Today at 3 petang. PST / 6 petang. 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 (Februari 12, 2016) - New England Melawan (NEF), Nombor satu promosi perjuangan serantau Amerika, akan mengadakan acara akan datang, “NEF 22: Semua jalan menuju SINI” pada Sabtu, April 22, 2016di Colisée Androscoggin Bank di Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Awal hari ini, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” kad perjuangan. Bantamweight Champion Johnny Kraf (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 (BARU). He also cross-trains with Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) di 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, pada pusingan pertama. 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 – baik, 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,” kata NEF pemilik bersama dan Pinang muda Matt Peterson. “Baik, 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.”
peristiwa New England Melawan ', "NEF 22: Semua jalan menuju SINI," mengambil tempat Sabtu, April 23, 2016 di Colisée Androscoggin Bank di Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 dan yang dijual di www.TheColisee.com atau dengan menghubungi pejabat kotak Colisée di 207.783.2009 x 525. Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai kemas kini kad peristiwa dan perjuangan, sila layari laman web promosi di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Di samping itu, anda boleh menonton video di NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mengikuti mereka di Twitternefights dan menyertai kumpulan Facebook rasmi "New England Melawan."
SANTA MONICA (Ogos 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA dengan bangganya mengumumkan pemeteraian Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) kepada pelbagai tahun eksklusif, kontrak berbilang perjuangan. Pada 36-tahun-young, bekas Strikeforce Ringan Juara Dunia kekal salah satu daripada 155-pounders dalam sukan, setelah bertanding dalam organisasi utama termasuk UFC dan Kebanggaan.
Yang tinggal di San Jose, Calif. dan latihan di Akademi Kickboxing terkenal Amerika bersama beberapa sukan yang terbaik, Thomson memperoleh Brazil jiu-jitsu tali pinggang hitam di bawah Dave Camarillo. Selain permainan tanah menggerunkan beliau, Silsilah menarik Thomson adalah pada mata dan juga, memperoleh "Knockout daripada Night" Anugerah untuk output dalam perjuangannya terhadap Nate Diaz dalam 2013. Ia juga bernilai yang berkata bahawa "Punk" memegang rekod 3-0 dalam kickboxing profesional.
"Saya berpeluang bekerja dengan Josh dalam Strikeforce dan saya berharap untuk meneruskan hubungan ini dalam Bellator MMA. Josh merupakan artis bertaraf dunia mempertahankan diri dan kami sangat gembira untuk menambah beliau untuk jadual kami beberapa lightweights yang terbaik di dunia,"Kata presiden promosi ini, Scott Coker. "Bellator kekal komited untuk membina jadual dengan menandatangani agen top percuma seperti Thomson, serta dandanan up-dan-datang bintang mewah. Kami mempunyai beberapa matchups menakjubkan dalam fikiran untuk "Punk" yang kami berharap untuk mengumumkan pada minggu-minggu akan datang. "
"Saya di sini membaca wartawan UFC ini mengatakan bahawa mereka telah menolak untuk menandatangani semula saya apabila kebenaran perkara itu adalah bahawa mereka telah cuba untuk mendaftar semula saya selama dua saya pergaduhan lalu. Saya menolak dan sebaliknya memilih untuk melawan daripada kontrak saya dan menguji pasaran agensi bebas dengan Bellator. Pada ketika itu, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Ia adalah satu perjanjian yang dilakukan, Saya kembali bekerja dengan 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, dan bagi saya wang itu di Bellator. "
"The Punk" menyertai senarai terkemuka atlet yang telah baru-baru ini ditandatangani dengan Bellator sepanjang tahun lalu termasuk: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Dan Ruth, Harun Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, antara lain.
Dia akan terus berjuang di bahagian ringan yang mendalam bermula dengan: Asyraf Will Brooks, turun kepada pejuang lain sepertiMichael Chandler, Marcin Dipegang, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire dan Dave Jansen.
