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Evinger joins many of the top female fighters in the country in this documentary. Thanks to Jerod Phillips from Tap or Sleep fightwear, who sponsors Evinger and says that in more than one place on the show, you can see someone sportin' TOS fightwear.

Live on Friday, Feb. 13, Sherdog.com will stream the Wargods/Ken Shamrock Productions event, Valentine's Eve Massacre. Check back here for further details - I couldn't find a strat time for the event.

Two Tap or Sleep-sponsored fighters, Tonya Evinger and Jenn Babcock, are on the card

Fight Card:
Ken Shamrock vs. Ross Clifton
David "Tank" Abbott vs. Mike Bourke
Josh Haynes vs. Rafael Real
Kyacey Uscola vs. BJ Lacy
Mike Moreno vs. Gary Padilla
Buddy Roberts vs. Wesley "Cabbage" Correira
Isaac de Jesus vs. Ashe Bowman
Rick Reeves vs. Nathan James
Jennifer Tate vs. Jen Babcock
Zoila Frausto vs. Karina Hallinan
Darrin Freeman vs. TBA
Tonya Evinger vs. Jessica Bednark

Wargods KSP

Tap or Sleep, the York- and midwest-based clothing company that sponsors Tonya Evinger and Jenn Babcok, released this info. about the upcoming Wargods/Ken Shamrock Productions card in Fresno, Calif.:

Ken Shamrock vs. Ross Clifton
Tank Abbott vs.Mike Bourke
Tonya Evinger vs. Jessica Bednark
Wesley "Cabbage" Correira vs Buddy Roberts
Josh Haynes vs. Rafael Del Real
Jenn Babcock vs. Jennifer Tate

Jerod Phillips, Tap or Sleepowner, writes onhsi forum, "Be sure and check out Shooter and the guys show at www.rearnakedradio.net also a place to get free TAP OR SLEEP merch."

Here's an email I received from Jerod Phillips, written by his business partner, Josh Helm:

Tap or Sleep's first midwest expedition was with Tap or Sleep fighter Tonya Evinger and her younger twin brothers Owen (3-0 Pro) Chris (6-1 Am). They were all scheduled to fight at the June 6, 2008 True Fight Fan event at Whiskey Tango's in Grain Valley Missouri.

Jerod Phillips (Tap or Sleep owner) flew out from PA to support and slept on Josh Helm's couch while in town. Josh Helm started Team Evinger which transformed Tonya's sponsors into Team Evinger sponsors. So, Tap or Sleep sponsored all three Evingers.
June 6th.

Tonya and Owen dominated the night with support of coach Ken Shamrock and the huge fan base Team Evinger brings with them. Chris' opponent didn't get his blood tests in time after flying in from California.

The first fighter to compete as a Tap or Sleep fighter in the midwest and wasn't a Team Evinger member was Josh Bernal (4-0), an ex-Missouri Western football player. On June 28, Josh won with a reverse triangle in the first round. Josh got to 6-0 before taking his first loss to IFL star LC Davis who is now signed with Affliction. The next Tap or Sleep fighter to compete was Chris Evinger. Chris (6-1 AM) was the AM. State Title Holder at 170 this was Chris' pro debut and he won in 52 second on july 11th.

A couple weeks later Tap or Sleep Midwest was formed by Josh Helm. With Tonya living in Nevada, Tap or Sleep Midwest technically only had 3 fighters - Owen and Chris Evinger with Josh Bernal.

Helm had been around the midwest fight game long enough to know which fighters to support. For the Sept. 5th True Fight Fan show, Tap or Sleep Midwest had new blood competing: fan favorite "KC Bad Boy" Dominic Brown and Casey Smith, who was another Odessa wrestler like Team Evinger. Escorted out by the Tap or Sleep Midwest banner, Dominic and Casey scored victories in the first round. This was the first time Tap or Sleep was really being admired by midwest fans. Since then Tap or Sleep Midwest has dominated, adding at least one fighter every month to the stable.

Tap or Sleep Midwest now has 4 sets of brothers, the Evingers, the Bernals Josh and younger brother Bubba, the Tapusoas Gary and Afa and the Sveums Travis and younger brother Jeff. Joining them is Brown, Smith, Brian Davidson, Tony Matzke, Bo Cash, Mitch Harris, Matt Cox, and Monte Garrett. Every day Tap or Sleep Midwest grows, gaining more and more fans.

Here's another Tap or Sleep video, featuring Biff Walizer, Tonya Evinger, Josh Bernal and Binky Jones.

Harout Karapetyan (trust me, you'll be hearing a lot about this kid in the future), flanked by Tonya Evinger and Malissa Sherwood, at the International MMA Expo.