Interview with Stephen Dmytryk below:
Art of War Cage Fighting 48 takes place on June 6th at the spacious Valley Forge PA Casino. I will be cageside with Javy Guzman and Justin Haskell as Team Bickings brings their next monster card to the people in the tri-state area and the growing Starfund App. This fight card is packed with four pro fights and 13 total currently. With less than two weeks out, it’s set up for a memorable night.
Main card:
Ian “the Hammer” Alston defends his light heavyweight title vs Chris Renwick and “B Mo” Ben Moser brings his legion of fans to do battle with the crafty and tough Cole Cameron at bantamweight. Isaac Kent makes his AOW debut vs Tyler Kirkpatrick.
The fight I’m anticipating the most is the flyweight matchup of two men that may both eventually find themselves on the next level. Christian Carlo is 25 years old and 2-0 as a pro with both by finish. He has a lot of muay Thai and kickboxing fights on his resume and is coming in from New York. His opponent will be Brandon Bohannon, the 24-year-old blossoming star who is also 2-0. I’m sure Carlo rightfully feels the same way about his future as he brings in a very large reach advantage at 5’11” compared to the 5’4″ Bohannon.
Undercard:
There are also a bunch of prospects on the undercard who have high ceilings and lots of talent. One fighter that I believe has a bright future is 20-year-old Stephen Dmytryk. “Darce Chocolate” is his nickname as it’s a fascinating combo from two of his teammates at The Forge MMA in Kyle Daukaus ” The Darce Knight” and Matt “White Chocolate” Turnbull. Stephen brings a lot of personality and confidence for a young guy but has been able to back it up thus far with a 2-0 record. Dmytryk has a bunch of killers to beat him up to get him ready including the forementioned Brandon Bohannon. I grabbed a few minutes with Darce Chocolate.
Stephen tells MyMMANews…
“One of the more difficult things you realize is that you have to get beat up for years before you even start getting decent. I’m nowhere near where I want to be. I’m still getting beat up and I’ve been getting beat up for four years but I’m finally getting somewhere where I’m not getting beat up as much.”
You can see the full interview on the accompanying link.
His fight highlights some other exciting bouts on the undercard like:
Justus Cheatom vs Isaiah Herring is super juicy with two great athletes from great camps and is for the Art of War Cage Fighting 170 lb championship. Chris Molina and AJ Bernieri is an excellent battle. Isaac Pantano out of Marquez MMA and Sean Casey out of Algeo MMA is straight fireworks….and several more. This card is going to be fun.
If you can’t make it to the casino. It will be the best 19.99 you ever spend to order the PPV on the Starfund App.
