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FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO A SHOT AT THE GOLD, JACKSON AND VELADO TAKE MMA CAREERS TO A NEW LEVEL AT NEF 25
由: Kalle Oakes
Humility is the undertone for any conversation with Jimmy Jackson about his mixed martial arts career. It was a humbling experience that twisted Rafael Velado’s arm into the world of combat sports in the first place.
One of the men will depart Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston wielding a source of pride – the New England Fights amateur lightweight championship belt – after their clash at “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” this 星期六, 九月 10.
Mention the idea of his earning a title shot in the hexagon and Jackson (3-2) almost can’t withhold a laugh.
“It’s a big opportunity for someone like me,”杰克逊说. “I never thought I would be fighting for a title. I’ve had a ton of teammates come up to me and say, ‘You deserve this! Way to go!’ I just never thought of myself as that top-tier fighter. I’ve always been the guy kind of behind the scenes.”
Easy enough for the Bangor fighter to blend in, considering that he trains at Young’s MMA with the likes of Aaron “Relentless” Lacey, “The” Ryan Sanders, and Josh “Hook On” Harvey.
Fighting for the belt vacated by stablemate Harvey isn’t an endeavor that would have entered Jackson’s mind back in 2012, when he accepted a fight in Vermont on a relative lark. He won via submission, with a choke, 在 96 秒.
“My training started out as me and a few other guys messing around in a basement,”杰克逊说. “My first fight was spur of the moment. I won and it sort of got the adrenaline going, 如, ‘I can do this. I did pretty good.’”
Through a co-worker, he connected up with Young’s MMA.
After a learning curve that included back-to-back losses in 2013, Jackson steadily improved and defeated two consecutive opponents to earn his title opportunity.
“It’s a blessing and a curse. It’s truly a family. These are guys who truly stand by each other, in hard times, bad times, in and out of the gym,” Jackson said of wearing Young’s colors. “But on the flip side, everybody’s watching you, expecting a certain amount of entertainment from you. I want to perform at such a level that people are excited to watch me fight.”
While most fighters go through the drudgery of training in order to bask in the glory of fight night, Jackson contends that it’s the training he loves most. And entering the cage, he claims, is not about him.
“Fighting, 对我来说, is just what I can do to show everybody what my coaches have accomplished,”杰克逊说. “They sacrifice so much to give us fighters the recognition and they get very little recognition in return. The only reason I get in the cage is to represent them.”
Jackson gravitated to MMA with minimal experience in combat sports. 含蓄, of Norridgewock, brought a decade of jiu-jitsu and a black belt to the table.
That journey had less glamorous beginnings, 然而.
“In July 2005, I was playing basketball and a guy on my own team, if you can believe it, punched me in the face. He took exception to something and he messed me up pretty good,”蒙面说道. “From watching UFC, I thought I knew what to do to defend myself, and I pulled him down with an arm bar. Pathetically, but I pulled him down.”
Velado called it a reality check, one that led him to enroll in jiu-jitsu classes taught by Aaron Blake in Boothbay Harbor.
“I think all guys think they will be able to defend themselves in a situation, and most of those guys are wrong,”蒙面说道.
In more than three years of tournament competition, Velado said he fought more than 50 times and lost only three matches.
He grew restless and sought a new challenge. It led him to John Raio’s First Class MMA in Topsham. Velado was primed for his debut, but a sparring session with heavyweight teammate Nick Gulliver led to a torn MCL in his knee.
“That took about six to eight months before I fully recovered,”蒙面说道. “I dropped in on John again in April 2015, and we got a plan together. He got me in there with a lot of good wrestler types, including himself. He let me train with Marcus Davis and some other guys to expand my skill set.”
Velado has won three times in NEF, capped by a split decision over Mike Peitersen of Young’s.
“You’re in for a war. Young’s guys, they’re great. They’re all respectful. They train like savages,”蒙面说道. “Look who he’s training against…Those guys could fight anywhere in the United States and do well. You can’t not get better training against guys like that. You can’t not be a stud.”
杰克逊, who said that MMA has lowered his stress level while reminding him that there is nothing else in life he can’t handle, hinted that he is the underdog on paper.
“He went three rounds with Mike Pietersen, and Mike is a tough dude. I know he’s a black belt in jits,”杰克逊说. “I’m taking a realistic approach. I’m more focused on what I need to do and can’t worry about what he’s going to do. I don’t think he’s going to show me anything that I can’t handle.”
The question, Velado said, is whether or not Jackson’s modesty suggests any level of uncertainty.
