From the Saipan Tribune: Frank “The Crank” Camacho will be the third man inside the octagon in Trench Warz IX: The Annihilation’s main event between Kelvin “The Big Hit” Fitial and Rueben “The Booben” Quinata.
Trench Tech president Cuki Alvarez said the former Universal Reality Combat Championships light heavyweight champion is returning to Saipan fresh from winning a gold medal in the No Gi competition of a North American Grappling Association tournament in New Jersey.
“Frank will be returning to Saipan for Trench Warz IX: The Annihilation set for Dec. 12. He will be in attendance on fight night as a special guest referee for some of the undercard fights and for the main event fight. Frank recently competed in the 170-179 lbs. intermediate division and won gold in No Gi and a bronze in Gi,” he said.
Alvarez said the other referee for Trench Warz IX: The Annihilation will be James Revila, who has officiated a couple of Trench Tech’s events in the past.
While Camacho and Revila will have the unenviable task of trying to separate MMA fighters inside the ring, Alvarez said the job of judging the matches will fall on the capable hands of three gentlemen- Dave Celis Sr., John Blanco, and L.J. Castro.
Alvarez said Celis is a boxing annalist and former Saipan Boxing Federation board member, while Blanco is a known MMA activist and consultant. Castro, meanwhile, is a famous local radio personality and DJ and is an MMA superfan.
