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Lewiston, Maine (Setembro 5, 2016) – Taylor Trahan is a statistical oddity.
A native of Littleton, New Hampshire, now living in East Concord, Vermont, the 25-year-old pursued mixed martial arts seven years ago, soon as he was legally old enough to do so. He has entered the cage a total of 20 times in professional and amateur competition.
All that experience in this neck of the woods, yet his featherweight bout against Matt Denning at “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” on Sábado, Sete. 10 at Androscoggin Bank Colisee will be his debut with New England Fights.
Trahan (5-6) is not buying the underdog or bad-guy label, even though he will walk into the historic arena in a city that Denning (3-3) calls home.
“This is only a two-hour trip (each way) for most of my fans,” Trahan said. “Most of them are used to traveling four hours or more to watch me fight. They’re like, ‘Oh, sweet.’”
Both fighters hope the matchup will reverse their recent career fortunes. Trahan has lost five consecutive fights since a red-hot start to his pro docket, while Denning has dropped three of his last four contests.
Denning is quick to point out that the results are deceiving on both sides.
“He fought a guy named Joe Pingitore. Beat him the first time with a rear naked choke and then lost to him in the rematch,”Denning disse. “That’s a guy who is one of the best 145-pounders in New England.”
If anyone has the right to consider himself an expert in ranking those middle weight classes, it’s Denning.
The local favorite known as “Ken Doll” has never shied away from fighting the best that NEF has to offer fighters in the neighborhood of 145. Denning twice defeated Derek Shorey. He inched upward in weight, unsuccessfully, against Jon Lemke at 150 and Josh Harvey at 155. Mais recentemente, Brandon Bushaw beat him by submission at “NEF 24: Promised Land” in June.
“You think about Lemke and Harvey, and I train with Jesse Erickson (at Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu),”Denning disse. “The only one really missing is Devin Powell. I feel like I’ve fought and trained with the best group of guys around.”
Jiu-jitsu is the go-to for both fighters. Trahan is a brown belt, while Denning is a purple belt.
In other areas, their styles clash. Three of Trahan’s pro wins have come by decision. Denning, Enquanto isso, has never gone the distance as a pro. He only went to the cards once as an amateur – a loss to Dom Cofone in his cage debut.
Trahan stopped short of a prediction but said that he expects to prevail by submission.
“I see it being a slow first round for at least the first couple minutes,"Ele disse. “Then once I get my timing down and start doing the things I want to do, I don’t see it going into the third round.”
Denning has prepared for a lengthy encounter. He confessed that he smoked through most of his career but has quit.
Couple that with a renewed commitment to road work and Denning forecasts that his fans will be pleased with his readiness for the relatively unknown foe.
“I believe the longest fight I’ve had was two minutes left in the third round,”Denning disse. “I feel good conditioning-wise. I’m a shorter guy, so I’ve got to stay at 145.”
He said that sparring against Erickson has prepared him for the taller Trahan.
Denning believes that his striking and wrestling are superior to Trahan’s repertoire, but he complemented his rival by adding that he considers him another in a line of rugged opponents.
“I wanted to pick someone hard to fight. This is my fourth fight in six months,”Denning disse. “Before that I took a year off. The last time I won in Lewiston was September of last year. I’m hoping the hometown advantage will help a little bit this time.”
Given the unpredictable nature of MMA, pro fighters must have short memories while applying the hard lessons they learn from losses. Trahan, like Denning, thinks he has achieved that.
“I’ve learned that I have to stick to what I know, and don’t do what’s not me,” Trahan said. “I think that in order for me to win, I have to take it to the ground. I favor the ground style. He’s excellent on the ground, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve seen some things I think I can exploit.”
The opening bell this Sábado, Setembro 10 é definido por 7 p.m. A súmula atual para “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” includes three professional boxing matches, five pro mixed martial arts bouts and five amateur MMA scraps. Os ingressos começam em $25 e estão disponíveis emwww.TheColisee.com ou ligando para o escritório de caixa em Colisee 207.783.2009, extensão 525.
Para mais informações sobre as atualizações de cartões de eventos e de luta, por favor visite o site da promoção no www.NewEnglandFights.com. Além, você pode assistir a vídeos no NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, segui-los no Twitternefights e juntar-se ao grupo no Facebook oficial "New England Lutas".
