitial-takes-main-MMA-event-fight-in-Shamrock-FC\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitial takes main MMA event fight in Shamrock FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LAS VEGAS, Nevada\u2014<\/strong>Kelvin \u201cThe Big Hit\u201d Fitial will be the main event in the mixed martial arts heavyweight title match against Jake \u201cThe Prototype\u201d Collier for the Shamrock FC 357 in the Ameristar Casino at St. Charles, Missouri this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m prepared. I\u2019m just waiting for this fight,\u201d said Fitial in an interview over the weekend during the 19th Annual CNMI Labor Day Softball Tournament held at the Sunset Park in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Fitial and his family relocated from Saipan to California six months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 40 and I\u2019m still going,\u201d he said, adding that the upcoming fight will be his fourth this year.<\/p>\n<p>Fitial expects an exciting fight against Collier.<\/p>\n<p>The 6\u20193\u201d Fitial, who weighs 260.1 lbs., now has 15-16-2 pro MMA win-loss-draw card. His foundation is Muay Thai.<\/p>\n<p>His last fight was against Ricky Biechun on June 14, 2024, in which he was defeated via split decision.<\/p>\n<p>Collier, who stands at 6\u20193\u201d and weighs 256.5 lbs, has a 13-10-0 win-loss-draw card.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/8a339b37b5004a675ce2ec79c9b16796.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Kelvin \u201cThe Big Hit\u201d Fitial and his family pose for a photo during the opening of the three-day 19th Annual CNMI Labor Day Softball Tournament held at the Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>-FERDIE DE LA TORRE<br \/>\n<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS, Nevada\u2014Kelvin \u201cThe Big Hit\u201d Fitial will be the main event in the mixed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}