Lewiston, Maine (Frar 10, 2015) - Il-lejl kien Ġunju 16, 2012. Over 3,000 fannijiet kienu mimlija l-Androscoggin Bank Colisee għal New England tissielet’ (NEF) “NEF III” mħallta marzjali arti- (MMA) avveniment. In the main event of the evening was former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Champion tad-Dinja Tim “Il Maine-IAC” Sylvia (31-10). Sylvia was competing for the first time ever in his home state of Maine. Media outlets, kemm lokali u nazzjonali, descended on Lewiston that night for the big event. National cable station HDNet (issa “AXS TV”) bagħtet ekwipaġġ ta 'film sħiħ u produttur biex ikopri l-parti pro tal-karta ġlieda għall-programm ta' kull ġimgħa tagħhom Ġewwa MMA.
12-sekonda eliminatorja Sylvia ta 'Randy Smith (13-15-1), madankollu, was not the story that night. The real story coming out of the event was the emergence of not one, imma tnejn, new stars before a national audience. Bruce “Boy Pretty” Boyington (10-7), diġà jkollu l-ewwel li qatt eliminatorja fl-istorja Maine MMA, 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. Mumenti aktar tard, Jamie Harrison (5-1) lest avversarju tiegħu ma 'teknika eteroġena art-u-lira iddabbjati “Il Punch Awwista” billi Ġewwa MMA ko-ospitanti 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,” u Showdown bejn Boyington u Harrison, kien witta.
Fix-xhur u snin li ġejjin, Boyington would become the face of NEF MMA. Leaving a trail of broken opponents in his wake, Boyington se jmorru biex jaqbdu l-vakanti NEF MMA Lightweight Kampjonat f'Settembru 2014 billi jisfratta Jesse “Il Viking” Erickson (3-4). Weeks later, Boyington and Erickson would rematch with Boyington once again emerging victorious. Harrison had, nnifsu, maqtugħa permezz Tollison Lewis (0-3) ma imprudenti tabbanduna mumenti biss qabel, leading many to speculate that the time for the Boyington-Harrison showdown had finally arrived. In the hours that followed, iż-żewġ naħat kienu qablu li l-ġlieda u l-istadju kien stabbilit għal April 11, 2015 fil Lewiston fi “XVII NEF.” Both athletes squared off in the cage last Saturday at “NEF XVI” uffiċjalment tħabbar l-bout li se jkun ta 'ħames tond għal Ħfief Kampjonat Boyington ta.
“Jien tħossok fuq wiċċ tad-dinja,” qal Boyington meta laħaq għal kummenti. “Il-waqfa serviet l-għan tagħha u għalkemm inħoss I għandhom saħħiet bħal logħba MMA ukoll l-eqreb, tissielet aktar professjonali, aktar esperjenza ma 'avversarji ogħla livell u l-kumdità f'dan arena – Naf li dan kollu irrilevanti minħabba li l-għoli li jien fuq id-dritt issa dritt issa u l-ħeġġa biex jiksbu fil-gaġġa u tieħdu gost , flimkien ma 'kundanna stretta mal myself NOT x'titlef u li tilqa 'l-folla jagħmel me aktar kunfidenti minn qatt qabel biex x-xogħol isir. I respect Jamie very much. Huwa iebsa u tippreżenta sfidi u I kellna sights tiegħi fuq lilu għal żmien twil, studying him and knowing we would cross paths eventually. Lucky for me, Jien enfer ta 'wrestler. 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, I ser jipprova dan.”
“I am estremament eċċitati biex jiksbu lura fil-gaġġa NEF għal din l-opportunità kbira,” irrimarka 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, ħbieb, and fans. This fight will have a lot of fireworks and you will not want to look away for a second.”
“Dawn huma ż-żewġ irġiel alpha tal-roster NEF,” said NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Meta jimxu fil-kamra, everyone knows it. But we all know that there can only be one alpha male in the pride. Fuq April 11 fil Lewiston, aħna ser jiddeterminaw liema huwa l-irġiel alpha minnu meta dawn iż-żewġ iljuni jikkonfliġġu.”
Avveniment NEF tal-MMA jmiss, “NEF XVII,” hija skedata li sseħħ fuqApril 11, 2015 fil-Androscoggin Bank Colisee fil Lewiston, Maine. Bruce “Boy Pretty” Boyington (10-7) se tiddefendi l Titolu Ħfief NEF MMA kontra numru wieħed konkorrent Jamie Harrison (5-1). B'żieda, Jarod “Last Minute” Lawton (4-1) jissodisfa Dennis Olson (12-7) f'kompetizzjoni welterweight. Biljetti għall “NEF XVII” tibda fi ftit $25 u huma fuq bejgħ issa fil www.TheColisee.com jew billi ċċempel L-uffiċċju kaxxa Colisee fi 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. B'żieda, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jsegwu minnhom fuqnefights Twitter u jingħaqdu mal-grupp uffiċjali Facebook "New England Tissielet."