Ozugbo tọhapụ: Lewiston, Maine (June 30, 2015) - New England alụkarị ọgụ (NEF), America nọmba-otu mpaghara agha nkwalite, ẹkenịmde ya iri na asatọ mbuaha-mara-nkà (Emmanuel) omume, “NEF XVIII: Mere na America,” obere ihe karịrị izu abụọ gara aga na Androscoggin Bank Colisee na Lewiston, Maine. The event was the third held by the fight promotion at the venue in just a four-month stretch, ọ na-capped kasị aga nke ọma ọkara afọ oge nkwalite akụkọ ihe mere eme.
NEF bụ brainchild nke Massachusetts ọka iwu Nick DiSalvo na Maine State nnochite anya 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, ndụ Fans nke ọgụ egwuregwu, DiSalvo na Peterson kpebiri Mbido ụlọ ahịa na Lewiston, Maine, the famed home of the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston world heavyweight championship rematch of 1965. NEF’s first event in Lewiston, ẹkenịmde ke February 2012, outdrew Ali-Liston II site karịa 800 Fans na n'elu 3200 bịaranụ.
Ebe ọ bụ na oge, na a n'ọma ahịa ebe asọmpi na-floundered, NEF has continued to draw huge crowds to its events. The promotion has hosted fights of many UFC veterans, gụnyere mbụ abụọ oge ụwa heavyweight mmeri Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia (31-10). Na 2013, NEF co-promoted an event in Lewiston with national promotion Bellator. That event was broadcast live on Spike TV. Ọzọkwa, NEF si vidiyo na Youtube nwere ọtụtụ nde nke echiche zuru ụwa ọnụ, na nkwalite si omume Isi pụrụ mgbe mgbe na-hụrụ na AXS TV si Inside Emmanuel omume.
Ke akpa ọkara nke 2015, karịrị 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 – a ọzọ 18 izu si “NEF XVI” naFebruary 7 ka “NEF XVIII” na June 13. It is also another example of NEF thriving in a time when other regional fight promotions struggle.
“Ọ bụ n'ezie dị nnọọ n'ihi nke a otutu nke ịrụsi ọrụ ike na azụmahịa ahụmahụ,” kwuru DiSalvo, a 1999 gụsịrị akwụkwọ summa yana laude nke Merrimack College na North Andover, MA, ebe ọ bụ a President Ọkà mmụta, na mgbe e mesịrị a gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Suffolk University Iwu School na Boston, MA. “NEF ịnọchi n'ihi Matt na m nwere ezigbo ahuhu maka agha nkwalite, 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, a ego aha, and have a good grasp on finance and budgeting. It’s a business like any other.”
N'ihi na uto nke azụmahịa, 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.
“Mgbe oge nke oké mkpi na igba mgbe ọ na-abịa na mpaghara Emmanuel ohere, NEF arahụ na kpọmkwem abụghị ntụziaka na n'ezie ụba ha n'ozuzu azụmahịa,” kwuru Caplan mgbe ruru n'ihi na ikwu. “Iji na-ekwu na ọkwa nke ibu na NEF e enwe n'oge na-adịbeghị bụ obere ga-abụ ihe ekwesighi. Nkwalite si na-eto bụ a agba ka professionalism na azụmahịa ịdọ aka ná ntị nke ya isi proprietors, Nick DiSalvo na Matt Peterson.”
New England alụkarị ọgụ’ ọzọ omume, “NEF XIX,” na-ewe ebe Saturday, September 12, 2015 na Androscoggin Bank Colisee na Lewiston, Maine. Tiketi maka “NEF XIX” na-amalite mgbe dị nnọọ $25 na ndị na ere ugbu a na www.TheColisee.com ma ọ bụ site akpọ Colisee igbe ọrụ na207.783.2009 x 525. Maka ozi ọzọ na ihe omume na-alụ ọgụ kaadị mmelite, biko gaa na nkwalite si website na www.NewEnglandFights.com. Na mgbakwunye, i nwere ike na-ele NEF vidiyo na www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, na-eso ha na Twitternefights ma sonyere ukara Facebook otu "New England ọgụ."
Banyere New England alụkarị ọgụ
New England alụkarị ọgụ ("NEF") bụ a ọgụ ihe n'ọkwá ụlọ ọrụ. NEF ozi bụ ike ndị kasị mma ihe n'ihi Maine si agha na Fans myiri. NEF Executive otu nwere ọtụtụ ahụmahụ na ọgụ egwuregwu management, ihe mmepụta, media mmekọahụ, ahịa, na iwu na mgbasa ozi.