PARA DIVULGAÇÃO IMEDIATA: Lewiston, Maine (Setembro 4, 2016) – Rachael Joyce é formada em engenharia civil pela University of Maine. Jessica Borga é uma técnica veterinária de Lakeland, Florida.
Leia aquelas biografias de uma linha das duas mulheres e provavelmente não se encaixam em qualquer que seja o seu perfil pessoal de lutador de artes marciais mistas. E talvez essa presunção, e talvez um preconceito persistente da sociedade contra as lutadoras, é a razão pela qual Joyce e Borga têm lutado muito para encontrar oponentes em seus cantos do país.
Cada mulher vai terminar o que é um hiato de quase um ano da jaula quando Joyce (1-0) dá as boas-vindas a borga (2-1) para o Maine em uma luta de peso galo no “NEF 25: Heróis e vilões. ” New England Fights retorna ao seu local central, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, em Sábado, Setembro 10.
“Eu tive uma luta, outubro do ano passado. Eu achei muito difícil encontrar lutas. É simplesmente difícil. Maine não tem densidade populacional para isso. É difícil encontrar aquele grupo de lutadores,”Joyce disse. “No início de sua carreira, você deseja construir essa experiência perto de casa. É o melhor para toda a sua equipe, dado o compromisso que está envolvido. ”
Joyce, que mora na vila de Veazie no condado de Penobscot, divide seu tempo de treinamento entre Bangor, Portland e Boston.
A grama competitiva não é mais verde para Borga, que é conhecida por seus fãs como "A Viúva Negra" e é treinada por Ross Kellin.
“Meu treinador programou lutas para mim que não consegui. Eu deveria lutar oito vezes este ano, e este será o meu primeiro.
Borga foi espancada duramente em sua luta anterior, um novembro 2015 confronto contra Caitlin Sammons para o qual ela ponderou 126.5 libras, logo acima do limite de peso-mosca.
Ela disse que as mulheres sentem uma pressão adicional para fazer cortes drásticos de peso devido à falta de oportunidades de luta disponíveis, e no caso dela era especialmente perigoso.
“Aprendi que nunca vou lutar no 125 novamente,” Borga disse “Foi minha própria culpa. eu perdi 25 libras em duas semanas. eu estava doente no acampamento, e lutei doente.”
Antes do episódio acabar, Borga foi hospitalizado duas vezes com faringite estreptocócica, uma infecção renal e uma infecção da bexiga.
"Eu acredito (o corte de peso) fazia parte disso," ela disse. “Você está colocando essa pressão em seu corpo e sua mente. Meu jogo mental lutou com o que eu tive que passar. Eu acho que é mais difícil para as mulheres, também. nunca mais vou fazer isso. Aprendi que é melhor desistir do que perder.”
Borga não experimentou tais problemas neste campo. Ela disse que seu nível de energia está alto e que ela pode treinar mais por longos períodos de tempo.
Ela também está ansiosa para visitar do Sunshine State, uma ânsia que não é perdida em seu oponente.
“Quando um oponente está voando da Flórida, isso é emocionante,”Joyce disse. “Isso mostra que ela está realmente comprometida com isso. É difícil encontrar oponentes tão comprometidos quanto você.”
Ambas as mulheres são faixas azuis de Jiu-Jitsu. Joyce treina na disciplina há mais de dois anos.
É uma extensão de sua infância, quando ela jogou três esportes do time do colégio em cada ano do ensino médio. Ela brincou que considerava fortemente um quarto.
“Eu sempre fui a garota que tentou convencer meus pais a me deixarem jogar futebol,”Joyce disse. “Eles não ouviriam nada disso. Tenho certeza de que eles estão empolgados que sua filha de 20 e poucos anos agora é uma lutadora. Não, eles apoiam, mas agora é minha decisão. ”
Joyce nunca experimentou esportes individuais antes do reino do combate, mas ela rapidamente se tornou uma fã de MMA feminino, uma vez que explodiu em popularidade no UFC.
