10-03-25

E mālama ʻia paha ka hoʻokūkū mokomoko UFC ma Hawaiʻi nei ma kēia hope aku.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 3 o ʻOkakopa, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

He manaʻo ko ke Kiaʻāina Josh Green e alu like me ka UFC, ʻoiai, ke pau ke Kahua Pāʻani Hou ʻo Aloha i ke kūkulu ʻia, he wahi maikaʻi ana ia e mālama ʻia ai nā hoʻokūkū mokomoko. I kēlā pule aku nei ma Maui, hālāwai aku nei ʻo Green me Dana White, ka pelekikena o ka UFC a me ka inoa moho BMF o ka UFC, ʻo Max Holloway no Waiʻanae no ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻana i puʻu kālā no nā mea ola o nā ahi ʻāhiu o Lāhainā. A ua lilo nō hoʻi ia wā ma Maui i wā e kūkākūkā ai no ka mālama ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū mokomoko UFC ma Hawaiʻi nei. ʻO ka makamua ana ia. A he manaʻo nō hoʻi ko Green, e kūkulu ʻia he wahi hale hoʻomaʻamaʻa UFC ma kahi o ke kahua pāʻani hou.

Hōʻike aʻe nei ʻo Patricia Johnson i mua o ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo pekelala, ʻaʻole ʻo ia pili i ka hewa ʻāpuka. No Kona ʻo Johnson a hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ka lilo ʻana iā ia he $5.2 miliona no ke kūʻai ʻana aku i ke kope Kona, he 100%. ʻO ka mea ʻāpiki, ʻaʻole ia kope he kope no Kona. He kope ia mai nā ʻāina ʻē a kūʻai ʻia ma Kaleponi a me Wakinekona. He mau hewa kona e hoʻopiʻi ʻia nei, ʻo ka ʻāpuka uea, ka lawelawe ʻana i ka hana kālā no ka waiwai i loaʻa ma o ka hana kūʻē kānāwai, a me ka ʻākeʻakeʻa ʻana i ka lawelawe hihia. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia aku ʻo Johnson ma ka pela he $50,000 a hiki i kona hoʻokolokolo ʻia i ka lā mua o Kēkēmapa.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Hāʻule i ka hope waʻa.

He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka i hiki lohi mai a i hiki hope loa mai paha.

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