Lewiston, Maine (Mahuru 14, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” i runga i 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. As announced this past Rāhoroi po i “NEF XIX,” the MMA portion of the card will be headlined by NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Champion Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (10-8) te parururaa i tona taitara ki Jimmy “Jimbo Poro” Davidson (7-1).
Hoki te wa te rua o tenei tau, Boyington ka whawhai i te taha i tana wahine, Randi Beth Boyington (1-1), on an NEF card. Boyington has held the lightweight championship since September 2014 ka patua e ia a Hehe “Ko te Viking” Erickson (6-4) for the then-vacant strap. A proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps (USMC), Boyington has electrified NEF audiences for nearly four years now with his brand of Taekwondo. He splits time training between Young’s MMA and his own gym, A Boyington Taekwondo Academy, kei e rua i roto i te Bangor, Maine. Always fueled by a competitive spirit, Boyington went to NEF executives immediately after his last victory and asked them to find him the toughest opponent possible. The promotion delivered with one of New England’s top lightweights in the form of Davidson.
“Au ahau oaoa ki te tiki i hoki i roto i te whare herehere ahau te wahi i toku oaoa me te whai wāhi ki te faaite i teie ohipa kotahi ano ki taku wahine te tahi mea e poihere ahau ake ake,” Said Boyington. “Kua whakatakotoria e ahau i roto i mo te wero faingataa e wātea ana no te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki reira ki te kore feaa ahau ahei o muri i te mea Whiringa 21 is over. I’m sure there will still be some doubters, but I know there will be many more believers. Jimmy comes from one of the best camps and coaches around, kia mohio ahau e waiho e ia te matekai, ka i tona pai – just the way I want him. I have the utmost respect to all those guys, engari te reira toku whitiki, me te te reira i toku whare, me te te reira i toku wa, me te kore ahau e opua i runga i te tuku a muri ake paheke atu i ahau.”
Davidson e, pono, come from one of the most well-respected teams not only in the region but in the entire country. He is a product of Mark Dellagrotte’s Team Sityodtong. Davidson holds victories over some of New England’s most outstanding MMA competitors like Aniss Alhajjajy (7-4). All seven of Davidson’s professional victories have been finishes. His only loss to date was against a very tough Leon Davis (7-3).
“Ko te he honore ki te whawhai ki runga ki o Maine ake tuatahi Mekemeke / MMA whakaatu,” ka mea a Davidson. “He kua ngā etahi whawhai hautoa i roto i te Colisee me tenei whawhai taitara ki Bruce e kore rerekē.”
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” e wahi i runga i 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 iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 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.