(Newswire.net — April 7, 2018) — Honolulu, HI– Professional MMA Fights presented by X1 World Events from the Blaisdell Arena Honolulu Hawaii. It’s a stacked card of local warriors taking on fighters from Japan. The Main Event Features a 8 Man Grand Prix Tournament for the X1 Light Weight World Title. That has been vacant since Max Holloway earned his way to the UFC. Now 8 men will enter and one will be crowned as the new 155lb world title holder. This is a showdown of Japan vs Hawaii. The Fighters from Hawaii are Sadhu Bott, Johnavan Vistante, Michael Brightmon, Jonah Estrella. The fighters from Japan are Keiji Sakuta, Taison Naito, Konmei Kimura, Suguru Nii.
Also looking to defend his 135 pound world title is Bill Takeuchi taking on Rodney “Hot Rod” Mondala. The fighters are ready! The cage is set and the stakes are higher than ever. Experience X1 Grand Prix live on Saturday April 7 at the Blaisdell Arena. Tickets are on sale now at the Blaisdell Box Office and online at Ticketmaster.com. For all fight matches and info, go to X1events.com.
X1 170lb Vacant World Title features “The Waianae Bad Boy” Zane Kamaka(11-3-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)) vs “The Greek” Mike Bronzoulis(18-9-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)). X1 125lbs Flyweight Title is on the line between Russell “Da Muscle” Mizuguchi 3-0-0 (Win-Loss-Draw) against Shojin “Mini Margarito” Miki 4-1-0 (Win-Loss-Draw).
“We’re very excited to see who will go home with the titles, the main and co-main event fighters are mostly local, in a way, everyone is a winner. We are pushing to give Hawaii’s local warriors a stage to shine and prove who is the best,” said Justin Kaanoi from X1 World Events. “People who can’t make it to the Blaisdell or the neighbor island fans can get to know the up and coming mixed martial artists and support their fighters by seeing them online. X1 is a place for Hawaii’s mixed martial artists to get mainstream exposure. For more information, please see www.x1events.com.
Saturday – April 7, 2018 Blaisdell Arena Honolulu Hawaii | 6:00pm – Doors open | 7:30pm – Opening bout
Main event 135 lb Bantamweight World Title Fight Bill Takeuchi vs Rodney Mondala
Co main event 170 lb Welterweight Vacant World Title Zane Kamaka vs Mike Bronzoulis
Main card 125 lb Flyweight State Title Fight Russell Mizuguchi vs Shojin Miki
155 lb Grand Prix Round 1 Sadhu Bott vs Keiji Sakuta
155 lb Grand Prix Round 1 Johnavan Vistante vs Taison Naito
155 lb Grand Prix Round 1 Michael Brightmon vs Konmei Kimura
155 lb Grand Prix Round 1 Jonah Estrella vs Suguru Nii
135 lb Pro MMA Cheyden Leialoha vs Joey Yuto Sekiguchi
205 lb Pro MMA Marcus Gamble vs Thor Kistufek
125 lb Amateur MMA Jeremiah Young vs Joey Vonblankenburg
120 lb Amateur MMA Michael Nakagawa vs Dominic Abalos
Fight Card subject to change. For more information about Hawaii Mixed Martial Arts News and info, visit www.xclusivemma.com.