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 (February 12, 2016) - Dagaaladu New England (NEF), America ayaa tiro-mid dhiirrigelinta dagaalka gobolka, qaban doonaan ay dhacdo ee soo socota, “NEF 22: ALL waddooyinka HALKAN LEAD” on Saturday, April 22, 2016at Colisée Androscoggin Bank ee Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Goor hore oo maanta, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” card dagaalka. 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 (CUSUB). 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, wareega hore. 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 – sidoo, 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,” ayuu yiri milkiilaha NEF iyo ciyaar yahanka Matt Peterson. “Well, 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.”
dhacdo soo socda Dagaalka New England ', "NEF 22: ALL waddooyinka HALKAN LEAD,"Qaadataa meel Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Colisée Androscoggin Bank ee Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 oo waa on sale hadda at www.TheColisee.com ama adigoo wacaya xafiiska sanduuqa Colisée at 207.783.2009 x 525. Wixii macluumaad dheeraad ah ee ku saabsan dhacdada iyo dagaalka kaarka updates, fadlan booqo website horumarinta ee www.NewEnglandFights.com. Waxaa intaa dheer, waxaad daawan kartaa NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, oo iyaga raac onnefights Twitter iyo Facebook ku biiro kooxda rasmi ah "New England oo gaaf wareegaya."
Santa Monica (August 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA waa kibirsan yahay in uu ku dhawaaqo saxiixa Josh "Punk The" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) si gaar ah multi-sano, heshiis multi-dagaallanka. At 36-sano-young, ee weerarkiisa khafiif hore ee World Champion weli mid ka mid ah hogaanka 155-pounders ee Isboortiga, isagoo tartanka ururada sare oo ay ka mid UFC iyo Pride.
Ee deggan San Jose, Message. iyo tababar ugu Kickboxing caan American Academy garab qaar ka mid ah ciyaaraha ugu fiican, Thomson kasbatay uu jiu jitsu-suunka madow Brazil hoos Dave Camarillo. Intaa waxaa dheer in uu kulankii dhulka amaanaa, Thomson ee iskugu soo jiidashada leh waa ku dhibcood sidoo, isagoo ku muteystay in "isreebreebka Habeenka" abaalmarinta uu soo saarka ee uu dagaalka ka dhanka ah Nate Diaz ee 2013. Waxaa sidoo kale qiimo lagu sheegay in "Punk The" heysta rikoorka ah 3-0 in kickboxing xirfadeed.
"Waxaan ku farxay ah ee la shaqeynta Josh in weerarkiisa oo Waxaan ku hanweynahay in la sii wado xiriirka ay taasi ku Bellator MMA. Josh waa heer caalami ah artist isku qasan legdinta, waxaana aad ugu faraxsanahay in la isaga oo intaa ku daray in ay liis qaar ka mid ah lightweights ugu fiican adduunka yihiin,"Ayuu yiri madaxweynaha horumarinta ee, Scott Coker. "Bellator go'an inay sii wado dhismaha ay yiriin uu u saxiixay wakiilada sare oo lacag la'aan ah sida Thomson, iyo sidoo kale qurxinta kor-iyo-soo socda xiddigaha buluug-chip. Waxaan leenahay qaar ka mid ah matchups yaab leh ku hay for "Punk The" in aan rajaynayaa in aan isbuucyadii ugu iman in loo dhawaaqay. "
"Waxaan halkan ka badan reading this reporter UFC isagoo sheegay in ay ka gaabsatay in ay ii dib-u-soo wareegto ahay marka runta ah arrinta waa in ay isku dayayaan inay dib-u-ii saxiixo aan laba dagaal ee la soo dhaafay. Waxaan ka gaabsaday iyo halkii doortay si ay ula dagaalamaan aan heshiis iyo tijaabi hay'adda suuqa xorta ah kula Bellator. Halkaa marka ay marayso in, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Waa heshiis dhacay, Waxaan dib u shaqeeya iyada oo 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, oo ii lacagta ahaa ee Bellator. "
"Punk The" biiray liiska caanka ah ee ciyaaraha fudud in ay dhawaan heshiis la Bellator sanadkii la soo dhaafay oo ay ku jiraan: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Domenech, Markaasaa Ruud, Haaruun Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, iyo kuwo kale.
Waxa uu sii wadi doonto dagaalka ee horyaalka miisaanka yar oo la qoto dheer laga bilaabo: khafaalanjirtay Will Brooks, hoos in dagaalyahanada kale ee sidaMichael Chandler, Marcin Haynayo, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire iyo Dave Jansen.
