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MANILA, Philippines – Two super-fights have been added to Triumvirate Fighting Championship’s second annual Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament dubbed “Arte Suave Manila” from October 29 to 30 at the CommerCenter Alabang in Muntinlupa City.
The two announced super-fights at this year’s Arte Suave Manila will involve 3 homegrown mixed martial arts (MMA) competitors.
Pacific Xtreme Combat (PXC) standout Rolando Gabriel Dy is squaring off with former Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) featherweight kingpin Reydon “Red” Romero in a No-Gi submission-only match.
Dy, the 25-year-old son of former boxing world champion Rolando Navarrete, holds a professional MMA record of 7-4 and was a two-time PXC bantamweight title contender.
Dy made a triumphant return to featherweight last January with a lopsided decision win against Miguel Mosquera.
Proving that he has a rightful place in the featherweight division, Dy knocked out previously-unbeaten Japanese stalwart Koyomi Matsushima in just 23 seconds with a counter left hook last April.
In the other corner, Romero owns a win-loss slate of 9-6 and has been a URCC mainstay since he started his prizefighting career in March 2010.
Romero captured the URCC featherweight belt in November 2013 when he submitted Ricardo Sapno with a third-round rear-naked choke and then successfully defended the title against Malaysia’s Jian Kai Chee via second-round knockout in July 2015.
The 28-year-old veteran relinquished his possession of URCC’s 145-pound trinket by yielding to Korean combatant Do-Gyum Lee via second-round stoppage.
Both men are Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners as Dy earned a blue belt in December 2015 under the tutelage of Stephen Kamphuis, while Romero is a white belt under the guidance of Alvin Aguilar of DEFTAC-Ribeiro.
After their Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu encounter, the two fighters will compete on separate MMA cards in November.
Dy is slated to lock horns with Australia’s Aydin Mrouki in PXC 55 on November 18, while Romero battles Mosquera on the undercard of URCC 28: Vindication on November 6.
In the other additional super-fight, ex-URCC bantamweight titleholder Andrew Benibe is taking on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt Oliver Domingo.
Benibe has a 6-8 MMA record and won the vacant URCC bantamweight strap in October 2014 by scoring a fifth-round technical knockout victory over Reysaldo Trasmonte.
Benibe, who is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt, has been away from the Philippine MMA limelight since dropping the URCC bantamweight title to Jerson Estoro via third-round knockout in July 2015.
Meanwhile, Domingo is one of the top prospects in the local Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu scene and trains under the wings of Kamphuis.
One of Arte Suave Manila’s main attractions is the submission-only super-fights, where combatants will compete in a 10-minute match. If there is no submission by the end of given time, a draw will be declared.
Arte Suave Manila is set to feature 3 more super-fights, but the spotlight is on the 10-minute clash of the brown belts as Gian Dee of Atos Philippines faces Myron Mangubat of DEFTAC-Ribeiro.
URCC fighter Drex Zamboanga will also share the mat with James Wilson Uy of DEFTAC-Ribeiro.
Arte Suave Manila will likewise hold its inaugural female super-fight as Jam Cantos of DEFTAC-Ribeiro meets Kaila Napolis of Checkmat Philippines. – Rappler.com
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