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Lewiston, Maine (September 5, 2016) – Taylor Trahan ist eine statistische Kuriosität.
Ein gebürtiger Littleton, New Hampshire, Jetzt wohnhaft in East Concord, Vermont, Der 25-Jährige verfolgte vor sieben Jahren gemischte Kampfkünste, sobald er legal alt genug war, um dies zu tun. Er hat insgesamt den Käfig betreten 20 Zeiten im Profi- und Amateurwettbewerb.
All diese Erfahrungen in diesem Waldstück, dennoch sein Kampf im Federgewicht gegen Matt Denning bei „NEF 25: Helden und Schurken “weiter Samstag, Sieben. 10 Bei der Androscoggin Bank wird Colisee sein Debüt bei New England Fights geben.
Trahan (5-6) kauft nicht das Underdog- oder Bad-Guy-Label, obwohl er in die historische Arena in einer Stadt gehen wird, die Denning (3-3) ruft nach Hause.
„Dies ist nur eine zweistündige Reise (jeder Weg) für die meisten meiner Fans,Sagte Trahan. „Die meisten von ihnen sind es gewohnt, vier Stunden oder länger zu reisen, um mich kämpfen zu sehen. Sie sind wie, 'Oh, Süss.'"
Beide Kämpfer hoffen, dass das Matchup ihr aktuelles Karrierevermögen umkehren wird. Trahan hat seit einem glühenden Start in sein Pro-Docket fünf Kämpfe in Folge verloren, während Denning drei seiner letzten vier Wettbewerbe fallen gelassen hat.
Denning weist schnell darauf hin, dass die Ergebnisse auf beiden Seiten täuschen.
„Er hat gegen einen Typen namens Joe Pingitore gekämpft. Schlagen Sie ihn das erste Mal mit einem hinteren nackten Choke und verlieren Sie dann im Rückkampf gegen ihn,Sagte Denning. "Das ist ein Typ, der einer der besten 145-Pfünder in Neuengland ist."
Wenn jemand das Recht hat, sich als Experte für die Einstufung dieser mittleren Gewichtsklassen zu betrachten, es ist Denning.
Der lokale Favorit, bekannt als "Ken Doll", hat sich nie gescheut, gegen das Beste zu kämpfen, was NEF Kämpfern in der Nachbarschaft von zu bieten hat 145. Denning besiegte Derek Shorey zweimal. Er nahm langsam an Gewicht zu, vergeblich, gegen Jon Lemke bei 150 und Josh Harvey bei 155. Zuletzt, Brandon Bushaw schlug ihn, indem er bei „NEF 24: Gelobtes Land “im Juni.
„Du denkst an Lemke und Harvey, und ich trainiere mit Jesse Erickson (im Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu),Sagte Denning. „Der einzige, der wirklich fehlt, ist Devin Powell. Ich habe das Gefühl, mit der besten Gruppe von Leuten gekämpft und trainiert zu haben. "
Jiu-Jitsu ist die Anlaufstelle für beide Kämpfer. Trahan ist ein brauner Gürtel, während Denning ein lila Gürtel ist.
In anderen Bereichen, ihre Stile kollidieren. Drei von Trahans Pro-Siegen sind durch eine Entscheidung gefallen. Denning, inzwischen, hat als Profi noch nie die Distanz zurückgelegt. Er ging nur einmal als Amateur auf die Karte - eine Niederlage gegen Dom Cofone bei seinem Käfigdebüt.
Trahan blieb kurz vor einer Vorhersage stehen, sagte aber, dass er erwartet, sich durch Unterwerfung durchzusetzen.
„Ich sehe, dass es zumindest in den ersten paar Minuten eine langsame erste Runde ist,"Er sagte. „Sobald ich mein Timing verkürzt habe und anfange, die Dinge zu tun, die ich tun möchte, Ich sehe es nicht in der dritten Runde. "
Denning hat sich auf eine lange Begegnung vorbereitet. Er gestand, dass er den größten Teil seiner Karriere geraucht hatte, aber aufgehört hat.
Verbinden Sie dies mit einem erneuten Engagement für Straßenarbeiten und Denning prognostiziert, dass seine Fans mit seiner Bereitschaft für den relativ unbekannten Feind zufrieden sein werden.
"Ich glaube, der längste Kampf, den ich je hatte, war in der dritten Runde noch zwei Minuten,Sagte Denning. „Ich fühle mich konditionell gut. Ich bin ein kleinerer Typ, also muss ich bei 145 bleiben. "
Er sagte, dass Sparring gegen Erickson ihn auf den größeren Trahan vorbereitet habe.
