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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 W Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Marzec 17, 2016) - New England Walki (NEF), Ameryki numer jeden regionalna promocja walki, odbędzie się kolejne wydarzenie, “NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ” na Sobota, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Wcześniej dzisiaj, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” karty walki. Mikrofon “Wąsy” Hansen (3-3) podpisał w twarz Jesse “Barbarzyńca” Baughman (0-1) walki w wadze 205 funtów z.

 

Mike Hansen is the founding member of Berserkers MMA based out of Rumford, Maine. He is an alumni of Mountain Valley High School (MVHS) where he won a state championship wrestling as a heavyweight in 2004. Hansen made his MMA debut shortly after graduating from high school, only to step away from the sport for a decade in order to serve his country as a combat engineer in the United States Army. He returned to the MMA cage in 2015 as a member of the NEF roster. After restarting his career with a record of 2-1, Hansen dropped his first bout of 2016 to Zach Elkins (1-1) w zeszłym miesiącu. He will look to rebound from that loss on Kwiecień 23.

 

I’m looking forward to getting back in the cage fast coming off this loss,” said Hansen. “I wasn’t mentally in that fight, so this time around with Baughman, I’m going to be mentally focused. Jesse is a big guy and a tough fighterand he seems like a guy I could get along with. Tak, when we are done smashing each other up, hopefully we can get a drink.

 

Like Hansen, Baughman is a United States military veteran, where he served in a recon unit of the special forces and earned a level-three certification in Army combatives. He is currently a member of Team Link based out of Hooksett, New Hampshire. As an amateur MMA fighter, Baughman put together a perfect record of 5-0 and was the number-one ranked light-heavyweight in the northeast region prior to turning professional. Baughman made his pro debut last November atNEF 20against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“Na April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Said Baughman. “My fans from New Hampshire want to see a warand best believe they will! Mike Hansen is a worthy opponent. He knows going in, this will be a bloody battle till the end. I have the best guys around preparing me for this matchup. Big thanks to Taylor Trahan, Kevin Haley, Brett Trahan and Rob Belliveau.

 

Kolejnym wydarzeniem New England walczy ', "NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ," ma miejsce Sobota, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i są już w sprzedaży na www.TheColisee.com lub dzwoniąc na kasowy COLISEE 207.783.2009 x 525. Więcej informacji na temat aktualizacji kart zdarzeń i walki, znaleźć na stronie internetowej pod adresem Promocji www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatkowo, można oglądać filmy w formacie NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, za nimi na Twitterzenefights i dołącz do oficjalnej grupy na Facebooku "New England walczy."

HEAT RISING ON UPCOMING DENNING-HARVEY FIGHT AT NEF 22 APRIL 23RD

Lewiston, Maine (Marzec 16, 2016) - New England Walki (NEF), Ameryki numer jeden regionalna promocja walki, odbędzie się kolejne wydarzenie, “NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ” w sobotę, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Wcześniej w tym miesiącu, NEF announced the addition of a professional lightweight contest to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” karty walki. Matt “Ken Doll” Denning (2-1) spotka Josh “Hook OnHarvey (0-0) przy masie 150-walka funtów. Since the announcement, the anticipation has continued to accelerate for the upcoming bout. In a recent interview with Jason Floyd on The MMA Report, Harvey made some comments that has sent the energy around the fight into overdrive.

 

“I find him disrespectful as a person and I want to keep it classy on a podcast,” Harvey stated in the beginning of the interview. “I do not want to speak my full mind. You meet the guy, talk to him for a minute and you want to fight him. But it depends on which Matt you are talking to. Because he can rub people the wrong way and he can kiss their ass on the same day. That is who he is.”

 

The bad blood between the two rivals has been rising for a long time. The potential matchup had been talked about for years, but is scheduled to finally become a reality on April 23rd.

 

“In this case, I’ve wanted to fight Matt Denning since we were both amateurs,” Harvey stated to Floyd during the interview. “I couldn’t make it happen then. I guess I wasn’t the fight he wanted. Wówczas, I only had one or two amateur fights and he was towards the end of his amateur career.”

 

He’s backed out of fights before at the pro level,” “Harvey stated. “He’s missed weight. Is it a career? Is it a hobby? Mam na myśli, it’s for him to decide, but we’ll find out if he wants to show up to fight.”

 

When Floyd asked Harvey if the fight was personal, Harvey confirmed the obvious. “I think it is,” Harvey replied. “I’m not saying they’re going to want two refs in there to pull me off of him, but it’s going to finish that way.”

 

During the interview, Harvey also noted the difference in quality of training partners, as he sees it, and how that will impact the outcome of the fight.

 

“I don’t think he’s rolling with the animals that we’re bringing in every day,” Harvey stated. “The people he has submitted, I don’t think their jitz game was tight—and that’s why he took those fights.”

 

When asked how he would like to end the fight with Denning, Harvey explained to Floyd that a submission finish would be satisfying, but that he was prepared to create the finish wherever it presents itself.

 

“It would be nice to turn Ken Doll into Stretch Armstrong—that would be sweet,” Harvey stated toward the end of the interview. “But I’m going to beat him wherever the fight goes. I’m not going to force it down to beat him on the ground and I’m not going to force it to stay up. Oczywiście, if he tries to take me down—I don’t give up takedowns for nobody. I’ll beat him wherever the fight goes.”

 

To listen to Josh Harvey’s complete interview on The MMA Report wizyta:

 

http://themmareport.com/2016/03/josh-harvey-on-nef-22-opponent-matt-denning-i-find-him-disrespectful-as-a-person/

 

Kolejnym wydarzeniem New England walczy ', "NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ," ma miejsce Sobota, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i są już w sprzedaży na www.TheColisee.com lub dzwoniąc na kasowy COLISEE 207.783.2009 x 525. Więcej informacji na temat aktualizacji kart zdarzeń i walki, znaleźć na stronie internetowej pod adresem Promocji www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatkowo, można oglądać filmy w formacie NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, za nimi na Twitterzenefights i dołącz do oficjalnej grupy na Facebooku "New England walczy."

Abdulaev vs. Kunchenko title clash & Divnich vs. Turnquest fight added to M-1 Challenge 65 card April 8 w St. Petersburg, Rosja

 

ST. PETERSBURG, Rosja (Marzec 16, 2016) – Mistrz wagi półśredniej M-1 Challenge Murad “Łowca” Abdulaev will make his first title defense, Kwiecień 8 w M-1 Sezon 65,against undefeated challenger Alexey Kunchenko at Ice Palace Sports Center in St. Petersburg, Rosja.
Abdulaev vs. Kunchenko replaces the rescheduled M-1 Challenge lightweight championship bout between defending champion Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaoui i challenger Artem Damkovsky due to injuries suffered by both fighters during training camp.
M-1 Global has also announced an M-1 Sezon 65 match between former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divinich i M-1 Global debiut Robert Turnquest.
Ramadan Emeev (13-3-0, M-1: 7-1-0), aktualny mistrz M-1 Challenge w wadze średniej, zmierzy się z brazylijskim rywalem Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao (35-8-0, M-1: 0-0-0) w wyzwaniu M-1 65 główne wydarzenie. Emeev vs.. Falcao to mecz półfinałowy M-1 Grand Prix wagi średniej, w którym zwycięzca awansuje do finału pod koniec tego roku z innym zwycięzcą półfinału M-1 Grand Prix wagi średniej, były trzykrotny mistrz Bellator Alexander “Burza” Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0).
Abdulaev (13-1-0, M-1: 4-1-0) captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title last June at M-1 Sezon 58, taking a five-round decision from Marcelo Brito. A powerful striker always with knockout intentions, Abdulaev (shown above in action) has been out of action since then due to a variety of reasons.
Also a KO specialist like his fellow-Russian opponent, Kunchenko (12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0) zatrzymał się 10 z jego 12 victims inside the distance. The Russian (shown above kicking) was M-1 Global’s 2015 Perspektywa Roku.
Divnich (11-1-0, M-1: 5-1-0) captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight crown December 19, 2014, registering a third-round technical knockout (stemple) zDzhambulat Kurbanov (shown above getting hit by Divnich on right) w M-1 Sezon 54.
Fighting out of Pensacola, Floryda, amerykański, US Navy veteran Turnquest (5-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0) will be making his M-1 Global debut against Kunchenko. Turnquest (pictured to right) is the Atlas Fights welterweight champion who has a strong Judo background. Brał udział w 2013 World Games for military competitors.
M-1 Sezon 65 będą transmitowane na żywo z Rosji w wysokiej rozdzielczości na www.M1Global.TV. Widzowie będą mogli oglądać w trybie walki i karty głównej po zalogowaniu się na rejestracji wwww.M1Global.TV. Fani mogą oglądać wszystkie działania na swoich komputerach, jak również na Android i Apple, smartfonów i tabletów.
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RIZIN FF OGