Lewiston, Maine (Hōngongoi 15, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma iwa whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XIX,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of a professional bout to the fight card. Tollison Lewis (0-4) Kua hainatia ki te mata “Shatterproof 2.0” Derek Shorey (2-2) i te taimaha o te 150, pauna whawhai. NEF further announced that Lewis had signed a long term, kirimana maha-whawhai ki te kamupene.
I muri mai i te mahi roa runaruna e kite whakataetae ia ia i roto i te whare herehere ma toru nga wa, Tollison Lewis got off to a slow start in his professional career. He has been known throughout his career to take the toughest fights he can find, a kua tae mai katoa e wha nga parekura a Lewis i nga ringa o nga whawhai e pūkete toa i tēnei wā, ki te tatau win-mate ngā o 16-6. Last fall, i hui mekemeke tuatahi o NEF, Lewis defeated veteran boxer John Webster (8-7-1) after taking the bout on just a day’s notice. With a brand new NEF contract in tow, he tamaiti i runga i te ara, me te taanga manawa i te hākinakina i muri ia ia, Lewis will now look to carry his success from the NEF boxing ring over to the MMA cage. The 150-pound catchweight will be the first step in Lewis’s transition from the lightweight to featherweight division.
“Tuatahi atu hinaaro nei ahau ki te whakawhetai NEF mo te whai wāhi ano,” Said Lewis. “Kua kua ahau i runga i te whati roa ki toku kotiro tamaiti i runga i te ara hoko rite mo te metua, engari au hoki e ahau inaianei. I’m super excited for this fight and also making my way down in weight. Shorey Ko te taata uaua, me te hoki te tangata tino pono. He’s as dangerous as any man who steps in that cage. I’ll be ready and I know he will be coming hard and dangerous with bad intentions behind everything and when that cage door closes, te ia kahore hoa – te reira mahi katoa. Be ready Derek, no te mea ka e ahau. Let’s give these fans a show and test ourselves to the limit.”
Te kaiwhakarewa, me te upoko o te ārai Club Shatterproof, Derek Shorey is looking to bounce back from what he considers the worst loss of his career. Ko e mo'oni, Jeremy DiChiara (2-0) I tukua he puhipuhinga whakahāwea i runga i Shorey i “NEF XVIII” last month that resulted in a first-round stoppage. Like Lewis, Shorey is also an NEF-signed athlete. Also like Lewis, Kei te titiro Shorey ki te hoatu pā NEF he whakaaturanga ki te mahara i “NEF XIX.”
“Ko te whawhai kua kite ahau i haere mai tenei, ka kua hiahia ahau mo te wa roa,” Said Shorey. “E kore e Tollison hoki iho, a kahore te ia wehi ki te kia patua. I’m coming off the worst performance of my career, me toku hapu, hoa me te pā tika pai atu i taua. I’m excited to get in there and mix it up with Lewis and give the NEF fans the best performance of my career.”
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX,” e wahi i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF XIX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i207.783.2009 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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