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The Shocker heads to the PI
One of Guam's top fighters will get a chance at title fight in the Philippines next month. Justin "The Shocker" Cruz will look to improve and make a milestone in his fighting career when he steps into ring to fight the Philippines's bantamweight champion. "I'll be fighting in the manila Philippines July 5th in the URCC event. I'll be fighting Uno Tagasia, he is the current bantam weight champion, I'm fighting him for his title and trying to represent Guam out their in the Philippines and try to bring the title back home to guam. He is mainly a boxer who has been working his ground game with some of the Gracie boys," he said.
With 3 months of conditioning and a impressive 12-1 record, the shocker, is no doubt ready to complete a championship destiny and reach the pinnacle of his MMA career." What it takes to become a champ or a professional, it takes a lot of hard work, dedication and sacrifice. number 1 is sacrifice, you have to sacrifice time, family, and everything just to make time in your schedule just to train, the hardest part is preparing, preparing for the fight, preparing for a game and for all you young athletes out there, it's the hardest part when it comes game time, game time should be a piece of cake. you train hard, the time you get into the fight, it should be a piece of cake, you just have to train hard and never give up, this time it is for a title so I hope to do my best and represent Guam the best way possible," he said. The Shocker will leaving in 3 weeks and is seeking your support in helping him succeed in the title fight. For any businesses or any individual that would like to help sponsor Justin Cruz, you can contact him at 688-4398.
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UOG hosts Summer Adventure Camp
Summer may have started, but it's not too late to enroll your child in summer camp, the University of Guam Adventure Summer Camp is in their first week of activities and is offering kids a venue to put their energy and skills to good use. Joanie Barcinas, co-director of this year's camp, says kids will be occupied with a whole bunch of activities that range from life skills to learning different sports. "We offer activities such as heights, new games, cooperative games, team sport games, we go to water parks, we have health education, we are collaborating with 4h , they teach our campers about life skills and we are also collaborating with P.E. teachers and they teach age appropriate sports to all our campers from ABC to the extreme group," he said.
With two months left before the start of the new school year, Barcinas says kids should get active and in the habit of living a healthy lifestyle, which is one of the reasons why the UOG Adventure Summer Camp is encouraging parents to enroll their children. "I encourage all campers and parents to bring out their children and enroll them into the UOG Adventure Sports camp. Lets get your children involved in health, physical education and lets start their lives with healthy lifestyles and good health choices," she said.
You can register your child at the UOG Fieldhouse from Monday thru Friday. Camp begins at 730 in the morning and runs thru 530 in the afternoon.
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KUAM to air StrikeForce MMA events
Mixed Martial Arts fans on Guam will be able to view nationally televised fights for free on KUAM-TV8. NBC has teamed up with the Strike Force organization to put on shows where some of the top fighters in the world will be able to get down in the cage. Undefeated world kickboxing and MMA fighter Cung Le defeated Ultimate Fighter Season 2 competitor Sam Morgan in their NBC Strike Force matchup. Top lightweight Gilbert Melendez took his undefeated record into the cage against UFC veteran Clay Guida. Melendez is a Pride veteran who has won a belt in Japan's Big Show and has also defeated the popular Tesuji Kato.
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PXC Live 4 rocks the house!
Guam's top live MMA event was second to none, with 5 huge fights, a competition for the next PXC Cover Model, and exclusive interactive features.
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Coinciding with the return of the NFL on NBC, NBCSports.com will focus primarily on NFL coverage, while moving to a full service online sports destination over the coming months.
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Our latest episode recaps the action from PXC 7 - "Eruption" and sees Brant and Jason debate who the better L.A. Laker team is - 1987 or 2001?
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Get your fix of mixed martial arts news, notes and events from PXCLive.com
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