Lewiston, Maine (Diċembru 8, 2015) - Tissielet New England (NEF), Amerika Numru ta 'wieħed promozzjoni ġlieda reġjonali, se torganizza avveniment li jmiss tagħha, “NEF 21: IL Immortals” fuq IS-SIBT, Frar 6, 2016 fil-Androscoggin Bank Colisée fil Lewiston, Maine. The fight card is scheduled to feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Earlier today, NEF announced the main event of the MMA portion of the fight card. Bruce “Boy Pretty” Boyington (12-8) se tiddefendi l-NEF MMA Professjonali Ħfief Kampjonat kontra l-isfida ta 'numru wieħed konkorrent 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, huwa għamel id-debutt tiegħu fuq il-palk nazzjonali, jisfratta Rodrigo Almeida (13-3) fuq 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) aħħar xahar fil “NEF XX” in a successful defense of his title. A product of Young’s MMA, u l-kap ta 'Taekwondo Akkademja Boyington ta, tnejn jinsabu fil Bangor, Maine, Boyington kienet fuq tear bla waqfien peress jitilfu ġlieda non-titolu li Jamie Harrison (6-1) early in 2015. He has won six of his last seven in the MMA cage, u l-istivi ieħor rebħa fil-boxing ring NEF matul il-kors ta 'dik run.
“I ma tkunx tixtieq li tkun Jon Lemke nidħlu li gaġġa miegħi dritt dwar issa, dak hu li jien ħsieb, jekk jien qed onesti,” Said Boyington. “I ma verament jifhem għaliex kieku tixtieq ġlieda miegħi dritt issa, u jien nemmen hu se juru up u jagħtu l-aħjar sforz tiegħu, imma jien ma tkunx tixtieq li jiġġieldu me dritt issa. Jien perikolużi, u l-kunfidenza tiegħi huwa permezz tas-saqaf u meta huwa bħal dan, huwa se jieħu atleta ta 'klassi dinjija biex tieqaf me, u tiffoka tiegħi dan kamp kollu se tkun fuq baqa umli u ffukat. Meta Frar 6 taqa, I se jkun l Bruce Boyington aktar perikolużi li qatt intensifikati marda fil-gaġġa, u naf jekk I tixtieq li tkun fil hemm dritt issa, Jien verament se jkun bil-ġuħ sa dakinhar.”
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 Irlandiż fil birra fil-qrib, Maine, il rivali cross-belt ta 'MMA 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” aħħar xahar meta, biss mumenti qabel Boyington ħa għall-gaġġa kontra Davidson, Lemke telliefa 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, u la jkunu opponent iffirmat, iż-żmien kien wasal għall- “Battalja għall Bangor,” li s-sapporters kienu iddabbjati dan, li finalment jseħħ.
“I am so oerhört grat u eċċitati biex jiġu jiġġieldu għall NEF għal darb'oħra u speċjalment l-opportunità għall-ġlieda għat-titlu,” qal Lemke. “Dawk li jafu l-istorja tiegħi jafu liema triq twila dan kien għalija, 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. Dan se jkun ġlieda kbira li fannijiet mhux se tridx taqbeż, hekk jiksbu l-biljetti tiegħek u jaqgħu fuq l isfel.”
“I do not know jekk hemm xi fannijiet ġlieda wieħed jitlob minna biex tara aktar minn dan wieħed,” exclaimed NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Jidher bħal mill-inqas ftit darbiet fil-ġimgħa aħna qed jkollna messaġġi tistaqsi "meta aħna se tara l-battalja għall Bangor bejn Lemke u Boyington?’ Well, din se ssir fuqFrar 6 at ‘NEF 21,’ u kulħadd fl-organizzazzjoni tagħna huwa daqstant eċċitati kif l-fannijiet biex tara!”
“L-istorja lura għal dan bout hija inkredibbli,” iddikjarat NEF ko-proprjetarju u matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Xejn huwa manifatturat – it’s completely authentic and gut wrenching. This fight has been a long time coming, u I jkollhom tħossok li l-ċomb fl għal Frar 6 se jkun b'differenza xejn konna qatt rat fil-countdown għal Showdown kbira bħal din fejn tant aktar minn sempliċiment drittijiet bragging huma fuq il-linja.”
New England tissielet’ avveniment li jmiss, “NEF 21: IL Immortals,” sseħħIS-SIBT, Frar 6, 2016 fil-Androscoggin Bank Colisée fil Lewiston, Maine. Biljetti għall “NEF 21” tibda fi ftit $25 u huma fuq bejgħ issa fil www.TheColisee.com jew billi ċċempel l-uffiċċju kaxxa Colisée fi 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. B'żieda, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jsegwu minnhom fuqnefights Twitter u jingħaqdu mal-grupp uffiċjali Facebook "New England Tissielet."