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COMBATE AMERICAS ADDS KYRA BATARA VS. VANESA RICO ATOMWEIGHT GRUDGE MATCH TO “COMBATE CLÁSICO” ON JULY 27 IN MIAMI
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WOMEN’S FIGHT AT RUMBLE IN BANGOR WILL PROVIDE THE FIREWORKS
PRESSMEDDELANDE: Bangor, Maine (Juli 3, 2017) - New England Fights (NEF) returns to the Cross Insurance Center på lördag natt, Augusti 5, 2017 med kampen främjande nästa blandade martial-arts händelse, “NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor.” Tidigare idag, NEF announced the addition of a female amateur bantamweight bout to the fight card. Angela Unga (2-2) kommer att träffa Jessica “The Black Widow” Borga (5-3) vid ett slagsmål vikt av 135-pounds.
If there is anyone who knows about putting on exciting fights, it is Angela Young. The wife of Young’s MMA founder Chris Young, en mor, and a full-time nurse, she has brought the heat in all four of her previous contests for NEF, earning several “Fight of the Night” honors. Young had the crowd on the edge of its seat for her thrilling encounter with Christine Brothwell earlier this year – a fight she won via unanimous decision. She has never backed down, even when on the losing end of a slugfest like the one she had with Kylie O’Hearn on Cape Cod last year, and it has made her one of the most popular fighters with the NEF audience. Based on their styles, Young predicts yet another strike-fest full of fireworks when she meets Borga on August 5th.
“I’m beyond excited for the match up with Borga for NEF in Bangor,” sagd unge. “I respect her as a fighter and even more so for traveling to Maine once again take a fight. Neither one of us are afraid to stand and bang, making this a fight people aren’t going to want to miss.”
Jessica Borga of Florida will make the trip north to compete in Maine for the third time in less than a year. She made her NEF debut last September and quickly became a favorite of Pine Tree State fight fans. Last November, Borga put on a dominant performance in Lewiston, winning a unanimous decision over black belt Brianne Genschel. She has captured multiple regional titles in the southeast portion of the country. Borga looks forward to returning to fight in front of her Maine fans once again.
“I can’t wait to be back at NEF for 2017,” exclaimed Borga when reached for comment. “I’ve been waiting to come back and show what I’ve learned. I appreciate Angela Young stepping up to put on a show for everyone. I’ll be ready and can’t wait to show my improvements.”
"NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor” will be held at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine on Saturday, Augusti 5, 2017. Biljetter finns till försäljning nu på www.CrossInsuranceCenter.com.
För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights."
Om New England Fights
New England Fights ("NEF") är en kamp evenemang kampanjer företag. NEF: s mission är att skapa högsta kvalitet händelser för Maine fighters och fans. NEF: s ledningsgrupp har lång erfarenhet av kampsporter hantering, händelser produktion, medierelationer, marknadsföring, juridiska och reklam.
NEF TO ONCE AGAIN SPONSOR YOUNG ATHLETE AT USM WRESTLING CLINIC
PRESSMEDDELANDE: Gorham, Maine (Juni 30, 2017) - New England Fights (NEF) announced earlier today that the fight promotion would once again sponsor an athlete at this year’s Brawlin’ Lobsta Wrestling Clinic & Tournament. The camp is set to take place at the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine (USM) frånJuli 18 to July 22. As it has done in years past, NEF will select one winner for which the fight promotion will cover tuition to the program.
“This is one of the most important things we do in the community every year,” said NEF matchmaker and co-owner Matt Peterson of Rumford, Maine. “So many of our promotion’s competitors came from a wrestling background. Wrestling instills in young athletes a lifelong sense of discipline and hard work, and that is exactly what we want the winner of this contest to take away from the camp this summer.”
Camp instructors Mike Morin and Jon Deupree are both veterans of the MMA cage. Morin is the head wrestling coach at USM and a two-time All-American during his days competing for the Huskies. Deupree is an assistant coach with USM and was a two-time NCAA national qualifier.
