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 (Februari 12, 2016) - New England mapambano (NEF), Namba moja kikanda kukuza Amerika ya kupambana, kushikilia tukio yake ya pili, “NEF 22: Barabara kusababisha HERE” juu ya Jumamosi, Aprili 22, 2016katika Androscoggin Benki Colisée katika Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Mapema leo, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” mapambano kadi. 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) katika 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, katika raundi ya kwanza. Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on Aprili 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 – vizuri, 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. “Naam, 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 Mapambano 'tukio la pili, "NEF 22: Barabara kusababisha HERE,"Unafanyika Jumamosi, Aprili 23, 2016 katika Androscoggin Benki Colisée katika Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 na ni juu ya kuuza sasa katika www.TheColisee.com au kwa kupiga Colisée sanduku ofisi katika 207.783.2009 x 525. Kwa habari zaidi juu ya tukio hilo na mapambano kadi updates, tafadhali tembelea tovuti ya kukuza ya saa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Aidha, unaweza kuangalia NEF videos katika www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, kufuata yao juu yanefights Twitter na kujiunga rasmi Facebook kundi "New England mapambano."
SANTA MONICA (Agosti 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA ni fahari kutangaza kusainiwa kwa Josh "Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) kwa kipekee vingi mwaka, mbalimbali kupambana mkataba. Katika 36-miaka-vijana, zamani Strikeforce Lightweight Dunia Champion bado ni moja ya juu 155-pounders katika mchezo, kuwa alishiriki katika asasi za juu ikiwa ni pamoja na UFC na kiburi.
Wanaoishi katika San Jose, Calif. na mafunzo katika mashuhuri wa Marekani Kickboxing Academy sambamba baadhi ya michezo bora sana, Thomson chuma yake Brazil jiu-jitsu ukanda mweusi chini ya Dave Camarillo. Mbali na mchezo wake formidable ardhi, Thomson fora asili ni juu ya kiwango na pia, kupata "Knockout ya usiku" tuzo ya pato lake katika mapambano yake dhidi ya Nate Diaz katika 2013. Ni pia thamani kuwa alisema kwamba "Punk" anashikilia rekodi ya 3-0 katika kitaalamu kickboxing.
"Mimi nilikuwa radhi ya kufanya kazi na Josh katika Strikeforce na Natarajia kuendelea uhusiano huu katika Bellator MMA. Josh ni duniani darasa mchanganyiko martial msanii na sisi ni furaha sana kuwa na kuongeza yeye orodha yetu ya baadhi ya lightweights bora duniani,"Alisema rais kukuza ya, Scott Coker. "Bellator bado kikamilifu nia ya kujenga orodha ya majina yake kwa kusaini mawakala top bure kama Thomson, ikiwa ni pamoja na gromning up-na-kuja nyota bluu-Chip. Tuna baadhi matchups kushangaza katika akili kwa ajili ya "Punk" kwamba tunatarajia kuwa kutangaza katika wiki ijayo. "
"Mimi hapa kusoma hii mwandishi UFC akisema kwamba wameweza hakutaka tena kusaini mimi wakati ukweli wa mambo ni kwamba wao tumekuwa kujaribu tena kusaini mimi kwa mapambano yangu miwili iliyopita. Mimi ulipungua na badala yake waliamua kupambana na nje mkataba wangu na mtihani bure wakala soko la pamoja na Bellator. Katika hatua hiyo, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. Ni mpango kufanyika, Mimi nyuma kufanya kazi na 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, na kwa ajili yangu pesa alikuwa katika Bellator. "
"Punk" kujiunga na orodha maarufu wa wanariadha kwamba hivi karibuni saini na Bellator kipindi cha mwaka jana ikiwa ni pamoja na: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Na Ruth, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, miongoni mwa mambo mengine.
Ataendelea kupambana katika mgawanyo nyepesi ambayo ni kirefu kuanzia na: kingpin Will Brooks, chini ya wapiganaji wengine kamaMichael Chandler, Marcin Uliofanyika, Dave Rickels, Patricky "Pitbull" Freire na Dave Jansen.
