INQUIRER Sports

MAKATI CITY, Philippines -- Lawrence Chan of Emilio Aguinaldo College wins via submission at the expense of TESDA's Robin Pajantoy in the first round via an arm bar in the third match of the URCC University Challenge III being held at the A. Venue events hall in Makati City.

The fight was momentarily stopped when Chan's headgear was loosened. Chan was losing the match but was able to reverse Pajantoy's hold in the last few seconds of Round 1.

In the second match, UP Diliman's Gilbert Ombao was on top of AMA College's Angelo Christi all throughout the fight, leading the judges to call it in favor of Ombao after the second round.

In the first match, Franz Altarejos of the Entrepreneurs' School of Asia won via submission using a choke hold against Jonathan Lacson of the University of the Philippines. Altarejos dispatched of Lacson in 43 seconds of the first round, quickly wrapping up the first match.