Results tagged “Poconos” from MMA Explosion

I talked with George McGinnis of York Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Red Lion last week and he told me a little bit about the victory by his brother, Brett Myers, at the WKU Warrior Challenge in the Poconos.

"The strategy was exactly what he executed ... get off first, set the pace of the fight," George said. "Be the first to make contact ... We had a contingency plan to get the fight to the ground."

"I felt that no matter where the fight was at ... I felt Brett was going to be just fine."

Brett launched a front kick and then a 1-2 combo that nearly knocked opponent Chris Evans out, George said.

Brett backed Evans to the cage wall and pinned him there, standing. Brett unloaded with combos against Evans until the referee stopped the action in the first round and called the fight in Brett's favor.

In two fights, Brett has shown his stand-up, but also groundfighting - he won by armbar in Virginia back in September.

His next fight is against Mike Blackwell at CPWC II.

Here's an email I received from Joe Duffey, co-owner of Academy of Combative Arts in York City:

Daniel (BJJ champion Daniel Beleza) took Jimmy Chappell up to the Poconos for the WKU Warrior Challenge for a fight. Jimmy won in the first round via armbar. Also, Daniel took a team of guys(Team Beleza is the fight name) to Scranton today (6/27) for the PA Brazillian Jiu Jitsu tournament and all of our guys placed. We had 2 in the kids division, Chaz and Jordan, both winning gold, 4 in the adults white belt division(in 3 different weight classes), Tom(gold), Jaysin(bronze), Josh(gold), Tux(silver) which equated to 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal, and 2 in blue belt division(2 different weight classes), Jimmy(gold) and Mike(Bronze) resulting in a gold and bronze medal.
I'm very proud of them so I wanted to share the news. Joe Duffey

Daniel Beleza

Larry Novak at Tattoo Fightwear sent me an email, listing the fighters he's sponsoring at the upcoming Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge at Wisehaven on July 18:

Justin Scott 6-0
Chad Strawbridge 1-1
John Andel 2-0
Duane Bastress 2-0
Adam Hostetter 1-0
Brent Kroh 1-3
Troy Jensen 0-0
Lewis Rumsey, 8-4

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.

The WKU (World Karate Union) Warrior Challenge, scheduled for June 26 at Pocono Manor, has its headline bout. Earlier this week, I announced that Hollidaysburg, Pa.-native and welterweight fighter Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman would be there. And now, thanks to an email from Mark Jovich, we know who he's fighting: Marcus Ajian, a 4-4 fighter who lost to Mitch Whitesel at Iron Will Fighting's first show last month Charlie, a Tap or Sleep sponsored fighter, was also on the card, notching a win by rear-naked choke against Chris Thomas in the second round. (I had said the win was by tap-out, but to strikes in the first. My bad.). To have a fighter of Charlie's caliber on the event is definitely a feather in promoter Mark Jovich's cap.

Tap or Sleep-sponsored fighter Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman

From an email promoter Mark Jovich sent out:
The WKU Warrior Challenge will be an exciting 12 bout Pro/AM Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event. Friday, June 26th, 2009
Inn at the Pocono Manor, Pocono Manor,PA

The event will feature 5 local fighters to include Don Cioffi, Keith Kowal, Demetrius Lindsey, Scott Heckman and professional up and coming sensation Charlie Brenneman as the main event.

For more information on this event you can contact us at:

www.warriorchallenge.info

Here's an email I received from Larry Novak, owner of New Cumberland-based Tattoo Fightwear: What's Up With Tattoo Fightwear!

Welcome to the third installment of the Tattoo Fightwear news letter. In this edition we will be covering the upcoming events that Tattoo Fightwear will be involved in plus more.

Tattoo Fightwear is proud to sponsor two new fighters. Ben Sergent who is from Team Cruz out of Kentucky and Anthony Dick who is out of Pennsylvania. To catch up with all of the Tattoo Fightwear sponsored fighters please visit www.myspace.com/tattoofightwear.

Tattoo Fightwear will also be doing some traveling this month. On Sunday, June 7, Tattoo Fightwear will be making its presence known at the Big Boy's Toy's event in York, PA. at Tailgaters. This show will have many exciting events to see including band's and street bike tricks.On June 26 Tattoo Fightwear will be in the Poconos located in the state of PA. to support The Warrior Challenge and its fighters.

Pay attention to Tattoo Fightwear this month as it will be releasing a new Distressed Definition T Shirt. Tattoo Fightwear is also proud to announce the release of The Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge DVD. This DVD and all of The Warrior Challenge info can be found at www.warriorchallenge.info.

Last but certainly not least Tattoo Fightwear would like to leave you with the definition of a Tattoo, this is a must read, i'm sure you will be able to relate to this:

I just spoke with Mark Jovich, promoter of the Central Pennsylvania Warrior Challenge. He's got an event later this month in the Poconos, and then a return event at Wisehaven, where the state's first-ever MMA event took place.

"The card is beautiful for July - we're moving along," Mark said. "I've got 21 fights (including) 3 pro fights, 2 girl fights."

Two fights are in the heavyweight division, and the combined weight of the four combatants is 1,040 pounds, Jovich said.

To buy tickets for the CPWC II on July 18, click here, then go to "ticket information" on the left.

In the Poconos, Jovich, who has become well adept at scouting talent, has 12-14 fights scheduled.

"There's some good, new people," on the card. "There's some good match-ups."

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.

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.