Kia tukuna tonutia atu: Lewiston, Maine (Pipiri 30, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, puritia ona waru whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XVIII: Hanga i AMERICA,” he iti ki runga i te rua wiki ki muri i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. The event was the third held by the fight promotion at the venue in just a four-month stretch, a tepe reira te wā tau hawhe-angitu te nuinga i roto i te aamu o te whakatairanga o te.
NEF Ko te brainchild o Massachusetts rōia Nick DiSalvo me Maine State Māngai 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, pā mo'uí o hākinakina whawhai, Faaoti DiSalvo a Peterson ki te toa tatū i roto i Lewiston, Maine, the famed home of the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston world heavyweight championship rematch of 1965. NEF’s first event in Lewiston, puritia i roto i te Hui-tanguru 2012, outdrew Ali-Liston II i neke atu i te 800 pā ki te runga i 3200 i roto i te tae atu.
Mai i taua wā, a i roto i te kainga hokohoko i reira i hē kē whakataetae, NEF has continued to draw huge crowds to its events. The promotion has hosted fights of many UFC veterans, tae atu e rua-wā toa taumahamaha te ao o mua Tim “Ko te Maine-iac” Sylvia (31-10). I roto i te 2013, NEF co-promoted an event in Lewiston with national promotion Bellator. That event was broadcast live on Spike TV. I tua atu, Ataata o NEF i runga i Youtube i milioni o whakaaro te ao, a maha taea te kite i ngā kaupapa o te whakatairanga o runga AXS TV o Roto MMA te hōtaka.
I roto i te hawhe tuatahi o te 2015, neke atu i te 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 – he ake 18 wiki i “Nef XVI” i runga iFebruary 7 ki “NEF XVIII” i runga i Pipiri 13. It is also another example of NEF thriving in a time when other regional fight promotions struggle.
“Ko te tino noa i te hua o te rota o te mahi pakeke me te wheako pakihi,” Said DiSalvo, te 1999 paetahi summa cum laude o Merrimack College i roto i Te Tai Tokerau Andover, MA, te wahi i noho ia i te peresideniraa Scholar, me te i muri paetahi o University Suffolk Ture School i Boston, MA. “NEF muri a no te Matt i te weriweri tūturu mō te whakatairanga whawhai ahau, 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, he rēhita taki, and have a good grasp on finance and budgeting. It’s a business like any other.”
Nā ki te tupu o te mahi, 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.
“I te wa o te hukihuki nui, me te whakatōpū, ina tae mai te reira ki te wāhi MMA rohe, Kua haere NEF i roto i te huarahi i te ritenga tangohia, me te mau nui haere ratou mahi whānui,” kī Caplan ka tae hoki te kōrero. “Hei te mea i te taumata o te tupu i kua NEF kua faaruru hou he onge e te kōrero. Tupu o te whakatairanga, ko te he kawenata ki te ngaio, me te pakihi te ako o ona paanga ki rangatira, Nick DiSalvo a Matt Peterson.”
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX,” e wahi i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee 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 i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee 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."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.