Tam sim TSO TAWM: Lewiston, Maine (Lub rau hli ntuj 30, 2015) - Tshiab England Fights (NEF), America lub xov tooj-ib regional sib ntaus qib, tuav nws xyoo mixed martial--kawm (MMA) kev tshwm sim, “NEF XVIII: UA NYOB RAU HAUV America,” ib tug me ntsis ntau tshaj li ob lub lis piam tas los lawm thaum Androscoggin txhab nyiaj Colisee nyob rau hauv Lewiston, Maine. The event was the third held by the fight promotion at the venue in just a four-month stretch, thiab nws capped lub zoo tshaj plaws ib nrab-xyoo lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv cov qib keeb kwm.
NEF yog lub brainchild ntawm Massachusetts kws lij choj Nick DiSalvo thiab Maine lub xeev Sawv Cev Matt Peterson (D-Rumford). The pair met in the fall of 2011 and formed a business partnership with the intent of promoting MMA events. Both being avid, lub neej kiv cua ntawm nqe ntaus rog kev ua si, DiSalvo thiab Peterson txiav txim siab los mus teeb khw nyob rau hauv Lewiston, Maine, the famed home of the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston world heavyweight championship rematch of 1965. NEF’s first event in Lewiston, muaj nyob rau hauv Lub ob hlis ntuj 2012, outdrew Ali-Liston II los ntawm ntau tshaj li 800 kiv cua uas muaj ntau tshaj 3200 nyob rau hauv kev mus kawm ntawv.
Txij li thaum uas lub sij hawm, thiab nyob rau hauv ib tug kiab khw uas neeg sib tw tau floundered, NEF has continued to draw huge crowds to its events. The promotion has hosted fights of many UFC veterans, xws li yav tas los ob-lub sij hawm lub ntiaj teb no heavyweight yeej Tim “Lub Maine-iac” Sylvia (31-10). Nyob rau hauv 2013, NEF co-promoted an event in Lewiston with national promotion Bellator. That event was broadcast live on Spike TV. Tsis tas li ntawd, NEF lub yeeb yaj duab hauv Youtube muaj lab ntawm views thoob ntiaj teb, thiab cov qib kev tshwm sim tseem ceeb muaj peev xwm feem ntau yuav pom nyob rau hauv TV AXS tus Hauv MMA kev pab cuam.
Nyob rau hauv thawj ib nrab ntawm 2015, ntau tshaj 6,000 people have been drawn to the Androscoggin Bank Colisee for three NEF events. It is the largest attendance number the promotion has accumulated in such a brief period of time – ib tug ntau 18 lub lis piam los ntawm “NEF XVI” rauLub ob hlis ntuj 7 rau “NEF XVIII” Lub rau hli ntuj 13. It is also another example of NEF thriving in a time when other regional fight promotions struggle.
“Nws yog tiag tiag xwb lub txiaj ntsim ntawm ib tug ntau ntawm cov zog ua hauj lwm thiab ua lag ua luam kev,” hais tias DiSalvo, ib tug 1999 kawm tiav summa cum laude ntawm Merrimack College nyob rau hauv North Andover, MA, qhov twg nws yog ib tug Presidential Scholar, thiab tom qab ntawd ib tug kawm tiav ntawm Suffolk University Law School nyob rau Boston, MA. “NEF nca muab tsis tau vim hais tias Matt thiab kuv muaj ib tug tiag tiag kev mob siab rau kev sib ntaus qib, and we’re willing to do the not-so-glamorous grunt work that others shy away from. You need to understand your audience. You need to know your way around a spreadsheet, ib daim tshev register, and have a good grasp on finance and budgeting. It’s a business like any other.”
Vim txoj kev loj hlob ntawm lub lag luam, DiSalvo and Peterson decided to add a third executive to the mix earlier this year. They hired longtime Bellator Vice President of Talent Relations Sam Caplan to serve as NEF’s Director of National Business Development.
“Nyob rau ib lub sij hawm ntawm kuj zoo kawg thiab contraction consolidation thaum nws los txog rau lub regional MMA qhov chaw, NEF tau ploj mus nyob rau hauv txawv kev taw qhia thiab ua tau nce lawv zuag qhia tag nrho ua lag ua luam,” hais Caplan thaum mus txog rau saib. “Yuav hais rau theem ntawm kev loj hlob uas NEF tau muaj lately yog tsawg yuav tsum yog ib tug understatement. Cov qib txoj kev loj hlob yog ib tug tim khawv rau cov professionalism thiab lag luam kev qhuab qhia ntawm nws cov Hmoob proprietors, Nick DiSalvo thiab Matt Peterson.”
Tshiab England Fights’ tom ntej no cov kev tshwm sim, “NEF XIX,” yuav siv sij hawm qhov chaw nyob rau Saturday, Cuaj hlis 12, 2015 nyob rau ntawm lub Androscoggin Bank Colisee nyob rau hauv Lewiston, Maine. Daim pib rau “NEF XIX” pib ntawm cia li $25 thiab yog muag tam sim no nyob www.TheColisee.com los yog los ntawm kev hu mus rau lub chaw ua hauj lwm ntawm Colisee207.783.2009 x 525. Yog xav paub ntxiv nyob rau hauv cov kev tshwm sim thiab kev sib ntaus card tshiab, thov mus saib cov qib lub website ntawm www.NewEnglandFights.com. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, koj yuav saib NEF yeeb yaj duab ntawm www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, ua raws li lawv nyob rau Twitternefights thiab koom nrog cov nom Facebook pab pawg neeg "New England Fights."
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Tshiab England Fights ("NEF") yog ib tug sib ntaus txheej xwm promotions lub tuam txhab. NEF lub hom phiaj yog los tsim lub siab tshaj plaws zoo txheej xwm rau Maine lub tua hluav taws thiab cov kiv cua zoo tib yam nkaus. NEF lub thawj pab neeg no muaj nws kim heev kev nyob rau hauv nqe ntaus rog kev ua si tswj, txheej xwm ntau lawm, xov xwm kev sib raug zoo, marketing, kev cai lij choj thiab advertising.