Marc in the middle, flanked by some of his fighters.
Marc Slomske, owner and head trainer at Slomske's Fight Team in Middletown, Pa., posted this on his myspace on Monday:
"Slomske's Fight Team (Next Legend Fightwear) I fought Saturday at the first C.P.W.C. and won grand champion and $500!!"
Note: Slomske's referring to the karate tournament which followed Friday night's MMA event. Marc also runs Next Legend Fightwear. Hit him up here.
A couple other things Marc and I covered in our conversation earlier this week:
He's still hoping to fight in at least one, but maybe more, amateur fights soon. Marc is in his 40s, but trains right alongside his fight team, having spent decades as a martial artist.
The challenge for Slomske is convincing the Pa. Athletic Commission he should be eligible to fight. According to Greg Sirb, the commission's executive director, the cut-off age for fighting is 36. An exception can occur only after a fighter endures a battery of medical exams. Even then, the commission can still say no.
"I did my dialated eye exam and a stress test," Slomske said. On the stress test, the doctor said Slomske "couldn't be any better." He added he hopes to fight before the end of fall, before his CAT scan runs out.
Marc knows the odds are against him.
"Hopefully, they'll see me, interview me," he said. "I would love to get in there, just once or twice."
Slomske's Tae Kwon Do and MMA Academy is located at 4 S. Union St., Middletown, Pa. To call the academy, hit up 717-944-5944.
To order clothing - shirts, hats and skullies - from Marc's Next Legend fightwear, click here.
Marc Slomske had a depressing - but unfortunately, all too common - tale to tell me earlier this week. Late last week, he and his fight crew from Middletown, Pa. were gearing up for an event in Lancaster, OH. His fighters wanted to get a taste of Ohio's amateur rules, which are very similar to professional rules, with no kick pads and striking on the ground. The event was to be held last Saturday, but on Thursday, Slomske received a call from the event's promoter, who said it had been canceled.
"I guess it fell through," Slomske said. "We had four guys on the card. It was disheartening. We were training our rear-ends off."
Not wallowing in despair, Slomske's fight team is focused on the future, which promises to be full of action: the fight team of Brett Evans, Jonathan Weirich, Justin Krebs, Chris Evans and Danny Signor, have fights at both the WKU Warrior Challenge in the Poconos on June 26 and the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge II on July 18 at Wisehaven in York Township.
Next Legend Fightwear, an MMA clothing company owned by Marc Slomske of Slomske's Tae Kwon Do in Middletown, will be releasing a line of clothing on Monday. You might recognize Slomske's name from the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge, where several of his guys competed.
Wanting to get a taste of amateur rules that allow strikes on the ground (contrary to Pa's rules), Slomske has scheduled some fo his guys for fights in an upcoming event in Lancaster, Ohio on May 30. Fighting on the card will be Brett Evans, Jonathan Weirich and Justin Krebs
Brett Evans is also scheduled for the Warrior Challenge at the Poconos on June 26.
And when the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge returns to Wisehaven on July 18, the entire team will be there: Brett Evans, Jonathan Weirich, Justin Krebs, Chris Evans and Danny Signor.
In addition, Ohio fighter Josh "The Bulldog" Riley is sponsored by Next Legend.
Marc told me hats, beanies, hoodies and shirts should be up on the Next Legend Web site early next week. Check them out on myspace too.
For a look at the girls, click the link to the jump.
With all the excitement and confusion that was the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge, I didn't get a chance to do an official interview with Mark Slomske and his fight team then. They were there en force, with four fighters, plus in the lobby they showcased their MMA clothing line, Next Legend Fightwear.
Recently, Mark - who is in his 40s, but still fights full-bore with all his guys - told me that for the next CPWC, scheduled for July 18, he'll have five fighters on the card. So, add Danny Signor's name to the existing fightteam of brothers Chris and Brett Evans, Jonathan Weirich and Justin Krebs.
Slomske's Tae Kwon Do and MMA Academy is located at 4 S. Union St., Middletown, Pa. To call the academy, hit up 717-944-5944.
To see Next Legend apparel, click here.
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