Today at 3 pm. PST / 6 pm. 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), USAs nummer-én regional kamp forfremmelse, avholder sitt neste arrangement, “NEF 22: Alle veier 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) and professional boxing bouts. Tidligere i dag, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” fight card. Bantamweight Champion Johnny Crafts (4-0) will move up in weight to face Taylor Costantino (2-1) på 145 pund.
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 – vel, 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,” said NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Vel, 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 'neste arrangement, "NEF 22: Alle veier fører HER," tar plass Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 og er i salg nå på www.TheColisee.com eller ved å ringe Colisée billettkontoret på 207.783.2009 x 525. For mer informasjon om arrangementet og kampen kortoppdateringer, vennligst besøk forfremmelse hjemmeside www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tillegg, du kan se NEF-videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og bli den offisielle Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."
SANTA MONICA (August 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA er stolte av å annonsere signeringen av Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) til en eksklusiv flerårig, multi-fight kontrakt. 36-år-young, den tidligere Strikeforce Lett verdensmester er fortsatt en av de beste 155-pounders i idretten, å ha konkurrert i toppen organisasjoner, inkludert UFC og Pride.
Bosatt i San Jose, Calif. og trene på den anerkjente amerikanske Kickboksing Academy sammen med noen av idrettene aller beste, Thomson fikk sin brasiliansk jiu-jitsu svart belte i henhold Dave Camarillo. I tillegg til hans formidable banespillet, Thomson slående stamtavle er på punktet også, tjene en "Knockout of the Night" -prisen for sin produksjon i sin kamp mot Nate Diaz i 2013. Det er også verdt blir sagt at "Punk" holder en registrering av 3-0 i profesjonell kickboksing.
"Jeg hadde gleden av å jobbe med Josh i Strikeforce, og jeg ser frem til å fortsette dette forholdet i Bellator MMA. Josh er en verdensklasse mixed martial artist, og vi er veldig glad for å være å legge ham til vår liste over noen av de beste lettvektere i verden,"Sa opprykk president, Scott Coker. "Bellator er fortsatt fullt ut forpliktet til å bygge sin vaktliste ved å signere topp free agents som Thomson, samt grooming up-and-coming blue-chip stjerner. Vi har noen fantastiske dueller i tankene for "The Punk" som vi håper å kunne annonsere i ukene som kommer. "
"Jeg er her borte leser dette UFC reporter sier at de har nektet å re-signere meg når sannheten i saken er at de har prøvd å re-signere meg for mine to siste kamper. Jeg gikk ned og i stedet valgte å kjempe ut kontrakten min og teste gratis byrå markedet med Bellator. På punktet, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Det er en ferdig avtale, Jeg tilbake å jobbe 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 meg pengene var på Bellator. "
"The Punk" blir en fremtredende liste over idrettsutøvere som nylig har signert med Bellator løpet av det siste året, inkludert: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Og Ruth, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, bl.a..
Han vil fortsette å kjempe i den lette divisjon som er dypt starter med: kingpin Will Brooks, ned til andre jagerfly somMichael Chandler, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire og Dave Jansen.
