Lewiston, Maine (Febreiro 12, 2015) - Fights Nova Inglaterra (NEF), Número un promoción loita rexional de América, retorna ao Colisee Androscoggin Bank en Lewiston, Maine en Abril 11, 2015 cos seus XVII mixtas-de artes marciais (MMA) evento. hoxe cedo, the company announced the addition of a professional catchweight bout to the fight card. “Shatterproof 2.0” Derek Shorey (1-1) vai coñecer a retornar Baño “First Class” Raio (2-6) nunha “xogo de goma” cun peso de loita de 150 quilos.
Shorey venceu o último encontro entre os dous en “NEF XIV” last September via first-round submission. He gained revenge for a submission loss suffered at the hands of Raio when the pair had fought as amateurs two years earlier. O “NEF XIV” loita foi promovido como un xogo de reforma para o Raio que decidiu afastarse da competencia activa para concentrarse na súa familia e ximnasio First Class MMA en Topsham, Maine. Raio says that he has now found the balance in his life to return to the NEF MMA cage.
“Eu me aposentar de loitar en setembro pasado, porque eu quería pasar máis tempo coa miña familia,” said Raio. “They were really supportive during my career and I owed it to them. I have found a balance with my new job at BIW. I am able to train, spend time with my family and operate my gym each day. I love MMA and never stopped training. I was not happy with the way my last fight ended and when the opportunity to compete against Derek Shorey again presented itself, Eu non podía rexeitar. The idea to fight Derek came from a post on FB that Ben Raven made on Matt Denning’s page a few months ago. Derek seemed interested in a rubber match. Despois de obter o apoio da miña familia, Entrei en contacto con Matt Petersen e combinaba connosco.”
The two previous bouts between Shorey and Raio had been agreed to at the featherweight limit of 145-pounds. Shorey feels he will have an advantage due to the 150-pound catchweight where he will have to cut very little or even no weight at all.
“I’m excited to fight John again,” exclamou Shorey. “There’s almost no weight to cut for a fight at 150, so I’ll be fighting him at full strength, and ultimately as the best version of myself that I’ve ever known. I’m very confident that I will be in the best shape of my life, e debido a acontecementos persoais recentes, I think I’m a little colder now than I’ve ever been. Training at Young’s MMA in Bangor as often as I can, ser un pai solteiro agora, tamén pode mellorar drasticamente meu xogo, in every aspect of the sport. John is a really good wrestler and a lot stronger than me, but no one has ever seen what I know I’m capable of, e eu pretendo cambiar isto.”
Seguinte evento de MMA do NEF, “NEF XVII,” está programa para ocorrer enAbril 11, 2015 no Colisee Androscoggin Bank en Lewiston, Maine. Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-7) vai defender o título dos leves NEF MMA contra o número un contendor Jamie Harrison (5-1). Alén, Jarod “Último momento” Lawton (4-1) atenda Dennis Olson (12-7) nun concurso welterweight. Os ingresos para “NEF XVII” comezan en só $25 e xa están á venda nowww.TheColisee.com ou chamando ao taquilla en Colisee207.783.2009 X 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Alén, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, seguilos no Twitternefights e xuntarse ao grupo en Facebook oficial "New England Loitas".
Sobre Fights Nova Inglaterra
Loitas de Nova Inglaterra ("NEF") é unha loita promoción de eventos empresa. A misión da NEF é crear os eventos de alta calidade para loitadores e fans do Maine tanto. O equipo executiva da NEF ten unha ampla experiencia na xestión de deportes de combate, produción de eventos, relacións con a mídia, marketing, legal e publicidade.