Results tagged “Poconos MMA” from MMA Explosion

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.

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.

Armezzani Improves to 2-0

Congrats to LionHeart Fighter Lou Armezanni who was victorious this past Friday night at the NE PA Cage Fights in his hometown of Scranton, PA. Lou increased his professional record to 2-0 with a 2nd round verbal tap out over Nick Tinko.

Lou returns to action in 2 weeks on June 26th at the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge in Pocono Manor, PA.

For tickets and details please contact:

Chad Dubin 814-280-1982 or chad@lionheartfighters.com.

Larry Novak, owner of New Cumberland-based Tattoo Fightwear, sent me the local fighters his company is sponsoring and where they'll be fighting. Look for Larry - he'll have a Tattoo Fightwear table at both of these shows.

June 26th-WKU Warrior Challenge, Poconos-
Justin Scott 5-0
Chad Strawbridge 1-1
John Andel 2-0
Duane Bastress, 1-0
Brent Kroh 1-3
Troy Jensen 0-0
Anthony Dick 0-1

July 18th-Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge-York-
Justin Scott 5-0
Chad Strawbridge 1-1
John Andel 2-0
Duane Bastress 1-0
Adam Hostetter 1-0
Brent Kroh 1-3
Troy Jensen 0-0

Marc Slomske had a depressing - but unfortunately, all too common - tale to tell me earlier this week. Late last week, he and his fight crew from Middletown, Pa. were gearing up for an event in Lancaster, OH. His fighters wanted to get a taste of Ohio's amateur rules, which are very similar to professional rules, with no kick pads and striking on the ground. The event was to be held last Saturday, but on Thursday, Slomske received a call from the event's promoter, who said it had been canceled.

"I guess it fell through," Slomske said. "We had four guys on the card. It was disheartening. We were training our rear-ends off."

Not wallowing in despair, Slomske's fight team is focused on the future, which promises to be full of action: the fight team of Brett Evans, Jonathan Weirich, Justin Krebs, Chris Evans and Danny Signor, have fights at both the WKU Warrior Challenge in the Poconos on June 26 and the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge II on July 18 at Wisehaven in York Township.