Lewiston, Maine (Hakihea 8, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “Nef 21: TE Immortals” i runga i Rāhoroi, February 6, 2016 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The fight card is scheduled to feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. I mua i teie mahana, NEF announced the main event of the MMA portion of the fight card. Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (12-8) ka tiakina e te NEF MMA Ngaio Kōmāmā Championship ki te wero o te maha-kotahi nguha 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, i hanga e ia tona tuatahi i runga i te atamira o te motu, hinga Rodrigo Almeida (13-3) i runga i te Series Ao o te Fighting (WSOF) card in Connecticut. Boyington followed up that win with a decisive third-round TKO victory over Jimmy Davidson (7-2) whakamutunga te marama i “NEF XX” in a successful defense of his title. A product of Young’s MMA, me te matenga o te Boyington Taekwondo Academy, kei e rua i roto i te Bangor, Maine, Kua Boyington kua runga i te roimata ahea mai i ngaro i te whawhai taitara-kore ki Jamie Harrison (6-1) early in 2015. He has won six of his last seven in the MMA cage, a ka mau tetahi wikitoria i roto i te whakakai mekemeke NEF te akoranga o taua oma i roto i.
“E kore ahau e pai kia waiho Jon Lemke haere ki taua whare herehere ki ahau tika e pā ana ki i teie nei, e te aha te feruri nei au e ahau, ki te au e ahau faitotonu,” Said Boyington. “E kore e matau tino ahau te aha e hiahia ana ia i te whawhai ki ahau tika i teie nei, a e whakapono ana ahau e whakaatu ake ia, ka hoatu tona kaha pai, otiia kihai ahau i pai kia hiahia ki ahau te whawhai tika i teie nei. Au mōrearea ahau, me taku e whakawhirinaki he i roto i te tuanui me te ka te reira rite tenei, Kei te haere te reira ki te tango i te maona-ao o te piha ki te mutu i ahau, me toku arotahi ka waiho tenei puni katoa i runga i toe haehaa e arotahi. A, no te February 6 mai, Ka waiho e ahau i te tino mōrearea Bruce Boyington e kua tonu marere waewae i roto i te whare herehere, a ka mohio ahau ki te hiahia ahau ki te kia i roto i reira tika i teie nei, Kei te haere tino e ahau ki te kia hiakai i reira.”
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’ Team Irish i roto i te Brewer tata, Maine, te ripeka-pa tāwhai o MMA o Young, 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” whakamutunga marama, no te, tika taime i te aroaro o Boyington ka mau ki te whare herehere ki Davidson, Iku'i Lemke 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 kahore ano hoki i hainatia i te hoariri, ko maroke ke hoki te te wa “Battle hoki Bangor,” rite kua Nō reira pā, ki te pae hopea te tango i te wahi.
“Pera mīharo mauruuru, me te oaoa ki te kia whawhai kotahi ano, me te rawa ha faingamālie mo NEF ki te whawhai mo te taitara ahau,” Na ka mea a Lemke. “Te hunga e mohio ana ki toku kōrero mohio te mea kua he huarahi roa tenei hoki ahau, 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. Kei te haere tenei ki te waiho i te whawhai nui e kore e haere e pā ana ki te hiahia ki te mahue, kia whiwhi koutou tīkiti, ka haere mai i runga i raro.”
“E kore ahau e mohio ki te reira te tetahi pā whawhai kotahi ui ia tatou ki te kite ake i tenei tetahi,” exclaimed NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Te mea te reira rite i te iti rawa i te wa torutoru i te wiki e whiwhi tatou karere tono 'ina e haere tatou i ki te kite i te Pakanga mo Bangor i waenganui Lemke me Boyington?’ Well, te tupu nei te reira i runga iFebruary 6 at ‘NEF 21,’ me nga tangata katoa i roto i to tatou whakahaere he rite tonu oaoa rite ki te pā e kite i reira!”
“Ko maere te kōrero hoki ki tenei a'ee,” tahi-rangatira kī NEF me matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Kahore hangaia te – it’s completely authentic and gut wrenching. This fight has been a long time coming, a ka kua te ahau ongo'i e te mata-i roto i ki te February 6 e pērā tetahi kua tonu tatou ite i roto i te pōhi i ki te pupūtanga o tenei te nui i reira kia rahi noa ake i ngā tika tika whakapehapeha kei runga i te rārangi.”
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “Nef 21: TE Immortals,” e wahiRāhoroi, February 6, 2016 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF 21” 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."