“Miesha Tate e Ronda Rousey estavam chegando, e, em seguida (Presidente do UFC) Dana White tinha sua famosa frase de que "nunca haverá mulheres no UFC,”Joyce disse. “Eu vi o que eles estavam fazendo e disse, 'Eu posso fazer isso. Eu vou fazer isso. ’”
Agora as mulheres esperam por um pico na participação feminina que não parecia seguir o sucesso desses modelos internacionais.
Joyce disse que recebeu convites para lutar em Nova Jersey no início deste ano, mas aqueles, também, teria exigido um corte desconfortável para uma pesagem no mesmo dia de 125 ou mesmo 115 libras.
Então ela se retirou para um jogo de treinar e esperar. Graças aos semelhantes, Borga igualmente desafiado, a espera está quase acabando.
“Sempre gostei de MMA, sempre adorei lutar. Eu acho que eu era conhecido por isso quando criança. Todo mundo que me conhece sempre me empurrou para entrar nisso,Borga disse. “Tentei há oito anos e descobri logo que estava grávida, para que pare com isso. Quando meu filho fez cinco anos, Eu disse, 'É agora ou nunca.' Comecei a treinar e me desenvolvi muito rápido. Meus treinadores disseram que eu tinha talento para isso.”
O sino de abertura sobre Setembro 10 é definido por 7 p.m. A súmula atual para “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” inclui quatro lutas de boxe profissional, seis lutas profissionais de artes marciais mistas e cinco lutas amadoras de MMA. Os ingressos começam em $25 e estão disponíveis em www.TheColisee.com ou ligando para o escritório de caixa em Colisee 207.783.2009, extensão 525.
Para mais informações sobre as atualizações de cartões de eventos e de luta, por favor visite o site da promoção no www.NewEnglandFights.com. Além, você pode assistir a vídeos no NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, segui-los no Twitternefights e juntar-se ao grupo no Facebook oficial "New England Lutas".
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Lewiston, Maine (Setembro 2, 2016) – The 3,800-square foot warehouse in Woburn, Massachusetts, is known simply as “The Way.”
No coincidence, since the proprietor who lives out his passion as a personal trainer under its roof, Brandon Montella, has found a way, in his own unique way.
From a turbulent childhood in North Anson, Maine, to four years of meritorious service in the United States Marine Corps, to the mixed emotions of staying ahead in the professional rat race, to intense personal tragedy, Montella, 36, has endured what most would consider a lifetime’s worth of challenges.
Yet he perseveres, finding strength and clarity in a life devoted to helping others. And he stays sharp, counter-intuitive as it may seem to the uninitiated, by letting other people punch him in the face.
“On a personal level it helped me so much. I had a lot of fear, maybe a little lack of confidence, due to some of the abuse in my past,” Montella said. “Boxing helped me so much with that. It made me a more complete person. I’m a better husband, a better businessman, a better man since I started fighting.”
A late bloomer who didn’t fully immerse himself in the fight game until his 30s, Montella (4-0, 3 KOs) will put his undefeated credentials on the line against Tollison Lewis (2-1, 1 KO) em “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” on Sábado, Setembro 10 no Colisee Androscoggin Bank em Lewiston, Maine, the venerable boxing venue that in 1965, when it was known as “St. Domenic’s Hall,” played host to the infamous Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston II world heavyweight title rematch. (Sim, the same boxing bout that spawned rumors of the “phantom punch,” and produced the most iconic image in the history of sports photography.)
Montella was born in Massachusetts but spent much of his childhood in the Western foothills of Maine, where he graduated from Carrabec High School. He describes those formative years as “a tough time, a little bit of a struggle,” and says fighting was both a means of both self-defense and a way of compensating for that lack of self-esteem.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world now,” Montella said. “It helped shape who I am. I tell everybody the Marine Corps started the process of my becoming a man, and boxing helped finish it.”
He spent four years in the service before receiving an honorable discharge. Along the way he met his wife, Tonya, and settled into the comfortable habit of seeking significance through work.
Fatefully, and admittedly on a lark, he accepted a military buddy’s challenge to enter a Toughman contest. It was the amateur, brawling, distant cousin of boxing that Eric “Butterbean” Esch made famous.
“I was a 240-pound meathead. Three one-minute rounds; that seemed like it was right up my alley,” Montella said.
In the process, Montella discovered that getting back in shape, setting goals and chasing intangible successes that were larger than wins and losses suited him, muito.
