Results tagged “LionHeart Fighters” from MMA Explosion

LOS ANGELES, CA- November 14, 2009 - Phil Davis won the Gold Medal at the BJJ NO GI World Championships held last Saturday November 7th, outside Los Angeles, CA.

Competing in the HWT Division, Phil Davis won 3 matches to claim the Gold Medal. The first match was won by Rear Naked Choke submission in :25 seconds of the 1st Period, the second match was won by Arm Bar submission in 2:00 of the 1st round, and the Gold Medal match was won by a dominating score of 12-0.

Congrats to Phil on his success outside the octagon.

For more information please contact:

Chad Dubin
chad@lionheartfighters.com

From State College's LionHeart Management:
JC Cuffee improved his amateur record to 2-0 this past Saturday at the Barbarian Fighting Championships with a 1st Round Submission over previously unbeaten Jimmy Hall.

Paul Bradley (11-1) left, squares off against Levi Avera (12-5) for their welterweight fight tonight. Bradley, who used to train at LionHeart Fighters in State College (now known as Central PA Mixed Martial Arts), trained at Minnesota Mixed Martial Arts for this fight, which is his Strikeforce debut.

Location: Bixby, Okla.
Venue: SpiritBank Event Center
Broadcast: Showtime

MAIN CARD

Zak Cummings vs. Tim Kennedy
Kevin Jordan vs. Ray Sefo
Zach Light vs. Tyron Woodley
Travis Calonoc vs. Thomas Longacre
Daniel Cormier vs. Gary Frazier

PRELIMINARY CARD
Lacey Schuckman vs. Jeri Sitzes
Levi Avera vs. Paul Bradley
Brandon Gaines vs. Trey Houston
John Carson vs. Kenny Giddens
Nick Gibbons vs. Josh Pulsifer
Lemont Davis vs. Dillon Smith

From LionHeart Management: Next up for LionHeart fighters is Paul Bradley (11-1) who will make his Strikeforce debut on September 25th in Tulsa Oklahoma. Paul, who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter a few seasons back, was one of the first fighters to train at LionHeart Fighters in State College.

MAIN CARD (BEGINNING AT 10:00PM/CT):
Tim Kennedy (11-2) vs. Zak Cummings (10-0) - 3X5 - 185lbs
Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo (1-0) vs. Kevin "The Shaman" Jordan (11-7) - 3X5 - Heavyweights
Tyron "T-Wood" Woodley (5-0) vs. Zach "The Lisbon Outlaw" Light (6-8) - 3X5 - 170lbs
Thomas Longacre (4-0) vs. Travis "The Dark Night" Calonoc (4-0) - 3X5 - 147lbs
Daniel Cormier (debut) vs. TBA - 3X5

NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD (BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00PM/CT)
Lacey "The Ladie" Schuckman (2-0) vs. Jeri "Fists of Fury" Sitzes (2-2) - 3X5 - 120lbs
Levi "The Marine" Avera (12-5) vs. Paul Bradley (10-1) - 3X5 - 170lbs
Trey Houston (1-0) vs. Brandon Gaines (4-10) - 3X5 - 185lbs
Kenny Giddens (8-5) vs. John Carson (7-1) - 3X5 - 155lbs
Nick Gibbons (13-0) vs. Josh Pulsifer (11-4) - 3X5 - 145lbs
Lemont Davis (2-3) vs. Dillon Smith (1-0) - 3X5 - 170lbs

MMA training innovations are going on all the time. Here's a relatively new one, power band training. This video takes place at the former LionHeart Fighters academy in State College. It's now called Central PA Mixed Martial Arts and is run by Ryan Gruhn.

FIGHTCARD

PROFESSIONAL
Rob Wince vs. Ryan Lopez
J.A. Dudley vs. Johnny Curtis
Marc Stevens vs. Al Buck
Jamie Friar vs. Elijah Garshnick
Noe Quintanilla vs. Shannon Slack
Miles Shrake vs. Joey Enright
George Sheppard vs. Brian Danner

AMATEUR
Mike Muctelli vs. Dan Hornbake
Tyler Walker vs. Matt Zupon
Jeremy Chitwood vs. Kevin Myers

*fight card subject to change

Bradley vs. Dante Rivera. Fast-forward to 2:10 for the start of this fight, which is done in about 30 seconds.

LionHeart Professional Management & Promotions is proud to announce that Paul Bradley has signed a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce, one of the top MMA organizations in the world. Bradley will make his Strikeforce debut on Sept. 25th in Tulsa, OK.

Ted: Good to see things going well for Bradley, who used to train in State College at LionHeart Fighters. He's now with Minnesota Mixed Martial Arts Academy, but is still represented by LionHeart's Chad Dubin. Since his short UFC Ultimate Fighter 7 stint, Bradley's been working his way back up the ladder. Watch this guy - he could be a major force at 170.

LionHeart Fighter Dave Sachs will be travelling to Worcester, MA to compete in the Wartown Beatdown 3 in Worcester, MA. Dave will be putting his 5-1 record on the line against tough lightweight Chris Foster who also holds a 5-1 Record. Sachs vs. Foster will headline the fight card as the main event of the evening.