“Myself and my staff would like to thank NEF for once again sponsoring a local wrestler to attend the Brawlin’ Lobsta Wrestling Camp,” exclaimed Morin. “This is not only directly helping raise the level of wrestling in the state of Maine, it has also helped us at USM jump levels. We look forward to working with all of the wrestlers this year at the camp and in the future.”
Interested contestants are asked to submit a photograph of themselves wrestling to either the NEF Facebook page or via email to newenglandfights@gmail.com along with a brief statement of 100 words or less detailing why they believe the clinic will help them achieve their goals.
New England Fights’ next mixed-martial arts event, "NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor,” will be held at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine den Lördag, Augusti 5, 2017. Biljetter finns till försäljning nu på www.CrossInsuranceCenter.com.
För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights."
FNU Combat Sports Visa: UFC och Bellator Recaps, PFL Preview, Boxing Schedule
Tom, Tony and Rich recap last week’s major events, including the controversial UFC Fight Night 112 finish and the near double KO at Bellator 180 from Madison Square Garden. We also discuss Conor McGregor calling out Khabib Nurmagomedov for his next opponent in the UFC Octagon. We of course also break down Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn.
M-1 Global återvänder till Finland för första gången i 9 år
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M-1 Challenge 82, Augusti 5, i Helsingfors
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 Hartwall Arena i Helsingfors, Finland Hem för M-1 Challenge 82
SANKT PETERSBURG, Ryssland (Juni 28, 2017) – M-1 Global, en av de största kampsportorganisationerna i världen, har meddelat att han återvänder till Finland för första gången på nio år, Augusti 5, som toppkämpar från Finland, Ryssland, Amerika och hela Europa kommer att tävla i M-1 Challenge 82.
M-1 Challenge 82 kommer att streamas live från Helsingfors, Finland i hög upplösning den www.M1Global.TV. Tittarna kommer att kunna titta på preliminära slagsmål och huvudkortet genom att logga in för att registrera dig på www.M1Global.TV. Fans kan titta på alla åtgärder på sina datorer, samt på Android och Apple smarta telefoner och surfplattor.
Hartwall Arena, Finlands största ishockeyarena, värd M-1 Challenge 82. Den berömda platsen sitter mellan 12,000 och 15,000 åskådare, i väntan på evenemanget, och det har varit värd för 1997, 2003 och 2012 VM i ishockey.
 Tidigare M-1 Challenge-evenemang har visat ledande finländska krigare under åren som Marcus “Grottman” Vanttinen (bilden till vänster), Juha-Pekka Vainikainen, Niko Puhakka, Janne Tulirinta, Toni Valtonen och Lucio “Spartansk” Linares. Några av dessa kämpar kommer att tävlaAugusti 5 vid M-1 Challenge 82.M-1 Globals nyaste signerade fighter, Vanttinen (24-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), är veteranmedlem i Team Finland. Den 29-årige Vanttinen möter ryska lätta tungviktsutsikter Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) vid M-1 Challenge 82 main event.
 Mikael “Holk” Silander (16-5-0, M-1:0-0-0), 31, har ett passande smeknamn. Kraftfullt byggd och har explosiv fysisk kraft, han sätter press på sina rivaler från stridens första sekund, utnyttja sina färdigheter till att dra full nytta. Efter att ha vunnit 15 av hans 20 slagsmål, Silander matchas mot M-1 Challenge titelutmanare Branchuk boulevarder (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukrainas,Finsk fan-favorit Sena “Jamba” Elonen-Kulmala (15-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0) gör sin M-1 globala debut mot brasiliansk bantamvikt Heliton dos Santos (15-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0). Elonen-Kulmala kommer att slåss framför sina hemstadsfans i Helsingfors.
 Valtonen (27-15-0, M-1: 6-2-0) återvänder till M-1-åtgärd mot ukrainsk tungvikt Boris “Bora” Polezhay(16-6-0, M-1: 1-1-0. Valtonen har varit en MMA-fighter för 14 Under många år har han varit en av stjärnorna i finsk MMA-marknadsföring, Fight Festival, som var framgångsrik på 2009 M-1 World Championship Challenge. Valtonen kämpade i KSW och Shooto-tävlingar. En annan infödd i Helsingfors på M-1 Challenge 82, Valtonen uppskattar att ha enormt stöd på Hartwell Arena.Det är “Buddah” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0), 28, bor och tåg i Göteborg, representerar det finska laget, East Front. 28-åringen tävlade först i MMA-tävlingen för bara fem år sedan, men sedan dess har han haft totalt åtta amatör- och professionella slagsmål. Även om det är relativt oerfaren, hans starka prestationer har resulterat i att han är Sveriges nr. 3 rankad bantamvikt.
