Lewiston, Maine (Lub yim hli ntuj 19, 2015) - Tshiab England Fights (NEF), America lub xov tooj-ib regional sib ntaus qib, yuav tuav nws puas tawm mixed martial--kawm (MMA) kev tshwm sim, “NEF XIX: Homecoming,” nyob rau hnub Saturday, Cuaj hlis 12, 2015 nyob rau Androscoggin txhab nyiaj Colisée nyob rau hauv Lewiston, Maine. That night, Team Irish lub Ricky Dexter (3-1) yog teem kom tau raws li CJ Ewer (3-2) in an NEF MMA Amateur Welterweight Title eliminator. Tsis ntev los no, Dexter yog cov qhua nyob rau hauv lub NEF Podcast hosted by NEF co-tswv thiab matchmaker Matt Peterson.
Ib tug qub tub rog ntawm lub tebchaws United States Navy, Dexter koom Marcus Davis lub Team Irish gym tom qab tsiv tsev mus rau Bangor, Maine at the conclusion of his military service. Nws thiaj li, Dexter coj tshaj lub zog kev pab cuam nyob rau hauv cov gym, tam sim no lub npe hu ua “207 Ncaws pob.” Dexter touched on his progression from joining the gym to becoming a trainer.
“Kuv xav kom ua hauj lwm tawm thiab kom zoo zoo lawm,” said Dexter of his return home to Maine from military service. “I figured I’d go work out with the guys at Team Irish. I started doing their workout regimen. I dabbled a little bit with MMA training. Slowly I got more into it over time. It was a good workout. As time went on, I got better at it. I got more addicted with the more I learned, nrog Marcus paub, I got addicted to it. He hired me to run his fitness class. Tom qab ntawd, I figured I’d take a fight. I was in pretty good shape.”
Nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no, Dexter koom nyob rau hauv ib tug grueling slugfest nrog Cory mus sib hais (1-1) ntawm “NEF XVI.” It was just Dexter’s second fight in the MMA cage. The bout ended in a knockout victory for Dexter. The highlight-reel knockout will, tsis muaj kev ua xyem xyav, yuav nyob rau hauv lub khiav rau ib tug xaiv tsa rau “KO ntawm lub xyoo” nyob rau ntawm lub “NEF 2015 Xyoo-End txeeb.”
“Tus thawj round kuv zoo nkauj npaum li cas nco ntsoov,” recalled Dexter. “The second round I kind of went into a trance. I don’t really remember much of it, just from watching the video. When you get to that point your training takes over. You kind of black out and, ua ntej koj paub tias nws, koj nyob nraum tau koj txhais tes tsa.”
Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, Dexter tiav lawm nws thawj peb pib xyaum ua bouts rau nws txoj kev mus tau ib tug tua rau lub NEF MMA Amateur Hnav Championship ntawm “NEF XVIII” no yav dhau los rau hli ntuj tiv thaiv Josh Harvey (4-1). Dexter would lose the bout by first-round submission. Ntawm “NEF XIX” rau Cuaj hlis 12, Dexter yuav muaj ib lub caij nyoog ua pauj uas tsis thaum nws muaj raws li Havey lub Young MMA teammate CJ Ewer nyob rau hauv ib tug bout uas yuav ua tau ib tug lub npe eliminator rau lub NEF MMA Amateur Welterweight Championship.
“Nws yog ib tug tiag tiag zoo wrestler, ib tug loj txiv leej tub,” Dexter said of Ewer. “He looks like he’s pretty skilled. He comes from a respected school in Young’s. We all know what he’s gonna do, thiab peb txhua tus paub tias dab tsi kuv yuav tsum ua.”
Koj muaj peev xwm mloog mus rau tag nrho NEF Podcast kev sib tham ntawmwww.NewEnglandFights.com/Podcasts/
Yog xav paub ntxiv nyob rau hauv lub Team Irish Qoj Academy, thov mus xyuas lawv lub website www.TeamIrishMMA.com. You can also follow “207 Ncaws pob” nyob rau hauv Facebook los kawm ntxiv txog Ricky Dexter tus kawm.
Tshiab England Fights’ tom ntej no cov kev tshwm sim, “NEF XIX: Homecoming,” yuav siv sij hawm qhov chaw nyob rauSaturday, Cuaj hlis 12, 2015 nyob rau Androscoggin txhab nyiaj Colisée nyob rau hauv Lewiston, Maine. Daim pib rau “NEF XIX: Homecoming” pib ntawm cia li $25 thiab yog muag tam sim no nyob www.TheColisee.com los yog los ntawm hu rau Colisée chaw ua hauj lwm ntawm 207.783.2009 x 525. Yog xav paub ntxiv nyob rau hauv cov kev tshwm sim thiab kev sib ntaus card tshiab, thov mus saib cov qib lub website ntawm www.NewEnglandFights.com. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, koj yuav saib NEF yeeb yaj duab ntawm www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, ua raws li lawv nyob rau Twitternefights thiab koom nrog cov nom Facebook pab pawg neeg "New England Fights."
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