Lewiston, Mejn (Decembar 8, 2015) - New England Borbe (NEF), Amerike broj jedan regionalni promociju borbe, će održati svoj sljedeći događaj, “NEF 21: The Immortals” na Subota, Februar 6, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. The fight card is scheduled to feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Ranije danas, NEF announced the main event of the MMA portion of the fight card. Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (12-8) će braniti NEF MMA Professional Lagani prvenstvo protiv izazov broj jedan kandidat Jon Lemke (5-3). Both Boyington and Lemke are veterans of the United States Marine Corps (USMC).
Boyington is riding high on a three-fight win streak. Earlier this fall, debitira na nacionalnoj pozornici, porazivši Rodrigo Almeida (13-3) na World Series of Fighting (WSOF) card in Connecticut. Boyington followed up that win with a decisive third-round TKO victory over Jimmy Davidson (7-2) prošlog mjeseca na “NEF XX” in a successful defense of his title. A product of Young’s MMA, i šef Boyington je Taekwondo Academy, se nalaze u Bangor, Mejn, Boyington je bio na nezaustavljiv suza od gubitka ne-naslov borba za Jamie Harrison (6-1) early in 2015. He has won six of his last seven in the MMA cage, i drži drugo pobjede u NEF bokserski ring tokom koje staze.
“Ne bih želeo da budem Jon Lemke ide u kavez sa mnom upravo sada, to je ono što ja mislim, ako sam iskren,” Said Boyington. “Ja stvarno ne razumijem zašto bi on sada želi borbu sa mnom, i ja vjerujem da će se pojaviti i dati sve od sebe napor, ali ne bih želim da se borim me sada. Ja sam opasan, i moje samopouzdanje je kroz krov i kada je ovako, će to uzeti svjetske klase sportaš me zaustaviti, i moj fokus cijeli ovaj kamp će biti na preostale ponizan i fokusiran. Kada 6. februar dolazi, Ja ću biti najopasniji Bruce Boyington koji je ikada zakoračio nogom u kavezu, i znam da ako želim da bude tamo sada, Ja ću to stvarno biti gladni do tada.”
The bout is one that Maine fight fans have waited a long time to see. Boyington and Lemke have stood atop the NEF lightweight division together for several years now, their careers paralleling one another. With Lemke competing out of Marcus Davis’ Tim irski u najbližoj Brewer, Mejn, cross-grad rivala mladih MMA, Boyington and Lemke seemed like natural rivals. But they often passed like ships in the night, and the stars never aligned for an encounter between the two. That was until “NEF XX” prošlog mjeseca kada, samo nekoliko trenutaka prije nego što Boyington odveo u kavez protiv Davidson, Lemke uništile Matt Denning (2-1) in that evening’s co-main event. It was an impressive performance that saw Lemke overwhelm a game Denning as the first round went on. With both Lemke and Boyington scheduled to appear on the February card, a ni nakon protivnika potpisan, vrijeme bilo zrelo za “Bitka za Bangor,” kao navijači su ga nazvali, da konačno preuzme mjesto.
“Ja sam tako nevjerojatno zahvalan i uzbuđen da se bore za NEF opet a posebno priliku da se bori za titulu,” rekao je Lemke. “Oni koji znaju moju priču znam šta je dug put to je bio za mene, which makes it all the more special. Bruce is the man and has done a phenomenal job promoting himself as champion, and in the process brought a lot of attention to the rest of the MMA community in the area. He has a couple of titles with different promotions and had fights on the national stage. He presents a unique and explosive set of challenges that I very much look forward to rising up and meeting that challenge head on. Ovo će biti veliki borba da navijači neće želite propustiti, tako da se ulaznice i doći na dole.”
“Ja ne znam da li je to bilo jednom navijači borbu zatražiti da vidi više od ovoga,” exclaimed NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Čini se da je barem nekoliko puta tjedno ulazimo poruka pitaju 'kada ćemo vidjeti bitku za Bangor između Lemke i Boyington?’ Dobro, to se dešava naFebruar 6 at ‘NEF 21,’ i svi unutar naše organizacije je samo uzbuđeni kao navijače da ga vidim!”
“Na poleđini priča ovog meča je neverovatan,” izjavio NEF suvlasnik i provodadžija Matt Peterson. “Ništa se ne proizvodi – it’s completely authentic and gut wrenching. This fight has been a long time coming, i ja imam osjećaj da je olovo-u na 6. februar će biti za razliku od svega što smo ikada svjedoci u odbrojavanje do showdown ove veličine u kojoj mnogo više nego samo hvalisanje prava na liniji.”
New England Borbe’ Slijedeća utrka, “NEF 21: The Immortals,” odvijaSubota, Februar 6, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. Ulaznice za “NEF 21” počinju od samo $25 i su na prodaju sada www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom na Colisée blagajni 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. Dodatno, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, prati ih na Twitterunefights i pridružite službenim Facebook grupe "New England borbi."