Lewiston, Maine (November 5, 2015) - New England alụkarị ọgụ (NEF), America nọmba-otu mpaghara agha nkwalite, ga jide ya na-esote omume, “NEF XX: A History nke ime ihe ike” na Saturday, November 21, 2015 na Androscoggin Bank Colisée na Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – mbuaha-mara-nkà (Emmanuel) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. In a featured lightweight professional boxing match, Josh Parker (0-1) ka aka na ihu Elias “Danger Adila” Leland (0-0) na a anọ-gburugburu zoo.
Ezie na tuanu ga-Parker mbụ ọkpọ egwuregwu na NEF, he is no stranger to longtime fans of the promotion. Parker was a regular on NEF MMA cards during the early days of the company. He put together a record of 4-8 as a professional MMA competitor over the course of five years. Parker feels that he has found his true home not in the MMA cage, ma na ọkpọ mgbanaka.
“Boxing bụ mma kwesịrị ekwesị n'ihi na m n'ihi na m na mgbe hụrụ standup akụkụ nke Emmanuel,” kwuru Parker. “Mgbe e nyere m na Brandon Berry (9-1) alụ ọgụ ma na malitere ilebara ndị na-na naanị, M maara na m hụrụ m ezi ọkpụkpọ. M kwụsịrị ọrụ, malitere ewu a agha otu, and have done nothing but study and train since. My plan is to stay very active, Ga-amasị m na-alụ ọgụ ọ bụla di na nwunye ọnwa ma ọ bụrụ na o kwere omume.”
Dị ka e kwuru, Parker malitere ya ọkpọ ọrụ na opupu ihe ubi nke 2014 Mgbe ọ nabatara a tuanu na Brandon Berry na North Anson, Maine. Parker held his own in the bout, eventually dropping a four-round decision. Fans have speculated that there would be a rematch at some point down the road between the two.
“Ị mara, ndị mmadụ mgbe niile na-arịọ na, ma m n'ezie anaghị eche banyere alụ ọgụ Brandon ọzọ,” kwuru Parker. “Ị na-ele ndị agha na-agwa m otú ndị ikpe wee na scores ha mere. That fight was on five weeks of boxing training. Now I’ve had a year and a half. If he’s standing in the path on the way to the top then so be it, ma ọ bụghị ihe m na-eche banyere.”
Gịnị bụ na Parker n'uche bụ ya agha otu – Obi tara mmiri Emmanuel & Boxing. Opened in 2014 na ndị dabeere nke Benton, Maine, Ruthless is one of the standout new teams emerging on the Maine fight scene consisting of scrappy young athletes. In founding the team, Parker doro nnọọ anya na ọ bụ nanị mmasị na-azụ ndị na-akwa banyere mpi dị ka alụso.
“Ruthless is different because I’m not in it for the money. I don’t take people who are just trying to get in shape or learn about MMA or boxing. We don’t do ‘classes.’ We fight, kwa ụbọchị. I’m building a fight team. When we fight, anyị na-achọ ndị imecha.”
Nwute n'ihi Parker, he has had some trouble finding boxing matches in the past year-and-a-half following the Berry fight. With NEF now operating as an MMA and boxing promotion, Parker, na ndị ọzọ na-amasị ya, kara aka na ha na-erite uru site na ụlọ ọrụ si kwụsie ike ma na-agbanwe agbanwe ihe oge.
“Ọ na-nnọọ na-akụda mmụọ,” kwuru Parker nke na-agbalị ịchọta ọkpọ ọkụ. “M na-agbalị mwube a di na nwunye ịlụ ọgụ site ọzọ n'ọkwá nke steti na ha na dara site. I know I can always count on NEF to give me the opportunity to showcase my skills. I’m extremely excited for November 21, karịsịa ịbụ akụkụ nke mbụ sọrọ Emmanuel na ọkpọ show. It’s been a year-and-a-half since my boxing debut. M mere ihe ọ bụla ma ụgbọ okporo ígwè ebe. I can’t wait to finally be able to put all that hard work to the test.”
Na Parker ga, enweghị mgbagha ọ bụla, -anwale on November 21 na “NEF XX.” Ya onye iro, Elias Leland, bụ onye so Jay Jack si Academy nke Emmanuel na Portland, Maine. Leland is a talented mixed-martial-artist who has competed regularly on NEF cards. He is currently 2-1 Dị ka ọkachamara Emmanuel fighter mgbe na-etinye ọnụ a 3-1 ndekọ dị ka ihe na-amu amu. While Leland has established himself as a submission specialist, o gosiworo nnọọ mma aka na standup ikike na ụbọchị na Emmanuel oké mmanya.
“M na-atụ anya ya ka ọ bụrụ ihe ọma na agha nke Fans,” kwuru Parker nke na-abịa ọkpọ egwuregwu na Leland. “I’ve never been one to trash talk before a fight. I’ll let my hands do the talking on November 21. Fans can expect to see me looking for a knockout for as long as it lasts. Ọ na-aga na-na-akpali akpali agha.”
New England alụkarị ọgụ’ ọzọ omume, “NEF XX: A History nke ime ihe ike,” na-ewe ebe November 21, 2015 na Androscoggin Bank Colisée na Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (Emmanuel) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tiketi maka “NEF XX” na-amalite mgbe dị nnọọ $25 na ndị na ere ugbu a na www.TheColisee.com ma ọ bụ site-akpọ Colisée igbe ọrụ na 207.783.2009 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."
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