للنشر الفوري: بورتلاند, مين (فبراير 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.

في الحدث الرئيسي من مساء اليوم, UFC المخضرمManny “The Bermudez Triangle” Bermudez(15-2) المقدمةبروس "جميلة بوي" 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, ماساتشوستس. Teammates Darryl Andrews (1-0) و 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, مين.Teddy Politis (1-0), Ben Grady (1-0), وTyler 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 veteranJesse “The Viking” Erickson(10-8) الوفاضJosh “Hook On” Harvey(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) downedBrad Lee(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, قهركارل لانغستون(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, كبار احتمالمايك بيزانسون (5-0) of Kaze Dojo remained undefeated with a technical knockout win overGreg Ishihara(2-2) في الجولة الأولى.

Also remaining undefeated in the amateur ranks wereNate “The Mule” White(5-0) وكالب "د. Feelgood ”أوستن (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, زاك "روكي" ريتشارد(6-2-1) will defend the NEF Amateur Lightweight Title againstديفين كورسون(3-1), في حينتشيلسي تاكر(3-3) is scheduled to meet Oregon’sCaree هيل(6-2) for the NEF Amateur Women’s Flyweight Championship, and Caleb Austin facesجيمس بلوس (1-2) in a long-awaited rematch of their controversial 2017 النهاية.

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

PROFESSIONAL

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

جيسي إريكسون مواطنه. Josh Harvey via tap to armbar, جولة 1

Ras Hylton def. Brad Lee via technical knockout, جولة 2

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

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

الهواة

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

Joe Howard def. Justin Kangas via KO, جولة 1

مايك بيزانسون هزم. Greg Ishihara via technical knockout, جولة 1

Felipe Gunter def. Hannon Sanford via unanimous decision

Nate White def. Brian Cosco via technical knockout, جولة 1

Darryl Andrews def. Titus Pannell via unanimous decision

Jason Landry def. Dustin Carrier via technical knockout, جولة 2

Tyler Smythe def. Clifford Redman via technical submission, جولة 1

Garry Carr def. Austin Hamilton via unanimous decision

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

Ben Grady def. Jon Assam via KO, جولة 1

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

Caleb Austin def. Dillon Henry via tap to rear-naked choke, جولة 1

Dylan Williams def. Wyatt Sochin via split decision

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

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

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

معارك نيو انغلاند’ القادم الحدث مختلطة فنون الدفاع عن النفس, “NEF 43: ثورة,” سيعقد يوم السبت, أبريل 18, 2020, في مركز كولينز للفنون في UMaine أورونو. سيكون تذكرة للبيع هذا الاسبوع فيwww.CollinsCenterfortheArts.com.  

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