 Binh är alltid i bra fysisk form och han har mycket bra uthållighet. Alla åtta av hans slagsmål gick distansen men ingen var tråkig. I en tävling mot en annan svensk prospekt, Bilal Musa |, Bing bröt benet i början av andra omgången, ändå kämpade genom de betalda för att vinna seger genom ett treomgångsbeslut. I sin mycket intressanta M-1-debut mot Emin Guseyov, som har en utmärkt slagteknik. Binh använde sina färdigheter med brottning och brottning, som han undervisades av tränare Babak Nejad, som också tränar UFC-stjärna Anthony Johnson, för att vinna ett treomgångsbeslut.Förhandlingar med flera andra ledande krigare i Finland avslutas också och deras strider mot utländska krigare kommer snart att meddelas. Kämpar från USA, Brasilien, Frankrike, Portugal, Sverige, Ryssland, Ukraina och Polen förväntas också tävla på M-1 Challenge 82 händelse.
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LFA HEADS TO NORTH CAROLINA WITH INAUGURAL LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
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HOUSTON, Texas – Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will crown its inaugural lightweight champion in July when the promotion makes its first visit to North Carolina.
The main event of LFA 17 will feature the inaugural LFA lightweight world title fight between the final RFA lightweight champion Thiago Moisés and regional kingpin Robert Watley . LFA 17 – Moisés vs. Watley takes place Fredag, July 21st at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hela huvudkortet kommer i direktsändning och rikstäckande på AXS TV på 9 p.m. OCH / 6 p.m. PT.
“LFA will crown its first lightweight champion at LFA 17 in North Carolina,” Angiven Soares. “Thiago Moisés is one of the most dominant champions in RFA history and Robert Watley has won multiple regional titles on the east coast. I am excited to see these two proud champions face off for the inaugural LFA lightweight title on July 21st.”
Biljetter till LFA 17 – Moisés vs. Watley are available for purchase NOW. You can support your favorite fighter by purchasing your tickets through CrownTickets.com and selecting their name at checkout.
Moisés (9-1) is one of the most dominant champions in RFA history. This is a promotion that has sent champions such as Sergio Pettis, Pedro Munhoz, and Brian Ortega to the UFC. The 22-year-old Brazilian dominated in all four of his RFA fights, but his title winning performance at RFA 35 is perhaps the most memorable. Moisés utilized an ultra-rare Helicopter Armbar to submit David Castillo to capture the vacant title. Highlights of the submission went viral and he was subsequently nominated for “Submission of the Year” at the annual World MMA Awards in Las Vegas. Moisés then defended his title twice and was featured on Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight during his first title defense. He is now looking to add the inaugural LFA lightweight title to his ever-growing list of accomplishments.
Watley (7-1) is widely considered the top lightweight prospect on the east coast. The Maryland native is currently riding a seven-fight win streak that has wreaked havoc along the eastern seaboard to the point that movie buffs are now looking to amend the famous quote from Wedding Crashers: “Crabcakes, Football, and MMA. That’s what Maryland does!” Watley is looking to win a third MMA title in four consecutive title fights. Emellertid, this will be the most prestigious title that he has vied for and he sees the LFA title as his proof that he his the undisputed top lightweight prospect in the sport. The surging Baltimore battering ram put the “harm” in Charm City and now looks to do the same further south as he heads to North Carolina to fight for the inaugural LFA lightweight tile.
Co-main event av LFA 17 will feature a heated border war and long-awaited rematch between top bantamweight prospects from North Carolina and Virginia, when Dylan Cala (5-1) looks to avenge the lone loss on his record against longtime rival Tony Gravely (9-4). Cala is a highly-touted prospect from “The Tar Heel State”. He is looking to defend his home turf and even the score against the only man to defeat him. That man would be Gravely, who is an NCAA Division I wrestler who grew up just north of the border in Virginia.
