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Maui’s Riley “The Perfect Storm” Dutro takes on Iowa’s Eric Shelton in an upcoming event on Saturday, May 8 at 1 p.m. HST. Dutro makes his Caged Aggression XXXI debut and is looking for his 15th professional win.

The 30-year-old Wailuku fighter, Riley Dutro also known as “The Perfect Storm” came into the fight with a seven-fight win streak. 

Hilo’s Wesley “Cabbage” Correira earned his first mixed martial arts win in five years Friday, March 15, submitting Maui’s Paea Paongo in the first round of the Just Scrap IV main event.

The official weigh-ins for tonight’s event were held yesterday at Valley Isle Ford in Kahului.

Lolohea Mahe, considered one of the heaviest-handed punchers in the MMA, headlines Friday night’s “Just Scrap XVI” fight card at War Memorial Gym with opponent Chad “The Brama Bull” Thomas of the Big Island.

In this interview with Maui Now MMA reporter Lisa Teichner, Kendall discusses his upcoming match against seasoned veteran Ikuhisa Minowa, who has been on a submission tear in Japan and is on a 5 fight win streak.

By Lisa Teichner There are many martial arts disciplines and technically any combination of them would be considered mixed martial arts. However, there are varying opinions as to precisely which combination of disciplines make for the most effective and successful MMA fighter. Let’s start with five of the most common disciplines you will see when […]

Check out these videos from The Big Boys and MMA Hawaii Expo including Elijah Manners vs Ikaika Tampos for the Up N Up Featherweight Belt. If you made it to the event, remind yourself what fighter-heaven felt like and if you didn’t make it this year, have your friend punch you in the eye and see (with the other eye) what you missed. This is Part I of III stories to be published with videos from the Expo.

Jake Yasui discusses personal training and nutrition and demonstrates Strength and Conditioning exercises for MMA athletes and non-athletes.

UFC 129 St.-Pierre vs Shields full fight card. Saturday, April 30 3pm HST (6pm PST, 9pm EST) from Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

The Big Boys and MMA Hawaii Expo will be held this year on June 17, 18, 19 at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu. This annual mixed martial arts exposition, otherwise known as “The Ultimate Guy Show” gets bigger every year with more vendors, more fights and more spectators. This summer they are expecting approximately 8,000 attendees over 3 days.

Interview with Maui boy and aspiring professional MMA fighter Kris Acang.

Fight Results of X-1 Champions III held on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, HI. Main Event Falaniko Vitale vs Dylan Clay.

The weigh-ins for Champions III were held at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu on Friday, March 11 at 2pm. Here are videos of the weigh-ins as well as pre-fight interviews with Maui fighters 170 State Title Contender Jordan Kekino and 185lb World Title Challenger and Main Event, Dylan Clay.

Maui fighter Jordan Kekino talks about his upcoming fight in X1s Champions III, Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu

By Lisa Teichner After the unfortunate events which led to the cancellation of Atomic Aftermath and the demise of several other MMA organizations and event efforts in the islands, Maui Now was interested in interviewing Danny Padeken, Operations Manager for X-1 World Events about X-1 to find out the secrets behind why X-1 is able […]

UFC 127 RESULTS – Saturday, Feb 26 Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch fight to a majority draw Michael Bisping defeats Jorge Rivera via TKO (Strikes) Round 2 Dennis Siver defeats George Sotiropoulos via Unanimous Decision Brian Ebersole defeats Chris Lytle via Unanimous Decision Kyle Noke defeats Chris Camozzi via Submission (Rear Naked […]

By Lisa Teichner Dylan Clay is the current 170lb X-1 Champion and has yet to defend his belt, so why is his upcoming fight against Oahu’s Falaniko Vitale for the 185lb Championship Belt? This was one of the questions we wanted to know the answer to. Clay answers this question and shares his thoughts on […]

Mayhem at the Mansion II was held on Saturday, Feb 5, 2011 at Kilohana Mansion, Puhi, Kauai RESULTS Amateur Kickboxing: Ola Lum (O2) def. Marcus Vierra (Kauai Pankration) Unanimous decision after 3 rounds Pankration: Ryne Yoshimura (HMC) def. Abe Mohr (KTI) TKO via Referee stoppage at 2:59 in Round 3 Kai Iwasaki (HMC) def. Keone Martins […]

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