Lewiston, Mejn (Veljača 10, 2015) - Noć je bilo u lipnju 16, 2012. Over 3,000 Ljubitelji ispuni Androscoggin banke Colisée za New England borbama’ (NEF) “NEF III” mješovite borilačke vještine- (MMA) događaj. In the main event of the evening was former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Prvak u teškoj kategoriji Svjetskog Tima “Maine-IAC” Sylvia (31-10). Sylvia was competing for the first time ever in his home state of Maine. Media outlets, lokalnoj i nacionalnoj, descended on Lewiston that night for the big event. National cable station HDNet (sada “AXS TV”) poslao punu filmsku ekipu i producent za pokrivanje pro dio borbe kartice za njihov tjedni program Unutar MMA.
Sylvia je 12-drugi nokaut Randy Smith (13-15-1), međutim, was not the story that night. The real story coming out of the event was the emergence of not one, ali dva, new stars before a national audience. Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-7), već drži prvu ikad nokaut u povijesti MMA Maine, added to his legend with a Taekwondo spinning-hook kick that left his opponent unconscious and earned Boyington the quickest knockout in NEF at the time at 10-seconds. Nekoliko trenutaka kasnije, Jamie Harrison (5-1) završio njegov protivnik s neobičan prizemlje i funta tehniku pod nazivom “Jastog Punch” po Unutar MMA co-host Bas Rutten (28-4-1). Both finishes were caught on camera by AXS TV, and both were seen by fight fans the world over on television and the internet. The road to Travanj 11, 2015, “NEF XVII,” a obračun između Boyington i Harrison, bio popločen.
U mjesecima i godinama koje dolaze, Boyington would become the face of NEF MMA. Leaving a trail of broken opponents in his wake, Boyington će ići na hvatanje upražnjeno NEF MMA Lagan prvenstvo u rujnu 2014 pobijedio Jesse “Viking” Erickson (3-4). Weeks later, Boyington and Erickson would rematch with Boyington once again emerging victorious. Harrison had, sam, rezati kroz Tollison Lewis (0-3) s osvrće odustati samo nekoliko trenutaka ranije, leading many to speculate that the time for the Boyington-Harrison showdown had finally arrived. In the hours that followed, obje strane su se složili da se u borbi, a pozornica je postavljena za travanj 11, 2015 u Lewiston na “NEF XVII.” Both athletes squared off in the cage last Saturday at “NEF XVI” službeno objaviti borbu koja će biti pet specijalista za Boyington je lagan prvenstvu.
“Osjećam se na vrhu svijeta,” rekao Boyington kada za komentar. “Stanka je služio svojoj svrsi i, iako imam osjećaj da imamo snage, kao što su dobro zaobljena MMA igri, više profesionalne borbe, više iskustva s najviše razine protivnika i udobnosti u ovoj areni – Znam da je to sve nebitno, jer visoka da sam upravo sada upravo sada i želja da se u kavez i zabavite se , uz strogu osudu sa sobom NOT izgubiti i da se zabavljaju publiku čini mi više samopouzdanja nego ikada da biste dobili posao ispunjavanja. I respect Jamie very much. On je tvrd i predstavlja izazov, a ja sam imao svoje znamenitosti na njega za dugo vremena, studying him and knowing we would cross paths eventually. Lucky for me, Ja sam vraški hrvač. I see what’s coming. Fans, this fight is unlike anything else you will ever see. Make sure you’re in attendance to witness what I’m about to do. I have no problem proving the critics wrong. Just be there and don’t blink. This is a big stage fight, Ja ću to dokazati.”
“Iznimno sam uzbuđen da se vratim u NEF kavez za ovu veliku priliku,” primijetio Harrison. “Bruce is on a hot streak and so am I. The title belt around my waist has been a long time coming and it will be bittersweet to do it in front of all my family, Prijatelji, and fans. This fight will have a lot of fireworks and you will not want to look away for a second.”
“To su dvije alfa mužjaci u NEF igrači,” rekao NEF suvlasnik i promotor Nick DiSalvo. “Kad su hodati u sobi, everyone knows it. But we all know that there can only be one alpha male in the pride. Na Travanj 11 u Lewiston, ćemo odrediti što je istina alfa mužjak kada ta dva lava sudaraju.”
Nef sljedeći MMA događaj, “NEF XVII,” trebao bi se održati uTravanj 11, 2015 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-7) će braniti NEF MMA Lagan naslov protiv broj jedan kandidat Jamie Harrison (5-1). Dodatno, Jarod “Last Minute” Lawton (4-1) zadovoljava Dennis Olson (12-7) u natjecanju velter kategorija. Ulaznice za “NEF XVII” započeti u samo $25 te su na prodaju sada www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom Colisée box office u 207.783.2009 x 525. Za više informacija o događaju i boriti kartica ažuriranja, posjetite web promocije je u www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatno, možete gledati video na Nef www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, pratite ih na twitterunefights i pridružite službenu Facebook grupu "New England bori."