Lewiston, Maine (Hōngongoi 7, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma iwa whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XIX,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced a fight on the card that will determine the first-ever NEF MMA Amateur Featherweight Champion. Arona “He whakangungu” Lacey (5-1) Kei te whakaritea ki te kanohi Dylan Lockard (3-0) i te taimaha o te 145-pauna ki te toa whawhai ki kia karaunatia te hīanga, tekau mā runaruna tuatahi.
Aaron Lacey has been a standout of the NEF amateur roster since debuting with the promotion in the fall of 2013. He is undefeated in the NEF cage, e pupuri ana whakaora i runga i te momo o Dom Cofone (6-5) a Karepe Hall (5-3). His only loss to date was on a fight card in New Hampshire to Matt Tullos (7-0). Lacey represents Young’s MMA in Bangor, Maine.
“Ahau super oaoa mo tenei whawhai,” ka mea Lacey. “It’s a tough matchup between two top ten guys. I have a new secret weapon on my side and her name is Vanessa Sanders. Vanessa has been transforming my strength and conditioning, na haere mai Mahuru 12, I’m going to display a side of me that no one has seen before. I’m a different, toa atu mōrearea. Don’t miss this one – Au ka kawea mai e ahau i taua whitiki te kāinga.”
Mau Dylan Lockard anake te wikitoria ki te rā i runga i tākaro a Lacey, me te kingi NEF MMA Amateur Kōmāmā Champion, Josh Harvey (4-1). Lockard burst onto the regional scene last year and, rite Lacey, also holds a win over Caleb Hall. He is a member of Tim Barchard’s Professional Martial Arts Academy (PMA) i roto i te Derry, New Hampshire. Prior to competing in MMA, Nonoke Lockard hoki Timberlane rohe High School i roto i te Plaistow, New Hampshire, a muri i te Whare Wānanga o New Hampshire (UNH).
“Au oaoa ki te haere mai ki runga, ka whawhai mo te whitiki NEF ki te hoariri uaua rite Arona Lacey ahau,” Na ka mea a Lockard. “Kihai i ahau i te whawhai ngāwari ano, me tenei tetahi he kahore rerekē. We’re going to steal the show on Mahuru 12.”
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX,” e wahi i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF XIX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."