Portland, Maine (Oktober 6, 2017) - New England Fights (NEF) will make its long-awaited debut in Portland on Freitag, November 3, 2017 at Aura with “NEF 31: The Old Port.” Bereits heute Morgen, the fight promotion announced the full fight card for the event featuring a full slate of professional and amateur mixed-martial-arts bouts.
Maine fan-favorite Paul Gorman (10-9) soll übernehmen Jakob “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” Blair (5-1) in the main event of the evening. Gorman, the former NEF bantamweight titleholder and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt out of the Academy in Portland, makes his return to the NEF cage after a three-year absence. Blair is a hot prospect from the world-renowned American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida where he trains alongside a veritable murderers’ row of current and former world champions like Mike Brown (26-9), Tyron Woodley (18-3-1), and Joanna Jędrzejczyk (14-0) nur um ein paar zu nennen.
Reigning NEF Professional Middleweight Champion CJ Ewer (3-0) wird wieder in Aktion sein, wenn er übernimmt Crowsneck Boutin (2-3) in a non-title affair. Ewer captured the 185-pound title over the summer when he submitted Mike Hansen (5-6) bei “NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor.” Boutin will be coming off a year-long layoff from competition.
“The Blackpool Ripper” Matt Probin (0-0) makes his pro MMA debut against rugged veteranJosh Parker (6-9). Both Probin and Parker have extensive backgrounds as professional boxers. Probin has trained and competed in Muay Thai in Thailand. Parker is the founder of Ruthless MMA & Boxing of Waterville, Maine.
John “First Class” Strahl (2-8) will come out of retirement to face Zenon “K-Bar” Herrera (0-5). Raio last fought in the summer of 2015. He is the head coach of First Class MMA based in Brunswick, Maine. Herrera, a veteran of both the United States Army and Marine Corps, is looking for his first win since joining the professional ranks two years ago.
The amateur side of the card will feature a total of three title fights. NEF Amateur Heavyweight Champion Kerbe “Der Wächter” Gulliver (4-0) will defend his strap against WWE signeeTerrance Jean-Jacques (2-0), während Nate Boucher (2-0) und Justin Witham (3-4) square off for the vacant flyweight title. Alex Walker (4-1) und Hilarie Rose (4-3) will make history when they battle for the first-ever NEF women’s championship in the strawweight division.
The Walker-Rose fight will be one of four female bouts featured on the “NEF 31” amateur card. Carol Linn Powell (0-0), wife of former NEF Professional Lightweight Champion and current UFC competitor Devin Powell (8-3), is scheduled to make her cage debut against Francesca Morabito (0-0). Jayda “Lil Killah” Bailey (0-0) makes her debut just eight days after her 18th birthday, the legal minimum age for competing in MMA in Maine, in a bantamweight bout with Danae Dostie (0-0) während Sarah Matulis (0-0) und Chelsea Elizabeth(0-0) face off in yet another double amateur debut.
Das volle “NEF 31” Kampf-Karte (bleibend und Genehmigung der Kampfsport Authority of Maine):
PROFESSIONAL MMA
180 CJ Ewer 3-0 (Young-MMA) vs Crowsneck Boutin 2-3 (Unabhängig)
150 John Ray 2-8 (First Class MMA) vs Zenon Herrera 0-5 (Unabhängig)
145 Josh Parker 6-9 (Ruthless MMA & Boxen) vs Matt Probin 0-0 (CMBJJ / Youngs MMA)
135 Paul Gorman 10-9 (Die Akademie) vs James Blair 5-1 (American Top-Team)
AMATEUR MMA
265*TITEL Nick Guilliver 4-0 (c) (First Class /Foundry) vs Terrance Jean-Jacques 2-0 (Team Link)
125*TITEL Nate Boucher 2-0 (CMBJJ) vs Justin Witham 3-4 (Bruchsicher Kampf-Club)
115 *TITEL Alex Walker 4-1 (Sagt) vs Hilarie Rose 4-3 (USMMA)
265 Matt Glover 1-1 (Berserkers MMA) vs Jason Feld 0-2 (Kenneys MMA)
175 Carlton Charles 1-0 (Charles Family Fighting/Fire&Eisen Leichtathletik) vs Nate Evans 0-0
170 Mohammed al Kinani 0-0 (Evolution Athletix) vs Phil Pearson 0-1 (First Class MMA)
170 David Grant 0-0 (Evolution Athletix) vs Tom Rials 0-0 (Nostos)
155 Will McCall 1-2 (Evolution Athletix) vs Chad Pierce 1-0 (Die Akademie)
155 Nick Banks 0-0 (Choi Institut) vs Emmett Huber 0-1 (Die Akademie)
155 Garry Carr 0-0 (CMBJJ) gegen David Hart 0-1 (Kenneys MMA)
135 Sarah Matulis 0-0 (Bruchsicher Kampf-Club) vs Chelsea Elizabeth 0-0 (First Class MMA)
135 Danae Dostie 0-0 (Kenneys MMA) vs Jayda Bailey 0-0 (Young-MMA)
135 Carl Langston 6-9 (Young-MMA) vs Henry Clark 3-3 (Choi Institut)
135 Kam Arnold 1-0 (CMBJJ) vs Caleb Costello 3-4 (Young-MMA)
135 Carol Linn Hawkins 0-0 (Nostos) vs Francesca Morabito 0-0 (Choi Institut)
NEF nächste Mixed-Martial-Arts-Veranstaltung, “NEF 31: The Old Port,” will see the company debut in Portland, Maine at the brand new, state-of-the-art venue Aura. Die Veranstaltung findet am statt Freitag, November 3, 2017. Tickets sind ab sofort bei www.auramaine.com.