لوئیزتون، یوتا, مین (دسامبر 16, 2015) - مبارزه های جدید انگلستان (NEF), شماره یک ارتقاء مبارزه منطقه ای در امریکا, رویداد بعدی خود را نگه دارید, “NEF 21: جاودانه” بر روز شنبه, فوریه 6, 2016 در Colisée Androscoggin بانک در Lewiston, مین. The fight card is scheduled to feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) دوره های بوکس حرفه ای و حرفه ای. اوایل امروز, NEF announced the addition of a professional middleweight bout to the “NEF 21” کارت مبارزه. مایکل “سبیل” هانسن (3-2) امضاء کرده است برای دیدار با Zach “The Torch” Elkins (0-1) در وزن مبارزه از 185 پوند.
Hansen is the head coach and founding member of Berserkers MMA based out of Rumford, مین. He won a state championship as a heavyweight wrestler for Mountain Valley High School (MVHS) به 2004. Hansen began his MMA career shortly after his high school graduation, but put that career on hold to serve in United States Army as a combat engineer. در اوایل 2015, Hansen returned to the cage as a member of the NEF MMA roster. او یک رکورد از 2-1 in his first year back, including a win over the “2014 جنگنده از سال” Crowsneck Boutin (1-2). The fight with Elkins will be Hansen’s first foray into the middleweight division after having competed in the heavyweight and light-heavyweight ranks previously.
“Zach is a good fighter with a lot of experience in the cage,” said Hansen over his upcoming opponent. “He’s probably looking to come up here and leave with his first pro win. It won’t be that easy, and he will have to earn it, ’cause I intend to send him back to Florida with another loss.”
Zach Elkins is no stranger to the NEF fans. A member of Team Riot in Orange Park, فلوریدا, Elkins appeared previously for the fight promotion headlining the amateur portion of the “NEF XIII” fight card in the spring of 2014. آن عصر, Elkins made short work of the northeast’s then-top ranked amateur middleweight Buck Pineau (1-2), scoring a first-round TKO. Elkins was ranked nationally as an amateur, and he held the ISCF Florida State Middleweight Championship for over a year. He lost his professional debut in the fall of 2014, and now Elkins is looking to pick up the first win of his pro career.
“I want to thank Matt and Nick (Peterson and DiSalvo, NEF owners) both for having me back on their show in February,” said Elkins when reached for comment. “I will be ready to put on another exciting fight for the fans in Maine and bringing home another ‘W’ for my team in Florida, Riot MMA.”
مبارزه جدید انگلستان’ رویداد بعدی, “NEF 21: جاودانه,” می گیردروز شنبه, فوریه 6, 2016 در Colisée Androscoggin بانک در Lewiston, مین. بلیط “NEF 21” شروع در تنها $25 و در حال حاضر فروش در هستندwww.TheColisee.com و یا با تماس با دفتر جعبه Colisée در 207.783.2009 X 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, لطفا از وب سایت ارتقاء مراجعه کنید در www.NewEnglandFights.com. بعلاوه, شما می توانید فیلم NEF در تماشای www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, دنبال آنها را درnefights توییتر و فیس بوک رسمی پیوستن به "نیوانگلند مبارزه."