Lewiston, Mejn (Februar 10, 2015) - Noć je bila juni 16, 2012. Over 3,000 Navijači su se prolomili su Androscoggin banke Colisee za New England Borbe’ (NEF) “NEF III” mješovitih borilačkih-arts- (MMA) događaj. In the main event of the evening was former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Šampion u teškoj kategoriji of the World Tim “U Maine-IAC” Sylvia (31-10). Sylvia was competing for the first time ever in his home state of Maine. Media outlets, lokalne i nacionalne, descended on Lewiston that night for the big event. National cable station HDNet (sada “AXS TV”) poslao punu ekipa filma i producent za pokrivanje pro dio borbe kartice za svoje tjedni program Inside MMA.
Sylvia je 12 sekundi 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 nokaut u Maine MMA istoriji, 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. Trenutaka kasnije, Jamie Harrison (5-1) završio njegov protivnik sa neuobičajene prizemlje-and-pound tehniku pod nazivom “The Lobster Punch” po Inside MMA Suorganizator 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 April 11, 2015, “NEF XVII,” a obračun između Boyington i Harrison, je popločan.
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 Lagane prvenstvo u rujnu 2014 pobijedivši Jesse “The Viking” Erickson (3-4). Weeks later, Boyington and Erickson would rematch with Boyington once again emerging victorious. Harrison had, sebe, smanjiti kroz Tollison Lewis (0-3) sa nesmotreno napustiti 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 dogovorili da se u borbi, a pozornica je postavljena za april 11, 2015 u Lewiston u “NEF XVII.” Both athletes squared off in the cage last Saturday at “NEF XVI” službeno objaviti borbu koja će biti pet svestrani za Boyington je Lagane Championship.
“Ja sam na vrhu svijeta,” rekao Boyington kada dostupan za komentar. “Pauza je služila svojoj svrsi i, iako osećam imam prednosti, kao što je dobro zaobljeni MMA igre, više profesionalnih borbi, više iskustva sa protivnicima najvišeg nivoa i udobnost u ovoj areni – Znam da je to sve nebitno jer je visok da sam na sada sada i želju da se u kavezu i zabavite se , uz strogu osudu sa sobom NOT izgubiti i da se zabavljaju publiku me čini više samopouzdanja nego ikada da se obavi posao. I respect Jamie very much. On je težak i predstavlja izazov i ja sam imao moj znamenitosti na njega već dugo vremena, studying him and knowing we would cross paths eventually. Lucky for me, Ja sam pakao rvač. 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.”
“Izuzetno sam uzbuđen da se vratim u NEF kavez za ovu ogromnu 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 dva alfa mužjaka od NEF roster,” rekao je NEF suvlasnik i promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Kada su hodaju u sobi, everyone knows it. But we all know that there can only be one alpha male in the pride. Na April 11 u Lewiston, ćemo utvrditi koji je pravi alfa mužjak kada su ovi dva lava sudare.”
NEF iduće MMA događaja, “NEF XVII,” Planirano je da se održatiApril 11, 2015 na Androscoggin banke Colisee u Lewiston, Mejn. Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-7) braniti NEF MMA Lagane Naslov protiv broj jedan kandidat Jamie Harrison (5-1). Dodatno, Jarod “Last Minute” Lawton (4-1) ispunjava Dennis Olson (12-7) u velter takmičenju. Ulaznice za “NEF XVII” počinju od samo $25 i su na prodaju sada www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom na Colisee blagajni 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatno, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, prati ih na Twitterunefights i pridružite službenim Facebook grupe "New England borbi."