ZA immediate release: Portland, Mejn (Siječanj 19, 2020) - New England Borbe (NEF) will hold its next mixed-martial-arts (MMA) događaj, “NEF 42: Symphony of Destruction,” u subotu, Februar 8, 2020, at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Earlier today, NEF announced a change to one-half of the card’s main event.Manny “The Bermudez Triangle” Bermudez(14-2) sada će se suočitiBruce "Pretty Boy" Boyington(17-11) for the vacant NEF Professional Lightweight Championship in the night’s headline fight.
Bermudez stepped in to replace his teammate and training partner Josh Grispi (14-5) who was originally scheduled to meet Boyington. Grispi was forced to bow out of the main event due to legal complications unforeseen at the time of the bout’s signing. Mere hours after losing Grispi, NEF executives were notified that Bermudez would accept the fight with Boyington.
Like Grispi, Bermudez is a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) – the pinnacle of the sport. He put together a record of 3-2 while competing in the promotion before being released this past October. All three of Bermudez’s wins in the UFC came by way of submission. The fight with Boyington will be Bermudez’s first since his release.
“I’m looking forward to coming up to Bruce’s home turf and showing where it is I belong on the regional circuit,” stated Bermudez. “I have experience at various levels in the sport and Bruce does too, so it’ll be interesting to see how the matchup unfolds on fight night.”
Bruce Boyington has never been one to back down from a challenge. The Taekwondo black belt and US Marine Corp veteran has made a career of fighting the “best of the best” whether it be in the NEF cage, at Madison Square Garden fighting for the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) on national television, or halfway across the world competing on a global event in Russia. Boyington, a member of Titan Athletics based in Brewer, Mejn, looks to capture the lightweight strap for the second time on February 8.
“There is no easy fight and this makes for the same scenario – a main event worthy of any card,” said Boyington. “Two high caliber fighters – that’s the kind of fight I like to be in.”
Adding to the high-caliber aspect of the fight, two streaks held by Boyington and Bermudez respectively make the fight even that much more intriguing. Boyington has never lost a title fight. He is a perfect 7-0 when a championship strap is on the line. In the same breadth, Bermudez nikada nije izgubio regionalnu borbu kao profesionalac. Bio je savršen 11-0 na regionalnoj sceni prije potpisivanja sa UFC-om. U februaru 8, nečiji "0" će morati da ode.
“Prvi put sam sreo Mannyja Bermudeza prije 11 godina jednog slučajnog vikenda dok sam bio u njegovoj kućnoj teretani, South Short Sportfighting,“, istakao je suvlasnik NEF-a i provodadžija Matt Peterson. “Bio je mlad, uvrnuti tinejdžer u to vrijeme koji je davao napade na podu muškarcima koji su bili dva i tri puta stariji od njega. Manny je teretanu učinio svojim drugim domom i ostalom, kako kažu, je istorija—Manny je nastavio da ima sjajnu vožnju u UFC-u. Kada je Josh Grispi bio primoran da se povuče iz borbe sa Bruceom, Bruce mi je dao jednu naredbu za zamjenskog protivnika—pobrinite se da budu dobri,' on je rekao. Bruce se uvijek želi suočiti s najboljima i to je ono što smo uspjeli dovesti u Bermudez. Ovo je glavni događaj prikladan za simfoniju.”
New England Borbe’ next mixed-martial-arts event, “NEF 42: Symphony of Destruction,” will take place on Saturday, Februar 8, 2020, u Merrill Auditorium u Portlandu, Mejn. Ulaznice su u prodaji na sadawww.PortTix.com.
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