Lewiston, Maine (August 17, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma iwa whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Featured on the professional portion of the card will be a light-heavyweight matchup between Crowsneck Boutin (1-0) a Mike “Te ngutu” Hansen (2-2). Both men are competing under NEF developmental deals.
Aita i maoro a'e, Boutin was NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson’s guest on the NEF Podcast. Boutin discussed, i roto i te tahi atu kaupapa, e tupu ake i roto i te Lubec, Maine, te a'ee ka ū mai ki a Hansen, and his recent signing to a multi-fight NEF development deal. Boutin and Peterson touched on their first meeting some three-and-a-half years ago, i mua i tata hanga Boutin tona tuatahi amateur i “NEF III.”
“I iri e ahau i roto i ki te kaungā torutoru te hunga ka tīkiti ki koutou (Nef) hui tuatahi, na ka haere ahau ki taua, a ko reira te mea nui,” recalled Boutin. “I remember talking with people and then contacting you. I really wasn’t doing anything at that time. I was feeling kind of lost. I was kind of clinging to the feeling of want. I just wanted to do something. Ētahi atu, I liked to fight and scrap. I always watched the sport. I guess it just all came together at that time.”
Ki te kahore he whakangungu ōkawa, Boutin would lose his first bout. I muri noa mai, Peterson hoatu Boutin i roto i te whakapā ki te kaiako Jon Pinette o te Choi Institute i Portland, Maine. It is there that Boutin found his footing in the martial arts while, i te wa ano, rikarika ki auhoaraa me te whanaungatanga kaha ki te tākaro.
“Te reira i te huru whakamataku tino,” said Boutin of the Choi Institute. “E kore kua ahau i noho i roto i te wahi kotahi tino roa toku ora katoa, except for this place. I don’t see myself leaving. It’s a great atmosphere over here. I called Jon. I remember being really nervous to call Jon, I whakaaroa e ahau tenei mua, engari i tino fakaafe'i ia… Kua tangata katoa i konei kua fakaafe'i tino, really supporting. There’s a really good mix of people here. We have young to old. We have everything in between. It’s a very accepting place to be. It’s a great place to train. Everyone gets along inside and outside the gym.”
Hanga Boutin te whakatau ki te tahuri ngaio mua i tēnei tau i muri i ka whakataetae i roto i te katoa o 13 runaruna whawhai. He would defeat MMA Athletix head coach Ryan Cowette (2-3) in his debut. In doing so, Riro Boutin te mehua o te utu e rite ana kua reira ākonga ia o Cowette Brent Dillingham (1-1) i tukua Boutin tona mate tuatahi i roto i te runaruna tuatahi o Boutin i “NEF III.” Boutin says that there really was no animosity between himself and Cowette, ko te utu pou-whawhai i waenganui i Boutin me Dillingham i “Nef III” i roto i te 2012 is still in the back of his mind. He admits that he would love a rematch with Dillingham in the near future.
“Pera i te matara Brent Dillingham haere, te ia tētahi e hiahia ana tino ahau ki te whawhai hohoro i 205 ki te taea e ia te whiwhi i roto i te āhua, me te whakatau i ahau i reira,” Boutin declared. “Hiahia aroha ahau ki te whai hohoro i taua whawhai wā.”
Ka tapahia tana mahi i roto i hoki a ia ki a Hansen i runga i te whai Boutin Mahuru 12 i roto i te Lewiston. Hansen is an accomplished wrestler, ka riro he taitara kāwanatanga mō te kura Mountain Valley High i roto i te Rumford, Maine in 2004. Boutin, Heoi, he māia i roto i ona mau aravihi ake e rua e tu ana, me te ki runga ki te whāriki.
“Ite e ahau rite mo nga wahi katoa e haere i te whawhai,” ka mea a Boutin. “Ki te noho ki runga ki te waewae, hopea i runga i toru rauna, I’m gonna try to knock him out. It’s always fun to knock people out. If it goes to the ground, Ka taea e ahau ki reira.”
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Mō ētahi atu mōhiohio i runga i te Choi Institute, to ratou paetukutuku haere kiwww.choishindo.com.
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa,” e wahi i runga iRāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 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. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."
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