Icon Sport: Hard Times Preview

by Nick Thomas on Jul 29, 2008 11:27 AM EDT

"Icon Sport: Hard Times"
Saturday, August 2nd, Honolulu, HI
5PM Hawaii Start Time
(8PM PST / 11PM EST)

Kala Kolohe Hose vs. Rolando Dominique (Non-Title Fight)
- Icon Sport Heavyweight Champion Kala Kolohe Hose takes on NFL safety Reggie Tongue's brother, Rolando Dominique. Dominique posts a complete record of 6-1, and is coming off a 1st round KO win. Fight is at catch weight of 180lbs.

Mark Oshiro vs. Bao Quach (140 lbs. North American Title Fight )
-Hawaii's "Bantamweight Chuck Liddell" Mark Oshiro steps up to fight streaking, high-ranked vet Bao Quach for the Icon title.

Phil Baroni vs. Ron Verdadero
-Two fighters at career crossroads. Verdadero is an always-game vet who started fighting for Icon when it was still called Super Brawl. Plain and simple...Baroni needs this win, and Verdadero is not a push-over. Fight to be held at 175lbs.

Ross Ebanez vs. Keoni Bryant (Icon Sport 170 lbs. State Title)
-BJ Penn's MMA vet Ross "Da Boss" Ebanez takes on Hawaii's 170lb shooting star, Keoni Bryant for the local title.

Sydney Silva vs. Hideto Kondo
-Brazilian transplant Silva, who now calls Hawaii "home," takes on "Mach" Sakurai's 18-year old phenom training partner, Kondo. Silva relinquished his Icon 170lb title to drop to 160lbs. Mach Sakurai will corner Kondo for his debut fight.

I'm trying to find out if this card will be streamed on ProElite.com, like "To Hell and Back" was.

[UPDATE] by Nick Thomas: You can only watch it live at the Blaisdell in Honolulu. ProElite.com is NOT doing a web broadcast. The entire proelite.com crew is just returning from Stockton's EliteXC...and they didnt have time to get to Honolulu to put together the webcast.

Preliminary Bouts:

Ed Newalu vs. Ricky “Hoku” Wallace
Sadhu Bott vs. Kurrent Cockett
Alan Lima vs. Chris Tennis
Jose Diaz vs. Mario Miranda
Eddie Rincon vs. Dean Lista
Maui Wolfgram vs. Richard Desforge
Lolohea Mahe vs. Eric Edwards
Kyle Miyahana vs. Brewski Lewis
Ian Dela Cuesta vs. Ola Silva
Brad Taveres vs. Devin Kauwe
Mark Tajon vs. Alan Lima

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If Elite XC has a deal with Icon, why don’t they just broadcast the show on Showtime as part of the challenger series? Go with Icon’s production and just ship over the booth crew.

by Fatal Error on Jul 29, 2008 12:35 PM EDT reply actions

Could be Showtime doesn't want it

Or it could be a timing issue.

Either way, Oshiro vs. Quach is going to be boss.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 29, 2008 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I predict the winner of Oshiro and Quach will face Wilson Reis for the EliteXC 140lbs. “Bantamweight” championship.

by Brett Jones on Jul 29, 2008 1:09 PM EDT reply actions

Hmmmm.

Not a bad call at all. Good fight either way.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 29, 2008 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Does EliteXC have any 150lbs. fighters?

I ask because I thought Quach was fighting at 150lbs. for EliteXC, but it would seem not.

by Brett Jones on Jul 29, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

very ture about showtime showing Icon. Even if showtime does not want to put it on a prime time spot like at pm or 9pm they could do a tape delay at like 12 or 2am, I would think showing Icon even that late would be better ratings draw then say Die Hard 2 or Forest Gump for the 10,000 time ????

by Shocbomb on Jul 30, 2008 1:18 AM EDT reply actions