Lewiston, Maine (Desember 8, 2015) - Gelut New England (NEF), Amérika sacara jumlah-hiji promotion fight regional, bakal tahan kajadian saterusna anak, “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS” dina Saptu, Pebruari 6, 2016 di Androscoggin Bank Colisée di Lewiston, Maine. Gelut kartu ieu dijadwalkeun Fitur boh dicampur-bela diri-seni (MMA) jeung bouts tinju panarjamah. Saméméhna ayeuna, NEF announced the main event of the MMA portion of the fight card. Bruce “Geulis Boy” Boyington (12-8) bakal membela nu NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Championship ngalawan tangtangan wilangan-hiji contender 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, manehna nyieun debut dina panggung nasional, ngéléhkeun Rodrigo Almeida (13-3) dina Series Dunya tempur (WSOF) card in Connecticut. Boyington followed up that win with a decisive third-round TKO victory over Jimmy Davidson (7-2) bulan pamungkas di “NEF XX” in a successful defense of his title. A product of Young’s MMA, jeung kapala Boyington sacara Taekwondo Academy, boh nu aya di Bangor, Maine, Boyington geus dina hiji cimata unstoppable saprak kaleungitan gelut non-judul Jamie Harrison (6-1) early in 2015. He has won six of his last seven in the MMA cage, jeung nahan meunangna nu séjénna dina ring tinju NEF salila kursus ngajalankeun nu.
“Abdi teu bakal hayang jadi Jon Lemke bade kana kurung ku anu kan ngeunaan ayeuna, éta naon Kaula mah pamikiran, lamun Kaula keur jujur,” Said Boyington. “Kuring teu bener ngarti naha manéhna tangtu hayang gelut jeung kuring ayeuna, jeung kuring percaya manéhna baris mintonkeun nepi sareng masihan usaha-Na pangalusna, tapi kuring teu tangtu hayang gelut jeung aing ayeuna. Aku bahaya, jeung kapercayaan mah ngaliwatan hateup jeung lamun kawas ieu, eta anu bade nyandak atlet-kelas dunya eureun kuring, jeung fokus mah sakabeh camp ieu bakal asup sésana hina jeung fokus. Iraha 6 Pébruari asalna, Kuring bakal jadi paling bahaya Bruce Boyington nu geus kungsi stepped foot di kandang, jeung saha atuh lamun kuring hayang jadi aya ayeuna, Kaula bener jalan jadi lapar ku mangka.”
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 Irlandia di Brewer deukeutna, Maine, nu rival cross-kota MMA Young sacara, 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” bulan puasa kamari lamun, ngan moments saméméh Boyington nyandak ka kandang ngalawan Davidson, Lemke vanquished 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, jeung ayakeun sanggeus hiji lawan ditandatanganan, waktu ieu geus asak pikeun “Battle pikeun Bangor,” salaku fans geus dubbed eta, nepi ka tungtungna lumangsung.
“Kami jadi incredibly bersyukur jeung bungah jadi pajoang pikeun NEF sakali deui jeung utamana hiji kasempetan pikeun ngalawan pikeun judulna,” ceuk Lemke. “Teu nyaho eta saha carita mah nyaho naon jalan lila ieu geus keur kuring, 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. Ieu akang jadi gelut gede nu fans teu akang mah rek kantun, jadi meunang tiket jeung datang dina handap.”
“Kuring henteu weruh lamun aya nu mana wae nu fans fight single nanya urang pikeun ningali nu leuwih ti hiji ieu,” exclaimed NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Ayeuna jigana kawas sahenteuna sababaraha kali saminggu we keur meunang talatah nanyakeun 'lamun urang bade ningali Battle pikeun Bangor antara Lemke jeung Boyington?’ Sumur, ayeuna teh lumangsung dinaPebruari 6 at ‘NEF 21,’ jeung dulur dina organisasi urang sagampil bungah salaku fans nempo sia!”
“Carita deui ka bout ieu téh luar biasa,” nyatakeun NEF co-boga jeung matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Euweuh dijieun – it’s completely authentic and gut wrenching. This fight has been a long time coming, na mah geus a rarasaan anu lead-dina ka 6 Pébruari bakal kawas nanaon we geus kungsi disaksian di mundur ka showdown of magnitude ieu mana jadi loba leuwih ti hak ngan bragging aya dina barisan.”
Gelut New England’ kajadian saterusna, “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS,” lumangsungSaptu, Pebruari 6, 2016 di Androscoggin Bank Colisée di Lewiston, Maine. Tiket pikeun “NEF 21” mimitian jam saukur $25 jeung nu diobral ayeuna di www.TheColisee.com atawa ku nelepon kotak kantor Colisée di 207.783.2009 x 525. Kanggo inpo nu langkung lengkep ihwal kajadian jeung fight apdet kartu, mangga buka website kampanye nu aya di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Salaku tambahan, Anjeun bisa lalajo video NEF di www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, turutan éta kontak dina Twitternefights jeung ngiluan gugus Facebook resmi "New England gelut."