For more details and ticket information: www.wartownbeatdown.com

What's better than an MMA event at a strip club? Um, I can't really think of anything right now ...

From Chad Dubin, LionHeart owner:
Over this last year we have had a few of our fighters sustain injuries that could have had a serious effect on the development of their careers. About 9 months ago I was introduced to a group of Orthopedic Surgeons based out of PA that specialize in working on elite athletes that participate in wrestling, football and now MMA.

I can honestly say that finding this Orthopedic Group was one of the best things to happen to our organization since our inception.

When I was checking out the Onslaught Fights Web site for the Hanover guys, I noticed that newly-signed LionHeart Fighters fighter J.C. Cuffee was also on the card. Cuffee, who goes by the nickname "Concrete," is 1-0 as a welterweight pro and is fighting Nate Grebb, who is 1-1 and fights out of Maryland BJJ Academy.

J.C.

Pittsburgh native and former LionHeart Fighters trainer Mark "Fightshark" Miller was back in his hometown for the Ultimate Cage Fighting Challenge event and took a couple photos. Mark's still living out in LA, planning his comeback fight, which might occur in the fall.

With Tito Ortiz.

With undefeated LHW Phil Davis.

Be sure to check out Mark's Web site here.

This video was sent to me by Chad Dubin at LionHeart. Here's the lowdown on LH's fighters: "Phil Davis improved his unbeaten professional record to 4-0 with another 1st round TKO over David Baggett. In his first four professional fights, Phil has gone into the second round only once.

Paul Bradley got back to his winning ways to improve his record to 11-1 with a dominating performance over Leonardo Pecanha. Paul won another stand up war by unanimous decision."

Talked with WKU Warrior Challenge promoter Mark Jovich last night and he had nothing but good things to say about Friday's event in the Poconos at Pocono Manor.

Mark said there were about 700 people in attendence: "Good crowd, plenty of room, not a bad seat in the house," he said. "I was really happy with the way the evetn went."

Mark gave me a few results from the York area fighters: Brett Myers from George McGinnis' York Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Red Lion won in the first round by ref stoppage. Jimmy "Shrapnel" Chappell also won in the first with a submission, follwing a short, but heated stand-up battle with his opponent. And Chad Strawbridge scored a KO early in the first round. Nice job, guys.

I'll have more infortmation as it becomes available.

Still trying to find results from last night's UCFC "Rumble on the Rivers" event that went down in Pittsburgh and featured LionHeart Fighters Phil Davis and Paul Bradley (word was David Sachs did not fight) plus veterans like Rich Clementi and Cole Miller, not to mention hot female prospect - and new LionHeart Fighter Meghan Wright. I'll let you know when I find out something.

Just watched Justin "Skiz" Scott vs. Jesse Finch, who fought at the WKU Warrior Challenge in the Poconos on Friday night. Scott, of York, worked an excellent ground game and scored an arm bar victory early in the first round. Scott, who is 7-0 as an amateur, trains at MACE in Red Lion.

See the video here at MMA Melee. Thanks to Joe Piazza for uploading the video.

A new MMA social networking site, MMA Melee (based in Scranton, by the way) has some of the fights from last night's WKU Warrior Challenge up. Click here to see them. And join the site while you're at it, bro!

Just talked with Jerod Phillips of Hanover-based MMA clothing company, Tap or Sleep Fightwear. He gave me some of the winners from last night's WKU Warrior Challenge in the Poconos.

First, in the main event, TOS-sponsored welterweight fighter Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman didn't get to fight. Apparently, Charlie's opponent, Marcus Ajian, failed his pre-fight physical, Jerod said.

Former York resident and Scranton native son Lou Armezzani, of LionHeart Fighters, won in a matter of seconds against York's Anthony Dick, of MACE in Red Lion.

York area fighters Duane Bastress, Jay Haas, and Justin Scott all won their fights decisively in the first round, Jerod said.

Congrats guys from MMA Explosion.

Mixed martial arts has been legal in Pennsylvania for a little over two months and in that time, there have been several events, but the state has yet to see two female fighters step into the cage.

Two amateur fights booked for the WKU Warrior Challenge event on June 26, appear to be the first overall, but probably the first high-profile women's fight will be the next night, June 27, when LionHeart Fighters' Meghan "The Babe" Wright takes on Angela Magana at Ultimate Cage Fighting Challenge's Rumble on the Rivers in Pittsburgh.

Got an email today from Larry Novak, owner of New Cumberland-based MMA clothing company, Tattoo Fightwear. Larry tells me he's sponsoring Pennsylvania fighter Meghan "The Babe" Wright, who, as you can see above, is on the UCFC's Rumble on the Rivers card, fighting Angela Magana.

Meghan's last amateur fight:
meghan " the babe" wright last ammy fight

This one promises to be a good one, with three LionHeart Fighters on the card, plus one of my favorite former UFC'ers, Rich "No Love" Clementi.