Oahu’s Travis Browne suffered his fourth consecutive loss in the UFC when he tapped out to a choke hold in the second round against Aleksei Oleinik in the final preliminary bout of UFC 213 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Browne (18-7-1, 9-7-1) was a 3-to-1 favorite against Oleinik (52-10-1, 4-1) and scored the first knockdown of the fight midway through the first round.
Oleinik withstood the initial onslaught and eventually scored a knockdown of his own and nearly submitted Browne from his back when the first round ended.
Browne secured a takedown early in the second round but didn’t land a single punch while on top. Oleinik eventually worked his way up and then took Browne down.
It wasn’t long before Oleinik took Browne’s back and secured a rear-naked choke, forcing Browne to submit at 3 minutes, 44 seconds.
“That was really difficult,” Oleinik said in a post-fight interview.
The 40-year-old Russian fighter earned his 40th professional victory via submission after Browne initiated the first takedown of the second round.
“I was hoping he would do that but didn’t believe it would happen,” added Oleinik, who is ranked No. 14 in the UFC at heavyweight.
Browne, who is ranked No. 9, hasn’t won since a third-round TKO of Matt Mitrione in January 2016 and is 2-6 in his last eight fights. He started his career with 14 consecutive fights without a loss.
Teams medal at national tournament
Outrigger Canoe Club won the gold medal and three other Hawaii clubs earned bronze as the USA Volleyball Boys Junior National Championships finished Friday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Outrigger took first by going 12-0 in the 17 Club Division, dropping just one set along the way and sweeping Pulse Athletics 25-23, 25-22 in the gold-medal match.
Finishing third in their divisions were Spike & Serve (8-2, 17 Open), Kuikahi Red (10-1, 16 Club) and Spike & Serve (6-2, 13 Club).
Schemmel, Minn to speak at QB Club
University of Hawaii swimming and diving head coach Dan Schemmel and World Boxing Council international judge Hubert P. Minn will be the speakers at the Honolulu Quarterback Club’s next meeting on Monday.
Schemmel recently completed his first season at the helm of the program and was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women’s swimming coach of the year. He came to UH from the University of Wisconsin, where he was an assistant coach and led both the men’s and women’s teams to conference and national titles.
Minn has officiated more than 55 world championships and trains officials worldwide, his most recent trip taking him to China and the Philippines. He is also a member of the state Board of Education.
The meeting will take place at the Maple Garden restaurant. Lunch costs $16 and will be served at 11:30 a.m. The program begins at noon.