Denning glaubt, dass sein Schlag und sein Wrestling Trahans Repertoire überlegen sind, aber er ergänzte seinen Rivalen, indem er hinzufügte, dass er ihn als einen anderen in einer Reihe von rauen Gegnern betrachte.
„Ich wollte jemanden auswählen, der schwer zu bekämpfen ist. Dies ist mein vierter Kampf in sechs Monaten,Sagte Denning. „Vorher habe ich ein Jahr frei genommen. Das letzte Mal, dass ich in Lewiston gewonnen habe, war September letzten Jahres. Ich hoffe, dass der Vorteil der Heimatstadt diesmal ein wenig hilft. "
Angesichts der Unvorhersehbarkeit von MMA, Profikämpfer müssen kurze Erinnerungen haben, während sie die harten Lektionen anwenden, die sie aus Verlusten lernen. Trahan, wie Denning, denkt, er hat das erreicht.
"Ich habe gelernt, dass ich mich an das halten muss, was ich weiß, und tu nicht was ich nicht bin,Sagte Trahan. „Ich denke das, damit ich gewinnen kann, Ich muss es zu Boden bringen. Ich bevorzuge den Grundstil. Er ist am Boden ausgezeichnet, Versteh mich nicht falsch, Aber ich habe einige Dinge gesehen, von denen ich glaube, dass ich sie ausnutzen kann. "
Die Eröffnungsglocke dies Samstag, September 10 wird eingestellt 7 p.m. Das aktuelle Docket für „NEF 25: Heroes and Villains “umfasst drei professionelle Boxkämpfe, Fünf Pro-Mixed-Martial-Arts-Kämpfe und fünf Amateur-MMA-Fetzen. Tickets gibt es ab $25 und sind anwww.TheColisee.com oder durch Aufrufen der Box Office auf Colisee 207.783.2009, Erweiterung 525.
Für weitere Informationen über die Veranstaltung und Kampf-Karte Aktuelles, besuchen Sie bitte die Webseite der Promotion an www.NewEnglandFights.com. Außerdem, Sie NEF Video anschauen www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, folgen ihnen auf Twitternefights und kommen Sie auf der offiziellen Facebook-Gruppe "New England kämpft."
ZUR SOFORTIGEN VERÖFFENTLICHUNG: Lewiston, Maine (September 4, 2016) – Rachael Joyce has her civil engineering degree from the University of Maine. Jessica Borga is a veterinary technician from Lakeland, Florida.
Read those one-line biographies of the two women and they probably do not fit whatever is your personal profile of a mixed-martial-artist. And perhaps that presumption, and maybe a lingering societal bias against female fighters, is the reason Joyce and Borga have struggled mightily to find opponents in their corners of the country.
Each woman will end what is almost a one-year hiatus from the cage when Joyce (1-0) welcomes Borga (2-1) to Maine in a bantamweight bout at “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains.” New England Fights returns to its hub venue, Androscoggin Banküber Colisee, auf Samstag, September 10.
“I’ve had one fight, im Oktober letzten Jahres. I’ve found it really hard to find fights. It’s just tough. Maine doesn’t have the population density for it. It’s just hard to find that pool of fighters,” Joyce said. “Early in your career you want to build that experience close to home. It’s the best thing for your whole team, given the commitment that is involved.”
Joyce, who lives in the Penobscot County village of Veazie, splits her training time between Bangor, Portland and Boston.
The competitive grass is no greener for Borga, who is known to her fans as “The Black Widow” and is coached by Ross Kellin.
“My coach has scheduled fights for me that have fallen through. I was supposed to fight eight times this year, and this will be my first one.
Borga was beaten badly in her previous bout, a November 2015 clash against Caitlin Sammons for which she weighed in at 126.5 Pfund, just above the flyweight limit.
She said that women feel added pressure to make drastic weight cuts due to the lack of available fight opportunities, and in her case it was especially dangerous.
“I learned that I will never fight at 125 schon wieder,” Borga said “It was my own fault. I lost 25 Pfund in two weeks. I was sick in camp, and I fought sick.”
Before the episode was over, Borga was hospitalized twice with strep throat, a kidney infection and a bladder infection.
“I do believe (the weight cut) was part of it,” she said. “You’re putting that strain on your body and your mind. My mental game struggled with what I had to put myself through. I think it’s harder for women, ebenfalls. I won’t ever do that again. I learned that it’s better to withdraw than to take a loss.”
Borga has experienced no such issues in this camp. She said her energy level is way up and that she can train harder for longer periods of time.
