All fighters are officially good to go as they all made weight this morning at Bar 360 in Resorts World Manila for tomorrow’s PXC 37 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
Headlining PXC 37 is a world bantamweight championship between the champ Crisanto “Slugger” Pitpitunge and Michinori Tanaka.
Both the champ and the challenger make weight.
All 16 fighters made weight this morning for tomrrow’s loaded PXC 37 event.
The card at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig features a world title fight between the champ Crisanto Pitpitunge and the challenger Michinori Tanaka. The first round of the four-man featherweight tourney is also set between Korean Top Team’s Jang Yong Kim and Nate Thorell. Round two of the said tourney is scheduled on August 31 in Manila.
The champion Crisanto Pitpitunge checked in at 135 lbs. for his first title defense against Michinori Tanaka, who checked in at 134 lbs.
In other bouts featuring two heavy-handed fighters, Team Lakay’s Troy “The Hunter Bantiag (135 lbs.) battles Guahan Top Team’s Trevin Jones (135 lbs.). An explosive flyweight match up is also set between crowd favorite Jerome Wanawan (125 lbs.) and the skillful fighter from Laguna, Ernesto Montilla Jr. (135 lbs.).
Complete weigh-in results:
Crisanto Pitpitunge (135) vs. Michinori Tanaka (136) –Bantamweight Championship
Jerome Wanawan (125) vs. Ernesto Montilla Jr (126)
Troy Bantiag (136) vs. Trevin Jones (136)
Nate Thorell (146) vs. Jang Yong Kim (146) – Featherweight Tournament Semi Finals
Johnny Pecyna (145) vs. Takumi Nakayama (145)
Wesley Machado (154) vs. Syafiq “The Slasher” Abdul Bin Samad (155)
Reno Remigio (155) vs. Hong Seung Chan (155)
Rolando Gabriel Dy (145) vs. Arex Montalban (145)
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