Results tagged “Barbarian Fight Club” from MMA Explosion

Casey Bush - whose video is featured to the right in the video player---> won his amateur debut at Barbarian Fight Club - Dire Conflict over the weekend in Virginia. Bush's coach at Hanover Academy of MMA, Bob Bitner, had this to say about the victory:

"He went in for the take-down, his first take-down, he ended up getting popped. But he re-grouped and scored a take-down on his second attempt."

On the ground, Bush tried a few submissions, but his opponent, Joey Elmore, fought them off, Bitner said.

"In the long run, Casey just proved to be a little too strong," Bitner said. "He ended up getting the mount and after that, it was just ground-n-pound, ref stoppage, TKO. For his first fight, he did real good. He learned a good lesson here on that first shot. He went in there with a little bit of that wrestler mindset and kind of got reminded real quick they're throwing punches here."

"Overall, I was pleased with the performance. He was thorough with what he did, he was careful woth what he did, once he re-grouped and got that second shot in."

There were two MMA events that PA fights fans would probably be interested in - myself included - and I've been trying to get results, so far to no avail. One was Friday's Downtown Beatdown 2 in Erie at the Avalon Hotel; the other was Saturday night's Barbarian Fight Club in Virginia, which featured four PA fighters. The only thing I can say is stay tuned, as soon as I know, you'll know.

Three fighters from Blackman MMA in Harrisburg are on the Dire Conflict card at Barbarian Fight Club in Ruther Glen, Va. on Saturday:

Middleweight Bill Bookwalter takes on Breon Rucker

Welterweight Nate Van Tassel takes on Eddie Abney.

Lightweight Darrell Horcher takes on Jeff Mount.

I've already mentioned Hanover Academy of MMA's Casey Bush making his amateur debut at the event. In addition, George Glykas, a welterwieght from LVIRK (Team Hammer) in Catasauqua, Pa. is fighting Brian Reidinger:

Casey Bush

Joey "The Kid" Elmore

On Saturday, Sept. 19, local fighter Casey Bush will make his amateur debut - at 145 pounds - at Barbarian Fight Club's Dire Conflict event, to be held at the Virginia Sports Complex in Ruther Glen.

Casey's got a great amateur wrestling background, and has been training at Hanover Academy of MMA, where is part of the team, but also has trained at George McGinnis' York Academy of Mixed Martial Arts in Red Lion in the past.

Casey is 27, stands 5'7" and Casey's opponent, Joey "The Kid" Elmore, is 25, stands at six feet, lists boxing, grappling and submission as his styles and has a 1-2 record. He is from Great Mills, Md., and says he is an independent fighter, i.e., no school/team affiliation.

Stay tuned here to find out how Casey did.

Just received this message from Steve Blackman, who has an MMA academy in the Harrisburg area:
We had a great night in VA this weekend at Barbarian Fight Club Field of Glory Show - 5 fighters on the card and 5 wins.

Plus Chris Young Won the 170 Barbarian Title Fight - What a battle - it is the type of fight that the fans want to see - Joe Yates from the Kennel Club is one tough fighter.

Recairdo Magrum, Darrell Horcher, Nick Gentile, and Mike Diggs where the other Blackman fighters. See www.blackmanmma.com/results.html for pics. This was Nick's LAST amateur fight - He has his debut Pro fight in Hamburg, PA on Friday Aug 28. www.blackmanmma.com/news.html for more info.

Steve Blackman, far right, with his crew at the June 20 Barbarian Fight Club event.

Steve "The Lethal Weapon" Blackman, a former WWF wrestler - who often partnered with Ken Shamrock - has had great success with his MMA team, located in Harrisburg. By the way, A recent message sent to me said, "Jeff Smith just won a 145 title bout at Barbarian Fight Club's Stompin' Grounds along with 4 other wins and one decision loss. check it out at www.blackmanmma.com/results - this is our third amateur belt title this year!

Training at Hanover Academy of MMA.

I talked with Jerod Phillips, owner of Hanover-based Tap or Sleep fightwear, and he told me about a few things going on in the county, MMA-wise:

- Previously, I had written that Casey Bush (whose video is on the player to the right if you haven't noticed) was scheduled to fight for the Barbarian Fight Club in Virginia. According to Jerod, an opponent for Casey could not be found, so the fight was scrapped. Jerod then contacted Dave Klick, who runs Cage of Chaos and Klick matched Casey up for his July 3 event in St. Clairsville, Ohio.

- York County featherweight pro Jay Haas was denied eligibility on the Cage Fest card that I had announced earlier this week. Jay was put on 60-day medical suspension after a knee bar loss at the first Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge. He only has six days left, but rules are rules, and the fight was sceduled for tomorrow night. Haas is still scheduled for the two upcoming Warrior Challenge events, in the Poconos on June 26 and York Township on July 18

- One of Jay's teammates at Hanover Academy of MMA, Ryan Harder, has a fight on July 11 on the Barbarian Fight Club's Field of Glory card. His opponent has yet to be named. And, on the same card, in the super heavyweight division, Hanover Academy's Chrissy Adler takes on Chris "The Black Demon" Lyles ,

Here's the event poster for Stompin' Grounds:

York County prospective fighter Casey Bush, whose training video is on the player on the right of this blog, received word recently that he'll be fighting on an upcoming Barbarian Fight Club event in Virginia.

"I'm not really nervous," Casey told me Saturday night. "I just think I'm ready ... I'm just ready to do it."

Casey trains at York Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Red Lion and also with Biff Walizer when he trains the Red Lion varsity wrestling team.

Casey said he looked to fighting under Virginia's amateur rules, which are nearly identical to the unifed rules of MMA for pros.

Before the aforementioned Stompin' Grounds, Steve Blackman's MMA fight team will be well-represented at Barbarian Fight Club's Taste of Fury event this Saturday.

Here are the Blackman fighters scheduled at this event:
MW Boris Rakita

FW Mike Diggs

Barbarian Fight Club, an MMA organization that puts on amateur events in Virginia, will features no less than six members of Steve Blackman's MMA fight team - hailing from Harrisburg - at the upcoming Stompin' Grounds event on June 20. Here they are:

LHW Micah Morris

WW Chris Young: