Tūtohu Archives: Matt Andrikut

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VELADO CAPTURES GOLD, HALL RETAINS AT NEF 25

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Lewiston, Maine (Mahuru 10, 2016) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef) held its most-recent event, “Nef 25: HEROES & VILLAINS” Saturday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. The event featured both mixed-martial-arts and professional boxing bouts.

 

On the boxing portion of the card, John Webster (9-7-1) patua Zenon Herrera (0-3) via unanimous decision on the eve of Webster’s 48th birthday. Webster’s last boxing victory came back in 2004, also in Lewiston, prior to his taking off a decade from active competition.

 

Also in the boxing ring, Casey Kramlich (5-0-1) remained undefeated as he stopped John Ortolani (0-1) in the fourth round via technical knockout. Waihoki, Brandon Montella (5-0) kept his pro record perfect with a second-round stoppage of Tollison Lewis (2-2).

 

Rachael Joyce (2-0) won a unanimous decision over Jessica Borga (2-2) in a highly-anticipated women’s amateur bout. Rafael Velado (4-0) captured the amateur lightweight title with a first-round submission of Jimmy Jackson (3-3). Karepe Hall (8-3) retained the amateur featherweight title, and in doing so handed bantamweight champion Johnny Crafts (4-1) te mate tuatahi o tona mahi, in a very close split decision on the judges’ scorecards.

 

Arona Lacey (3-0) kept his unbeaten streak alive with a first-round submission of Cory Trial (0-1) on the professional MMA portion of the card. Mike Hansen (5-4) ringa Matt Andrikut (2-1) the first loss of his career in the co-main event, ia Hehe Erickson (8-5) tuku Crowsneck Boutin (2-3) in the main event of the evening.

 

NEF also announced that it would co-promote its next event with Classic Entertainment & Sports (CES). The two largest fight promotions in New England will present a joint card titled “Supremacy” i runga i Whiringa 4 in Lewiston at the Colisee.

 

Ko te hua i Lewiston, Maine:

NGAIO MMA

 

Hehe Erickson def. Crowsneck Boutin via rear-naked choke, tawhio 1

Mike Hansen def. Matt Andrikut via armbar, tawhio 1

Taylor Trahan def. Matt Denning via armbar, tawhio 1

Arona Lacey DEF. Cory Trial via rear-naked choke, tawhio 1

Walter Smith-Cotito def. Elias Leland via D’arce Choke, tawhio 2

 

AMATEUR MMA

 

Karepe Hall (c) DEF. Johnny Crafts via split decision (145 Taitara)

Rafael Velado def. Jimmy Jackson via Kimura, tawhio 1 (155 Taitara)

Frank Johanson def. Caleb Swoveland via armbar, tawhio 1

Rachael Joyce def. Jessica Borga via unanimous decision

Walt Shea def. The Slenderman via unanimous decision

 

NGAIO BOXING

Casey Kramlich def. John Ortolani via TKO, tawhio 4

Brandon Montella def. Tollison Lewis via TKO, tawhio 2

John Webster def. Zenon Herrera via unanimous decision

 

NEF and CES present “SUPREMACY,” a night of mixed-martial-arts cagefights, i runga i Whiringa 4, 2016 i roto i te Lewiston, Maine. Tīmata Tickets i $25 a e wātea ana i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i 207.783.2009, extension 525.

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HANSEN AND ANDRIKUT ON COLLISION COURSE SET FOR NEF 25

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Kia tukuna tonutia atu: Lewiston, Maine (Pipiri 29, 2016) – They are two of the top light-heavyweights currently competing in New England Fights (Nef). Their respective most recent wins were both against Jesse Baughman (0-2). Both are accomplished wrestlers. At some point, Mike “Te ngutu” Hansen (4-4) a Matt “Ko te kararehe Mai te Te Tai Tokerau” Andrikut(2-0) were bound to collide. That collision will take place at “Nef 25: HEROES & VILLAINS” i runga i Mahuru 10, 2016 i roto i te Lewiston. The mixed-martial-arts (MMA) contest is set at a fight weight of 205-pounds.

