Lewiston, Maine (February 12, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, hoki ki te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine i runga i April 11, 2015 me ona whitu whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga. I mua i teie mahana, the company announced the addition of a professional catchweight bout to the fight card. “Shatterproof 2.0” Derek Shorey (1-1) ka tutaki i te hoki mai John “Class Tuatahi” Ray (2-6) i roto i te “kēmu rapa” i te taimaha o te 150, pauna whawhai.
Riro Shorey te hui whakamutunga i waenganui i te rua i “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. Te “Nef XIV” I whakatairangatia ana a'ee rite te kēmu whakatā mo te Raio nei i faaoti ki te takahanga atu i itoito whakataetae ki te arotahi ki runga i tona utuafare, me te omaoma Tuatahi Class MMA i Topsham, Maine. Raio says that he has now found the balance in his life to return to the NEF MMA cage.
“Mutu ahau i te whawhai whakamutunga Mahuru no te mea ua hinaaro e ahau ki te noho atu i te taime e to'u utuafare,” Said 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, Kihai i taea e ahau e tahuri i te reira iho. 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. I muri whiwhi tautoko i toku utuafare, Whakapā ahau Matt Petersen, a ki āu ia tatou ki runga.”
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,” ka mea 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, a e tika ana ki te ngā kaupapa whaiaro tata, 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, he matua kotahi i teie nei, Ka matemate ano te whakapai ake i toku kēmu, 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, a ka whakamahere ahau ki te huri i taua.”
Hui muri MMA o nef, “Nef XVII,” Kei te whakaritea ki te tango i te wahi i runga iApril 11, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (10-7) ka tiakina e te Ingoa Kōmāmā nef MMA ki te maha-kotahi nguha Jamie Harrison (5-1). I tua atu, Jarod “Minute Last” Lawton (4-1) tutaki Dennis Olson (12-7) i roto i te whakataetae Welterweight. Tikiti hoki “Nef XVII” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga te tari pouaka Colisee i207.783.2009 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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