即時發布: 波特蘭, 緬因 (九月 12, 2017) - 新英格蘭戰鬥 (NEF) will make its long-awaited debut in Portland on 星期五, 十一月 3, 2017 at Aura with “NEF 31: The Old Port.” 今天早些時候，, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur mixed-martial-arts bout to the card. Carol Linn Powell (0-0) is scheduled to take on Francesca Morabito (0-0) in a women’s bantamweight contest.
Carol Linn is the wife of former NEF Lightweight Champion, and current UFC fighter, 德文 - 鮑威爾 (8-3). Devin earned a contract with the UFC after impressing the company’s president, Dana白色, on his web series Dana白色: Lookin’ for a Fight at an event promoted by NEF in Bangor, Maine last year. 一起, the Powells own and operate Nostos MMA & Conditioning Facility in Somersworth, 新罕布什爾. 上個月, they were awarded the “Best Martial Arts Gym” 在 “2017 Best of the Seacoast” 獎項.
“Fighting has been something I’ve fantasized about for a few years and now that it is finally happening, 我不能更興奮,” 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, 緬因. 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. 我的時間到了. And I came to win.”
NEF的下一個混合武術事件, “NEF 31: The Old Port,” will see the company debut in Portland, Maine at the brand new, state-of-the-art venue Aura. The event is scheduled to take place on 星期五, 十一月 3, 2017. 門票現已公開發售，在 www.auramaine.com.