Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Monday, May 16, 2016

Angela Lee Crowned Inaugural One Women's Atomweight World Champion

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The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship (ONE), returned home to Singapore to the tune of 12,000 screaming Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans cheering loudly for their favorite ONE Championship superstars. ONE: ASCENT TO POWER electrified a capacity crowd with intense world-class MMA action from start to finish. In the main event, Angela Lee earned a hard-fought, five-round unanimous decision over spirited opponent Mei Yamaguchi to clinch the inaugural ONE Women’s Atomweight World Championship. In the co-main event, Roger Gracie put Michal Pasternak to sleep to earn the inaugural ONE Light Heavyweight World Championship.

Visit the official ONE: ASCENT TO POWER photo gallery by clicking: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ivh34n9pza3q94o/AADwuMwRg-gnDecd5AIBoQyTa?dl=0.

Please download the ONE: ASCENT TO POWER highlight clip here: https://onefcbovongsakoun.sharefile.com/d-s41bd150d64f4a75b.

In the main event, Singapore’s “Unstoppable” Angela Lee overcame a spirited performance from Japanese MMA veteran Mei “V.V” Yamaguchi to clinch the inaugural ONE Women’s Atomweight World Championship. Lee and Yamaguchi traded heavy blows and showcased high-level, tactical grappling skills all throughout the fight to the delight of a packed Singapore Indoor Stadium crowd. Yamaguchi started out very strong in the early going, but Lee came on late and scored points for multiple near-finishes. Throughout five gruelling rounds, Lee dug deep in the second half of the bout, doing just enough to earn the unanimous decision victory.

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The season for beauty pageants is still as hot as the summer heat especially when Miss Philippines Earth 2016 just had its media presentation at the Diamond Hotel on May 16, 2016.

The noble theme is Addressing Climate Change thru 5R'S: Re-Think, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle and Respect - We Will Because We can. The candidates were asked to pose with several signage that when put together will complete the thought of the theme.

The gorgeous Miss Earth Air 2012, Stephany Dianne Damondamon Stefanowitz, was the host of the day and delivered her lines very well as she presents all candidates for this year's Miss Philippines Earth 2016 and the reigning beauty queens from 2015.

You can check out the interview with them on the video that we uploaded on our Facebook channel at http://www.Facebook.com/wazzuppilipinas

The same video and more will also be uploaded on our YouTube channel at http://www.YouTube.com/user/wazzuppilipinas

We would like to congratulate the three winners of ‪#‎MPE2016‬ Darling of the Press:

GOLD: Liza Cacho of Anda, Pangasinan
SILVER: Imelda Bautista Schweighart of Puerto Princesa City
BRONZE: Kiara Giel Gregorio of London

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Known for its modern Asian cuisine, Buddha-Bar Manila has been known to bring a wide variety of food dishes to Manila’s food-loving crowd. It has served Western cuisine and even mouth-watering Pacific Rim dishes that has included those from several Asian countries.

Starting May 19 to June 17, Buddha-Bar Manila will be offering the unique flavors of Nikkei cuisine to Manila. Renowned chef Chef Shigeki Iimura will be at Buddha-Bar Manila to serve his signature dishes and host a meet-and-greet on May 20 and 21.

Nikkei is a fusion of Japanese food made with Peruvian ingredients and cooking technique. This particular type of cooking is especially popular in South America, where there is a huge confluence of Japanese and Latin American culture. Considered by many as a gastronomical artform, this unique fusion of flavors has become one of the most sought after cuisine in many top cities and top restaurants all over the world. The past two decades saw the rise of global celebrity chefs specializing in creative and exceptional Nikkei cuisine.

Chef Shigeki is one of the most notable culinary masters when it comes to Nikkei cuisine. Having been exposed to the culinary world since he was a child, Chef Shigeki grew up in Tokyo where his family owned a restaurant and taught him how to select the freshest produce from the world-famous Tsukiji fish market. Having developed a love for Japanese cuisine, he honed different styles of authentic Japanese cuisine from Kyoto-style, Kaga-style & Robata for 35 years. After a career in a top Tokyo restaurant, he established himself in the Japanese culinary scene and traveled abroad to share his skills and knowledge. After also learning the Western style of cuisine and serving fusion dishes, Chef Shigeki is currently the executive chef of Buddha-Bar International.