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CRANSTON, RI(Februarie 8, 2016) – Rising super featherweight star Toka “T-Nisa” Kahn-Clary(17-0, 11 KO) returns to action this Saturday night against Mexican opponent Gabino “Bliț” Cota (18-5-1, 16 KO) at Sportsman Lodge in Studio City, California. A decorated American amateur boxer (131-11 record), his career highlighted by a gold-medal performance at the 2010 Mănuși naționale de Aur Tournament, Kahn-Clary is a native of Liberia who passed on a shot to make the 2016 S.U.A.. Olympic Box Echipa, acum de cotitură pro trei ani.
Kahn-Clary’s impressive second-round stoppage of Sergio “Cuatito” Lopez (19-10-1, 13 KO) last November was supposed to lead him graduating to a 10-round fighter. His promoter Top Rank’s show sâmbătă, headlined de Alex Saucedo vs. Clarence Booth, doesn’t have a single 10-round fight, in favor of three 8-rounders including Kahn-Clary vs. Cota.
“That really doesn’t matter to me,” Kahn-Clary said. “I trained to beat this guy, not how many rounds. I’m a lot better fighter than I was a year ago. I’m a lot more relaxed in the ring. I think more as I’m moving in the ring, adjusting a lot better, and my combinations are coming out a lot better.”
A former WBC FECOMBOX and Mexican featherweight champion, Cota is a dangerous opponent who has knocked out 16 de 18 fighters he’s defeated as a professional.
“Cota may have lost four of his last six but they were all title fights or on television against name opponents,” Trainer cap Kahn-Clary lui Peter Manfredo, Sr. remarcat. “He has some pop, throws a zillion punches and just keeps coming forward. This is a good step up for Toka.
“Toka is ready for this fight. He’s had a lot of good sparring. Toka is aggressive, well-conditioned, a good defensive fighter who can crack. There wasn’t a 10-round fight available on this card but we wanted this fight. Toka’s still only 23 so there’s no reason to rush things.”
Cota is battle tested having fought world title challengerJonathan Oquendo, Puerto Rico Olympian Orlando Cruzand Russian champion Andrey Klimov.
“I like fighting guys that come to me like Cota,” Kahn-Clary remarked. “It makes my job easier. I can setup my punches and fights against guys like this aren’t as much as a chess match. I’ll be landing hard shots and fans like that better than a chess match.”
Urmați-Kahn Clary pe Twitter si InstagramTokaKahnClary, sau un prieten să-l pe Facebook, la www.Facebook.com/tokakahn.
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Lewiston, Maine (Februarie 7, 2016) - Lupte New England (NEF), Numărul unu de promovare lupta regional Americii, held its most recent event, “NEF 21: Nemuritori” Sâmbătă noapte la Colisée Androscoggin Bank din Lewiston, Maine. The Colisée was a packed house for the promotion’s second hybrid mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing event. Fight fans were treated to a marathon evening of nonstop action featuring 26 bouts in total.
In the MMA main event of the evening, in what can only be described as a “thriller,” Bruce “Destul Boy” Boyington (13-8) defeated Jon Lemke (5-4) via split decision to retain the NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Title. Boyington and Lemke battled back-and-forth for five brutal rounds in what many in attendance were calling one of the best fights in NEF history.
In the boxing headliner, Northeast Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “Cannon” Bacă (11-1) handed Tollison Lewis the first loss of his professional boxing career (2-1) with a second-round stoppage via technical knockout (OMS).
On the amateur MMA portion of the card, three inaugural champions were crowned. Ryan Glover (3-1) took home the light heavyweight title after defeating Mike Williams (1-1), while Johnny Crafts (4-0) captured the bantamweight strap and Ricky Dexter (5-2) won the welterweight championship.
NEF also announced that its next event would take place on Aprilie 23, 2016, once again at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston.
Rezultatele din Lewiston, Maine:
PROFESSIONAL BOX
Brandon Berry def. Tollison Lewis via TKO, rotund 2
Evincii Dixon def. Antonio Chaves Fernandez via unanimous decision
Crowsneck Boutin fought Joel Bishop to a unanimous draw
PROFESSIONAL MMA
Bruce Boyington def. Jon Lemke via split decision (Boyington retains lightweight title)
Josh Lange def. Derek Shorey via rear-naked choke, rotund 1
Zach Elkins def. Mike Hansen via guillotine, rotund 1
CJ Ewer def. Zenon Herrera via ankle lock submission, rotund 1
Alex Henry def. Andrew Tripp via KO, rotund 1
Brandon Warne def. Norman Fox via guillotine, rotund 1
AMATORI MMA
Ryan Glover def. Mike Williams via armbar, rotund 2 (Glover wins light heavyweight title)
Ricky Dexter def. Caleb Farrington via TKO, rotund 1 (Dexter wins welterweight title)
Johnny Artizanat def. Henry Clark via TKO, rotund 3 (Crafts wins bantamweight title)
Rafael Velado def. Mike Peitersen via split decision
Erin Lamonte def. Randi Beth Boyington via rear-naked choke, rotund 1
Erik Nelson def. Julio Martinez via unanimous decision
Matt Glover def. Gravin Guillen via TKO, rotund 1
Taylor Costantino def. Frank Johanson via TKO, rotund 1
Brendan Battles def. Dave Smith via TKO, rotund 1
Ras Hylton def. Zak Bergeron via TKO, rotund 1
Adam Nielsen def. Ruben Redman via TKO, rotund 1
Dustin Shorey def. Juan Meneses via TKO, rotund 1
Tom Burgess def. Caleb Swoveland via unanimous decision
Chad Murillo def. Tony Agust via split decision
Jake Denham def. Justin Witham via verbal submission, rotund 2
Richmond Pierce Wiegman def. Clifford Redman prin TKO, rotund 2
Caleb Costello def. David Thompson via KO, rotund 1
evenimentul următor Luptele New England ', "NEF 22: Toate drumurile duc AICI,” takes place Saturday, Aprilie 23, 2016 la Colisée Androscoggin Bank din Lewiston, Maine. Biletele pentru „NEF 22” încep de la doar $25 și sunt în vânzare acum la www.TheColisee.com sau sunând la box-office Colisée la207.783.2009 x 525. Pentru mai multe informații cu privire la eveniment și de luptă actualizările de carduri, va rugam sa vizitati site-ul de promovare, la www.NewEnglandFights.com. În plus, puteți viziona clipuri video NEF la www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, urmați-le penefights Twitter și se alăture grupului de Facebook oficial "New England Lupte".
