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What: Destiny Entertainment Presents - Pier Fighter 1 When: Saturday, November 15, 2008 Where: Aloha Tower Market Place, Honolulu, Hawaii Pier 11 Building right on the harbor...
Monday, November 2, 2008 Fight Card Update -185lbs
Tuesday, October 14, 2008   Icon Middleweight Champion and
EliteXC veteran, Kala "Kolohe" Hose will be going head to head with UFC
veteran and TUF 3 cast member, Kalib Starnes on November 15 where he
will be fighting the in Hawaii on the Destiny Entertainment - Pier
Fighter 1 main event at the Aloha Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008  It’s been nearly half a year since Kalib Starnes stepped into the Octagon in Montreal against Nate Quarry
at UFC 83; time that the Surrey, British Columbia native has spent
healing, reflecting, and now preparing for a Nov. 15 match against Kala "Kolohe" Hose in Hawaii.Starnes suffered a broken foot near the start of his middleweight bout with Quarry that he says prevented him from implementing his game plan and caused him to retreat for most of the bout. The result wasn’t pretty. In addition to the loss to Quarry, Starnes received an amount of scorn and verbal abuse from fans and pundits alike rarely seen in MMA. They accused him of avoiding confrontation and called him a coward. “People like to be on the side that’s winning, said Starnes. “They’re supportive when you’re winning and critical when you’re losing. I still get some sweet hate mails pretty regularly. There are some gyms with guys who begged me to come in there and train and do seminars before that fight and who wouldn’t return my calls or talk to me afterwards.” It was a difficult time for Starnes, who weathered the storm and remains sage about the experience. “It’s good. It separates people who are really supportive and back you from people that are just trying to jump on your wagon while you’re successful,” he said. “Such is life. It’s more a learning experience and I don’t find it particularly motivational or that depressing, it’s just learning how people are.” Starnes couldn’t walk on his foot for three months and took the time to rest, spend time with his daughter, and take some online courses. Once he was able to, he started training at the Suitela Fitness and Defence Centre in Surrey. “Right now I’ve been doing a lot of strength and conditioning with an excellent personal trainer named Adrian Crowe at least four days a week doing power-lifting and heavy circuits,” he said. “I’m a lot stronger than I’ve ever been. Now I’ve been drilling a lot with a fighter named Andrew Peterson and he’s been my main training partner.” In the aftermath of UFC 83, Starnes said he asked to be released from his contract, to which they agreed. “It was something I’m happy about,” he said. “I’m glad I’m not fighting there and will be fighting independently where I want and for whoever wants to pay me.” Since UFC 83, Starnes said he’s been offered fights everywhere from New York to Florida to New Jersey, but the one he’s decided to accept is against Hose on Nov. 15 in Hawaii’s fledgling Destiny promotion. “He’s a good, tough opponent who has some good wins. His win over Phil Baroni was real impressive and he’s definitely a good, solid, tough opponent,” Starnes said. Starnes’ standing with his two previous clubs, the Revolution Fight Team in British Columbia and American Top Team in Florida might still be a question for fans. Starnes credits Revolution and Rob Velek for much of his success. He’d also like to return to ATT someday. “I really liked training there and all of the people were great to me and I have no complaints or anything negative to say about ATT,” said Starnes. “I really liked [Ricardo] Liborio, Howard Davis Jr., and a lot of other people there like Dan Lambert and [Andre] Benkei, who were all great to me, so maybe one day.”
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