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), Ameriški številka ena regionalna promocija boj, bo imela svoj naslednji dogodek, “NEF 22: Vse poti vodijo TUKAJ” na Sobota, April 22, 2016na ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) in strokovnih boks napadi. Že danes, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” Boj kartice. 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) v 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, V prvem krogu. 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 – dobro, 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,” dejal NEF solastnik in Provodadžija Matt Peterson. “Dobro, 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.”
Naslednji dogodek New England bori ", "NEF 22: Vse poti vodijo TUKAJ,"Poteka Sobota, April 23, 2016 na ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 in so v prodaji zdaj www.TheColisee.com ali s klicem blagajni Colisée na 207.783.2009 x 525. Za več informacij o posodobitvah dogodkov in boj kartic, obiščite spletno stran promocijo na naslovu www.NewEnglandFights.com. Poleg tega, si lahko ogledate video posnetke na NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jim sledite na Twitterjunefights in se pridružite na uradni Facebook skupina "New England bojev."
SANTA MONICA (Avgust 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA je ponosen, da napove podpis Josh "Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) izključni multi-leto, multi-boj pogodba. Ob 36-let-mladi, Nekdanja Strikeforce Lahki Svetovni prvak je še vedno eden izmed top 155-Pounders v športu, ki so se pomerili v top organizacije, vključno z UFC in Pride.
Stanujoč v San Jose, Kalifornija. in usposabljanje na priznani ameriški Kickboxing akademije ob nekaterih športih zelo najbolje, Thomson prislužil brazilski jiu-jitsu črni pas pod Dave Camarillo. Poleg svojega fenomenalno pritličju igre, Thomsonov presenetljivo rodovnik je na točko, kot tudi, zaslužek "Knockout v noč" nagrado za svojo proizvodnjo v svojem boju proti Nate Diaz v 2013. Prav tako je vredno pa je dejal, da je "Punk" ima zapis 3-0 v strokovnem Kickboxing.
"Imel sem čast delati z Josh v Strikeforce in veselim se nadaljevanja tega odnosa v Bellator MMA. Josh je svetovnega razreda mešanih borilnih veščin in smo zelo veseli, da se ga tako, da naše roster nekaj najboljših lightweights na svetu,"Je dejal predsednik promocijo na, Scott Coker. "Bellator ostaja v celoti zavezana gradi svoj roster s podpisom top prostih agentov kot Thomson, kot tudi navezovanje stikov up-and-prihajajo blue-chip zvezde. Imamo nekaj neverjetno matchups v mislih za "punk", ki upamo, da se napoveduje v prihodnjih tednih. "
"Jaz sem tukaj branju tega UFC novinar pravi, da sem jih zavrnil, da ponovno podpiše me, če je resnica, da sem bil težaven, da se ponovno prijavite me za moje zadnjih dveh borbah. Sem zmanjšal in se namesto tega odločil za boj mojo pogodbo in testiranje na trgu brez agencije z Bellator. Na tej točki, Bellator mi je dal ponudbo, da UFC ni mogla prilagajati glede na njihove odnose z FOX in Reebok. To je naredil posel, Jaz sem nazaj delajo z Coker, in jaz ne bi mogel biti bolj navdušen, da bi dobili nazaj v organizacijo, ki je trending navzgor-borec prijazno pogodb. Katerikoli inteligentni borec bo šel tja, kjer je denar, in za mene je bil denar na Bellator. "
"Punk" pridruži vidno seznam športnikov, ki so pred kratkim podpisali z Bellator v preteklem letu, vključno s: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin GUILLARD, In Ruth, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo kapuco, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, med drugim.
On bo še naprej boriti v lahke divizije, ki je globoka, ki se začne z: Kingpin Will Brooks, dol z drugimi borci, kot soMichael Chandler, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire in Dave Jansen.
