Today at 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST on Bellator MMA’s social channels, one of the most influential MMA fighters of all-time, Royce Gracie, will be teaching a Brazilian jiu-jitsu seminar.
The event will begin promptly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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Lewiston, Maine (Februar 12, 2016) - New England Fights (NEF), Amerikas nummer et regional kamp forfremmelse, vil afholde sit næste arrangement, “NEF 22: Alle veje fører HER” på Lørdag, April 22, 2016på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) og professionelle boksekampe. Tidligere i dag, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” Kampen kort. Bantamweight Champion Johnny Crafts (4-0) will move up in weight to face Taylor Costantino (2-1) at 145-pounds.
Crafts was successful last Saturday in his attempt to capture the inaugural NEF MMA Amateur Bantamweight Title. He took out Henry Clark (3-2) in the third round of their bout in Lewiston. Crafts is a decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) brown belt out of Team New England United (NEW). He also cross-trains with Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) i Lewiston.
“I’m excited to step up to 145 to fight Taylor,” said Crafts of the upcoming matchup with Costantino. “I will be very strong at that weight seeing as I cut pretty extensively to make 135. It will allow me to focus on different areas this camp instead of putting a lot of my energy into cutting weight.”
Costantino is himself coming off a big win last Saturday at “NEF 21.” It took him a mere 25-seconds to down Frank Johanson (0-1), a training partner of Crafts at CMBJJ, i første runde. Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on April 23, and he does not plan on engaging in a grappling contest with Crafts.
“Respect to him for coming up in weight,” said Costantino of Crafts. “He’s a glorified pajama warrior that has never been punched in the face with any type of authority. He will clinch quickly and look for the takedown. He’ll realize real quick that he has never fought or trained with anybody like me.”
Crafts and Costantino are not strangers to one another. Several years ago, the two met in a jiu-jitsu tournament with Crafts coming out on top.
“Taylor and I have competed before in a sport jiu-jitsu tournament,” recalled Crafts. “Taylor says I am a glorified pajama warrior who has never been punched in the face, but if I recall correctly, I submitted him without my ‘pajamas’ no-gi in that tournament pretty quickly. I train with a lot of very talented and tough fighters daily who punch me in the face very hard. People say the same thing about me not getting punched – godt, I have had four fights and they just haven’t had the chance to. Anyone who has trained with high-level fighters will tell you that gi jiu-jitsu only makes you more of a technical fighter. If he doesn’t believe that, that is fine – he will feel it on April 23rd.”
“Johnny did submit me when I first moved to Maine,” Costantino admitted. “Legit submission, and his pure grappling is definitely high level. My grappling is MMA based, not slow jitsu. It’s grimy, grueling and punishing. Pure grappling, I would worry about his game. But it’s a fight, sport jiu-jitsu means next to nothing to me.
“I wish I could say people will get to see my whole game, but I can’t guarantee that. Johnny will feel my power and look to go to his comfort zone. I will break him, you will see quit in his eyes.”
“After Taylor won in impressive fashion at NEF 21, he immediately screamed at me while still inside the cage that he wanted a black belt for his next challenge,” sagde NEF medejer og matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Godt, he’s getting a brown belt in Johnny Crafts who, by all accounts, is due to receive his black belt any day, is a perfect 4-0 in the cage and is the current NEF amateur bantamweight champion. This fight is dripping with drama and will define a future top contender for the featherweight title in NEF’s stacked 145-pound division.”
New England Fights 'næste arrangement, "NEF 22: Alle veje fører HER," finder sted Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 og er der tilbud nu på www.TheColisee.com eller ved at ringe til Colisée box office på 207.783.2009 x 525. For mere information om begivenheden og kampen kort opdateringer, besøg fremme hjemmeside på www.NewEnglandFights.com. Desuden, du kan se NEF videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og slutte den officielle Facebook-gruppe "New England Fights."
Santa Monica (August 11, 2015) - Bellator er stolte af at annoncere underskrivelsen af Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) til en eksklusiv flerårig, multi-kamp kontrakt. Ved 36-års-unge, den tidligere Strikeforce Lightweight verdensmester er stadig en af de øverste 155-pounders i sporten, at have konkurreret i top organisationer, herunder UFC og Pride.
Bosat i San Jose, Calif. og uddannelse på det anerkendte amerikanske Kickboxing Academy sammen med nogle af de sportsgrene allerbedste, Thomson tog sin brasiliansk jiu-jitsu sort bælte under Dave Camarillo. Ud over sin formidable hårvildt, Thomsons slående stamtavle er on-punkt samt, tjener en "Knockout of the Night" award for hans produktion i sin kamp mod Nate Diaz i 2013. Det er også værd at blive sagt, at "The Punk" holder en registrering af 3-0 i professionel kickboxing.
"Jeg havde fornøjelsen af at arbejde med Josh i Strikeforce, og jeg ser frem til at fortsætte dette forhold i Bellator. Josh er en verdensklasse blandet martial kunstner, og vi er meget glade for at tilføje ham til vores liste over nogle af de bedste letvægtere i verden,"Sagde fremme præsident, Scott Coker. "Bellator fortsat fuldt at opbygge sin vagtplan ved at underskrive top frie agenter ligesom Thomson, samt grooming up-and-coming blue-chip stjerner. Vi har nogle fantastiske matchups i tankerne til "The Punk", som vi håber at annoncere i de kommende uger. "
"Jeg er herovre læse denne UFC reporter siger, at de har afvist at re-underskrive mig, når sandheden af sagen er, at de har forsøgt at re-underskrive mig for mine to sidste kampe. Jeg faldt og i stedet valgte at kæmpe min kontrakt, og teste markedet for handlefrihed med Bellator. På det tidspunkt, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Det er en færdig aftale, Jeg tilbage at arbejde med Coker, and I couldn’t be more excited to get back to an organization that is trending upwards with fighter-friendly contracts. Any intelligent fighter is going to go where the money is, og for mig at pengene var på Bellator. "
"The Punk" slutter en fremtrædende liste over atleter, der for nylig underskrevet med Bellator i det forløbne år, herunder: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Og Ruth, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, bl.a..
Han vil fortsætte med at kæmpe i den lette afdeling, som er dybt starter med: kingpin Will Brooks, ned til andre krigere somMichael Chandler, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire og Dave Jansen.