“That was a turning point for me. Corporate America, I just wasn’t into it,” Montella said. “I couldn’t lie to people and take advantage of them. I couldn’t deal with it morally. I had to turn my back on that. The Marine Corps taught me a different code. I cashed in my 401(k), moved to Massachusetts, became a personal trainer.”
Bem, it wasn’t quite that easy. He had to sell Tonya, whom he describes as “the major breadwinner in the house,” on the merits of such a change. She already had politely proclaimed Maine a great vacation spot but not a place she cared to settle down, for professional reasons.
Em 2008, work took Tonya to Boston.
“It was when the Celtics were getting ready to win the championship. She got caught up in the atmosphere and came home and told me, ‘I would move to Boston.’ I said OK,” Montella recalled with a laugh. “I didn’t let her take that back.”
Montella started his gym in a 10-feet-by-10-feet basement of a townhouse. He took up amateur boxing, em parte, to set an example for his clients.
“I decided I couldn’t train athletes if I’m not doing the (stuff). I want to wear the boots before the suits, você sabe?” Montella said. "Six months later I was the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in New England. It blew my mind. I found a place that was home.”
He won 14 da sua 21 lutas amadoras, including a novice heavyweight championship in Golden Gloves.
Montella’s trainees have watched him conquer adversity in the prize ring and fight through tragedy in his personal life. Tonya and Brandon’s first child was stillborn on Christmas 2015.
Boxe, and the wilderness in the shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain that holds so many contradictory memories for Montella, are part of his healing process.
“I’m here in Maine now getting ready, diving off 40-foot cliffs, doing hill sprints up 100-foot sand dunes, training like a savage,” Montella said. “We used to go up there to drink. All the crazy stuff I did as a kid, now I use it to make myself the best I can be.
“I preach it all the time at my gym: See the world as your training facility. What someone else sees as a cliff, I see as place to work on my focus and mental control. Where they see nothing but trees and open space, I see as a place to go and meditate. In my 30s, I don’t need drugs or alcohol now to be open with my emotions. Boxing has given me the strength to be who I always wanted to be.”
O sino de abertura sobre Setembro 10 é definido por 7 p.m. A súmula atual para “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” includes three professional boxing matches, five pro mixed martial arts bouts and six amateur MMA scraps. Os ingressos começam em $25 e estão disponíveis em www.TheColisee.com ou ligando para o escritório de caixa em Colisee207.783.2009, extensão 525.
Para mais informações sobre as atualizações de cartões de eventos e de luta, por favor visite o site da promoção no www.NewEnglandFights.com. Além, você pode assistir a vídeos no NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, segui-los no Twitternefights e juntar-se ao grupo no Facebook oficial "New England Lutas".
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NEW ENGLAND STRONG
RESULTS FROM FOXWOODS
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(all pictures by Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment)
Mashantucket, CT (Setembro 2, 2016) – New England boxers dominated last night’s Broadway Boxe, presented by DiBella Entertainment and sponsored by Nissan of Queens, Optyx, Azad Watches and Christos Steak House, held in the Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Rhode Island lightweight “Legal” Nick DeLomba (11-1, 2 KOs) outboxed and outpunched former Florida State Golden Gloves champion Amos “2 Suave” Cowart (11-2-1, 9 KOs) for an upset victory by way of an eight-round unanimous decision.
DeLomba, who was one of five winning New Englanders without a loss, took the fight to Cowart, beating him to the punch and effectively counterpunching. Cowart was unable to contain DeLomba’s side-to-side movement or his flurries of punches in the main event.
“Everybody looks at me and thinks they’re going to attack my body,” an ecstatic DeLomba said after the fight. “Nobody moves as smooth as me and I’m going to keep doing it.”
Nick DeLomba (R) outworked Cowart
Na co-metragem, New Mexico super featherweight Jose “Shorty” Salinas (10-2-1, 5 KOs) stood tall, stunning Albania native Dardan Zenunaj (12-2, 9 KOs), que é treinado porRobert Garcia. Now fighting out of Belgium, Zenunaj couldn’t put Salinas away early and he paid for that in the later rounds. Bloodied and bruised, Salinas refused to stop throwing punches, and his huge heart resulted in an eight-round unanimous decision victory.
