Kia tukuna tonutia atu: Lewiston, Maine (August 21, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma iwa whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Headlining the amateur portion of the fight card will be Josh Harvey (4-1) te parururaa i te Ingoa NEF MMA Amateur Kōmāmā ki Ryan Dibartolomeo(4-3). Aita i maoro a'e, Harvey ko te āheinga o NEF tahi-rangatira, me te matchmaker Matt Peterson i runga i te NEF Podcast.

Harvey was introduced to the mats early in life. He started wrestling in junior high school and continued through his high school years. He began boxing at the age of 15 and trained in the ring for the next seven years. It was not until he attended “NEF VIII: Iwi tuki” i roto i te Bangor i ite Harvey i taea e ia te he kaha'ú i te hākinakina o MMA.

“A, no te haere mai NEF ki Bangor ka titiro ahau Ray Wood hopu i te taitara, ka mahara ia e ahau i te mamau kura nui, Ko e toku cue ki te tiki i roto i runga i tenei,” Said Harvey. “I knew it was a true possibility to go somewhere in MMA. I muri i te kāreti, there’s nowhere for wrestlers to go. MMA, that’s the outlet. That’s why you see wrestlers dominating in MMA all the way to the top.”

Aita i maoro i muri i te hui, then Young’s MMA wrestling coach Mark Heathcote reached out to Harvey through Facebook to invite him to train with the team. Harvey quickly found a home at the Bangor gym founded by Chris Young. He joined in on the massive success the team had already found in the MMA cages of New England.

“I oha ahau rawa māfana i Young o,” Harvey recalled. “Everyone was very kind over there. Bruce (Boyington, MMA NEF nāianei Ngaio Kōmāmā Champion) Ko te tangata tuatahi ki te tango i ahau, e kore e ki te mea i raro i tona parirau, but to get together outside of the gym and we became friends. As far as the success Young’s has had as a team, E kore ahau ka whaikupu mea e taea e tioka e koe i te reira katoa ki runga ki te tohutohu pai, engari kua ka tatou i te pai a tawhio noa, i te iti rawa i roto i tenei āhua, pea i roto i te New England.”

I runga i tona ara ki te kī i te NEF MMA Amateur Kōmāmā Championship i tenei Pipiri mua, Harvey finished all three of his NEF opponents in a total of just over three minutes. Harvey, Heoi, kite tona heke mai i roto i te hākinakina i roto i te wehenga tekau mā.

“E kore ahau e ako ki te whakaoti ia ratou katoa i roto i te taka noa tuatahi,” Said Harvey. “That’s just how it wound up. Maybe you’ll see me go the distance as the competition gets thicker. That’s why I love this fight with Ryan (Dibartolomeo). Ko ia, Whakapono ana ahau, tau-rua runga, so this is a good way to find out where I lay in that level. I’m not a 55er. As far as I’m concerned, I’m a 45er that’s fighting at 55. Best 45er? Amateur in New England? Ae. The game’s gonna change when I go professional. We’ll see where I stack up there.”

A, no te timata Harvey matapaki pūmanawa hoariri mo “NEF XIX” ki te matchmakers NEF, he was very clear that he wanted the toughest opponent they could find for him. If he wanted tough, he will get just that in Ryan Dibartolomeo. Dibartolomeo is out of John Fain’s Team Triumph/Boston BJJ of Nashua, New Hampshire. After dropping his first three, Kua riro Dibartolomeo tona wha whawhai whakamutunga i roto i te rarangi, he pūkenga faahiahia i timata i “NEF X” i roto i te Mahuru 2013.

“Ana whawhai katoa i ngā riro ia i te taha o te whakatau,” Said Harvey. “I roto i toku ngakau, he let the judges win those fights for him. Fights aren’t won by judges. Fights are won by fighters. My prediction is it’s gonna be a finish. I’m gonna go out there, kill or be killed. He’s either gonna finish me or I’m gonna finish him. That’s how it’s gonna happen.”

Ka taea e koe te whakarongo ki katoa te uiui NEF Podcast iwww.NewEnglandFights.com/Podcasts/

Ka taea e koe te whai i Josh Harvey i runga i tona mana whārangi tahi Facebook “hookonharvey.” For more information on Young’s MMA, tena koa tirohia to ratou whārangi Facebook “MMA o Young.”

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa,” e wahi i runga iRāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

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