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VIR ONMIDDELLIKE VRYSTELLING: Bangor, Maine (Julie 3, 2017) - New England Fights (NEF) returns to the Cross Insurance Center Saterdag nag, Augustus 5, 2017 met die stryd bevordering se volgende gemengde martial-kuns gebeurtenis, “NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor.” Vroeër vandag, NEF announced the addition of a female amateur bantamweight bout to the fight card. Angela Young (2-2) sal voldoen Jessica “The Black Widow” Borga (5-3) op 'n stryd gewig van 135-pond.
If there is anyone who knows about putting on exciting fights, it is Angela Young. The wife of Young’s MMA founder Chris Young, 'n ma, and a full-time nurse, she has brought the heat in all four of her previous contests for NEF, earning several “Stryd van die nag” honors. Young had the crowd on the edge of its seat for her thrilling encounter with Christine Brothwell earlier this year – a fight she won via unanimous decision. She has never backed down, even when on the losing end of a slugfest like the one she had with Kylie O’Hearn on Cape Cod last year, and it has made her one of the most popular fighters with the NEF audience. Based on their styles, Young predicts yet another strike-fest full of fireworks when she meets Borga on August 5th.
“I’m beyond excited for the match up with Borga for NEF in Bangor,” Jong gesê. “I respect her as a fighter and even more so for traveling to Maine once again take a fight. Neither one of us are afraid to stand and bang, making this a fight people aren’t going to want to miss.”
Jessica Borga of Florida will make the trip north to compete in Maine for the third time in less than a year. She made her NEF debut last September and quickly became a favorite of Pine Tree State fight fans. November verlede jaar, Borga put on a dominant performance in Lewiston, winning a unanimous decision over black belt Brianne Genschel. She has captured multiple regional titles in the southeast portion of the country. Borga looks forward to returning to fight in front of her Maine fans once again.
“I can’t wait to be back at NEF for 2017,” exclaimed Borga when reached for comment. “I’ve been waiting to come back and show what I’ve learned. I appreciate Angela Young stepping up to put on a show for everyone. I’ll be ready and can’t wait to show my improvements.”
"NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor” will be held at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine on Saturday, Augustus 5, 2017. Kaartjies is te koop nou op www.CrossInsuranceCenter.com.
Vir meer inligting oor die geleentheid en stryd kaart updates, Besoek gerus die bevordering se webwerf by www.NewEnglandFights.com. Daarbenewens, jy NEF videos kan kyk op www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, volg hulle op Twitter @nefights en sluit aan by die amptelike Facebook-groep “New England Fights."
Oor New England Fights
New England Fights ("NEF") is 'n stryd gebeure promosies maatskappy. NEF se missie is om die hoogste gehalte gebeure vir Maine se vegters en fans te skep. NEF se uitvoerende span het uitgebreide ondervinding in 'n geveg sport bestuur, gebeure produksie, media verhoudings, bemarking, wetlike en advertensies.
VIR ONMIDDELLIKE VRYSTELLING: Gorham, Maine (Junie 30, 2017) - New England Fights (NEF) announced earlier today that the fight promotion would once again sponsor an athlete at this year’s Brawlin’ Lobsta Wrestling Clinic & Tournament. The camp is set to take place at the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine (USM) uitJulie 18 to July 22. As it has done in years past, NEF will select one winner for which the fight promotion will cover tuition to the program.
“This is one of the most important things we do in the community every year,” said NEF matchmaker and co-owner Matt Peterson of Rumford, Maine. “So many of our promotion’s competitors came from a wrestling background. Wrestling instills in young athletes a lifelong sense of discipline and hard work, and that is exactly what we want the winner of this contest to take away from the camp this summer.”
Camp instructors Mike Morin and Jon Deupree are both veterans of the MMA cage. Morin is the head wrestling coach at USM and a two-time All-American during his days competing for the Huskies. Deupree is an assistant coach with USM and was a two-time NCAA national qualifier.
“Myself and my staff would like to thank NEF for once again sponsoring a local wrestler to attend the Brawlin’ Lobsta Wrestling Camp,” exclaimed Morin. “This is not only directly helping raise the level of wrestling in the state of Maine, it has also helped us at USM jump levels. We look forward to working with all of the wrestlers this year at the camp and in the future.”
Interested contestants are asked to submit a photograph of themselves wrestling to either the NEF Facebook page or via email to newenglandfights@gmail.com along with a brief statement of 100 words or less detailing why they believe the clinic will help them achieve their goals.
