Lewiston, Maine (December 8, 2015) - New England ayalwa (NEF), America isibalo-one zesifunda fight ukukhuthazwa, izobamba umcimbi walo olandelayo, “NEF 21: THE abafi” on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. The fight card is scheduled to feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Ngasekuqaleni namuhla, NEF announced the main event of the MMA portion of the fight card. Bruce “Umfana Omuhle” Boyington (12-8) uyovikela the NEF MMA Professional uHlelo Championship inselele inombolo-one Olwa 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, wenza DEBUT yakhe esiteji kazwelonke, lanqoba Rodrigo Almeida (13-3) on a Series World of Fighting (WSOF) card in Connecticut. Boyington followed up that win with a decisive third-round TKO victory over Jimmy Davidson (7-2) ngenyanga edlule ngesikhathi “NEF XX” in a successful defense of his title. A product of Young’s MMA, futhi ikhanda Boyington sika Taekwondo Academy, kokubili elise Bangor, Maine, Boyington ubelokhu i izinyembezi unstoppable kusukela yokulahlekelwa a fight non-isihloko Jamie Harrison (6-1) early in 2015. He has won six of his last seven in the MMA cage, futhi uphethe omunye ukunqoba NEF isibhakela ring phakathi ukuthi run.
“Angifuni ukuba Jon Lemke kokuya ukuthi yezinyoni nami right manje, lokho engikucabangayo, uma Ngithathe ukwethembeka,” Said Boyington. “Angazi ngempela ukuthi kungani yena uyofuna nilwe nami manje, futhi angikholelwa uzobonisa up and anikeze okusemandleni akhe, kodwa bengingeke ufuna ukulwa nami njengamanje. Ngikhathazekile esiyingozi, futhi ithemba lami iwukusebenzisa ophahleni futhi uma kunjani lokhu, uyaphi ukuthatha ophambili emhlabeni ngingayeka, futhi ingqondo yami yonke le ikamu kuyoba phezu esele abathobekile futhi egxile. Nini February 6 kuza, I kuyoba yingozi kakhulu Bruce Boyington eyake wagibela unyawo yezinyoni, futhi ngiyazi uma ngifuna ukuba khona manje, Ngithathe ngempela kuzoba ulambile ke.”
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 e Brewer eseduze, Maine, the imbangi cross-edolobheni 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” ngenyanga edlule uma, ngaphambi nje kokuba Boyington wathatha yezinyoni ngokumelene Davidson, Lemke ezinqotshiwe Math 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, futhi kokuba abaphikisi esayinwe, kufika isikhathi sokuba “Battle for Bangor,” njengoba abalandeli elika it, ukuze ekugcineni zenzeke.
“Ngijabule ngendlela emangalisayo sibonge futhi ejabule ukuba ulwela NEF waphinda futhi ikakhulukazi ithuba ukulwela isicoco,” wathi Lemke. “Labo abamaziyo indaba yami ukuthi yini umgwaqo eside lokhu okuye kwangijabulisa, 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. Lokhu kuzoba empini enkulu ukuthi abalandeli Ngeke ufune ukuba miss, ukuze uthole amathikithi zakho uye phansi.”
“Angazi uma kukhona noma yisiphi impi abalandeli single cela sibone ukwedlula lena,” exclaimed NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Kubonakala like okungenani izikhathi ezimbalwa ngesonto sisaqalisa imiyalezo ecela 'lapho ukubona Battle for Bangor phakathi Lemke futhi Boyington esizoxoxa?’ Well, ukuthi kwenzekaniFebruary 6 at ‘NEF 21,’ futhi wonke umuntu enhlanganweni yethu nje njengoba ejabule njengoba abalandeli ukuwubona!”
“Indaba emuva kule iziqubu Amazing,” washo NEF co-umnikazi futhi wabantu Math Peterson. “Nothing is ekhiqizwa – it’s completely authentic and gut wrenching. This fight has been a long time coming, futhi ngiba nomuzwa wokuthi ukuhola-in to February 6 kuyoba ngokungafani lutho esake wayibona Countdown to a Yimpi yalesi ezidlula lapho kangaka ngaphezu amalungelo nje ngokuzigabisa kukhona emgqeni.”
New England ayalwa’ umcimbi olandelayo, “NEF 21: THE abafi,” ithatha indawoSaturday, February 6, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. Amathikithi for “NEF 21” ukuqalisa nje $25 futhi ukudayiswa manje www.TheColisee.com noma ngokumemeza Colisée box office at 207.783.2009 x 525. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."