PARA PUBLICACION INMEDIATA: Portland, Maine (Septiembre 12, 2017) Luchas -Nueva Inglaterra (NEF) hará su esperado debut en Portland el Viernes, Noviembre 3, 2017 en Aura con “NEF 31: El Puerto Viejo.” El día de hoy, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur mixed-martial-arts bout to the card. Carol Linn Powell (0-0) está programado para asumir Francesca Morabito (0-0) in a women’s bantamweight contest.
Carol Linn is the wife of former NEF Lightweight Champion, y luchador actual de UFC, Devin Powell (8-3). Devin earned a contract with the UFC after impressing the company’s president, Dana White, on his web series Dana White: Pase a ver’ for a Fight at an event promoted by NEF in Bangor, Maine last year. Juntos, the Powells own and operate Nostos MMA & Conditioning Facility in Somersworth, New Hampshire. El mes pasado, they were awarded the “Best Martial Arts Gym” al “2017 Best of the Seacoast” premios.
“Fighting has been something I’ve fantasized about for a few years and now that it is finally happening, I couldn’t be more excited,” said Carol Linn when reached for comment. “I was supposed to have my first fight in June and it ended up falling through, and I think this fight is a much better match up and is in one of my very favorite towns. Francesca and I have trained together a few times and we were really excited to be a part of each other’s camps, but after realizing what a good matchup we are, we decided to put our friendship aside and both get in there for our first fights. We are very similar, and I’m excited to put a great show on for everyone.”
“I am very excited for my wife to make her debut,” noted Devin. “She’s been around the sport for almost half a decade, but is just recently getting into hard training and the competitive aspect of it. I never told her to fight or said I thought she should. She was very independent in this choice and when somebody chooses to do something on their own and they commit all of themselves to it, I think that is a great equation for a successful person in anything they do. She is going to find out a lot about herself on the 3rd. Happy to have a cage-side seat for it.”
Francesca Morabito trains at the Choi Institute in Portland, Maine. Her true passion lies in her work with non-profit organization Speak About It. Morabito has toured the world as a theatre artist with the Portland-based group, educating high school and college students on affirmative consent, healthy relationships, and sexual assault prevention.
“It is such an honor to make my debut just a couple blocks from where I’ve been training for the past two years,” said Morabito. “I’m elated to fight in my hometown – on the same street where I’ve trudged home on countless Maine winter nights, with my gym bag slung over my shoulder and my wet hair freezing solid underneath my Choi hoodie. Mi tiempo ha llegado. And I came to win.”
próximo evento mixto de artes marciales de NEF, “NEF 31: El Puerto Viejo,” verá el debut de la compañía en Portland, Maine en el nuevo, el estado de la técnica lugar Aura. El evento está programado para llevarse a cabo el Viernes, Noviembre 3, 2017. Los boletos están a la venta en www.auramaine.com.