Honolulu’s Russell Doane started strong on his feet, but was eventually submitted by Pedro Munhoz at 2:52 of the first round in a bantamweight fight at UFC Fight Night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday.

Doane (14-6, 2-3 UFC) lost his third consecutive fight in the UFC and is in danger of getting cut from the company.

Munhoz (12-2, 2-2) withstood some early damage to the face from Doane, who pelted Munhoz with left and right hands that staggered the Brazilian.

Munhoz eventually worked a guillotine choke that Doane nearly freed himself from, but Munhoz then locked it in tight, forcing Doane to tap.

“He was a tough opponent from the start,” Doane said. “I knew he was going to be and that’s how I prepared for this fight. I knew he’d be tough, so I came out hard, but I got a little over-aggressive. I got caught.”

Doane landed 18 of 41 strikes, while Munhoz had 14 total strikes and successfully finished his one takedown attempt that led to the finish.

Worsley dishes out 10 assists for U.S.

University of Hawaii rising sophomore setter Joe Worsley had 10 assists and incoming freshman hitter Austin Matautia added two kills as the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team swept Saint Vincent in a pool play match at the U21 NORCECA Continental Volleyball Championship in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

Worsley played in the first two sets of the 25-11 25-12, 25-10 victory at Centre Sportive de Gatineau. Matautia (Moanalua) started Set 1 and also played in Set 3 for the U.S. (2-0), which advances to Saturday’s semifinal against today’s match between Canada and Cuba.

Florence eliminates Payne at J-Bay Open

John John Florence eliminated Dusty Payne in an all-Hawaii Round 3 heat on Thursday at the J-Bay Open at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

Florence scored an 8.33 on his third wave to edge Payne 14.83 to 13.93. Payne, who finishes 13th, had the highest single-wave score of the event with a 9.77 in eliminating Australia’s Stuart Kennedy in a Round 2 heat earlier Thursday.

In today’s third round, Hawaii’s Sebastian Zietz faces Tahiti’s Michel Bourez in an elimination heat. Zietz and Florence are the only Hawaii surfers remaining on the sixth stop of the Samsung Galaxy World Surf League Championship Tour.

Four UH players named to all-star game

Three University of Hawaii baseball players and one incoming recruit were named Thursday to play in the California Collegiate League All-Star Game and Prospect Showcase.

Incoming UH senior infielder Josh Rojas and sophomore infielder Ethan Lopez of the Southern California Catch and junior first baseman Eric Ramirez and junior shortstop Terrell Tate of the Conejo Oaks will appear in the game Wednesday in Compton, Calif. It will be broadcast on Fox Sports West.

Tate is a transfer from Moorpark College (Calif.).

Perreira returns to coach UH-Hilo softball

Callen Perreira will return to coach the Hawaii Hilo softball team, the school announced Thursday.

Perreira was the Vulcans head coach from 1990 to 2009. He had 18 consecutive winning seasons, compiling a 576-345-3 record. Perreira led his 2004 and 2005 teams to Pacific West Conference championships.

He coached at College of Southern Nevada from 2012 to 15, compiling a record of 136-104.

Ota leads by three shots at Barbers Point

Tyler Ota fired a first-round 67 to take a three-stroke lead Thursday at the Barbers Point Invitational.

Spencer Dunaway is at 70 and Matthew Ma is another stroke back at Barbers Point Golf Course.

Marc Arakaki (74) leads the A Flight, Balbino Barrientos (76) leads the B Flight and Peter Baik (71) leads the Senior Flight.