Portland, Maine (Octubre 6, 2017) - Luchas de Nueva Inglaterra (NEF) hará su esperado debut en Portland el Viernes, Noviembre 3, 2017 en Aura con “NEF 31: El Puerto Viejo.” El día de hoy, 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) está programado para asumir James “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” Blair (5-1) en el evento principal de la noche. 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) Sólo para nombrar algunos.
Reigning NEF Professional Middleweight Champion CJ Ewer (3-0) will be in action when he takes on 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) en “NEF 30: Rumble en 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.
Juan “Primera Clase” Rayo (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 Mella “El guardián” Gulliver (4-0) will defend his strap against WWE signeeTerrance Jean-Jacques (2-0), mientras Nate Boucher (2-0) y Justin Witham (3-4) square off for the vacant flyweight title. Walker (4-1) y 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” Muralla exterior (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) mientras Sarah Matulis (0-0) y Chelsea Elizabeth(0-0) face off in yet another double amateur debut.
El lleno “NEF 31” cartelera (sujeta a cambios y aprobación del Combate Deportes Autoridad de Maine):
MMA PROFESIONAL
180 CJ Ewer 3-0 (MMA de Young) vs Crowsneck Boutin 2-3 (Independiente)
150 John Ray 2-8 (Primera Clase MMA) vs Zenon Herrera 0-5 (Independiente)
145 Josh Parker 6-9 (Ruthless MMA & Boxeo) vs Matt Probin 0-0 (MMA CMBJJ / de Young)
135 Paul Gorman 10-9 (La Academia) vs James Blair 5-1 (American Top Team)
AMATEUR MMA
265*TÍTULO Nick Guilliver 4-0 (c) (First Class /Foundry) vs Terrance Jean-Jacques 2-0 (Equipo de Enlace)
125*TÍTULO Nate Boucher 2-0 (CMBJJ) vs Justin Witham 3-4 (Inastillable Combat Club de)
115 *TÍTULO Walker 4-1 (Dice) vs Hilarie Rose 4-3 (USMMA)
265 Matt Glover 1-1 (Berserkers MMA) vs Jason Campo 0-2 (MMA de Kenney)
175 Carlton Charles 1-0 (Lucha Charles Familia / Fuego&hierro atletismo) vs Nate Evans 0-0
170 Mohammed al Kinani 0-0 (Evolución Athletix) vs Phil Pearson 0-1 (Primera Clase MMA)
170 David Grant 0-0 (Evolución Athletix) vs Tom Rials 0-0 (nostos)
155 Will McCall 1-2 (Evolución Athletix) vs Chad Pierce 1-0 (La Academia)
155 Nick Banks 0-0 (Choi Instituto) vs Emmett Huber 0-1 (La Academia)
155 Garry Carr 0-0 (CMBJJ) v David Hart 0-1 (MMA de Kenney)
135 Sarah Matulis 0-0 (Inastillable Combat Club de) vs Chelsea Elizabeth 0-0 (Primera Clase MMA)
135 Danae Dostie 0-0 (MMA de Kenney) vs Jayda Bailey 0-0 (MMA de Young)
135 Carl Langston 6-9 (MMA de Young) vs Henry Clark 3-3 (Choi Instituto)
135 Kam Arnold 1-0 (CMBJJ) vs Caleb Costello 3-4 (MMA de Young)
135 Carol Linn Hawkins 0-0 (nostos) vs Francesca Morabito 0-0 (Choi Instituto)
próximo evento mixto de artes marciales de NEF, “NEF 31: El Puerto Viejo,” verá el debut de la compañía en Portland, Maine en el nuevo, el estado de la técnica lugar Aura. El evento está programado para llevarse a cabo el Viernes, Noviembre 3, 2017. Los boletos están a la venta en www.auramaine.com.