Lewiston, Maine (March 18, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, hoki ki te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine i runga i April 11, 2015 me ona whitu whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga. I mua i teie mahana, the company announced the full fight card for the event. The card is scheduled to feature a full slate of both professional and amateur bouts. NEF executives report that fan reaction to the matchups already announced has been overwhelmingly positive.
“E kore e taea e mahara ahau ia tenei ahua o te whakautu ki te kāri whawhai i mua i,” said NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “There has been so much excitement over every fight we’ve announced. We sold out of all cage-side tickets four weeks prior to the event, and the general admission are very close to being gone. We’ve never seen that happen so early before. It really says something about the quality of the product we’re putting on here in Lewiston. There’s no doubt NEF is the hottest ticket in town.”
I roto i te hui matua o te ahiahi, Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington(10-7) tohe te Ingoa Kōmāmā nef MMA ki te maha-kotahi nguha Jamie Harrison (5-1). The bout was made in the hours following “Nef XV” Whiringa whakamutunga ka pai te awhina Boyington te taitara ki Hehe Erickson (3-4) a manhandled Harrison Tollison Lewis (0-4) on his way to a quick submission victory. The fight will be Boyington’s second defense of the title since winning it last September.
Ka ngā te hui tahi-matua o te ahiahi he a'ee Welterweight tino-wawata i waenganui i Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) whitiki pango Jarod “Minute Last” Lawton (4-1) a Bellator hōia Dennis “Ko te Tuhinga” Olson (12-7). In recent weeks, Kua whai wāhi Lawton me Olson i roto i te pakanga o te kupu i runga i pāpāho pāpori i kite kaitäkaro e rua’ peke kaitautoko mahi i roto i te whakawehi.
“Shatterproof 2.0” Derek Shorey (1-1), hou atu te waitohu i te kirimana maha-whawhai hou ki nef, ka tutaki John “Class Tuatahi” Ray (2-6) i roto i te “kēmu rapa.” The rivalry has seen each fighter win one bout against the other. Te April 11 whawhai, whakaritea ki te tango i te wahi i te catchweight o 150-pauna, Ka whakatau i te toa ení i roto i te wehewehe,.
Kaline “Ko te Dark anahera” Medeiros (3-4) a tūturu Calie “Ko te Honey Badger” Cutler (3-0) will make history when they contest the first professional women’s MMA fight on a regional card in Maine. It will not be the first time Medeiros has been a part of history. She competed in the first women’s fight in Rhode Island two years ago.
Ano i roto i te mahi i runga i te taha ngaio o te kāri, ka paingia regulars nef MMA Hehe “Ko te Viking” Erickson (3-4), “Ko te kitenga i Dog” Ryan Cowette (2-2), Iraia “Danger Kiore” Leland (2-0) a Mike “te ngutu” Hansen (2-1), i roto i ētahi atu.
Ka headlined te wahi amateur o te kāri e te “Hiamoe” Norman Fox (3-1) a “Te taone” Dave Brown (1-2) in a flyweight contest. Fox is undefeated on Maine soil and is currently the number-three ranked amateur flyweight in the Northeast. Brown wrestled for Plymouth State University where he was a four-time All-New England winner.
Ka ngā ano te kāri runaruna he a'ee Kōmāmā i waenganui iRicky Dexter (2-0) i Marcus Davis’ Team Airihi me te Steven Bang (3-3) i Central Maine Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) – TEAM New Ingarangi United (NEW). Dexter’s teammate Jeremy Tyler (4-3) tapawhā atu ki Alex Johnson (1-1) o nanakia MMA & Boxing in a featherweight bout. And Bruce Boyington’s wife, Randi Beth Knowles (0-0), ka tutaki Alex Walker (0-0) i roto i te whawhai strawweight tuatahi-rua.
Ko te kāri whawhai tonu mō te “Nef XVII” (kaupapa ki te huri i me te whakaaetanga o te aro Hākinakina Mana o Maine):
NGAIO
155*TITLE Bruce Boyington 10-7 (MMA o Young) vs Jamie Harrison 5-1 (Tuatahi Coast Full Whakapā)
170 Jarod Lawton 4-1 (Team NEW) vs Dennis Olson 12-7 (Boston BJJ / Team whakamanamana)
265 Brent Dillingham 1-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Mike Hansen 2-1 (BerzerkersMMA)
185 Ryan Cowette 2-2 (MMA Athletix) vs John Daniels 2-3 (Rock City MMA)
155 Hehe Erickson 3-4 (Team NEW - CMBJJ) vs. Mark DeFord 0-3 (F2 Arena)
150 John Ray 2-6 (Tuatahi Class MMA) vs Derek Shorey 1-1 (Aro Club Shatterproof)
135 Iraia Leland 2-0 (Ko te Academy) vs Jay Perrin 1-0 (Boston BJJ / Team whakamanamana)
115 Kaline Medeiros 3-4 (Gracie Fitness) vs Calie Cutler 3-0 (Jacked N Tan whawhai Team)
AMATEUR
125 Norman Fox 3-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Dave Brown 1-2 (Plymouth Whawhai Club)
265 Ryan Glover 1-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs Jason Field 0-0 (Independent)
265 Dave Smith 0-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs. Rana Marley 0-0 (Independent)
185 Ruben Redman 0-1 (Independent) vs Chris Rideout 0-0 (Independent)
185 Chris Smith 0-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs Nash Roy 2-1 (MMA o Young)
185 Heath Hanson 0-2 (3Ronin Athletics) vs Brandon Russell 0-1 (Team Nitemare)
155 Ricky Dexter 2-0 (Team Irish) vs Steve Bang Jr. 3-3 (Team NEW – CMBJJ)
155 Rick Matthews 1-1 (Team Irish) vs. Matthew Hanning 0-1 (Independent)
155 Jason Lachance 1-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Hehe Herrick 1-0 (Ko te Academy)
145 Clifford Redman 0-1 (Independent) vs Karepe Serra 0-1 (Team Kaže)
145 Jeremy Tyler 4-3 (Team Irish) vs Alex Johnson 1-1 (Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke)
135 Mike Crespo 2-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Sheldon Bang 1-2 (Team NEW – CMBJJ)
115 Randibeth Knowles 0-0 (TKD o Boyington / MMA o Young) vs Alex Walker 0-0 (Team Kaže)
Tikiti hoki “Nef XVII” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i207.783.2009 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."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
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.