Icon Sport “Mayhem vs. Lawler”

Honolulu, Hawaii
Blaispell Arena

GR Instructors Jason Dent and Mike Russo made the long haul a 12 hour plane flight to Honolulu, Hawaii. Set to compete on the Icon sport Superbrawl card this was Jason's second time with this organization and the debut for mike this will mark the biggest event of his career. Nearly 8,000 poeple in attendance it was a pretty packed venue. I would lie to take a moment and send a shout to Chas are manager for getting both myself and Jason on the card. I would also like to thank Rob Monroe for coming on short notice to be are cutman for the night. Below you find complete result for our fights as well as the rest of the line-up. Hawaii was awesome we can not wait to go back and fight for this organization again they took very good care of us. In a see saw battle Saturday night the questions were answered. At least for the time being. Jason “Mayhem” Miller answered the critics and brought it big time at the Neal Blaisdell Arena in Hononlulu Hawaii. Miller showed up with the Rastafari ring entrance donning a dreadlock wig and rasta hat along with his customary mask. Miller played the pro Mayhem crowd to the hilt."Ruthless" Robbie Lawlers entrance was anything but entertaining aside from the obvious anger he had coming into this fight, tearing his warm ups off and throwing his shirt, shoes and warm up pants.The first round saw Miller come out firing with his seemingly new found penchant for kicking, Its widely known that Miller is a Jiu Jitsu expert but as of late, including this performance and his last performance in California on the WFA card against Lodune Sincaid he has now done a remarkable job with his striking. He battered Lawler with nice kicks and knees. Leaving Lawler with bruising on his left side rib cage by the end of round one. Lawler seemed extremely hesitant in the first throwing only one punch. The first round clearly went to Miller as he was the clear aggressor and landed punches, kicks and knees. Especially effective was Miller with his leg kicks just as in Lawler’s previous UFC bout against Pete Spratt a few years back. Doesn’t appear Lawler worked much on leg kick defense. Oddly enough it didn’t appear that Miller was looking at all to get the takedown. It could be that he wanted to prove to his critics that he can fight stand up with the best. Round two-The start of the second was like a completely different fight. Lawlers corner seemed to wake him up with their urging and at the start of the second round the war was on. It was the old Robbie Lawler in there firing away and landing solid shots. Hurting Miller on numerous occasions. Lawlers power can not be denied. Lawler at one point had Miller turtled up on the mat and it appeared the referee was very close to stepping in and stopping it. Miller survived the onslaught and got to his feet near the end of the round. Once to his feet Miller exploded with solid kicks and knees pushing Lawler back into the ropes as the horn sounded the end of the round. The second round was most definitely Lawlers round. The third round started off where the second left off. An all out war. Close to mid way through the third round Miller was able to mount Lawler but both fighters were stuffed in the corner. The referee stopped the action and positioned them in the center for a restart with Miller still in full mount. Miller proceeded to land two solid elbow strikes to Lawlers head, which is a foul. The Miller – Lawler fight was to be contested under full Pride Fighting rules. Elbows to the head are illegal. A warning was given but the fight resumed in the position the fouls were commited and the Lawler corner vehemently argued that due to those fouls the fighters should have been stood up after the warning. Long story short the referee left them in that position which inevitably led to Miller securing a triangle arm choke, the same choke he used in his last fight in Hawaii vs. Stephan Gamlin. One could only wonder had the fight been stood up what the eventual outcome might have been. Winner Jason “Mayhem” Miller by triangle arm choke at 2:50 of the third round.In the semi main event “The favorite Son of Polynesia” Kolo Koka had his hands full with Jason “Dynamite” Dent from Ohio. The Koka we saw in this fight was not as willing to stand and trade shots like the Koka of previous fights. Both fighters did exchange their fare share of leg kicks and punches but Koka seemed intent on securing a leg and taking the native Ohio fighter to the ground. Once on the ground Dent seemed to be able to neutralize everything Koka tried to do. Dent caused considerable damage while on bottom. Dent continually worked for the high climbing guard and was searching for submissions. The stale mate on the ground forced the referee to stand the fights on numerous occasions. Dent landed a monsterous knee strike in the second round that had Koka in big, big trouble. All credit due to Koka for surviving the second round. He was visibly hurt and fought on with huge heart. My personal opinion from ringside was that Koka was not recovered at the start of the third round. He came out with glassy eyes and I believe he did not get his head completely clear during the break. But always the warrior he battled on and once again found himself in Dents guard but this time Dent found the submission opening and secured the triangle choke causing Koka to have no choice but to tap. Once again my personal opinion of Kolo Koka. He is a huge ambassador of the sport and represents Hawaii as well as any place could be represented. Total warrior and the most gracious and respectful person that I have come across in the sport in a long, long time. Kolo Koka is a first class fighter and more importantly a first class person.Jason Dent defeated Kolo Koka by triangle choke in Round 3.Peni Taufaao defeats Isaiah Cobb-Adams by guillotine in Round 1 Shaun Durfee defeats Thomas Ferguson by Rear Naked Choke at 1:30 of Round 1 Keoni Bryant defeats Derek Stadler by Unanimous Decision Both fighters had mount numerous times in the bout but in the third and final round Bryants striking seemed to give him the edge.145-lb TITLE FIGHTChico Cantebaros defeats Kevin Delima by Referee Stoppage due to strikes Cantiberos was the obvious dominant fighter standing utilizing the whole bag of tricks punches, kicks and kneesMakana Albino defeats Marshall Harvest by decision Seemed the crowd saw it different and booed the decision but mma Hawaii saw Albino outworking Harvest and therefore getting the decision.Mark Oshiro defeats Paul Gorman by TKO Oshiro lands the left hand bomb referee stops the contest.Sydney Silva defeats Kimo Woefel by armbar A very game Woefel was able to fight off numerous submission attempts but Silva’s Jiu Jitsu proved to be too much and was able to secure the armbar for the victory.Jack a Brazillian Jiu Jitsu black belt was too much for Russo, Jack was the aggressor and left Russo defending. Jack secures the back and sinks the choke.Jay Jack defeats Mike Russo by Rear Naked Choke in Round 1.Wriiten By:Rob Monroe