She also is eager to visit from the Sunshine State, an eagerness that isn’t lost on her opponent.
“When an opponent is flying up from Florida, that’s exciting,” Joyce said. “It shows that she’s really committed to it. It is hard to find opponents who are as committed as you are.”
Both women are BJJ blue belts. Joyce has trained in the discipline for more than two years.
It is an extension of her childhood, when she played three varsity sports in each year of high school. She joked that she strongly considered a fourth.
“I was always the girl who tried to convince my parents to let me play football,” Joyce said. “They would not hear any of it. I’m sure they’re thrilled that their 20-something-year-old daughter is now a fighter. Unterlassen Sie, they’re supportive, but now it’s my decision.”
Joyce never tried individual sports before the combat realm, but she quickly developed into a fan of women’s MMA as it exploded in popularity at the UFC level.
“Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey were coming up, und dann (UFC president) Dana White had his famous line that ‘there will never be women in UFC,” Joyce said. “I saw what they were doing and I said, ‘I can do that. I’m going to do that.’”
Now the women wait for a spike in female participation that has not appeared to follow the success of those international role models.
Joyce said she received invitations to fight in New Jersey earlier this year but that those, ebenfalls, would have required an uncomfortable cut to a same-day weigh-in of 125 or even 115 Pfund.
So she retreated into a game of train-and-wait. Thanks to the like-minded, equally fight-challenged Borga, the wait is almost over.
“I’ve always loved MMA, always loved fighting. I guess I was known for that as a kid. Everybody who knows me always pushed me to get into this,” Borga said. “I tried eight years ago and found out right away that I was pregnant, so that put a stop to it. When my son turned five, Ich sagte, ‘It’s now or never.’ I started training and developed really fast. My coaches said I had a knack for it.”
Die Öffnung Glocke auf September 10 wird eingestellt 7 p.m. Das aktuelle Docket für „NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” includes four professional boxing matches, six pro mixed martial arts bouts and five amateur MMA scraps. Tickets gibt es ab $25 und sind an www.TheColisee.com oder durch Aufrufen der Box Office auf Colisee 207.783.2009, Erweiterung 525.
Für weitere Informationen über die Veranstaltung und Kampf-Karte Aktuelles, besuchen Sie bitte die Webseite der Promotion an www.NewEnglandFights.com. Außerdem, Sie NEF Video anschauen www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, folgen ihnen auf Twitternefights und kommen Sie auf der offiziellen Facebook-Gruppe "New England kämpft."
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Lewiston, Maine (September 2, 2016) – The 3,800-square foot warehouse in Woburn, Massachusetts, is known simply as “The Way.”
No coincidence, since the proprietor who lives out his passion as a personal trainer under its roof, Brandon Montella, has found a way, in his own unique way.
From a turbulent childhood in North Anson, Maine, to four years of meritorious service in the United States Marine Corps, to the mixed emotions of staying ahead in the professional rat race, to intense personal tragedy, Montella, 36, has endured what most would consider a lifetime’s worth of challenges.
Yet he perseveres, finding strength and clarity in a life devoted to helping others. And he stays sharp, counter-intuitive as it may seem to the uninitiated, by letting other people punch him in the face.
“On a personal level it helped me so much. I had a lot of fear, maybe a little lack of confidence, due to some of the abuse in my past,” Montella said. “Boxing helped me so much with that. It made me a more complete person. I’m a better husband, a better businessman, a better man since I started fighting.”
A late bloomer who didn’t fully immerse himself in the fight game until his 30s, Montella (4-0, 3 KOs) will put his undefeated credentials on the line against Tollison Lewis (2-1, 1 KO) bei „NEF 25: Helden und Schurken “weiter Samstag, September 10 am Androscoggin Banküber Colisee in Lewiston, Maine, the venerable boxing venue that in 1965, when it was known as “St. Domenic’s Hall,” played host to the infamous Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston II world heavyweight title rematch. (Ja, the same boxing bout that spawned rumors of the “phantom punch,” and produced the most iconic image in the history of sports photography.)
Montella was born in Massachusetts but spent much of his childhood in the Western foothills of Maine, where he graduated from Carrabec High School. He describes those formative years as “a tough time, a little bit of a struggle,” and says fighting was both a means of both self-defense and a way of compensating for that lack of self-esteem.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world now,” Montella said. “It helped shape who I am. I tell everybody the Marine Corps started the process of my becoming a man, and boxing helped finish it.”
He spent four years in the service before receiving an honorable discharge. Along the way he met his wife, Tonya, and settled into the comfortable habit of seeking significance through work.