 

Hansen is the founder of the Berserkers MMA fight team based out of the Greater Rumford Community Center in Rumford, Maine. He was a Maine state champion wrestling out of Mountain Valley High School. Hansen dropped his last fight to Brendan Battles (1-0) i “NEF 23” in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He had a chance to avenge that loss and get back on the winning track this month at “NEF 24,” but suffered a setback when his opponent fell out the morning of weigh-ins.

 

“This should be an exciting fight,” said Hansen. “Two good wrestlers ready to throw each other around sounds like a good time to me. This should be my last fight at 205 most likely, ahakoa. I’m heading down to 185-170 to try my luck against guys my size. Fighting these big guys sure is exciting, but it cost my body a lot. Expect nothing less than me coming ready to break him.”

 

Prior to his professional MMA career, Matt Andrikut wrestled for the University of Southern Maine (USM) and also boxed as an amateur. He was a finalist in the Northern New England Golden Gloves. During his amateur MMA career, Andrikut famously defeated Pat Walsh. Walsh would later go on to compete in the UFC and World Series of Fighting at the national level. Andrikut is 2-0 in the NEF MMA cage since debuting with the promotion last year.

 

“I am ready to be in the cage again,” said Andrikut from his home in Reno, Nevada. “I know Mike is a tough wrestler and possibly an even tougher striker. This is a fight that no one would want to miss. I look forward to the challenge to further enhance my career in MMA towards a much deserved title shot in NEF.”

 

hui i muri mai New England whawhai ', "NEF 25: HEROES & VILLAINS,” takes place on Saturday, Mahuru 10, 2016 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Ka tiimata nga tiikiti i te wa tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the event.

 

For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

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TAE MAI TE tautangata I NEF ki te kanohi TE PUAA MEI NORTH

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Kia tukuna tonutia atu: Lewiston, Maine (October 9, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” i runga i Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the fight card. Matt “Ko te kararehe Mai te Te Tai Tokerau” Andrikut (1-0) ka hoki mai ki a Maine ki te tango i runga i Hehe “Ko te he Tautangata” Baughman (0-0) i te taimaha o te 205-pauna whawhai.

 

Andrikut, he tangata whātōtō ta'na i te University o Southern Maine (USM) me te whiringa o mua i roto i te karapu Northern New England Golden, hanga i tona tuatahi NEF whakamutunga marama, i te “NEF XIX,” toa mā knockout hangarau (WHO) in a mere 32-seconds of round one. Andrikut is best known on the New England MMA scene for finishing Pat Walsh (6-2) in under a minute during their amateur meeting in 2011. (Walsh e haere i runga i ki te whakataetae i roto i te whawhai Championship Ultimate [UFC] ano he ngaio.) Andrikut now lives in Reno, Nevada te wahi e whakaako ia i roto i te Tuipau MMA.

 

“Ko ahau fiefia ki te haere mai hoki ki a Maine ki te whawhai ki a Hehe,” Said Andrikut. “E ka e ia he lekooti me tereina nui mo te kapa nui. Aroha ana ahau ki te iwi, me te huru i roto i te Maine – it’s a great place! I Whiringa 21, we will see who’s a greater fighter as we put our unblemished records on the line. E mohio ana ahau, e rua kia tatou ineine me te pono ka waiho hei pleaser mano!”

 

Ko te a'ee Lewiston e te tuatahi ngaio mō Baughman, as well as his first fight with NEF in the state of Maine. Baughman leaves the amateur division having amassed a perfect 5-0 record. He has claimed regional championships while attaining the number-one ranking for New England amateur light-heavyweights. A resident of Littleton, New Hampshire, Baughman whakaako i Team Link Te Tai Tokerau i roto i Whitefield tata.

 

“He mea iti iho i te whakaongaonga Making toku tuatahi pro ki NEF,” Said Baughman. “Te riroraa i te Māori New England, Ite e ahau te weriweri, me te tautoko i to tatou pā i mo te hākinakina o MMA. Ka rite ki runga i te tihi runaruna taumahamaha o te marama i roto i New England, Amanekina ahau ki te kia hoatu ki runga ki nga takatu mai- a tawhio noa i roto i toku wehenga. Whakawhetai nui ki Matt Peterson mo te faingamālie me toku kaiwhakahaere Taylor Trahan. He rite mo te whawhai he Tautangata!”

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” e wahi i runga i Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tikiti hoki “NEF XX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.