Uyekele NGOKUSHESHA: Lewiston, Maine (June 30, 2015) - New England ayalwa (NEF), America isibalo-one zesifunda fight ukukhuthazwa, aphethwe exubile-karate-arts yayo lesificaminwembili (MMA) umcimbi, “NEF XVIII: EYENZIWE AMERICA,” amasonto amabili edlule ngesikhathi Androscoggin Bank Colisee e Lewiston, Maine. The event was the third held by the fight promotion at the venue in just a four-month stretch, futhi eneziqongo owawuphumelela kakhulu period nengxenye ngonyaka emlandweni ekugqugquzeleni sika.
NEF iyona brainchild of Massachusetts ummeli Nick DiSalvo futhi Maine State Omele Math 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, abalandeli lokuhamba combat ezemidlalo, DiSalvo futhi Peterson wanquma isethaphu esitolo in Lewiston, Maine, the famed home of the Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston world heavyweight championship rematch of 1965. NEF’s first event in Lewiston, owawuse February 2012, outdrew Ali-Liston II by ngaphezu 800 fans kanye kuka 3200 ababekhona.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, futhi esigcawini lapho izimbangi ziye floundered, NEF has continued to draw huge crowds to its events. The promotion has hosted fights of many UFC veterans, kuhlanganise owabe-time ezimbili wesibhakela nezwe iqhawe Tim “The Maine-IAC” Sylvia (31-10). In 2013, NEF co-promoted an event in Lewiston with national promotion Bellator. That event was broadcast live on Spike TV. Ukwengeza, Videos NEF ku-Youtube babe izigidi ukubukwa emhlabeni wonke, futhi umcimbi avelele nokugqugquzela singazithola ngokuvamile kubonakala AXS TV Inside MMA Uhlelo.
Engxenyeni yokuqala ka 2015, ngaphezu kwe 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 more 18 amaviki kusukela “NEF XVI” onFebruary 7 to “NEF XVIII” on June 13. It is also another example of NEF thriving in a time when other regional fight promotions struggle.
“Kumane umphumela eziningi umsebenzi onzima futhi ibhizinisi nesipiliyoni ngempela,” Said DiSalvo, a 1999 graduate Summa cum laude of Merrimack College e North Andover, MA, lapho kwaba Kamongameli ze-Scholar, futhi kamuva a iziqu Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA. “NEF uphumelela ngoba Math mina abe abanothando lwangempela impi promotion, 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, irejista isheke, and have a good grasp on finance and budgeting. It’s a business like any other.”
Ngenxa ukukhula kwebhizinisi, 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.
“Ngesikhathi ukusikwa okukhulu kanye nokuhlanganiswa uma kuziwa yesifunda MMA isikhala, NEF uye bahamba ngqo kolunye uhlangothi futhi empeleni anda ibhizinisi labo jikelele,” washo Caplan lapho baphawule. “Ukusho ezingeni lokukhula ukuthi NEF iye libhekene kamuva akuvamile kungaba yinto kweswela. Ukukhula Ukukhuthazwa nkulu liwubufakazi efaneleyo namabhizinisi nesiyalo lobunini wayo oyinhloko, Nick DiSalvo Math Peterson.”
New England ayalwa’ umcimbi olandelayo, “NEF XIX,” ithatha indawo Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. Amathikithi for “NEF XIX” ukuqalisa nje $25 futhi ukudayiswa manje www.TheColisee.com noma ngokuthi Colisee ibhokisi ehhovisi ngesikhathi207.783.2009 x 525. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."
About New England ayalwa
New England ayalwa ("NEF") Yimpi izenzakalo ukukhushulwa inkampani. Mission NEF ukwakha esezingeni izenzakalo for fighters Maine kanye fans ngokufanayo. Executive team NEF has olutheni management combat ezemidlalo, izenzakalo production, ubudlelwane media, marketing, kwezomthetho kanye nokukhangisa.