Fatefully, and admittedly on a lark, he accepted a military buddy’s challenge to enter a Toughman contest. It was the amateur, brawling, distant cousin of boxing that Eric “Butterbean” Esch made famous.
“I was a 240-pound meathead. Three one-minute rounds; that seemed like it was right up my alley,” Montella said.
In the process, Montella discovered that getting back in shape, setting goals and chasing intangible successes that were larger than wins and losses suited him, zu.
“That was a turning point for me. Corporate America, I just wasn’t into it,” Montella said. “I couldn’t lie to people and take advantage of them. I couldn’t deal with it morally. I had to turn my back on that. The Marine Corps taught me a different code. I cashed in my 401(k), moved to Massachusetts, became a personal trainer.”
Bien Sur, it wasn’t quite that easy. He had to sell Tonya, whom he describes as “the major breadwinner in the house,” on the merits of such a change. She already had politely proclaimed Maine a great vacation spot but not a place she cared to settle down, for professional reasons.
In 2008, work took Tonya to Boston.
“It was when the Celtics were getting ready to win the championship. She got caught up in the atmosphere and came home and told me, ‘I would move to Boston.’ I said OK,” Montella recalled with a laugh. “I didn’t let her take that back.”
Montella started his gym in a 10-feet-by-10-feet basement of a townhouse. He took up amateur boxing, teils, to set an example for his clients.
“I decided I couldn’t train athletes if I’m not doing the (stuff). I want to wear the boots before the suits, du weißt?” Montella said. "Sechs Monate später I was the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in New England. It blew my mind. I found a place that was home.”
Er gewann 14 seines 21 Amateur-Kämpfe, including a novice heavyweight championship in Golden Gloves.
Montella’s trainees have watched him conquer adversity in the prize ring and fight through tragedy in his personal life. Tonya and Brandon’s first child was stillborn on Christmas 2015.
Boxen, and the wilderness in the shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain that holds so many contradictory memories for Montella, are part of his healing process.
“I’m here in Maine now getting ready, diving off 40-foot cliffs, doing hill sprints up 100-foot sand dunes, training like a savage,” Montella said. “We used to go up there to drink. All the crazy stuff I did as a kid, now I use it to make myself the best I can be.
“I preach it all the time at my gym: See the world as your training facility. What someone else sees as a cliff, I see as place to work on my focus and mental control. Where they see nothing but trees and open space, I see as a place to go and meditate. In my 30s, I don’t need drugs or alcohol now to be open with my emotions. Boxing has given me the strength to be who I always wanted to be.”
Die Öffnung Glocke auf September 10 wird eingestellt 7 p.m. Das aktuelle Docket für „NEF 25: Heroes and Villains “umfasst drei professionelle Boxkämpfe, five pro mixed martial arts bouts and six amateur MMA scraps. Tickets gibt es ab $25 und sind an www.TheColisee.com oder durch Aufrufen der Box Office auf Colisee207.783.2009, Erweiterung 525.
Für weitere Informationen über die Veranstaltung und Kampf-Karte Aktuelles, besuchen Sie bitte die Webseite der Promotion an www.NewEnglandFights.com. Außerdem, Sie NEF Video anschauen www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, folgen ihnen auf Twitternefights und kommen Sie auf der offiziellen Facebook-Gruppe "New England kämpft."
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NEW ENGLAND STRONG
RESULTS FROM FOXWOODS
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(all pictures by Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment)
Mashantucket, CT (September 2, 2016) – New England boxers dominated last night’s Broadway Boxing, presented by DiBella Entertainment and sponsored by Nissan of Queens, Optyx, Azad Watches and Christos Steak House, held in the Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Rhode Island lightweight “Nice” Nick DeLomba (11-1, 2 KOs) outboxed and outpunched former Florida State Golden Gloves champion Amos “2 Glatt” Cowart (11-2-1, 9 KOs) for an upset victory by way of an eight-round unanimous decision.
DeLomba, who was one of five winning New Englanders without a loss, took the fight to Cowart, beating him to the punch and effectively counterpunching. Cowart was unable to contain DeLomba’s side-to-side movement or his flurries of punches in the main event.
“Everybody looks at me and thinks they’re going to attack my body,” an ecstatic DeLomba said after the fight. “Nobody moves as smooth as me and I’m going to keep doing it.”
