Local boy Kaleo Hamano got the chance to defend his newly minted ALOHABRAWL title belt against veteran pro-wrestler Tom Howard. Howard has competed in all kinds of fighting events around the world and would prove to be no pushover. Hamano looked gunshy in round 1 and seemed heasitant to unload with his famous punches. Howard stayed busy with a variety of takedowns and karate kicks. Hamano managed to land a stinging combo at the end of the first round but Howard had done enough to win the round on the judges scorecards. Hamano turned it up a notch in round 2 and started to land punishing counterpunches. Howard's nose started pouring blood and it was clearly bothering him. As soon as Howard reached to wipe the blood from his nose, Hamano shot in and took him down while he was distracted. A series of powerful punches was enough to convince Howard to tapout and the Hamano notched his 1st succesful defense. It wasnt a particularly dominant performance from Hamano and with Yokoi, Inoue and RUSTON looming on the horizion, Hamano and the belt could soon part ways.
Hamano SUB 3:03 (round 3) mounted punches
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