In the women’s bantamweight division, Alexa Conners (4-1) returns to the LFA Octagon after an exciting and triumphant performance at LFA 8. That bout served as the first televised MMA fight to take place in her home state of South Carolina. The 26-year-old now heads north of the border where she will welcome one of Brazil’s top female prospects to the Carolinas.
Talita de Oliveira (5-1) has competed five times in her native Brazil and once in Europe. Her most recent bout was a first round win in Poland, which took place one day after Conners’ most recent bout at LFA 8. The 30-year-old Brazilian submission expert is now set to make her North American debut against one of the division’s top American prospects as she faces Conners at LFA 17.
LFA 17 will also feature the promotional debut of Nathan “Mayhem” Maness (8-0), who is one of the top bantamweight prospects in the country. The 25-year-old regional champion is widely considered one of the south’s most promising talents. After the first two opponents he signed on to face withdrew due to various reasons, the third scheduled opponent is expected to be named soon.
Currently Announced Main Card (TV på AXS TV på 9 p.m. OCH / 6 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Lightweight Title Bout (155 Ib)
– Thiago Moisés (9-1) vs. Robert Watley (7-1)
Co-Main Event | Bantamvikt Bout (135 Ib)
– Dylan Cala (5-1) vs. Tony Gravely (9-4)
Women’s Bantamweight Bout (135 Ib)
– Alexa Conners (4-1) vs. Talita de Oliveira (5-1)
Bantamvikt Bout (135 Ib)
– Nathan Maness (8-0) vs. TBD
I september 2016, RFA and Legacy FC officials announced that they would be merging to form the premier developmental organization in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) med början i januari 2017. RFA and Legacy FC have launched the careers of over 100 idrottare som har nått höjdpunkten av MMA genom att tävla i UFC.
LFA 17 will serve as the second LFA event to take place on the east coast. It will also be the first time that the LFA has traveled to “The Tar Heel State” of North Carolina before or after the merger. Mer information om LFA 17 kommer att meddelas inom kort. Hela huvudkortet av LFA 17 kommer att sändas i TV live landet på AXS TV på 9 p.m. OCH / 6 p.m. PT.
Besök LFAfighting.com för bout uppdateringar och information. LFA är på Facebook på Legacy Fighting Alliance. LFA är också på Instagram på @LFAfighting och Twitter på @LFAfighting.
About LFA:
LFA is a professional Mixed Martial Arts promotion that gives rising stars and top contenders the opportunity to prove their talent to fans and leaders in the industry. LFA was formed by the powerhouse merger between RFA and Legacy FC. LFA presents live Mixed Martial Arts events on a monthly basis around the United States including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, and Houston. LFA can be seen live in over 48 miljon nationellt genom sin tv affär med AXS TV. Based in Houston, TX, LFA is one of the most active and respected MMA organizations in the fastest growing sport in the world. (The Octagon, Ultimate Fighting Championship®, UFC®, och den åttasidiga konkurrens matta och buren designen är registrerade varumärken som ägs exklusivt av Zuffa, LLC. Alla rättigheter reserverade).
About AXS TV FIGHTS:
AXS TV Fights presentera LIVE mixed martial arts och kickboxning händelser än någon annan tv-nät med 45 scheduled LIVE world-class fight cards in 2017 Fredag nights at 9pE/6pP. AXS TV Slagsmål kan hittas nätet, på Facebook och på Twitter. AXS TV är utbrett i den US. via AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast / Xfinity, DIRECTV, FAT, Sling TV, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, och andra kabel, satellit, telco and streaming providers. Nätverket utförs också i Kanada, Mexiko och Karibien.