Nick DeLomba (R) outworked Cowart
In der Ko-Funktion, New Mexico super featherweight Jose “Shorty” Salinas (10-2-1, 5 KOs) stood tall, stunning Albania native Dardan Zenunaj (12-2, 9 KOs), wer ist ausgebildet vonRobert Garcia. Now fighting out of Belgium, Zenunaj couldn’t put Salinas away early and he paid for that in the later rounds. Bloodied and bruised, Salinas refused to stop throwing punches, and his huge heart resulted in an eight-round unanimous decision victory.
Jose Salinas pulled off a stunner
Undefeated Spaniard Jon “Jonfer” Fernandez (9-0, 7 KOs) used a tremendous height and reach advantage to pound his tough Mexican opponent Naciff “Chata” Schloss (17-9-2, 5 KOs) bis zum Schiedsrichter Joey Lupino halted the action midway through the fifth round. Fernandez recently signed a promotional contract with DiBella Entertainment and legendary boxer Sergio Martinez.
Jon Fernandez (R) unloaded on Naciff Castillo
Brooklyn lightweight Wesley Ferrer (12-0, 6 KOs), ein 2013 New York City Golden Gloves champion, kept his undefeated record intact by outclassing a game Angel Figueroa (4-4-1). Referee Arthur Mercante stopped the fight 20 seconds into the seventh round.
Wesley Ferrer (L) was simply too much for Angel Figueroa
Sensational high school senior “Wunderbar” Mykey Williams (4-0, 2 KOs) unloaded a three-punch combination that knocked out David Nelson (3-6, 1 KO) einfach 24 Sekunden in der ersten Runde. The 18-year-old Williams, fighting out of East Hartford, is rapidly developing into a rising star.
Mykey Williams ended the show early
Worcester, MA featherweight Irvin Gonzalez (2-0, 2 KOs) needed only two minutes to knock out Juan Muniz (0-5). The 20-year-old Gonzalez, whose pro debut also ended spectacularly in the opening round, exploded with a barrage of punches until referee Mercante stepped in to save the Texan from additional damage.
Irvin Gonzalez (R) is a promising prospect
In an action-packed match between a pair of pro debut fighters, East Hartford welterweight Anthony Laureano (1-0) emerged with a hard-fought win by four-round majority decision over Philadelphia’s Nahir Albright (0-1). The 21-year-old Laureano was a 2016 New England Golden Gloves Champion.
Anthony Laureano (R) and Nahir Albright went to war
Liebling der Fans Jonathan “Glatt” Figueroa (1-0, 1 KO), fighting out of nearby Hartford, turned in an impressive performance in his professional debut, finishing off Philadelphia welterweight Demetris Williams (0-2) in der vierten Runde. Figueroa, ein 2012 Southern New England Golden Gloves champion, wore down Williams and ended things with a powerful right hand.
Jonathan Figueroa celebrating his pro debut victory
Full results below:
OFFIZIELLE ERGEBNISSE
(alle Gewinner angegebene Email)
Welterweights
Anthony Laureano (1-0, 0 KOs), East Hartford, CT
WDEC4 (39-37, 39-37, 38-38)
Nahir Albright (0-1, 0 KOs), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Figueroa (1-0, 1 KOs), Hartford, CT
WKO4 (1:58)
Demetris Williams (0-2), Philadelphia, PA
JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS
Mykey Williams (4-0, 3 KOs), East Hartford, CT
WKO1 (0:24)
David Nelson (3-6, 1 KO), Lawton, OK
Leichtgewichte
Nick DeLomba (11-1, 2 KOs), Cranston, RI
WDEC8 (80-72, 80-72, 78-74)
Amos Cowart (11-1-1, 9 KOs), Groveland, FL
Jon Fernandez (10-0, 8 KOs), Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spanien
WKO5 (1:45)
Naciff Castillo (17-10-2, 5 KOs), Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexiko
Wesley Ferrer (12-0, 7 KOs), Brooklyn, NY
WTKO7 (0:20)
Angel Figueroa (4-4-1, 0 KOs), Loran, OH
Super-Leichtgewichte
Jose Salinas (10-2-1, 5 KOs), Albuquerque, NM
WDEC8 (78-74, 78-74, 77-75)
Dardan Zenunaj (12-2, 9 KOs), Braine le Comte, Belgien
Leichtgewichte
Irvin Gonzalez (2-0, 2 KOs), Worcester, MA
WTKO1 (2:00)
Juan Muniz (0-5), Tyler, TX
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This Week’s Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show looks back at the last two weeks in the world of fighting. We discuss UFC 202, Bellator’s recent signing of Rory MacDonald, Patricky Friere’s broken leg and more. Tony, Tom and Rich also look forward to upcoming boxing and MMA cards. Listen right here: