Lewiston, Maine (February 12, 2015) - New England alụkarị ọgụ (NEF), America nọmba-otu mpaghara agha nkwalite, na-alaghachikwuru Androscoggin Bank Colisee na Lewiston, Maine on April 11, 2015 ya iri na asaa mbuaha-mara-nkà (Emmanuel) omume. Earlier today, the company announced the addition of a professional catchweight bout to the fight card. “Shatterproof 2.0” Derek Shorey (1-1) ga-ezute ndị na-alọtanụ John “Mbụ na klas” Ray (2-6) na a “roba egwuregwu” na a ọgụ arọ nke 150-pound.
Shorey ndibọhọ nzukọ ikpeazụ n'etiti abụọ na “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. The “NEF XIV” n'obi na-akwalite dị ka a lara ezumike nká egwuregwu n'ihi na Raio onye kpebiri kwụpụ n'ebe-arụsi ọrụ ike mpi-elekwasị anya na ya na ezinụlọ ya na mgbatị mbụ na klas Emmanuel na Topsham, Maine. Raio says that he has now found the balance in his life to return to the NEF MMA cage.
“M lara ezumike nká na-alụ ọgụ ikpeazụ September n'ihi na m chọrọ iwepụtakwu oge na ezinụlọ m,” Kwurula Ray. “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, Apụghị m atụgharị ya ala. 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. Mgbe na-nkwado si ezinụlọ m, M na-akpọtụrụ Matt Petersen o adịkwa anyị.”
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,” sị 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, na n'ihi na-adịbeghị anya onye ihe, 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, ịbụ otu nne na nna now, ga-adi mma egwuregwu m, 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, na Akpara m ịgbanwe nke ahụ.”
NEF ọzọ Emmanuel omume, “NEF XVII,” na-ndokwa iji ebe onApril 11, 2015 na Androscoggin Bank Colisee na Lewiston, Maine. Bruce “Mara Nwa” Boyington (10-7) ga-chebe ndị NEF Emmanuel Kedu otu m ga Mbụ megide ọtụtụ-otu contender Jamie Harrison (5-1). Na mgbakwunye, Jarod “Ikpeazụ nkeji” Lawton (4-1) osobo Dennis Olson (12-7) na a welterweight zoo. Tiketi maka “NEF XVII” na-amalite mgbe dị nnọọ $25 na ndị na ere ugbu a nawww.TheColisee.com ma ọ bụ site na-akpọ The Colisee igbe ọrụ na207.783.2009 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."
Banyere New England alụkarị ọgụ
New England alụkarị ọgụ ("NEF") bụ a ọgụ ihe n'ọkwá ụlọ ọrụ. NEF ozi bụ ike ndị kasị mma ihe n'ihi Maine si agha na Fans myiri. NEF Executive otu nwere ọtụtụ ahụmahụ na ọgụ egwuregwu management, ihe mmepụta, media mmekọahụ, ahịa, na iwu na mgbasa ozi.