Sherdog Prospect Watch: Lowen Tynanes

Hawaii has been a traditional hotbed for mixed martial arts talent, and the state may have found its newest star in lightweight Lowen Tynanes. The unbeaten prospect pushed his record to 9-0 with another dominating performance inside the Singapore-based One Championship organization on April 15, as he took a unanimous decision from Sengoku and Road Fighting Championship veteran Koji Ando. The 31-year-old Ando had won six of his previous seven bouts, losing only to Shinya Aoki. Tynanes used his wrestling skills to gather takedowns and sharp leg kicks to pick apart his opponent at One Championship 41. “That was my game plan and I followed it,” Tynanes told Sherdog.com, “but I wanted to finish him, though.” The 25-year-old Hawaiian has won all five of his fights in One Championship and appears to be knocking on the door to a title shot. Aoki currently holds the promotion’s lightweight crown and has not lost a fight in more than four years. “I want to fight the champion, for sure,” Tynanes said. “I’ve been wanting a title fight, and I feel like I earned it.” Tynanes, 25, started training in various martial arts disciplines as a child. His father, Myles Tynanes, was a professional fighter himself and made his pro MMA debut in November 2001. The younger Tynanes was in fourth grade at the time. As the sport evolved, so did the skills on which father and son focused. “The sport was so new, and it was growing so fast,” Tynanes said. “My dad would go to all these different gyms, and whatever he took from those guys, he would come home and say we have to do this.” Boxing …

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