New England Fights’ next mixed-martial arts event, "NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor,” will be held at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine op Saterdag, Augustus 5, 2017. Kaartjies is te koop nou op www.CrossInsuranceCenter.com.
Vir meer inligting oor die geleentheid en stryd kaart updates, Besoek gerus die bevordering se webwerf by www.NewEnglandFights.com. Daarbenewens, jy NEF videos kan kyk op www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, volg hulle op Twitter @nefights en sluit aan by die amptelike Facebook-groep “New England Fights."
Tom, Tony and Rich recap last week’s major events, including the controversial UFC Fight Night 112 finish and the near double KO at Bellator 180 from Madison Square Garden. We also discuss Conor McGregor calling out Khabib Nurmagomedov for his next opponent in the UFC Octagon. We of course also break down Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn.
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Meer! The Pro Debut of Jose Balderas & Nigerian Amateur Standouts Rene Tellez Giron & Wesley Apochi in Undercard Attractions
Kaartjies op Koop Môre!
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. (Junie 29, 2017) – An exciting afternoon of undercard action onSondag, Julie 30 will be highlighted by a pair of Ringstar Sports rising prospects as 2016 Litaus Olimpiese Eimantas Stanionis (1-0, 1 KO) voldoen aan Eridanni Leon (5-2, 1 KO) in a six-round welterweight clash while unbeaten Money Powell IV (2-0, 2 Uitklophoue) gevegte Carlo Lozano (7-6, 4 Uitklophoue) in four-rounds of welterweight action from Rabobank Theater in Bakersfield, Kalifornië.
Die Julie 30 event is headlined by the return of former world champion Victor Ortiz battling Mexico’s Saul Corral in aksie welterweight. PBC on FS1 and FOX Deportes coverage begins at 7 namiddag. EN/4 namiddag. PT and will feature super welterweight contender Justin DeLoach taking on former title challenger Fernando Guerrero meer 2016 U.S. Olimpiese Karlos BALDERAS in his second pro fight.
Additional undercard action will feature a trio of young fighters making their pro debuts. Jose Balderas, brother of U.S. Olympian Karlos, will make his pro debut in a four-round bantamweight bout, 2016 Nigeriese Olimpiese Rene Tellez Giron will compete in six rounds of heavyweight action against Tyrell Herndon (6-1, 2 Uitklophoue) en Wesley Apochi will step into the ring in a six-round cruiserweight attraction.
“Sondag, Julie 30 will be a great opportunity for fans in Southern California to get a glimpse of the future of the sport,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO and Chairman of Ringstar Sports. “In addition to Karlos Balderas competing on the FS1 and FOX Deportes portion of the card, fans will get another look at the power of Eimantas Stanionis and the skills of Money Powell IV on their way to future stardom. Fans are going to want to show up early and catch all of the fights on July 30.”
Kaartjies vir die lewende gebeurtenis, which is promoted by Ringstar Sports, word geprys teen $80, $45 en $30 en is te koop Vrydag, Junie 30 for purchase online at AXS.com.
An accomplished amateur representing Kaunas, Litaue, Stanionis is looking to become the next Eastern European fighter to make a splash in the U.S. The 22-year-old had a 141-19 record as an amateur and earned four senior national championships before winning gold at the European Olympic Qualifier to earn his trip to the 2016 Games. A gold medalist at welterweight at the 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships, Stanionis was impressive in his pro debut, scoring a first round TKO of Rasheed Lawal in April.
Born in Germany, where his former boxer father was stationed in the military, Powell IVdedicated himself to boxing for good when his family moved back to the U.S. in 2011. The 19-year-old has quickly made a name for himself since then, wen die 2016 Youth Welterweight National Championship to earn the top ranking in the 152-pound division by USA Boxing. Fighting out of Fort Mitchell, on the state line of Alabama and Georgia, Powell made his pro debut with a first round knockout in April and followed it up with another first round stoppage in June.
in 'n 10-ronde swaargewig kragmeting in die mede-funksie made his name by winning numerous tournaments in the Southern California amateur boxing circuit while racking up an impressive 80 oorwinnings in 88 gevegte. Daarbenewens, the bantamweight won a National Golden Gloves title in 2013, a Junior Golden Gloves championship, two Adidas National tournaments, a National PAL title and two Junior Olympic tournaments. Jose also advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Olimpiese proewe. Although he is a year older, Jose waited until his brother’s Olympic journey had finished to turn pro so that the two could enter the professional ranks in the same year.