“The difference between us is that I know I have jiu-jitsu in my tool box. He doesn’t have anything like that in his tool box that I know of,”蒙面说道. “He’s going to see what level he’s at in this fight. He’s going to find a way to get past me, or he’s going to take a step back and say is this something I really want to be doing? He definitely has to have confidence if he wants to beat me.”
The opening bell on this 星期六, 九月 10 被设定为 7 P.M. The current docket for “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” includes three professional boxing matches, five pro mixed martial arts bouts and five amateur MMA scraps. Tickets start at $25 和可在 www.TheColisee.com or by calling the Colisee box office at 207.783.2009, 延期 525.
有关事件,并拼牌更新的详细信息, 请访问推广的网站 www.NewEnglandFights.com. 此外, 你可以在观看视频NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, 按照他们的Twitter @nefights并加入官方Facebook集团“新英格兰战斗。”
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BELLATOR 将在特拉维夫举办首场大型综合格斗赛事, 以色列 11 月 10
重量级世界冠军安德烈·科列什科夫在主赛事中对阵道格拉斯·利马
ALSO: 以色列陆军老兵诺德·拉哈特为 BELLATOR MMA 首次亮相对抗斯科特·克里夫
SANTA MONICA, CALIF (七. 7, 2016) – Bellator MMA 次中量级冠军 安德烈Koreshkov (19-1) 将第二次为他的腰带防御他一年多前从他那里拿走的人, 道格拉斯·利马 (27-6), 在促销活动在特拉维夫梅诺拉米夫塔希姆竞技场历史性的首次亮相的主要活动中 十一月 10.
此外, 该卡将在联合标题中以以色列自己的一张为特色, 当新签下 Bellator MMA 羽量级时 Noad所有 (9-2) 会见 斯科特·克利夫 (15-5). 额外的主卡和预赛将在未来几周内公布.
维亚康姆旗下的格斗促销历史性活动将在美国播出 SPIKE 星期五, 十一月 11 在 9 P.M. AND / 8 P.M. CT. Bellator与Ananey Communications合作, 一家以色列电视集团夸口 14 频道, 其中一些展示了维亚康姆的内容,包括自那以后在以色列广播 Bellator 的 EGO 和 EGO TOTAL 频道 2012.
该事件门票现已公开发售,并可以在购买 Bellator.com 或 Eventim.co.il/mma.
目前位于 Bellator MMA 次中量级组别, 26岁的冠军科列什科夫最近拆解了前世界冠军 本森亨德森 为 25 他有史以来第一次卫冕冠军的时间. 19-1 作为一个专业, “斯巴达”从那以后就没有尝过失败的滋味 2013 并且已经完成 13 通过淘汰赛或屈服击败他的对手. 值得注意的是,科列什科夫在前中量级冠军的带领下训练亚历山大Shlemenko.
从对顶级竞争者的统治性胜利中脱颖而出 保罗·戴利, “飞鸿” 利马赢得了挑战促销活动的 170 磅冠军的权利, 他曾经持有的. 美国顶级球队的佼佼者有在到达评委之前以壮观的方式赢得战斗的诀窍’ 记分卡, 他在 23 他 27 赢得作为一个专业. 出生在巴西, 自从开始他的职业生涯以来,这位 28 岁的球员已经在顶级比赛中取得了胜利 2006, 对阵本·桑德斯(Ben Saunders)的比赛 (2X), 瑞安福特, 史蒂夫卡尔和奥运选手里克霍恩. 现在完全健康, 自那以后,利马首次在一个日历年内打两场比赛 2013.
柔术黑带, 拉哈特职业生涯首次亮相 2008, 在那里他开始了令人印象深刻的七连胜. 32岁的“尼奥”随后决定将自己的才华带到UFC, 在那里他又取得了两场胜利, 完善他目前的职业记录 9-2. 来自 Alfei Menashe, 撒玛利亚以色列, 拉哈特在过渡到他现在很有前途的 MMA 职业生涯之前也是以色列国防军的一名士兵. 他将寻求参加强大的 Bellator MMA 羽量级比赛,其中包括现任冠军 丹尼尔·斯特劳斯, 帕特·柯伦, 帕特里克“比特犬,” 丹尼尔Weichel, 和 格奥尔基Karakhanyan.
在 34 岁, Scott Cleve 将在 Bellator MMA 的旗帜下第五次出场, 科罗拉多本地人有提前结束战斗的诀窍, 阻止他的对手 11 他 15 胜利. 显着的胜利 “贱民综合格斗” 出色的履历包括战胜UFC老将阿贝尔·特鲁希略, 与 Bellator 的竞争对手一起 德里克场 和 马特·贝塞特.
