Lewiston, Maine (Whiringa 16, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” tenei Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. In a featured lightweight amateur MMA bout, Jason “2nd Chance” Lachance (2-2) Ka tangohia i runga i CJ tiaka (4-2) i te taimaha o te 155-pauna whawhai.
Lachance kei te haere mai atu te wikitoria tāpaetanga tuatahi-a tawhio noa ki runga ki a Rawiri Thompson (0-1) i “NEF XIX” this past September. He is confident in his abilities and predicts victory over Ewer when they meet this weekend. While Lachance’s future in the sport appears brighter every day, taurangi ia e kore e ki te kaitirotiro i te mahi i te ringa me te ki kia ārahi ia tona whakapono Karaitiana i roto i tona mahi.
“Ka whiua e ahau CJ i taea tetahi ara,” Na ka mea a Lachance. “MMA is a sport where anything can happen. I am fully prepared for whatever may come on the 21st. I will focus on my next opponent when this fight is out of my way. E kore e whakarere noa iho i ahau toku hoa tauwhainga. Te Atua ka whakaturia ake te heke mai hoki ki ahau, rite nei te kupu tae noa ia.”
Lachance credits his faith and the sport of MMA with helping him conquer his much-publicized addiction to heroin. He began training over two years ago at MMA Athletix in Bath, Maine, te wahi piri ano e ia te Victory Ekalesia taviniraa o reira-rangatira o te omaoma Ryan Cowette (2-3).
“I manaakitia ahau ha faingamālie whakamiharo ki, and I couldn’t be more grateful. The fight game is the highest of highs and lowest of lows. Kihai i tae mai te taime tino tohu o toku mahi poto i roto i te whare herehere, engari i te ako me te tipu ra ki te ra ano he tangata, me te rite te toa.”
Aita i maoro a'e, Lachance me hoa tākaro i Norman Fox (4-2) purchased the MMA Athletix gym from Cowette after Cowette decided to redirect his focus to his roofing business. When the challenges of small business ownership reared its head, Lachance taea kotahi ano ārahi tona whakapono ia.
“Hoko i te omaoma i te taime nui hoki e rua Norman me ahau,” kī Lachance. “I matou ki te noho hoki a te aromātai tino ta tatou i hinaaro i roto i to tatou mahi, and also out of our business. We quickly realized that with full time jobs, e kore matou e whai wā ki te hei kaiako, kaiwhakangungu, fighters and business owners and still expect to succeed. We prayed on it and God sent us the perfect team of coaches and trainers, me te rōpū hou o te whawhai ki runga, me te haere mai.
“MMA kua puta ke kē toku ora i roto i te ara maha. Titau ahau ki te tango i te reira ki te tihi, ano he rangatira pakihi, me te rite te toa. Homai e te Atua, kua te whai wāhi ki te ora toku moe ahau, ra i muri i te ra.”
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” tu'asino tuu tenei Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tikiti hoki “NEF XX” 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 i207.783.2009 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."
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New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.