Бангор, Maine (Август 24, 2018) - New England Битки (NEF) ще проведе следващото си събитие за смесени бойни изкуства, “NEF 35: Зъл сезон,” септември 8 в Cross Insurance Center в Бангор. The event will mark the fourth time since 2013 that NEF has visited the Queen City. По-рано днес, the fight promotion announced the full fight card planned for the evening.

The exciting main event will feature two popular Bangor-area athletes doing battle as Jon Лемке (7-8) отговаря Арон “Безмилостен” Lacey (5-2) in a lightweight contest. Lemke, ветеран от морската пехота на САЩ за, trains with Titan Athletics in neighboring Brewer, Maine, while Lacey represents Young’s MMA of Bangor.

The co-main event will see Lacey’s teammate, and reigning NEF Professional Lightweight Champion, “The” Райън Сандърс (16-9) поемането на Armando “Big Chino” Монтоя (10-6) in a non-title welterweight scrap. Sanders is coming off a huge submission win earlier this summer in Portland, Maine. Монтоя, who represents First Class MMA of Brunswick, Maine, will debut in the Pine Tree State after a decade-long career on the southwest MMA circuit.

In another highly-anticipated professional fight, Калеб Hall (1-0) of the Choi Institute in Portland will face another Young’s MMA team member in the form of CJ кана (3-1). After a successful amateur career that saw him capture the NEF Amateur Featherweight Title, Hall impressed with a first-round submission of veteran John Ortolani (8-12) earlier this year in his pro debut. Кана, a member of the United States Air Force security forces, closed out “NEF 30” last August in Bangor winning the promotion’s pro middleweight strap over Mike Hansen (5-9).

The amateur portion of the fight card will be headlined by a title fight as Потупване “PK” Kelly (4-0) puts both his lightweight belt and undefeated record on the line against the challenge of Ed Forlenza (2-2). Kelly, който се обърна 54 last week, is a legend of Maine wrestling mats as both a competitor and coach and a member of the Maine Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame. He vows that this will be the final fight of his MMA career. Forlenza took the fight on short notice after Kelly’s previous challenger dropped out due to injury. He is a member of team Juniko based in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Forlenza is no stranger to the NEF cage. He won his amateur debut at “NEF 23” in the summer of 2016 on Cape Cod.

Speaking of wrestling coaches, “NEF 35” will also feature the amateur debut of Shawn Costigan (0-0). Costigan is a member of the Bucksport High School wrestling coaching staff. He will represent Young’s MMA in his cage debut when he takes on the fellow-debuting David Hills (0-0).

Also on the amateur card will be the brother of CJ Ewer, Роджър Юър (1-0). A pharmacist by day, Roger made his amateur debut last year at “NEF 30” in Bangor with a second round technical knockout of Dustin Freeman (0-1). При “NEF 35,” he will take on Jason Hanley (0-0) of Orchard Park Martial Arts in western New York state.

Пълната “NEF 35” борбата карта (подлежи на промяна):

PROFESSIONAL MMA

155 Aaron Lacey 5-2 (MMA Йънг) срещу Jon Лемке 7-8 (Titan Athletics)

170 Райън Сандърс 16-9 (MMA Йънг) vs Armando Montoya 10-6 (First Class MMA)

185 Crowsneck Boutin 2-3 (Bad Little Falls Dojo) vs Mark Gardner 0-0 (Академията)

155 CJ кана 3-1 (MMA Йънг) vs Caleb Hall 1-0 (Choi Insistute)

155 Джош Харви 4-0 (MMA Йънг) vs Jay Ellis 15-77 (Team Knockout)

145 Zenon Herrera 1-6 (Team SMOG) vs Ernesto Ornelas 3-7 (Choi Institute)

Аматьори MMA

155* Заглавие Pat Kelly 4-0 (MMA Йънг) vs Ed Forlenza 2-2 (Juniko)

170 David Hart 0-3 (MMA Кени е) vs Christian Barrett 1-0 (First Class MMA)

155 Зак Ричард 1-0 (Nostos) срещу Clifford Redman 0-5 (Независим)

150 Тейлър Бартлет 1-1 (CMBJJ) vs Jacob Deppmeyer 1-1 (First Class MMA)

265 Роджър Юър 1-0 (MMA Йънг) vs Jason Hanley 0-0 (Orchard Park Martial Arts)

180 Jordan Norman 0-1 (Bad Little Falls Dojo) vs Brandon Schwinck 0-2 (Независим)

145 Джо Хауърд 1-0 (CMBJJ) vs Jordan Young 0-1 (Независим)

155 Jesse Fitzsimmons 0-0 (Nostos) vs AJ Morales 0-0 (Orchard Park Martial Arts)

145 Shawn Costigan 0-0 (MMA Йънг) vs David Hills 0-0 (Независим)

135 Нейт Баучер 2-3 (CMBJJ) vs Joshua Greenlaw 0-2 (Независим)

160 Andrew Brown 0-0 (Nostos) vs Chris Lachcik 0-0 (Независим)