Highly touted Nathalia Dinis of Brazil proved too much for Dr. Joanne Bognadon, scoring a unanimous decision win in the co- main event of the 1st Kombat Taekwondo Philippine Open held April 4 at the Baguio Convention Center.
Dinis used her vast international experience and height advantage as she pulled off a lopsided victory against Bognadon, who aside from a doctor is also a registered nurse.
Right from the opening bell, Dinis did not waste any time as she immediately pushed the action to the mat while Bognadon tried to counter the Brazilian’s attack.
“I wanted a knock-out, I’m not gonna lie. I tried with a head kick, but she had a lot of experience and she got good blocks. But I wanted to perform well, I wanted to show who am I and what I can do,” said the Brazilian looker in a post fight interview.
“I had a great training with some awesome MMA girls. I felt like in training, if I could spar with them, nobody’s gonna beat me,” added Dinis.
La Trinidad’s Philbert Juanito, meanwhile made shortwork of Malaysia’s Low Hong Jac in the main event of the first professional taekwondo competition in the world sanctioned by the Games and Amusement Board.
Juanito and his Malaysian foe had good exchanges until the Benguet fighter connected with a kick to the mid section, sending Jac to the mat of the cage that ended the bout.
Johnwell Agalpao of Buguias meanwhile sneaked past Raja Zulfadli of Singapore in the featherweight division via unanimous decision.
Teodore Botis won via unanimous decision against Daniel Bin Jumari of Indonesia in a heavyweight contest while South Korean Go Sung Won emerged victorious against Yeil San Cancejo of the Philippines in their welterweight match.
Filipino Angelo Requillo scored a technical knock – out (TKO) victory against Kasbani Bin Kasmon of Malaysia in the welterweight class while Neil Gaerlan, despite having three penalties, managed to sneak a TKO against fellow Filipino jin Bench Villafuerte.
Enrile Amangao won over Allan Dave Lana in the bantamweight division while Juztine Facsay had split decision victory against Jhanna Lee Rosena in the finweight division. Roderick Osis
