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Originally posted on sherdog.com

Now this is a slick promo right here, giving you a little bit of what to expect for the third installment of the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge. CPWC II, and the one before it - the first sanctioned MMA event in state history - have shown what great fighters we have in little ol' York County. Guys give their all, most of them for no money at all, to show their love for the sport. As far as I know, no other MMA promotion in Pennsylvania has staged as many events as Mark Jovich has in the few months MMA has been legal here.

I talked to Mark today, and he said he had just come from the new Lancaster Convention Center, where CPWC III will take place on October 23. "It's the best, the place is beautiful," he said. "It's just unbelievable." The venue for the event, a 4,000-capacity hall, will have four 10-foot-by-10-foot screens hung above the cage, in addition to 36 lights suspended above. And how about this - shades of PRIDE - a 50-foot catwalk to the cage. And as for the fighter rooms backstage - nothing short of top-notch, Mark said. Mark's working hard to bring the best match-ups, featuring local fighters and maybe even some nationally-known pros. Click here to get more info. on the event.

Flinchbaugh

Recently, I blogged about a rematch between Kevin Michael Flinchbaugh and Phil Meck at Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge II on July 18 at Wisehaven in York Township. Well, looks like that fight is off for now.

Here's Kevin messaging me on myspace: "Hope you didn't get to excited for my rematch lol, Phil Meck has been medically disqualified to fight. so for the time being its not going to happen. I was offered two other fights, but im not sure what im doing yet. Hopefully ill get the rematch whenever he gets cleared."

I then talked with promoter Mark Jovich who confirmed what Kevin said. "His doctor won't clear him to fight," Jovich said of Meck. Unfortunate, because I'm sure both fighters were ready to go at it again - they definitely gave it their all the first time around.

TATTOO FIGHTWEAR ON THE MOVE!

Hello and welcome to the 4th edition of the TATTOO FIGHTWEAR News Letter. In this edition we will cover past and future events along with updates on TATTOO FIGHTWEAR products and sponsored fighters.

PAST and FUTURE EVENTS:

TATTOO FIGHTWEAR attended The World Karate Union Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge MMA event in Poconos, PA. on 6/26/09. The event was a huge success with wins by decision, tap out and knockouts. TATTOO FIGHTWEAR'S sponsored fighters did well with Justin Scott winning by tap out, Chad Strawbridge winning by a devastating knockout and Duane Bastress winning by tap out. A great effort was put in by Brett Kroh. On 7/18/09 TATTOO FIGHTWEAR will once again be a main sponsor of The Central Pennsylvania Warriors Challenge 2. TATTOO FIGHTWEAR will be sponsoring the following fighters, Justin Scott 6-0, Chad Strawbridge 2-1, John Andel 2-0,Duane Bastress 2-0,Adam Hostetter 1-0,Brent Kroh 1-3,Troy Jensen 0-0, and Lewis Rumsey 8-4.
Their are still tickets avaliable but not many, to purchase tickets go to www.warriorchallenge.info.

KMF

Got a myspace message from Kevin Michael Flinchbaugh a couple days ago, who had a back-and-forth three-round draw with Philip Meck of Get Real Martial Arts in Lancaster at the first Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge: "Get ready for my rematch with phil meck. I've switched schools and have been training with Hanover Academy of Mixed Martial Arts."

Well, it looks like the stream on USTREAM for the WKU Warrior Challenge in the Poconos is down. Here's the fight card in its entirety. I'll post results as soon as I get them.

Ben Moser v. Ray Eltringham
Justin Rios v. Brent Kroh
Adam Dull v. Ryan Heflin
Danny Signor v. Mark Cugliari
Ryan Howard v. James Chappell
Jesse Finch v. Justin Scott
Brett Evans v. Jeff Runk
Shaun Kepner v. Justin Krebs
Brett Myers v. Chris Evans
Robert Martin v. Duane Bastress
Ken Edwards v. Justin Filer
Keith Kowal v. Keith McDonald
Jonathan Weirich v. Chad Strawbridge
Richard Bogdanowicz v. Don Cioffi
Justin Haas v. Doug Sonier
Anthony Dick v. Louis Armezzani
Marcus Ajian v. Charlie Brenneman

For anyone out there - like me - trying to watch the WKU Warrior Challenge on USTREAM, looks like all the shows for some reason are set to Pacific time. So, although the show started at 7 p.m. EST., the broadcast on USTREAM doesn't start until 1845 (6:45 p.m.) PST, which would be 9:45 p.m. EST.

To access the broadcast, you have to join USTREAM, which just takes a few seconds. Here's the link to the broadcast.

I've mentioned Pennsylvania native welterweight fighter Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman a few times here on this blog, most recently his fight Saturday at Iron Will Fighting Championships in Johnstown.

He's also a Tap or Sleep-sponsored fighter and the first TOS fighter to be featured in a series of drawings by A.D. Youl.

