FOR UMIDDELBAR RELEASE: Lewiston, Maine (August 21, 2015) - New England Fights (NEF), USAs nummer-én regional kamp forfremmelse, vil holde sin nittende mixed-kampsport- (MMA) begivenhet, “NEF XIX: HOMECOMING,” på lørdag, September 12, 2015 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Headlining the amateur portion of the fight card will be Josh Harvey (4-1) forsvare NEF MMA Amateur Lett Tittel mot Ryan Dibartolomeo(4-3). Nylig, Harvey var gjest i NEF medeier og matchmaker Matt Peterson på NEF Podcast.
Harvey was introduced to the mats early in life. He started wrestling in junior high school and continued through his high school years. He began boxing at the age of 15 and trained in the ring for the next seven years. It was not until he attended “NEF VIII: Nations Collide” i Bangor at Harvey innså at han kunne ha en fremtid i sporten MMA.
“Når NEF kom til Bangor og jeg så Ray Wood fange tittelen, og jeg husket ham fra videregående skole bryting, det var min kø for å komme inn på dette,” Said Harvey. “I knew it was a true possibility to go somewhere in MMA. Etter college, there’s nowhere for wrestlers to go. MMA, that’s the outlet. That’s why you see wrestlers dominating in MMA all the way to the top.”
Kort tid etter hendelsen, then Young’s MMA wrestling coach Mark Heathcote reached out to Harvey through Facebook to invite him to train with the team. Harvey quickly found a home at the Bangor gym founded by Chris Young. He joined in on the massive success the team had already found in the MMA cages of New England.
“Jeg ble møtt veldig varmt på Youngs,” Harvey recalled. “Everyone was very kind over there. Bruce (Boyington, nåværende NEF MMA Professional Lett Champion) var den første personen til å ta meg, for ikke å si under sine vinger, but to get together outside of the gym and we became friends. As far as the success Young’s has had as a team, Jeg skal ikke si at du kan kritt det opp til overlegen coaching, men vi har fått den beste rundt, i det minste i denne tilstanden, eventuelt i New England.”
På vei til å hevde at NEF MMA Amateur Lett Championship denne siste juni, Harvey finished all three of his NEF opponents in a total of just over three minutes. Harvey, men, ser sin fremtid i sporten i fjærvekt divisjon.
“Jeg trener ikke å fullføre dem alle i første runde,” Said Harvey. “That’s just how it wound up. Maybe you’ll see me go the distance as the competition gets thicker. That’s why I love this fight with Ryan (Dibartolomeo). Han er, Jeg tror, rangert som nummer-to, so this is a good way to find out where I lay in that level. I’m not a 55er. As far as I’m concerned, I’m a 45er that’s fighting at 55. Best 45er? Amateur in New England? Ja. The game’s gonna change when I go professional. We’ll see where I stack up there.”
Når Harvey begynte å diskutere potensielle motstandere for “NEF XIX” med NEF matchmakers, he was very clear that he wanted the toughest opponent they could find for him. If he wanted tough, he will get just that in Ryan Dibartolomeo. Dibartolomeo is out of John Fain’s Team Triumph/Boston BJJ of Nashua, New Hampshire. After dropping his first three, Dibartolomeo har vunnet sine siste fire kamper på rad, en imponerende strek som begynte på “NEF X” i september 2013.
“Alle hans kamper som han har vunnet har vært ved vedtak,” Said Harvey. “I mitt sinn, he let the judges win those fights for him. Fights aren’t won by judges. Fights are won by fighters. My prediction is it’s gonna be a finish. I’m gonna go out there, kill or be killed. He’s either gonna finish me or I’m gonna finish him. That’s how it’s gonna happen.”
Du kan lytte til hele NEF Podcast intervju påwww.NewEnglandFights.com/Podcasts/
Du kan følge Josh Harvey på sin offisielle Facebook-fan siden “hookonharvey.” For more information on Young’s MMA, kan du besøke deres Facebook-side “Youngs MMA.”
New England Fights’ neste arrangement, “NEF XIX: HOMECOMING,” foregår påLørdag, September 12, 2015 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Billetter til “NEF XIX: HOMECOMING” starter på bare $25 og er i salg nå på www.TheColisee.com eller ved å ringe Colisée billettkontoret på 207.783.2009 x 525. For mer informasjon om arrangementet og kampen kortoppdateringer, vennligst besøk forfremmelse hjemmeside www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tillegg, du kan se NEF-videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og bli den offisielle Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."
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New England Fights ("NEF") er en kamp hendelser kampanjer selskap. NEF oppgave er å skape den høyeste kvalitet arrangementer for Maines jagerfly og fans. NEF utøvende team har lang erfaring i kampsport administrasjon, hendelser produksjon, medierelasjoner, markedsføring, juridiske og reklame.