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 (Fabrairu 12, 2016) - New England Combats (NEF), Amurka ta lambar-daya yankin yaki gabatarwa, Za ka rike ta gaba taron, “NEF 22: ALL Hanyoyi YAUDARARKA HERE” a kan Asabar, Afrilu 22, 2016a Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Tun da farko a yau, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” yaki katin. 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) a 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, a zagayen farko. Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on Afrilu 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 – da kyau, 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,” in ji NEF co-mamallaki kuma mai daidaita wasan Matt Peterson. “Da kyau, 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 Combats 'm taron, "NEF 22: ALL Hanyoyi YAUDARARKA HERE,"Faruwa Asabar, Afrilu 23, 2016 a Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 kuma suna sayarwa a yanzu a www.TheColisee.com ko ta kira da Colisée akwatin ofishin a 207.783.2009 x 525. Don ƙarin bayani a kan taron da kuma yaki katin updates, ziyarci gabatarwa ta website a www.NewEnglandFights.com. Bugu da kari, za ka iya duba NEF bidiyo a www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, bi su a kan Twitternefights, kuma Ka riskar da hukuma Facebook kungiyar "New England ta faɗa."
SANTA Monica (Agusta 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA ne alfaharin sanar da sayen Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) zuwa wani m Multi-shekara, Multi-yaki kwangila. A 36-shekara-matasa, tsohon Strikeforce Hur Duniya Champion ya rage daya daga saman 155-pounders a cikin wasanni, ya competed a saman kungiyoyin ciki har da UFC da kuma Pride.
Zaune a San Jose, Calif. da kuma horar da a mashahuri American Kickboxing Academy tare da wasu daga cikin wasanni sosai mafi kyau, Thomson sanã'anta ya Brazil Jiu-jitsu baki bel a karkashin Dave Camarillo. Ban da ya karaya ƙasa game, Thomson ta daukan hankali pedigree ne a kan-aya da, sunã tsirfatãwa a "knockout na dare" lambar yabo domin fitarwa a yaki da Nate Diaz a 2013. Shi ke ma daraja ake ce "The Punk" riko da wani Littãfi daga 3-0 a sana'a kickboxing.
"Na yi yardar aiki tare da Josh a Strikeforce kuma na sa ido ga ci gaba da wannan dangantaka a Bellator MMA. Josh ne a duniya-aji mixed Martial artist ne, mũ ne murna sosai da za a kara da shi zuwa ga zakara na wasu daga cikin mafi kyau lightweights a duniya,"Ya ce, gabatarwa ta shugaban kasar, Scott Coker. "Bellator ya rage cikakken aikata wa gina ta zakara ta shiga saman free jamiái kamar Thomson, da kuma Grooming up-da-zuwa blue-guntu taurãri. Muna da wasu ban mamaki matchups tuna for "The Punk" da muke fatan za a sanar a cikin makonni masu zuwa. "
"Ina kan nan karanta wannan UFC labaru cewa sun yi ki sake sanya hannu ni a lõkacin da gaskiya daga cikin al'amarin shi ne cewa su An yi kokarin sake sanya hannu ni ga na karshe biyu ta faɗa. Na ki kuma a maimakon ya zaɓi ya yi yãƙi daga na kwangila da kuma gwada free dillancin kasuwa da Bellator. A wancan batu, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Yau da aikata yarjejeniyar, Ina mayar da aiki da 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, kuma a gare ni da kudi ya kasance a Bellator. "
"A Punk" shiga wani shahararren jerin 'yan wasa da suka kwanan nan sanya hannu tare da Bellator a cikin past shekara ciki har da: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Da kuma Ruth, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, daga wasu.
Zai ci gaba da yãƙi a cikin hur division wanda aka zurfi suka fara da: kingpin Nufin Brooks, down zuwa wasu mayakan kamarMichael Chandler, Marcin rike, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Lucenzo" Freire da kuma Dave Jansen.