Jerod Phillips of Tap or Sleep, being the entrepreneur that he is, got Charlie to sign a bunch of glossy 8 x 10 copies of the drawing,w hich will be sold at Iron Will and on the Tap or Sleep Web site.

from mmajunkie.com:
Following Wednesday's official announcement of a main event between UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn and top contender Kenny Florian, the UFC officially named its Aug. 8 pay-per-view event "UFC 101: Declaration."

The event takes place at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

The addition of a preliminary-card bout between Shane Nelson and Aaron Riley brings the fight card to a total of 10 bouts, which includes a five-fight main card.

Mark Jovich, promoter of the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge, which kicked off the era of MMA in Pennsylvania, has announced the card for a June 26 event at the Inn at Pocono Manor. He's calling the event "WKU Warrior Challenge in the Poconos," because it is being held in conjuction with the World Karate Union banquet and awards ceremony at the same venue.

OK, so here's the card so far:
Brent Kroh vs. TBD
Kevin Flinchbaugh vs. Matthew Evans
Justin Scott vs. TBD
James Chappell vs. Shaun Kepner
Ryan Howard vs. TBD
Brett Evans vs. TBD
Duane Bastress vs. TBD
Chris Forsyth vs. TBD
Anthony Dick vs. TBD (pro)
Braden Bice vs. TBD (pro)
Jay Haas vs. TBD (pro)

As you can see, I put "pro" by the pro fights, which are three 5-minute rounds. The rest are amateur fights at three 2-minute rounds.

For more information, click here.

New Cumberland-based Tattoo Fightwear just added these items to their Web site.

Limited edition Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge T-shirt, modeled by yours truly. One ugly SOB ...

They also have mesh trucker hats.

Pennsylvania fighter Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman, who is sponsored by Hanover-based Tap or Sleep fightwear, is headlining the May 16 Iron Will Fighting event at the War Memorial in Johnstown. Here's a write-up Iron Will did on him:

Johnstown, PA - Iron Will Fighting Championship is proud to announce one of their headline fighters, Charlie Brenneman. He will be fighting at the premiere MMA fight at the Cambria County War Memorial on May 16.

Charlie was born and raised in the small town of Hollidaysburg, PA. He is the product of a great family to whom he credits all of his successes. They have continually supported Charlie through the dreams that became a reality and the dream that remained just that. Charlie believes adversity is a blessing in defeat and defeat teaches you much more than victory.

Just a reminder that tickets are on sale for the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge II, on Sat., July 18. Get 'em now, because the last event was sold out. Click here for ticket info.

It's my understanding that all of the belts will be on the line:
- Flyweight (up to 125 lbs) -
Champion-Josh Aarons (2-3)

- Bantamweight(125-135 lbs)-
Champion-Ray Eltringham (1-0)

- Featherweight(135-145 lbs)-
Champion-Eric Steepe (2-0)

- Lightweight(145 -155 lbs)-
Champion-James Chappell (1-0)

- Welterweight (155-170 lbs)-
Champion-Justin Scott (5-0)

- Middleweight (170-185 lbs)-
Champion-John Flock (1-0)

- Light Heavyweight (185-205 lbs)-
Champion-Lewis Rumsey (9-3)

-Heavyweight (205-265)-
Champion-Jon Tuxford (1-0)

The venue is the same as the first event, Wisehaven, located at: 2985 E Prospect Rd, York, PA 17402 http://www.wisehavenyork.com/

Just heard from Mark Jovich that there will be a Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge in the Poconos on 26 June, to be held at the Pocono Manor, in conjunction with World Karate Union Banquet. You can buy tickets online by clicking here.

No word yet on the line-up for the event.

Tickets are now available for the next Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge, to be held at the same venue as the first, Wisehaven Banquet Hall & Expo. To buy tickets, click here, then click on "Ticket Information" in the left-hand column.

Mark Jovich, CPWC promoter, has also listed a partial fight card:

Joshua Aarons vs. John Andel
Tom Duffey vs. Ray Eltringham
Kevin Flinchbaugh vs. Philip Meck
Justin Krebs vs. Justin Scott
Ryan Howard vs. James Chappell
Brett Evans vs. Dustin Keener
Chris Evans vs. TBD
Troy Jensen vs. John Flock
Duane Bastress vs. Josh Kessler
Keith McDonald vs. Mike Oberdick
Lewis Rumsey vs. TBD
Jonathan Weirich vs. Chad Strawbridge
Biff walizer vs. TBD
William Childs vs. Jay Haas
Eric Steppe vs. TBD
Mike Stoltz vs. TBD

One of York County's best prospects, Jay Haas, makes his pro MMA debut at Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge. Jay was aggressive and showed great technique, but fell to a kneebar. According to Jay's trainer, Bob Bitner, the kneebar aggravated an old injury, and Jay left the cage with his knee wrapped. But, since then, Jay's gotten back to training, and is expected to be on the next CPWC card.