ICON Sport: Phil Baroni vs. Kala Kolohe Hose

Broadcast Live on ProElite.com starting around 11 pm EST

MAIN CARD

• Phil Baroni (186 lbs) vs. Kala Kolohe Hose (184 lbs)

  Result: Kala Kolohe Hose defeats Phil Baroni by TKO (Strikes) at 0:26 of R5.

• Auggie Padeken (205 lbs) vs. Jeremy Williams (205 lbs)
  Result: Jeremy Williams defeats Auggie Padeken by KO at of R1.
• Sadhu Bott (143 lbs) vs. Bronson Pieper (146 lbs)
  Result: Sadhu Bott defeats Bronson Pieper by Submission (Armbar) at of R1.
• Russell Doane (135 lbs) vs. Tyson Nam (135 lbs)
  Result: Russell Doane defeats Tyson Nam by TKO (Strikes) at of R1.
• Wayne Perrin (170 lbs) vs. Koa Ramos (170 lbs)
  Result: Koa Ramos defeats Wayne Perrin by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at of R1.
• Brennan Kamaka (181 lbs) vs. Ross Ebanez (173 lbs)
  Result: Ross “Da Boss” Ebanez defeats Brennan Kamaka by KO (Punches) at 0:09 of R1.
• Eddie Rincon (160 lbs) vs. P.J. Dean (160 lbs)
  Result: PJ Dean defeats Eddie Rincon by Unanimous Decision.
• Matt Comeau (145 lbs) vs. Elias De Los Reyes (145 lbs)
  Result: Matt Comeau defeats Elias De Los Reyes by TKO (Strikes) at 2:35 of R2.
• Alan Lima (149 lbs) vs. David Padilla (153 lbs)
  Result: Alan Lima defeats David Padilla by Unanimous Decision.
• Zack Rapal (133 lbs) vs. Dwayne Haney (134 lbs)
  Result: Dwayne Haney defeats Zack Rapal by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 2:27 of R1.
• Brandon Pieper (150 lbs) vs. Ricky Wallace (147 lbs)
  Result: Ricky Wallace defeats Brandon Pieper by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at of R1.
• Nui Wheeler (136 lbs) vs. Jay Bolos (137 lbs)
  Result: Jay Bolos defeats Nui Wheeler by Submission (Armbar) at 1:22 of R2.
• Wade Ke (175 lbs) vs. Micah Ige (173 lbs)
  Result: Wade Ke defeats Micah Ige by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:45 of R1.

BJ Penn answers questions at the pre-fight press conference at ICON Sports: Baroni vs. Hose.

BJ Penn takes on Sean Sherk at UFC 84 on May 25 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Nevada.

ICON Sport “To Hell And Back” features hard hitting Hawaiian Kala Kolohe Hose taking on the “New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni in a title fight for Robbie Lawlers vacated Middleweight title on March 15 from the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The event will air for free on ProElite.com starting at 8pm EST.

Main Event

Phil “The New York Bad Ass” Baroni vs. Kala Kolohe Hose – 185lb World Title

Main Card

Auggie “The Warrior” Padekan vs. Jeremy “Half Man Half Amazing” Williams
Sadhu Bott v. Bronson Pieper – 145lb State Title
Devin Chong vs. Tyson Nam
Wayne Perrin vs. Koa Ramos
Brennan Kamaka vs. Ross “Da Boss” Ebanez
Eddie Rincon vs. P.J. Dean
Matt Comeau vs. Elias Delos Reyes
Alan Lima vs David “The Tan Super Man” Padilla
Zack Rapal vs Dwayne Haney
Nui Wheeler vs. Jay Bolos

ICON Sport announced in a press conference that they have striped Robbie Lawler of his ICON Sport Welterweight belt, following a year of injuries and other commitments (TUF 6, EliteXC, Starting the H.I.T Squad).

ICON Sports in owned by ProElite (EliteXC, Cage Rage, KOTC), Lawler fought Ninja Rua for the EliteXC belt last September. Striping Lawler of the title is just a move to allow ICON to have its own exclusive champion.

Now that Lawler is out of the way, ICON Sport has announced that native Hawaiian Kala Kolohe Hose will take on newly signed brawler Phil “New York Bad Ass” Baroni.

Kala Kolohe Hose has been waiting in the wings for a chance at Lawler for almost a year now. Kolohe Hose is a brawler who impressed me on the last ShoXC event, when he knocked out Frederic Belleton late in the first round.

Veteran MMA fighter Phil Baroni is a perfect match-up with Kolohe Hose, both fighters have knock out power and both like to stand and brawl.

This will be Baroni’s first fight on his recently signed multi-fight contract with Pro Elite.

According to Sherdog.com, “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler will not defend his ICON Sport Middleweight title on December 15, due to an arm injury. Lawler was scheduled to fight Kala Kolohe Hose in Honolulu Hawaii for the ICON Sport Middleweight belt.

No replacement has been named, but David Loiseau’s name has been passed around.

Robbie Lawler is the current ICON Sport and EliteXC Middleweight champion.

Nick Diaz vs. Mike Aina

Gina Carano vs. Tonya Evinger

Jake Shields vs. Renato Verissimo

Today Pro Elite Inc announced it has Acquired the Hawaiian based promotion ICON Sport as part of its bid to take over the mixed martial arts world, not controlled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Here is a little clip for Sherdog.

“Last October … we came and invested in and bought Rumble World,” said EliteXC Live Events President, Gary Shaw. “And today we’re proud to announce that within the last hour, we just completed our deal and we bought ICON. So, we own the islands.”

Today Pro Elite conducted a conference call with select members of the media, to announce the upcoming EliteXC card in Hawaii on September 15. Here are some main points we think are interesting.

1. Robbie Lawler’s ICON Sport title will be on the line September 15.
2. Pro-Elite founder Gary Shaw wants to see Diaz vs. Gomi 2, but no negotiations have be started.
3. EliteXC might possibly drop 155lb division and replace it with 160lb division.
4. EliteXC looking to sign more female MMA fighters in the near future.
5. Pro-Elites recently acquired Cage Rage promotion will continue to operate under the Cage Rage name, but fighters will be able to fight and compete in other ProElite promotions.
6. Jake Shields says EliteXC has discussed adding a welterweight division.

September 15
Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii

Main Card

Murilo Rua vs Robbie Lawler
Nick Diaz vs Mike Aina
Joey Villasenor vs Riki Fukuda
Renato Verissimo vs Jake Shields
Gina Carano vs Tonya Evinger

Preliminary Card

Jaw Suk Kim vs Brandon Wolff
Kala Halohe Hose vs Jeff Cox
Mark Oshiro vs Nui Wheeler
Mark Kurano vs Jose Diaz
Justin Bucholz vs Kolo Koka
Tyson Nam vs Albert Manner

The winner of the main event between Murilo Rua and Robbie Lawler, will become the new EliteXC Welterweight Champion. Currently Rua is the EliteXC Champion and Lawler is the ICON Sport Champion. The preliminary fights will be streamed for free at Pro Elites official website. The main card will be broadcast on the cable channel Showtime.