Pikeun ngaleupaskeun Geura: Lewiston, Maine (Juni 30, 2015) - Gelut New England (NEF), Amérika sacara jumlah-hiji promotion fight regional, dilaksanakeun dicampur-bela diri-seni ka anak (MMA) kajadian, “NEF XVIII: Dilakukeun dina Amérika,” saeutik leuwih dua minggu ka tukang di Androscoggin Bank Colisee di Lewiston, Maine. The event was the third held by the fight promotion at the venue in just a four-month stretch, sarta capped pang suksés periode satengah taun dina sajarah kampanye sacara.
NEF nyaeta gagasan poko tina Massachusetts Pangacara Nick DiSalvo jeung Maine Propinsi Wawakil 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, fans lifelong olah raga merangan, DiSalvo jeung Peterson mutuskeun ka warung setup di Lewiston, Maine, the famed home of the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston world heavyweight championship rematch of 1965. NEF’s first event in Lewiston, diayakeun di Pébruari 2012, outdrew Ali-Liston II ku leuwih ti 800 fans jeung over 3200 dina hadir.
Saprak waktu éta, jeung di pasaran a mana pesaing geus floundered, NEF has continued to draw huge crowds to its events. The promotion has hosted fights of many UFC veterans, kaasup urut jawara heavyweight dunya dua waktu Tim “Nu Maine-iac” Sylvia (31-10). Dina 2013, NEF co-promoted an event in Lewiston with national promotion Bellator. That event was broadcast live on Spike TV. Sajaba ti, Video NEF Kang dina Youtube geus jutaan Pamadegan sakuliah dunya, sarta kampanye sacara kajadian highlights mindeng bisa ditempo dina AXS TV Kang Di jero MMA program.
Dina satengah kahiji 2015, langkung ti 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 – leuwih 18 minggu ti “NEF XVI” dinaPebruari 7 ka “NEF XVIII” dina tanggal 13. It is also another example of NEF thriving in a time when other regional fight promotions struggle.
“Ieu bener euy hasil loba gawé teuas jeung pangalaman bisnis,” Ngadawuh DiSalvo, a 1999 lulus summa cum laude of Merrimack College di Jakarta Utara Andover, MA, mana manéhna saurang sarjana Présidén, jeung saterusna lulusan Suffolk University Hukum School di Boston, MA. “NEF succeeds sabab Matt mah boga nafsu nyata pikeun promotion fight, 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, cek register, and have a good grasp on finance and budgeting. It’s a business like any other.”
Alatan tumuwuhna bisnis, 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.
“Dina waktu kontraksi gedé jeung konsolidasi lamun datang ka rohangan MMA regional, NEF geus musna dina arah sabalikna pasti jeung sabenerna ngaronjat bisnis maranéhna gemblengna,” nyatakeun Caplan lamun nepi pikeun comment. “Pikeun nyebutkeun tingkat tumuwuhna nu NEF geus ngalaman kiwari geus jarang bakal an parnyataan nu ngahinakeun. Tumuwuh kampanye téh hiji surat wasiat ka profesionalisme jeung bisnis disiplin of proprietors kapala nya, Nick DiSalvo jeung Matt Peterson.”
Gelut New England’ kajadian saterusna, “NEF XIX,” lumangsung dina Saptu, September 12, 2015 di Androscoggin Bank Colisee di Lewiston, Maine. Tiket pikeun “NEF XIX” mimitian jam saukur $25 jeung nu diobral ayeuna di www.TheColisee.com atawa ku nelepon kotak kantor Colisee di207.783.2009 x 525. Kanggo inpo nu langkung lengkep ihwal kajadian jeung fight apdet kartu, mangga buka website kampanye nu aya di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Salaku tambahan, Anjeun bisa lalajo video NEF di www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, turutan éta kontak dina Twitternefights jeung ngiluan gugus Facebook resmi "New England gelut."
Ngeunaan gelut New England
Gelut New England ("NEF") nyaéta gelut pausahaan kajadian promosi. Misi NEF nyaéta pikeun nyieun kajadian kualitas nu pangluhurna pikeun pejuang Maine sarta fans sapuk. Tim eksekutif NEF sacara miboga pangalaman éksténsif dina ngokolakeun olahraga tempur, produksi kajadian, Hubungan média, pamasaran, hukum jeung pariwara.