By ALFRED KANINIBA, PNG Post Courier.

PNG-Born Chinese and Cage Fighting mixed martial arts World lightweight champion Adrian “The Hunter” Pang is preparing for the defence of his lightweight title when he meets Brazilian Jiu Jitsu expert Bernardo Trekko.
The “Hunter’s” fight is one of three World Title fights which will kick start the 2010 Cage Fighting Championship series in Australia. It is billed as the biggest event CFC has staged and will feature Australia’s most talented fighters.
The fight is scheduled for March 12 at the Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park in Sydney.
“I am currently in really hard and intense training for this fight as championship bouts are contested over 5×5 minute rounds,” Pang said by email.
He said he was really hoping to visit PNG again very soon.
“I have a very busy schedule with fighting this year and am constantly getting offered more bouts. However, I love to get away to PNG whenever I have time, even for just a couple of weeks to see my dad and wantoks.” the Hunter said.
He said he was more than willing to train PNG fighters in MMA as it was the ultimate martial art where only specific techniques really worked as opposed to some of the questionable martial arts being taught.
“I have several student in PNG now that I have trainede for many years — Daniel Kawa and Justine Pamena are well hearsed in Chinese Kung Fu and Mixet Martial Arts (MMA), Pang said.
He said his current fight schedule which was basically in Australia, but also took him to Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Thailand.
Asked if he was thinking of Europe and the USA, he said, “ I’m not sure if Europe would be profitable enough for me but the USA would be a great leap for me to test my skills against some of the world’s greatest fighters. Also the prizefighting money in the USA is very lucrative,” Pang told the Post-Courier.
He also had this to say to his family, friends and supporters,
“ Thank you to PNG for my roots and all your on-going support. To my father who ahs instilled a disciplined hard work rate in me and all my boys form Timbur squad Kopex, ENBP — mi no lus ting ting long yupela!”

Edited fron CFC- Cage Fighting Championship is proud to announce CFC 12, at the Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park,Sydney March 12th 2010. Three World Title fights headline the start to the 2010 Cage Fighting Championship series; it’s the biggest event CFC has staged and features Australia’s most talented fighters.

5 time Champion Hector Lombard returns to defend his Middleweight title against Art Santori from Dan Henderson’s Team Quest USA. Lightweight Champion Adrian ‘the Hunter’ Pang from Integrated MMA/Fairtex will be defending his title for the first time when he takes on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu expert Bernardo Trekko. Sydney’s Ritchie Vas, a professional big wave surfer who is currently undefeated in MMA puts it all on the line when he takes on Perth based Brazilian Gustavo Falciroli for the coveted Bantam weight title. This event is supported with a full undercard including another up and coming Integrated MMA standout Tony  “THE JEDI” Rossini.

Big thanks tp Peter Antoine from TAPOUT for sponsoring Adrian Pang and Tony Rossini in the upcoming CFC 12 event. Also thankyou to Integrated MMA sponsors ASN- Australian Sports Nutrition for fuelling the boys with the best in sports supplements and Fairtex the leaders in training equipment. Thanks as always to our team sponsors MMA SPORTS Magazine and All Type Cabinets.

CFC is Australia’s Number 1 MMA Event. This event is proudly sponsored by Tapout http://www.tapout.com , 48HR Rapid Detox http://www.rapiddetox.com.au , Hock’a’car http://www.hockacar.com com, WSII International http://www.wsii.com.au and Lion’s Den Academy http://www.lionsdenacademy.com.au .

Ultimate Fighting Championship contender Chris Haseman at the Integrated Mixed Martial Arts gym at Stafford. Inset: Haseman with his trainer and operator of the gym, Dan Higgins (left). Photo: Michelle Smith

UFC 110 will see Chris Haseman fighting Elvis Sinosic in Australias first ever UFC event at Acer Arena in Sydney Australia. Chris has been preparing for this fight under Integrated MMA Head Coach Dan Higgins.

Featuring Integrated MMA/Fairtex  Champions Mick Mortimer, Matt Cain and Adrian Pang.

FiveOuncesofPain.com has recently been able to confirm that Kyle Noke is expected to take part in the upcoming eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter through several sources close to the situation. Noke is an Australian born fighter that currently trains out of Greg Jackson’s MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is an EliteXC veteran and former Xtreme Fighting Championship middleweight champion with a career record of 16-4 with one draw. Kyle holds previous notable wins over the likes of George Sotiropoulos and Kyacey Uscola, with the sole draw in his career coming against the highly regarded Hector Lombard. Click on the link for more.

Everyone at Integrated MMA/Fairtex Australia would like to wish Kyle the very best for TUF 11. Go getum brother!!