Die 23-jarige Ajagba is set to turn pro after beating the odds and making the 2016 Rio Olympics to represent his native Nigeria. Although he lost in the quarterfinals, Ajagba made a splash by delivering a highlight reel knockout in his opening bout against Trinidad and Tobago. The fighter known as “King Kong” also won an African games gold medal during his impressive amateur career.
Orogun, Nigeria’s Apochi was once the captain of his country’s national boxing team, a testament to how far he came since a surprising second place finish in the 2011 Africa Games. The 29-year-old represented Nigeria at the 2013 World Championships before earning a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in 2014.
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Meer! Unbeaten Prospect Brandon Figueroa Faces Eliezer Aquino in Bantamweight Matchup
Dekking begin by 10 namiddag. EN/7 namiddag. PT Following
PBC op FOX & FOX Deportes Telecast
LONG ISLAND, NY (Junie 29, 2017) – Once-beaten welterweight Jamal James (20-1, 9 Uitklophoue) will meet former title challenger Jo Jo Dan (36-4, 19 Uitklophoue) in a 10-round showdown featured on Premier Boxing Champions op FS1 en Fox Sports Saterdag, Julie 15 at the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Televised coverage on FS1 begins at 10 namiddag. EN/7 namiddag. PT, immediately following the PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes show headlined by a welterweight brawl between former world champions Omar Figueroa en Robert Guerrero.
The FS1 show will also see unbeaten prospect Brandon Figueroa (12-0, 8 Uitklophoue) competing on his older brother Omar’s undercard as he takes on Eliëser Aquino (19-2-1, 13 Uitklophoue) in an eight-round bantamweight attraction.
“I’m excited to be able to get back in the ring on July 15,” said James. “I’m grateful to have the team that I have so that I could fight on this great card in Long Island on FS1 and FOX Deportes. I’ve been training hard and I’m hungry and anxious to get back in the ring and show off my skills.”
“I am back at welterweight for my fight on Julie 15 and I plan on putting on a good performance so that I can get back in the mix for a world title shot,” said Dan. “I am having a great training camp at the Grant brothers’ gym in Montreal and I’ll be in top shape on fight night. My team and I are thrilled to be part of this event that brings big-time boxing back to Long Island.”
Televised coverage on FOX and FOX Deportes begins at 8 namiddag. EN/5 namiddag. PT and also features unbeaten light heavyweights Marcus Browne en Seanie Monaghan in a 10-round bout and a showdown between Polish heavyweights Arthur Pin en Adam Kownacki.
Kaartjies vir die lewende gebeurtenis, wat bevorder word deur DiBella Vermaak, begin by $50 (nie, insluitend toepaslike gelde) en is nou op die rakke. Kaartjies kan aanlyn gekoop word deur 'n besoekwww.ticketmaster.com, www.nycblive.com, of deur te bel 1-800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the Ticketmaster Box Office at NYCB LIVE. Group discounts are available by calling 516-231-4848.
A tall welterweight at 6’2″, James looks to bounce back after a decision loss to Yordenis Ugas last August in which the 28-year-old accepted the fight on less than a week’s notice. Veg uit Minneapolis, Minnesota, James was unbeaten in his first 20 fights as a pro including impressive victories over Javier Molina and Wale Omotoso that began his 2016 veldtog.
Born in Romania, Dan fights out of Quebec, Canada and has picked up victories in two of his three stateside fights. A pro sedert 2004, Dan was unbeaten in his first 26 professional starts. He owns two impressive victories over Canadian rival Kevin Bizier and challenged Kell Brook for his welterweight title in 2015. Dan fought twice at 154-pounds, including a challenge of now world champion Jarrett Hurd, before moving back down in weight and scoring a fifth-round stoppage of Jesus Gurrola in March.
The 20-year-old Brandon Figueroa turned pro in May of 2015 by defeating Hector Gutierrez and followed that up by stopping Ricardo Mena, Ramiro Ruiz and Francisco Muro to close out the year. The Weslaco-native stayed busy in 2016, picking up six victories, including five by way of stoppage before starting 2017 with a fourth-round stoppage of Raul Chirino in February and an eight-round decision of Luis Saavedra in May. Op Julie 15 he will fight on the undercard of his brother Omar for the third time.
Fighting out of Higuey, Dominikaanse Republiek, Aquino has fought professionally since 2007 and was unbeaten in his first 18 pro bouts. The 30-year-old has previously fought twice in the U.S. heading into this showdown on Julie 15. Aquino enters this bout having won his last two bouts by way of stoppage.
