MANILA, Philippines – Days before Crisanto Pitpitunge and Jenel Lausa set foot inside the Pacific Xtreme Combat (PXC) cage, both homegrown talents will see eye-to-eye at a press conference on Thursday, January 14 at Solaire Resort and Casino in Parañaque City to promote their flyweight championship clash.
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Pitpitunge and Lausa are booked to face each other for the Guam-based organization’s available flyweight belt in the main event of PXC 51, which takes place at the aforementioned 5-star hotel’s Grand Ballroom on Saturday, January 16.
PXC’s flyweight championship was rendered vacant in June 2015 when then-champion Alvin Cacdac missed weight in his title tilt versus Pitpitunge, who also went over the 125-pound limit.
As a result of the unfortunate incident, the promotion stripped Cacdac of the silver-plated strap that he won by submitting Ernesto Montilla Jr. with a rear-naked choke in November 2014.
The said match-up still pushed through as a 5-round non-title contest, where Pitpitunge shut the lights off on Cacdac in the first round with a well-timed overhand right and a follow-up right hook to the temple.
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Pitpitunge (8-3), a former PXC bantamweight titleholder, is currently riding high on a 3-fight winning streak since transferring to the 125-pound weight class in 2014, which included wins over Josh Duenas and Rambaa Somdet.
On the other hand, Lausa (5-2) solidified his status as the No. 1 contender for the PXC flyweight title by avenging his 2013 decision loss to Montilla as he knocked out his rival with a left hook in the last second of the first round in June 2015.
Prior to his rematch with Montilla, the 27-year-old native of Concepcion, Iloilo claimed two-straight impressive triumphs in 2014, outpointing Venson Delopere in March before forcing Dean Bermudez to tap with a guillotine choke 8 months later.
Also in attendance for PXC 51’s press conference is Kyle Aguon, who defends his bantamweight belt against Korean stalwart Kwan Ho Kwak in the affair’s co-featured bout.
– Rappler.com