Lewiston, Maine (August 19, 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. That night, Team Irish o Ricky Dexter (3-1) Kei te whakaritea ki te whakatau CJ tiaka (3-2) in an NEF MMA Amateur Welterweight Title eliminator. Aita i maoro a'e, Dexter ko te āheinga i runga i te NEF Podcast whakahaeretia e te NEF tahi-rangatira, me te matchmaker Matt Peterson.
He hōia o te United States Navy, Piri Dexter Marcus Davis o Team Irish omaoma i muri i neke te kāinga ki Bangor, Maine at the conclusion of his military service. Nāwai, Ka mau Dexter i runga i te hōtaka whakapakari tinana i te whare hākinakina, mohiotia nei ko “207 Kaitäkaro.” Dexter touched on his progression from joining the gym to becoming a trainer.
“Ua hinaaro e ahau ki te pupuri i te mahi i roto i, me te pupuri i roto i te āhua pai,” 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, ki te matauranga o Marcus, I got addicted to it. He hired me to run his fitness class. I muri i taua, I figured I’d take a fight. I was in pretty good shape.”
I mua i tēnei tau, Whai wāhi Dexter i roto i te slugfest huhú ki Cory Whakamātau (1-1) i “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, e kore feaa, kia i roto i te rere hoki te whakaingoatanga mo “KO o te Tau” i te “Nef 2015 Awards Tau-Whakamutunga.”
“Ko te rauna tuatahi tino nui ahau mahara,” 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, i mua i mohio koe i te reira, e whiwhi koe i whakaarahia tou ringa.”
I roto i te katoa, Oti Dexter ana pāngia tuatahi e toru amateur i runga i tona ara ki te whiwhi i te pere i te NEF MMA Amateur Kōmāmā Championship i “NEF XVIII” tenei Pipiri mua mo Josh Harvey (4-1). Dexter would lose the bout by first-round submission. I “NEF XIX” i runga i Mahuru 12, Ka whai Dexter ha faingamālie ki te ngaki i taua mate, ina tutaki ki MMA hoa tākaro CJ Ewer o Havey o Young i roto i te a'ee e ka waiho hei eliminator taitara mo te NEF MMA Amateur Welterweight Championship.
“Ko ia te tangata whātōtō tino pai, he taata nui,” 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, a e mohio ana tatou katoa he aha i ahau ki te mahi i.”
Ka taea e koe te whakarongo ki katoa te uiui NEF Podcast iwww.NewEnglandFights.com/Podcasts/
Mō ētahi atu mōhiohio i runga i te Team Irish Fitness Academy, to ratou paetukutuku haere ki www.TeamIrishMMA.com. You can also follow “207 Kaitäkaro” i runga i Facebook, ki te ako atu e pā ana ki te hōtaka whakangungu Ricky Dexter o.
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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New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.