Photos from the Kingdom MMA press conference / FIGHT CARD

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Nearly a dozen news organizations showed up for Kingdom MMA’s press conference on Wednesday, April 15 at Oceans 808 in Restaurant Row. T. Jay Thompson’s inaugural fight event will take place Saturday, April 18 at the Neal Blaisdell Arena at 7:30 p.m. Hawaii fans are gearing up for an exciting match up between MTV’s “Bully Beatdown” host Jason “Mayhem” Miller and the current ICON Middleweight Champion Kala Kolohe Hose. The two fighters shared their thoughts about the anticipated fight at the press conference.

Hose, who is the underdog in this fight, said he wants to “avoid the ground as much as possible” against Miller and thanked the people who helped him train for this fight. Miller addressed the hype about his new #1 rated show on MTV by saying, “I’m a fighter first…I’ve never fought because of money or the cameras. I fought this whole time to test myself. And I’m pretty good at getting punched in the head. There aren’t many jobs that offer this kind of opportunity.”

Weigh-ins will take place at Oceans 808 at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 17. According to Thompson, the next Kingdom MMA event is slated for Aug. 29 at the Blaisdell Arena.

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KINGDOM MMA FIGHT CARD

Main Event
185lb Kala “Kalohe” Hose (Bad Intentions) vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller (Team Kingdom of Mayhem)

155lb Brandon Pieper (808 Fight Factory ) vs. Ricky “Hoku” Wallace (ICON)

Professional Submission Grappling
Ronald Jhun (808 Fight Factory) vs. Rylan Lizares

215lb Pisa “Ata” Tivao (94 Block) vs. Tasi Edwards (ICON)

185lb Gino Venti (808 Fight Factory ) vs. Sale Sproat (Molokai)

155lb L. John Borges (808 Fight Factory) vs. Andrew Cohea (Chris Leben’s UFS)

155lb Tommy Tuiloma (Team Auryte) vs. Reno Remigio (HMC)

155lb Elijah Manners (Nakoa/Universal Combat) vs. Trey Corrales (TEAM CAT)

135lb Paul Lopez (808 Fight Factory) vs. Rob Anduha (North Shore MMA)

170lb Shane Todani (808 Fight Factory) vs. Nathan Haring (Team CAT)

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