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, Cinguettio, Instagram and YouTube.
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Lewiston, Maine (Febbraio 12, 2016) - Combattimenti New England (NEF), Numero uno di promozione lotta regionale dell'America, terrà la sua prossimo evento, “NEF 22: TUTTE LE STRADE PORTANO QUI” su Sabato, Aprile 22, 2016al Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Proprio oggi, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” carta di lotta. Bantamweight Champion Johnny Crafts (4-0) will move up in weight to face Taylor Costantino (2-1) a 145 libbre.
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) in 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, al primo turno. Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on Aprile 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 – bene, 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,” detto NEF co-proprietario e matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Bene, 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.”
prossimo evento New England Combattimenti ', "NEF 22: TUTTE LE STRADE PORTANO QUI," ha luogo Sabato, Aprile 23, 2016 al Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 e sono già in vendita su www.TheColisee.com o chiamando il botteghino al Colisée 207.783.2009 x 525. Per ulteriori informazioni sugli aggiornamenti delle carte evento e lotta, si prega di visitare il sito web della promozione in www.NewEnglandFights.com. In aggiunta, è possibile guardare i video su NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, li seguono su Twitternefights e unirsi al gruppo Facebook ufficiale "New England Fights".
SANTA MONICA (Agosto 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA è orgogliosa di annunciare la firma di Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) ad un esclusivo pluriennale, contratto pluriennale lotta. A 36 anni, giovane, l'ex Strikeforce leggero campione del mondo rimane una delle migliori 155 libbre nello sport, dopo aver gareggiato in top organizzazioni, tra cui UFC e Orgoglio.
Residente a San Jose, Calif. e la formazione presso la Kickboxing Academy rinomato americano al fianco di alcuni degli sport migliori, Thomson ha guadagnato il suo Brazilian Jiu-jitsu cintura nera sotto Dave Camarillo. Oltre al suo gioco a terra formidabile, Pedigree impressionante di Thomson è on-punto e, guadagnando un premio "Knockout of the Night" per la sua uscita nella sua lotta contro Nate Diaz in 2013. E 'anche la pena di essere detto che "The Punk" detiene un record di 3-0 in kickboxing professionale.
"Ho avuto il piacere di lavorare con Josh in Strikeforce e non vedo l'ora di continuare questo rapporto in Bellator MMA. Josh è un mondo di classe di arti marziali miste e siamo molto felici di essere lui l'aggiunta al nostro roster di alcuni tra i migliori pesi leggeri del mondo,"Ha detto il presidente della promozione, Scott Coker. "Bellator rimane pienamente impegnata a costruire il suo roster con la firma di agenti top gratuiti come Thomson, così come governare up-and-coming blue-chip stelle. Abbiamo alcuni matchups incredibili in mente per "The Punk" che speriamo di annunciare nelle prossime settimane a venire. "
"Sono qui a leggere questo giornalista UFC dicendo che hanno rifiutato di me firmare nuovamente quando la verità della questione è che hanno cercato di me ri-firmare per i miei ultimi due combattimenti. Ho rifiutato e invece ha scelto di combattere il mio contratto e testare il mercato libero arbitrio con Bellator. A quel punto, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. E 'un affare fatto, Sono tornato a lavorare con 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, e per me il denaro era a Bellator. "
"The Punk" si unisce ad una lista importante di atleti che hanno recentemente firmato con Bellator nel corso dell'ultimo anno tra cui: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Ed Ruth, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, tra gli altri.
Egli continuerà a combattere nella divisione leggera che è profondo inizia con: perno Will Brooks, davanti ad altri combattenti comeMichael chandler, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire e Dave Jansen.