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Aanhangers kan leef stroom die gevegte op FOX Sports GO, available in English or Spanish through the FS1 or FOX Deportes feeds. Die gevegte is beskikbaar op die lessenaar by FOXSportsGO.com en deur die App Store, of verbind toestelle insluitend Apple TV, Android TV, vuur TV, Xbox One en Roku. Daarbenewens, alle programme is ook beskikbaar op FOX Sports op SiriusXM kanaal 83 op satelliet-radio's en op die SiriusXM app.
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M-1 Challenge 82, Augustus 5, in Helsinki
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Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland Home for M-1 Challenge 82
SAINT PETERSBURG, Rusland (Junie 28, 2017) – M-1 Global, one of the largest mixed-martial-arts organizations in the world, has announced its return to Finland for the first time in nine years, Augustus 5, as top fighters from Finland, Rusland, America and across Europe will compete in M-1 Challenge 82.
M-1 Challenge 82 will be streamed live from Helsinki, Finland in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Kykers sal in staat wees om die voorlopige gevegte en belangrikste kaart te kyk deur aan te teken op by te registreer www.M1Global.TV. Aanhangers kan al die aksie te sien op hul rekenaars, sowel as op Android en Apple smart phones en tablette.
Hartwall Arena, the largest ice hockey arena in Finland, sal gasheer M-1 Challenge 82. The famous venue seats between 12,000 en 15,000 spectators, pending the event, and it has hosted the 1997, 2003 en 2012 World Ice Hockey Championships.
Past M-1 Challenge events have featured leading Finnish fighters over the years such as Marcus “Grotman” Vanttinen (pictured on left), Juha-Pekka Vainikainen, Niko Puhakka, Janne Tulirinta, Toni Valtonen en Lucio “Spartan” Linares. Some of these fighters will be competingAugustus 5 by M-1 Challenge 82.
M-1 Global’s newest signed fighter, Vanttinen (24-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), is a veteran member of the Team Finland. The 29-year-old Vanttinen faces Russian light heavyweight prospect Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) by M-1 Challenge 82 hoofren.
Mikael “Hulk” Sila (16-5-0, M-1:0-0-0), 31, has an appropriate nickname. Powerfully built and possessing explosive physical force, he puts pressure on his rivals from the first second of the battle, using his grappling skills to his full advantage. Having won 15 van sy 20 gevegte, Silander is matched against M-1 Challenge title challenger Viali Branchuk (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), van die Oekraïne,
Finnish fan-favorite Janne “Jamba” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0) makes his M-1 Global debut versus Brazilian bantamweight Heliton dos Santos (15-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0). Elonen-Kulmala will be fighting in front of his hometown fans in Helsinki.
Valtonen (27-15-0, M-1: 6-2-0) returns to M-1 action against Ukrainian heavyweight Boris “Bora” Polezhay(16-6-0, M-1: 1-1-0. Valtonen has been an MMA fighter for 14 years and for much of that time-period he has been one of the stars of Finnish MMA-promotion, Fight Festival, which was successful at the 2009 M-1 World Championship Challenge. Valtonen fought in KSW and Shooto competitions. Another Helsinki native on the M-1 Challenge 82, Valtonen figures to have tremendous support at Hartwell Arena.
Son Le “Boeddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0), 28, lives and trains in Gothenburg, representing the Finnish team, East Front. The 28-year-old first competed in MMA competition only five years ago, but he has since had a total of eight amateur and professional fights. Although relatively inexperienced, his strong performances have resulted in him being Sweden’s No. 3 ranked bantamweight.
Binh is always in great physical shape and he has very good stamina. All eight of his fights went the distance but none were boring. In a contest against another Swedish prospect, Bilal Musa, Bing fractured his leg at the beginning of the second round, yet fought through the paid to earn victory by way of a three-round decision. In his very interesting M-1 debut against Emin Guseyov, who has an excellent strike technique. Binh used his wrestling and grappling skills, which he was taught by coach Babak Nejad, who also trains UFC star Anthony Johnson, to win a three-round decision.
Negotiations with several other leading fighters in Finland are also being concluded and their fights against foreign fighters will be announced shortly. Fighters from the United States, Brasilië, Frankryk, Portugal, Swede, Rusland, Ukraine and Poland are also expected to compete on the M-1 Challenge 82 gebeurtenis.
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