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‘SMOOTH’ BENSON HENDERSON RETURNS TO FACE PATRICKY ‘PITBULL’ AT BELLATOR 183 PÅ LÖRDAG, SEPTEMBER 23 IN SAN JOSE
MER, THE DEBUT OF ROY ‘BIG COUNTRY’ NELSON VS. JAVY AYALA IN HEAVYWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT
ÄVEN, BELLATOR KICKBOXING 7 HEADLINED BY WELTERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT BETWEEN CHAMP KARIM GHAJJI AND
RAYMOND DANIELS
LOS ANGELES – Bellator returns home to SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. på lördag, September 23 för Bellator 183 och Bellator Kickboxning 7, which features the return of former world champ “Smooth” Benson Henderson (24-7) taking on the always-dangerous Patricky “Pitbull” (17-8), while current Bellator welterweight kickboxing champ Karim Ghajji (97-13-1) defends his title against the flashy Raymond Daniels (11-3).
Dessutom, Bellator 183: Henderson vs. Pitbull will also feature the promotional debut of Roy "Big Country" Nelson (23-14) who meets California’s own Javy “Eye Candy” Ayala (10-5) in an explosive heavyweight showdown. Additional contests will be announced in the coming weeks.
Bellator 183: Henderson vs. Pitbull will be broadcast live and free on SPIKE at 9 p.m. OCH/8 p.m. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and the Bellator Mobile App. Tickets for the event go on sale Thursday, Juni 29 vid 10:00 a.m. PST and are available at Ticketmaster.com.
Following what many considered to be 2016’s “Fight of the Year” against Michael Chandler, Henderson took time off to deal with nagging injuries. Nu, the 33-year-old is back to 100-percent and ready to take on the other “Pitbull” brother, following a victory against Bellator’s current featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull”at Bellator 160 I augusti förra året. With wins against Nate Diaz, Donald Cerrone, Frankie Edgar, Gilbert Melendez and Jorge Masvidal already in his nearly 11 years as a professional, “Smooth” is healthy again and looking for another championship run in his already-impressive career.
Patricky “Pitbull” comes into this bout seeking revenge against Henderson following his TKO win over younger brother, Patrick. The Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil product steps inside the Bellator cage for the18th time in his professional career and will be looking to build on an impressive start to his 2017 kampanj. Having won seven of his last 10 ändarna, including a second-round finish of Josh Thomson at Bellator 172 i Februari, the 31-year-old has seen 11 av hans 12 career finishes come by way of knockout.
The inaugural Bellator welterweight kickboxing champion, Ghajji, traded victories with Zoltan Laszak on his road to meeting Daniels on September 23. 36-åringen, known to many by the nickname “Gadjetboy,” will be making his fifth appearance under the Bellator Kickboxing umbrella, and will look to successfully defend his title for the first time since reclaiming the belt in April at Bellator Kickboxning 6 i Ungern.
Hailing from Los Angeles, Daniels will bring his aggressive, one-of-a-kind karate style to Northern California for the first time since debuting with Bellator last year. Undefeated with the promotion — earning three stoppages in four outings — “The Real Deal” will look to punish the body of Ghajji when Daniels competes to claim his first world kickboxing title.
Slåss av Las Vegas, Nelson makes his Bellator debut following an eight-year, 19-fight run with UFC that saw him earn wins over Mirko Cro Cop, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, “Bigfoot” Silva and Cheick Kongo. Med 19 av hans 22 karriär vinner kommer genom knockout eller underkastelse, “Big Country” is ready to make his return to Spike, where he memorably defeated the late Kimbo Slice and later went on to win season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter.
Ayala will enter the Bellator cage against Nelson looking for another shocking upset following his last outing against Sergei Kharitonov at Bellator 163, where Ayala stole the show against Kharitonov by stopping the Russian heavyweight with a powerful punch a mere 16-seconds into the first round. Nu, given the opportunity to formally welcome Nelson to the Bellator fray, “Eye Candy” is looking to stun the crowd once again and firmly establish himself as a threat to the entire heavyweight division. With all five of Ayala’s wins in Bellator coming by way of stoppage, the matchup with Nelson is sure to produce fireworks.