“特拉维夫的 Bellator MMA”主卡:
次中量级世界冠军赛: 安德烈Koreshkov (19-1) VS. 道格拉斯·利马 (27-6)
羽特征回合: Noad所有 (9-2) VS. 斯科特·克利夫 (15-5)
HALL AND CRAFTS PREPARE FOR ONE LAST AMATEUR SCRAP BEFORE THE PROS
由: Kalle Oakes
It is hard to believe that Caleb Hall and Johnny Crafts’ paths have not crossed in the New England Fights mixed martial arts hexagon before now.
Separated by only two years in age and only a handful of pounds on the scale, the two former high school athletes made the transition to the cage from other combat pursuits at around the same time. Hall was a champion wrestler, while Crafts was a decorated grappler in the jiu-jitsu realm.
They are even considering a jump to the professional ranks at the same time … after one final stop to stand toe-to-toe with one another in a clash of amateur champions at “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains.”
NEF amateur featherweight champion Hall (7-3) of Portland by way of Dixfield will collide with NEF amateur bantamweight titleholder Crafts (4-0) of Lisbon this 星期六, 九月 10.
“I’d say my days in the amateur ranks are numbered,” Hall said. “I feel at this point, as tough as the fights are getting, I might as well be a pro. I just didn’t want to do it too early. I wanted to be a legitimate pro athlete.”
Hall took a measured approach to his ascent through the ranks. Not many fighters stick around for a double-digit number of amateur bouts before either taking prize money or returning to the safety of spectator-hood.
然后又, not many debut in the sport as early as Hall. He remembers getting his first recruiting call from NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson while helping a friend, Josh Thornton, train for an NEF appearance.
“He called me out of nowhere and tried to get me a fight on short notice. Then he saw me filling out the information sheet and noticed that I was still only 17,” Hall said, noting that the rules prohibit minors from entering the fray. “So I ended up fighting in September, a month after my 18日 生日. I was hooked from the first time I watched it. I knew it was something I wanted to do.”
Hall won his first three fights, largely on the strength of his wrestling acumen, while bouncing between his hometown in the Western mountains of Maine and Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.
While sparring at First Class MMA in Topsham, Hall heard NEF mainstay John Raio rave about the merits of the Choi Institute in Portland. Hall took the advice and quickly discovered a place where his boxing and striking skills improved exponentially.
“Most of my training has been stand-up. I’ve tried to improve on it,” Hall said. “I figure that I’ve wrestled so long that I can kind of put it down when it comes to training and put more effort in the areas where I need to improve my skills.”
Hall carries a two-fight winning streak. The latter victory was a second-round submission over Erik Nelson for the vacant 145-pound strap in April.
He has stayed busy, rarely skipping back-to-back NEF cards during his time with the organization. By contrast, Crafts had been out of the cage for a year prior to his third-round TKO of Henry Clark for the 135-pound title in February.
“Injuries are what have screwed me over. I should have a lot more fights for as long as I’ve been at it,” Crafts said. “If I’m healthy, 输赢, I think this is probably my last fight as an amateur. 我 24. I don’t want to drag it on too long.”
Crafts agreed with Hall’s assessment that whichever of the two fighters is able to step out of his comfort zone on the mat will gain the upper hand.
“Caleb is a really good wrestler. I never wrestled in high school, just jiu-jitsu. But with jiu-jitsu, you learn how to wrestle,” Crafts said. “I think people are going to be surprised by my wrestling, and I think everybody’s going to be impressed with my boxing. I feel more confident. I think he’s going to be surprised when I punch him in the face.”
Hall has fought all but two of his fights at 145 pounds and said that he considers that weight class “home.” Crafts dismissed any disadvantage in having to step up, noting that his walking-around weight is in the 160s.
“This is my first time fighting at 145. I’m really excited about it. Getting down to 135 is a really big cut for me. I felt it in the last fight. I could just tell. I really shouldn’t have been as tired as I was,” Crafts said. “And Henry was a good opponent. I was working on things, using more of my stand-up. That kind of prolonged it.
“He’s definitely the best at 145 在我看来,” Crafts added in reference to Hall. “He’s one of the most experienced amateurs out there. He’s definitely the best guy for me to fight.”
The opening bell this 星期六, 九月 10 被设定为 7 P.M. The current docket for “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” includes three professional boxing matches, five pro mixed martial arts bouts and six amateur MMA scraps. Tickets start at $25 和可在 www.TheColisee.com or by calling the Colisee box office at 207.783.2009, 延期 525.
有关事件,并拼牌更新的详细信息, 请访问推广的网站 www.NewEnglandFights.com. 此外, 你可以在观看视频NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, 按照他们的Twitter @nefights并加入官方Facebook集团“新英格兰战斗。”
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