Filipino-American Mark Climaco continues to make his rise to the top in the American MMA scene after scoring another win. The Fil-Am mixed martial artist defeated Rodney Kealohi by unanimous decision in the Legacy Fighting Alliance 108: Fremd vs. Rodriguez on May 21 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
With this win, Climaco remains unbeaten with a record of 6-0, while Kealohi has dropped to 5-2.
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The 23-year-old Climaco, who has Cebuano roots, had displayed his superior wrestling and ground game skills in dominating Kealohi during the entire fight that went the Filipino fighter’s way.
Climaco even tried a couple of submission attempts including that rear-naked choke in the second round, but Kealohi somehow survived the attempts but lost the bout.
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Kealohi finished the strong with a kimura attempt and an elbow just at the end of the fight, but the effort turned out to be too late and not enough to beat Climaco, who was declared the winner after getting the nod from all three judges with scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.
Climaco trains at the American Kickboxing Academy, which has produced top fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Cain Velazquez, Luke Rockhold, and Jon Fitch. (AW)
