即時發布: 波特蘭, 緬因 (二月 10, 2020) – More than 2000 braved frigid temperatures on Saturday night as New England Fights (NEF) brought its most recent mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event to the stage of Merrill Auditorium in Portland. 22 fights took place under the shadow of the world-famous 1911 Kotzschmar Memorial Organ. It was NEF’s debut at the century-old venue, and the event opened the venerable fight promotion’s ninth season of MMA competition.

在晚上的重頭戲, UFC老將曼尼“的貝穆德斯三角”貝穆德斯(15-2) 提交布魯斯“漂亮男孩”Boyington (19-12) with a guillotine choke in the first round. The bout was originally scheduled to be contested for the NEF Professional Lightweight Title, but with Bermudez missing championship weight, he was not eligible to win the belt. The title currently remains vacant.

Bermudez’s victory capped a perfect night for the South Shore Sportfighting team of Rockland, 馬薩諸塞州. Teammates Darryl Andrews (1-0) 和 Tim Birkenhead (2-0) were both successful in their respective fights to lift their gym to a 3-0 record on the event.

Also going 3-0 on the evening was the team of Evolution Athletix based in Saco, Maine.Teddy Politis (1-0), Ben Grady (1-0), 和Tyler Smythe (1-0) all stopped their opponents within the first minute of the first round of their respective fights to win their respective amateur debuts.

The biggest story of the night, undoubtedly, came in the co-main event as longtime NEF veteran傑西“海盜”埃里克森(10-8) 手喬希“勾上”哈維(7-1-1) the first loss of his professional career. Erickson, who represents both Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Recon Fitness, put on a brilliant jiu-jitsu clinic that will be remembered for years to come. Trapped against the cage by Harvey early-on in the first round, Erickson pulled guard and transitioned through a chain of submissions before finally settling in with an armbar to force the tapout, sending the Portland crowd into an absolute frenzy.

In a wild heavyweight slugfest that also took place on the professional portion of the card, Ras “Rasquatch” Hylton (5-3) downed布拉德·李(0-1) via technical knockout in the second round. After several minutes of feeling each other out, the pair exchanged in a back-and-forth slobber-knocker in the closing moments of the first round. A little over a minute into the second round, the referee called a halt to the action after several unanswered strikes from the 6’6” Hylton.

Hylton’s First Class MMA teammateJacob Deppmeyer(1-0) had a successful pro debut, 擊敗卡爾·蘭斯頓(0-5) via first-round technical knockout. Deppmeyer, trapped Langston in a reverse triangle and rained down a series of unanswered elbows, giving the referee no option but to stop the bout at that point.

On the amateur card, top prospectMike Bezanson (5-0) of Kaze Dojo remained undefeated with a technical knockout win over格雷格石原(2-2) 在第一輪.

Also remaining undefeated in the amateur ranks were內特“騾子”白(5-0) 和迦勒“博士. 感覺良好“奧斯汀 (4-0), both fighting out of CMBJJ, who finished their respective opponents in the first round.

Another CMBJJ product, Garry Carr (3-1), broke his own record for a second consecutive time when he became, yet again, the oldest athlete to win a fight in the NEF cage. At 58-years-young, Carr took a unanimous decision victory over 23-year-old Austin Hamilton (0-2) in a catchweight amateur fight.

NEF also announced that its next event would see the promotion return to the campus of UMaine Orono at the Collins Center for the Arts on April 18 with “NEF 43: Rampage.” Already confirmed for the event, 扎克“洛奇”理查德(6-2-1) will defend the NEF Amateur Lightweight Title against德文 - 科森(3-1), 而切爾西塔克(3-3) is scheduled to meet Oregon’sCAREE山(6-2) for the NEF Amateur Women’s Flyweight Championship, and Caleb Austin facesJames Ploss (1-2) in a long-awaited rematch of their controversial 2017 結束.

The full “NEF 42” results from Portland, 緬因:

PROFESSIONAL

Manny Bermudez def. Bruce Boyington via tap to guillotine, 圓 1

傑西·埃里克森DEF. Josh Harvey via tap to armbar, 圓 1

拉斯希爾頓DEF. Brad Lee via technical knockout, 圓 2

Chris Caterino def. Nate Boucher via tap to armbar, 圓 1

Jacob Deppmeyer def. Carl Langston via technical knockout, 圓 1

業餘

Tim Birkenhead def. Mike Murray via tap to kneebar, 圓 2

喬·霍華德DEF. Justin Kangas via KO, 圓 1

Mike Bezanson def. Greg Ishihara via technical knockout, 圓 1

Felipe Gunter def. Hannon Sanford via unanimous decision

內特白色高清. Brian Cosco via technical knockout, 圓 1

Darryl Andrews def. Titus Pannell via unanimous decision

賈森·蘭德里DEF. Dustin Carrier via technical knockout, 圓 2

Tyler Smythe def. 通過技術提交克利福德雷德曼, 圓 1

Garry Carr def. Austin Hamilton via unanimous decision

Ryan Fogg def. Giuliano Rossi via doctor stoppage, 圓 2

Ben Grady def. Jon Assam via KO, 圓 1

Tim Bergeron def. Henry Jeffs via technical knockout, 圓 1

迦勒奧斯汀DEF. Dillon Henry via tap to rear-naked choke, 圓 1

Dylan Williams def. Wyatt Sochin via split decision

Randall Hathorn def. Tim Murray via technical knockout, 圓 1

Henry Clark def. Taylor Bartlett via technical submission, 圓 1

Teddy Politis def. Kevin Lamay via tap to Kimura, 圓 1

新英格蘭戰鬥’ 未來混合武術事件, “NEF 43: 亂鬧,” 將於週六, 四月 18, 2020, 在柯林斯藝術中心在緬因大學奧羅諾. Tickets will be on sale this week atwww.CollinsCenterfortheArts.com.  

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