Uppdaterad Bellator 183: Henderson vs. Pitbull Kampkort
Lightweight Main Event: Benson Henderson (24-7) vs. Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (17-8)
Heavyweight Co-Main Event: Roy Nelson (23-14) vs. Javy Ayala (10-5)
Uppdaterad Bellator Kickboxning 7: Ghajji vs. Daniels Kampkort
Welterweight Kickboxing World Title Main Event: Karim Ghajji (97-13-1) vs. Raymond Daniels (11-3)
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About Bellator:
Bellator is a leading mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization featuring many of the best fighters in the world. Under ledning av veteranen kamp promotor Scott Coker, Bellator är tillgänglig för nästan 1 billion people worldwide in over 160 länder. I USA, Bellator can be seen on SPIKE, the combat sports television leader. Bellator is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, live-event orkestrering, jaktplan utveckling / förbindelser, plats upphandling, skapande sponsring / utveckling, internationell licensiering, marknadsföring, reklam, publicitet och provisionsrelationer. Bellator is based in Hollywood, Calif. and owned by entertainment giant Viacom, hem till världens främsta underhållning varumärken som ansluter med publiken genom övertygande innehåll över tv, spelfilm, online och mobila plattformar.
Om Spike:
Spike is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. En enhet av Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), MTV Networks är en av världens ledande skapare av programmering och innehåll över alla medieplattformar. Spike’s Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike’s press site at http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter spiketvpr for the latest in breaking news updates, bakom-kulisserna information och bilder.
MAINE’S NEW KO KING BACK IN THE CAGE AT RUMBLE IN BANGOR
PRESSMEDDELANDE: Bangor, Maine (Juni 28, 2017) - New England Fights (NEF) returns to the Cross Insurance Center på lördag natt, Augusti 5, 2017 med kampen främjande nästa blandade martial-arts händelse, “NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor.” Tidigare idag, NEF announced the addition of an amateur middleweight contest to the fight card. Josh Jones (2-0) will take on the debuting Carlton Charles (0-0) vid ett slagsmål vikt av 185-pounds.
It has taken Jones a mere 24-seconds combined to polish off his first two opponents. His four-second victory over Anthony Spires (0-3) earlier this month set an all-time NEF record for fastest knockout. Video of the punch went viral almost immediately, giving Jones worldwide notoriety with exposure on major sports websites like Bleacher Report.
Prior to joining First Class MMA of Brunswick, Maine, Jones was known for his exploits on the basketball court. He led Erskine Academy to a class B Maine state championship in 2004. Senare, as a senior at Husson University in Bangor, Jones averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds per game and was named “player of the year” by the Maine Basketball Writers and Coaches Association. He was drafted by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Developmental League (NBDL).
For all his accomplishments on the hardwood and the MMA cage, Jones is not resting on his laurels. His focus now is on the future and his upcoming fight on Augusti 5 with Carlton Charles.
“Carlton Charles is another opponent that I have to respect and I know my teammates and coaches at First Class will have me prepared for everything,” said Jones. “I am trying to be well-rounded so that I can win anywhere in the cage. I look forward to another opportunity to showcase my talents.”
Where Jones excelled on the basketball court, his opponent Carlton Charles was a star on the football field. Charles played for Windham High School and was later an assistant coach of the team when they won a class A Maine state championship in 2009. He would go on to play for the University of Maine Black Bears Division I NCAA team. Charles had a career season in 2011, playing in all 13 games for the Black Bears that year with a series of receptions and special teams tackles to his credit.
The Charles family name will be familiar to longtime NEF fans as Carlton is the younger brother of MMA and boxing veteran Nate Charles. Carlton has been training with Nate for his MMA debut as a member of team Charles Family Fighting.
“I’m just really excited, thankful and extremely blessed for the opportunity to fight,” said Carlton Charles when reached for comment. “It’s always been something that I’ve wanted to do, but with football it was hard to be able to find the time to train. I’ve seen the videos of Josh’s first two fights and it is impressive what he has been able to do in the short amount of time that he has been training. I feel it should be a fun matchup with both of our athletic backgrounds and hopefully we can put on a great fight.”
"NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor” will be held at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine on Saturday, Augusti 5, 2017. Biljetter finns till försäljning nu påwww.CrossInsuranceCenter.com.
För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights."
Om New England Fights
Sensational heavyweight showdown announced for “M-1 Challenge 81: Battle in the Mountains 6” Sergei Kharitonov vs. Geronimo Dos Santos
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