Long-distance call Mixed martial arts fighter Adrian Pang talks to Yvonne Lai about Bruce Lee and growing up tough in Papua New Guinea.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Adrian “The Hunter” Pang-is reluctant to remove his sun–glasses. “I don’t want to scare anyone,” the reigning Australian lightweight champion explains. Pang recently headlined the Legend Fighting Championship,Hong Kong’s first MMA event, with Nam Yui-chul from Korea,”Nam landed some good shots early that swelled my eye up.” Pang might have managed to hide most of the bruising on his face but a large scar on his forearm – from a spear wound sustained during a “friendly”childhood skirmish – warrants further inspection. Pang, 29, is second-generation Chinese-Papua New Guinean on his father’s side and Australian on his mother’s, His Chinese great grandparents migrated to Papua New Guinea as traders. “I grew up half an hour from Kokopo town, near the former capital of Rabaul [in East New Britain province], My father owned and ran a general store selling dried goods,rice, meats,materials and petrol to the natives. We lived in our shop right on the beach and there was not any other Chinese or white community around, “The only one who really knows[about Pang's roots in China] is my grandmother. We are really close but I think she went through quite a bit of hardship during the second world war and there are things she wants to shut out We’ve tried to ask her what province we come from but she won’t say, “My first language was Tok Pisin [pidgin], which is spoken throughout Papua New Guinea; but then there are over 800 tribes, languages and dialects. Geographically, it would be like people [in Causeway Bay] speaking a different language to those in Admiralty, and constantly fighting each other. Tribes have a pay-back system where whatever ill you do, there’s always a retaliation; that’s the way it’s always been. “We were lucky in that the Tolai people in my area were gentle. But they still fought [in accordance with] old customs. My [younger] brother and I had a great childhood; we grew up the way [my father] did -not babied too much and learning to be independent very young. For playtime, my father would send us out to the bush to invent our own fun – we’d make huts or spears. When you hang with native kids, everything is about survival. “In 1994, the eruptions of volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcano destroyed Rabaul and the provincial capital was relocated to Kokopo. It was around that time that Pang flew to Brisbane, Australia, to train in martial arts. ”I’d always been partial to kung fu because of my Chinese heritage; and I can’t remember the time in my life before [I watched]Bruce Lee films.”Pang chose to specialise in the Chow Gar Tong Long (southern praying mantis) style of kung fu and, in 1998, was brought to Hong Kong to train with sifo Yip Shui (1912-2004).”We lived at the master’s house in Kowloon and every morning, we’d get up and train on the rooftop.”Pang switched to MMA fighting in 2000. “What Bruce Lee believed is what they are teaching now – that no one school of kung fu is exactly right for anyone. He believed in adapting and choosing the best elements in each discipline to create your own style. “Married and settled in Brisbane with a 10-month-old son, Pang fights less often these days. He runs his own carpentry business and visits his father, who now lives in Port Moresby,as often as he can. “Back home, they consider me New Guinean. I’m in the newspapers all the time – they love contact sport. Because it’s a third world country and -gets a lot of bad press, they are glad [to]have someone lifting their name.”

Integrated MMA donated $200 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation of Australia today. Proud to do our bit in helping to put a smile onto the face of a seriously ill child. We encourage others from the MMA community to do likewise.

Australian MMA Team Legend FC1- by kennethlimphotography.com

INTEGRATED MMA/FAIRTEX are on the way home from Hong Kong’s Legend FC event with a mixed bag. A kneebar submission win Matty Cain, a draw for Adrian Pang in what was a bloody war, an unfortunate loss for Mick Mortimer and our friend Dylan Andrews got KO’d with illegal shots to the back of the head and walked away with a no contest.

Matt Cain showed Arthit Hanchana a few things on ground fighting. Matt pursued his dangerous muay thai based opponent with constant pressure which resulted in Matt popping his opponents knee with a brutal kneebar in rnd 1.

Photo by Terrence Yam

Mick Mortimer was next to fight and started well with  a very near head and arm choke attempt on his South Korean opponent Jo Nam Jin in the early part of the first round. However it wasnt to be as Mick failed to clear himself from the guard of the South Korean falling victim to a triangle choke.

Thanks to everyone in Hong Kong and especially promoters Mike Haskamp and Chris Pollock, your event is on the way up !!!!!!!!

Heres a pretty acurate play by play of the fights including-  Adrian Pang V NamYui Chul

Photos used with permission of Legend and cannot be reproduced or redistributed without Legend’s permission.

Click on the link to listen to Adrian Pang and Dylan Andrews RTHK radio interview in Hong Kong