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 (Kínní 12, 2016) - New England njà (NEF), America ká nọmba-ọkan agbegbe ija igbega, yoo mu awọn oniwe-tókàn iṣẹlẹ, “NEF 22: GBOGBO ona ja nibi” lori Saturday, April 22, 2016ni Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Sẹyìn loni, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” ija kaadi. 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) 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, ni akọkọ yika. 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 – daradara, 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,” wi NEF àjọ-eni ati matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Daradara, 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 njà 'tókàn iṣẹlẹ, "NEF 22: GBOGBO ona ja nibi,"Gba ibi Saturday, April 23, 2016 ni Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ki o si ni o wa lori tita to bayi ni www.TheColisee.com tabi nipa pipe awọn Colisée apoti ọfiisi ni 207.783.2009 x 525. Fun alaye diẹ ẹ sii lori iṣẹlẹ ati ija kaadi awọn imudojuiwọn, jọwọ lọsi awọn igbega ká aaye ayelujara ni www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ni afikun, o le wo awọn fidio NEF ni www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, tẹle wọn lori Twitternefights ki o si da awọn osise Facebook egbe "New England njà."
Santa Monica (August 11, 2015) - Bellator MMA jẹ lọpọlọpọ lati kede awọn fawabale ti Josh "The Punk" Thomson (20-8, 1 NC) si ohun iyasoto olona-odun, olona-ija guide. Ni 36 years--odo, awọn tele Strikeforce Lightweight World asiwaju maa wa ni ọkan ninu awọn oke-155 pounders ninu awọn idaraya, ntẹriba competed ni oke ajo pẹlu UFC ati igberaga.
San Jose gbé in, Calif. ati ikẹkọ ni ogbontarigi American Kickboxing ijinlẹ lẹgbẹẹ diẹ ninu awọn idaraya gan ti o dara ju, Thomson mina rẹ Brazil jiu-jitsu dudu igbanu labẹ Dave Camarillo. Ni afikun si rẹ formidable ilẹ game, Thomson ká idaṣẹ pedigree jẹ lori-ojuami bi daradara, ebun a "knockout ti Night" eye fun re o wu ninu re igbejako Nate Diaz ni 2013. O tun n tọ ni wi pe "The Punk" Oun ni a gba ti 3-0 ni ọjọgbọn kickboxing.
"Mo ní ni idunnu ti ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Josh ni Strikeforce ati ki o Mo wo siwaju si tẹsiwaju yi ibasepọ ni Bellator MMA. Josh jẹ kan aye-kilasi adalu ti ologun artist ati awọn ti a ba wa gidigidi dun lati wa ni fifi fun u lati wa akosile ti diẹ ninu awọn ti o dara ju lightweights ninu aye,"So wipe igbega ká Aare, Scott Coker. "Bellator si maa wa ni kikun olufaraji si kọ awọn oniwe-iwe akosile nipa wíwọlé oke free òjíṣẹ bi Thomson, bi daradara bi olutọju ẹhin ọkọ-iyawo soke-ati-bọ bulu-ni ërún irawọ. A ni diẹ ninu awọn iyanu matchups ni lokan fun "The Punk" ti a ni ireti lati wa ni nwasu ni ọsẹ lati wa si. "
"Mo wa lori nibi kika yi UFC onirohin wipe ki nwọn ki o ti sọ declined lati tun-wole mi nigbati awọn otitọ ti ọrọ naa ba jẹ wipe ti won ti sọ a ti gbiyanju lati tun-wole mi fun mi kẹhin meji njà. Mo ti declined ki o si dipo yàn lati ja jade mi guide ki o si idanwo awọn free ibẹwẹ oja pẹlu Bellator. Ni ti ojuami, Bellator made me an offer that the UFC was unable to match given their relationships with FOX and Reebok. O ni a ṣe ti yio se, Mo n pada ṣiṣẹ pẹlu 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, ati fun mi ni owo si wà ni Bellator. "
"The Punk" parapo kan oguna akojọ ti awọn elere idaraya ti o ti laipe wole pelu Bellator lori awọn ti o ti kọja odun pẹlu: Phil Davis, Josh Koscheck, Melvin Guillard, Ati Rutu, Aaron Pico, Lorenzo Hood, Ewerton Teixeira, Gleristone Santos, laarin awọn miran.
Oun yoo tesiwaju lati ja ni lightweight pipin eyi ti o ti bere pẹlu jin: kingpin Will Brooks, si isalẹ lati miiran awọn onija biMichael Chandler, Marcin Held, Dave Rickels, Patricky "maluiwoile" Freire ati Dave Jansen.
