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I wanted to get down some of my impression of the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge III, held last Friday in Lancaster, so here goes ...

I've known promoter Mark Jovich for about 2 1/2 years, pretty much ever since I started this blog. The man is top-notch - a Marine for more than a quarter-century, former military instructor at Dallastown High School, father, husband and of course, martial arts master at Central Pennsylvania Martial Arts Academy in New Cumberland.

Mark's no fly-by-nighter, no "one-and-done" promoter; he's here to stay and to build on what he has constructed so far: quality events, the most bang for the buck, while gving young fighters the chance to realize their dreams.

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If you can't make the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge III: "Night of the Unbeatens" tomorrow (Fri., 10/23) in Lancaster, tune in to mmamelee.com and watch it on the live stream. According to Mike Malast, mmamelee.com moderator, the live stream "will be plastered in a few spots. I will even make the banner active with the room also. It should be very easy to see."

Good seats are still available for the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge III - "Night of the Unbeatens."
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Don't forget, the next day - Saturday - is the submission grappling and karate tournament, to be held at 8am (competition starts at 10) at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Station.

218 Divisions men,women & kids
$35 to compete
Compete for FREE with the purchase of admission ticket to Warrior Challenge III
Stay and compete at the same location! Discounted lodging available.
Mention:Central PA Warrior Challenge when making your reservations.

MMA social netowkring site Mmamelee.com has a great interview with York County fighter Justin Scott:

Justin "Skiz" Scott, an amazing talent just 20 years of age is making his pro-debut this Friday night at the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge III. Justin is a member of team M.A.C.E training out of Central Pennsylvania Mixed Martial Arts Academy who along with teammates Chad Strawbridge and Duane Bastress have been dominating MMA events in PA ever since it became legal. MMA MELEE sat down with Justin to congratulate him and discuss the path MMA has led him down.

MMA MELEE- Congratulation on your successful MMA career. When most 20 year olds are out partying and barely even pondering their future, you work a full-time job and now you're turning pro in the most vigorous sport on the planet, how do you manage to stay focused and keep moving forward?

JUSTIN- Staying focused isn't hard for me these days. My first MMA fight was when I was 18, right away I understood the dedication needed to excel in this sport so I started making sacrifices then. I do miss hanging out with my friends but I don't think I'm missing out on life, MMA has helped me grow up faster. I stay focused by accepting any challenges the world throws my way and then I set goals for myself. I enjoy what I do everyday and I have a good team behind me, I wouldn't have it any other way honestly.

I talked with Mark Jovich, owner and matchmaker of the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge. With two successful events in York Township at Wisehaven Banquet Hall, Jovich moved his end of the year show to a bigger venue, the Lancaster Convention Center. Mark said at this point, things are going well for the Oct. 23 event, ticket sales are brisk, and the card is complete. We've got a lot of local, exciting fighters on the card, so it no doubt will be a great show. Looks like 19 fights, including the return of local pro Biff Walizer. Click here for the Web site and click here for the card.

If you want some cool fightwear and don't feel like hopping on the Internet, head over to MACE (Martial Arts with a Combat Emphasis) in Red Lion for the latest Tattoo Fightwear styles. Many of the county's top fighters train at MACE, including Justin Scott, Chad Strawbridge, Duane Bastress, John Andel and Adam Hostetter. The academy is located at 133 W. Broadway (Rt. 74), Red Lion

Krebs took some hard shots in this one and Strawbridge dished 'em out. Mad props to both fighters. Tom and I had a clip of this in our highlight package, but here's the entire fight from cageside.

Friday, Oct. 23 is the date, Lancaster Convention center is the place for the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge III. Click here to go to the Web site, then go to "Ticket information" on the left-hand side for tickets, available for $35, $55, $65 and $75.

Saturday, Oct 24th, 2009 Pennsylvania Grappling Championship and Karate Tournament.

Lancaster Marriot at Penn Square, 25 South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602 USA Phone: 1-717-239-1600

Compete Free

Anyone that attends Friday night's MMA event competes free at Saturday's events.

For more information contact us at:
jovichm@msn.com or call (717) 250-8841

Chad Strawbridge - who had a thrilling KO victory over Ty Krebs at Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge II on July 18 - posted these pics on his facebook page. Props to Ty for battling it out with Chad - that was a brawl.

Entering the cage.

Posing afterwards with cage babes.

Dear students, family and friends:
Brett Myers: Brett recently took on M.A.C.E academy fighter (Mike Blackwell) at CPWC II and earned the first round win via arm bar @ 1:45.00 of the first round. The fight started with Blackwell throwing a kick to the calf, Brett would soon after answer with a right cross that put Blackwell on his back. Brett closed the distance, passed the open guard and went to work. Near the end of the first round, Blackwell mistakingly stood up in Brett's closed guard which sealed the deal...

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.

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.

Tom and I talk about the local MMA scene, I give my quick picks for UFC 99 and then we have the Technique of the Week - kickboxing - from MACE in Red Lion.

The state's first-ever sanctioned MMA event, the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge, was held on April 19 at Wisehaven Banquet Hall and Expo Center in York Township. Now see this historic event, in its entirety, on DVD. Click here to go to the CPWC Web site to order the DVD for $19.95.