Jose Salinas pulled off a stunner
Undefeated Spaniard Jon “Jonfer” Fernandez (9-0, 7 KOs) used a tremendous height and reach advantage to pound his tough Mexican opponent Naciff “Chata” Castelo (17-9-2, 5 KOs) until referee Joey Lupino halted the action midway through the fifth round. Fernandez recently signed a promotional contract with DiBella Entertainment and legendary boxer Sergio Martinez.
Jon Fernandez (R) unloaded on Naciff Castillo
Brooklyn lightweight Wesley Ferrer (12-0, 6 KOs), um 2013 New York City Golden Gloves champion, kept his undefeated record intact by outclassing a game Angel Figueroa (4-4-1). Referee Arthur Mercante stopped the fight 20 seconds into the seventh round.
Wesley Ferrer (L) was simply too much for Angel Figueroa
Sensational high school senior “Maravilhoso” Mykey Williams (4-0, 2 KOs) unloaded a three-punch combination that knocked out David Nelson (3-6, 1 KO) só 24 segundos do primeiro round. The 18-year-old Williams, fighting out of East Hartford, is rapidly developing into a rising star.
Mykey Williams ended the show early
Worcester, MA featherweight Irvin Gonzalez (2-0, 2 KOs) needed only two minutes to knock out Juan Muniz (0-5). The 20-year-old Gonzalez, whose pro debut also ended spectacularly in the opening round, exploded with a barrage of punches until referee Mercante stepped in to save the Texan from additional damage.
Irvin Gonzalez (R) is a promising prospect
In an action-packed match between a pair of pro debut fighters, East Hartford welterweight Anthony Laureano (1-0) emerged with a hard-fought win by four-round majority decision over Philadelphia’s Nahir Albright (0-1). The 21-year-old Laureano was a 2016 New England Ouro campeão Luvas.
Anthony Laureano (R) and Nahir Albright went to war
Fan favorito Jonathan “Suave” Figueroa (1-0, 1 KO), fighting out of nearby Hartford, turned in an impressive performance in his professional debut, finishing off Philadelphia welterweight Demetris Williams (0-2) na quarta rodada. Figueroa, um 2012 Southern New England Golden Gloves champion, wore down Williams and ended things with a powerful right hand.
Jonathan Figueroa celebrating his pro debut victory
Full results below:
RESULTADOS OFICIAIS
(todos os vencedores listados primeiro)
Welterweights
Anthony Laureano (1-0, 0 KOs), East Hartford, CT
WDEC4 (39-37, 39-37, 38-38)
Nahir Albright (0-1, 0 KOs), Filadélfia, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Figueroa (1-0, 1 KOs), Hartford, CT
WKO4 (1:58)
Demetris Williams (0-2), Filadélfia, PA
JUNIOR welterweights
Mykey Williams (4-0, 3 KOs), East Hartford, CT
WKO1 (0:24)
David Nelson (3-6, 1 KO), Lawton, ESTÁ BEM
Pesos leves
Nick DeLomba (11-1, 2 KOs), Cranston, RI
WDEC8 (80-72, 80-72, 78-74)
Amos Cowart (11-1-1, 9 KOs), Groveland, FL
Jon Fernandez (10-0, 8 KOs), Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Espanha
WKO5 (1:45)
Naciff Castillo (17-10-2, 5 KOs), Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México
Wesley Ferrer (12-0, 7 KOs), Brooklyn, Nova Iorque
WTKO7 (0:20)
Angel Figueroa (4-4-1, 0 KOs), Loran, OH
SUPER pesos penas
Jose Salinas (10-2-1, 5 KOs), Albuquerque, NM
WDEC8 (78-74, 78-74, 77-75)
Dardan Zenunaj (12-2, 9 KOs), Braine le Comte, Bélgica
Pesos penas
Irvin Gonzalez (2-0, 2 KOs), Worcester, MA
WTKO1 (2:00)
Juan Muniz (0-5), Tyler, TX
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This Week’s Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show looks back at the last two weeks in the world of fighting. We discuss UFC 202, Bellator’s recent signing of Rory MacDonald, Patricky Friere’s broken leg and more. Tony, Tom and Rich also look forward to upcoming boxing and MMA cards. Listen right here: