Russell Doane’s day job as a carpenter will come in handy this week.

Somebody needs a bigger trophy case.

The Waipahu native became the new King of the Cage flyweight champion with a unanimous decision over Frank Baca in the co-main event of Saturday night’s Ali‘i’s card at the Blaisdell Arena.

A scattered crowd of 1,500 cheered Doane (7-0) to a dominant victory over Baca, who lost for just the second time in 16 career fights.

Baca won the belt in his previous fight but was outmatched from the start on Saturday. Although the judge’s individual scores were not read, Doane was the clear winner by virtue of his superior striking and takedowns that dominated the middle portion of the fight.

"I worked so hard for this, it feels real good to have everything come together," Doane said. "It would have been easier if it had ended early, but (Baca) is a tough guy."

Both fighters tasted each other’s power early on, but Doane managed to get the better of things standing.

Doane ran into trouble midway through the third round when Baca caught a standing kick and then ducked a jumping kick by Doane.

But as was the case throughout the fight, each time Baca had dominant position on the ground, Doane was able to wiggle his way out and reverse position to stay in control.

"Right after the fight all I can really say is that was fun. That was so fun," he said. "I hit him. He hit me. It was a blast. It really was."

Baca’s best round came at the end, but by then Doane had already built a substantial lead.

Doane motioned to the hometown crowd to make noise just prior to the start of the fifth round.

"I wanted to finish it," Doane said. "I have never been to a decision and wanted to finish it. I hit him clean a good amount of times, but he wouldn’t go down.

"He was like ‘The Terminator’ or something."

The fight lasted 25 minutes, which is less than his first six fights as a professional went combined. He had only once been taken into the second round.

Birthday boy Niko Vitale showed he still has game, celebrating his 38th birthday with a first-round TKO of Elmer Waterhen in the main event.

After dropping Waterhen with a straight right early in the fight, Vitale ended things at 3 minutes, 41 seconds with a nasty uppercut that put Waterhen on his knees.

Vitale followed up with 10-12 shots to the side of the head of Waterhen, who was curled up on the ground, before referee Chris West ended the fight.

Vitale improved to 30-10, while Waterhen dropped to 13-16. Vitale was awarded the King of the Cage super fight title belt, adding to a collection of championships he’s won in X-1 and Icon Sport/SuperBrawl.

Honolulu’s Dustin Kimura pulled off an impressive submission victory over Toby Misech in a battle of two of Hawaii’s top 145-pound fighters.

Kimura, the Destiny MMA flyweight champion, got off a few good strikes early before taking down Misech in the middle of the ring.

He eventually worked his opponent toward the cage before pulling off a rear-naked choke 4:07 into the round to improve to 8-0 in his career.

Misech fell to 3-1.

Also on the main card, Ray Cooper paid homage to his father of the same name with a 6-second knockout of Kani Correra.

Cooper landed a left hook that dropped Correra so hard he began to grapple with the referee before realizing he had been knocked out.

Cooper is 5-0 as a professional and was honored with the knockout of the night.