SANTA MONICA (Februarie 6, 2015) - Bellator MMA este mândru să anunțe semnarea Chris “The Crippler” Leben (22-11) la un exclusiv multi-ani, contract de multi-lupta. The former World Extreme Cagefighting Middleweight World Champion has fought professionally since 2002, and holds the record for most fights in the UFC at 185-pounds (22).
Since taking a break from the sport in 2014, Leben has resided in San Diego, Calif. and served as a coach at Victory MMA & Fitness. Known for his tendency to put on an exciting show each and every time he enters the cage, Leben was a member of the inaugural cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” alongside fellow Bellator MMA competitors Stephan Bonnar și Josh Koscheck. The 35-year-old has fought elite talent throughout his mixed martial arts tenure, against names the likes of: Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, Brian Stann, Michael Bisping, Patrick Cote, Mark Munoz, and Bellator MMA’s own Alessio Sakara.
“If I were to draw up the prototypical Bellator MMA competitor, there would be parts of Chris [Viaţă] in there,"Bellator MMA Presedintele Scott Coker a declarat. “The guy has never had a boring fight and as I’ve said from day one, we’re going to continue to grow from the ground up and buy from the top down. I know that Chris still has a lot of fight left in him and I’m excited to see him fight We are hoping to see his Bellator debut this Spring.”
“Focusing on just coaching at Victory MMA has been amazing, but recently, I started to get the itch to compete again,” Leben said. “So I extended an olive branch to the people at Bellator and here I am. Sunt în mare formă, I love the possible matchups this roster has to offer and I’m ready to show the world why they call me ‘The Crippler.’”
Leben joins a budding roster of Bellator MMA talent, with recent signings that include: Benson Henderson, Anastasia Yankova, Lena Ovchynnikova, și Serghei Kharitonov.
It has yet to be determined what weight class Leben will compete at, but when asked what division he hopes to settle in, Leben made it clear: “I’ll go wherever the big fights are.”
Our latest interview with a true class act. Jeff Daniels took to the task of telling his older brother Terry Daniels’ amazing story with a passion for posterity and a supreme sense of attention to detail. Despite having no book-writing experience, Daniels created what he considered to be as classic as a Beatles album when he finished crafting his masterpiece about a bygone era in the sport of boxing and his brother’s battles with some of the biggest names in the heavyweight division. You can buy the book here: http://amzn.to/1WQMNFO, access Jeff’s site here: http://jeffdanielscompany.com/index.php/about-the-author and watch a short YouTube video promoting the book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PDH_Laa6lY. Jeff shares some insights into the writing process during our interview here and takes us back in time in this amazing episode.
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (Februarie 4, 2015) – The main card of "Bellator 151: Warren vs. Caldwell” peMartie 4 is coming together with today’s addition of Yamauchi up (19-2), who will meet Bubba Jenkins (10-2) în acțiune pană, with both men hoping to keep their current winning streaks intact.
Bilete pentru "Bellator 151: Warren vs. Caldwell” are on sale now and start at just $45. You can purchase tickets at the WinStar World Casino and Resort Box Office, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com. Usi pentru eveniment deschis la 5:00 p.m. CT ora locală, with the first contest taking place one hour later.
"Bellator 151: Warren vs. Caldwell” difuzat în direct și gratuit la SPIKE la 9 p.m. ȘI/8 p.m. CT, while preliminary boutswill stream live on Bellator.com și Mobile App Bellator.. Additional preliminary bouts will be announced in the coming weeks.
Yamauchi comes into the fight riding a wave of momentum he’s caught after wins against Mike Richman, Martin Stapleton, și Isao Kobayashi. The 23-year-old Japanese fighter has only lost once in six appearances under the Bellator MMA banner and has notched 15 sale 19 wins as a professional by way of submission.
It’s hard to ignore Jenkins inside or outside the Bellator MMA cage, being that “The Highlight Kid” also doubles as a podcast host during his free time. The Arizona State alum notched two straight wins to cap off 2015, cel mai recent, an impressive offensive display against a promising prospect in Jordan Parsons.
Actualizat "Bellator 151: Warren vs. Caldwell” Fight Card:
Bellator MMA Bantamweight Main Event: Joe Warren (13-4) vs. Darrion Caldwell (8-0)
Bellator MMA Welterweight Co-Main Event: Michael Page (9-0) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (24-13)
Bellator MMA Ușoară Feature Bout: Yamauchi up (19-2) vs. Bubba Jenkins (10-2)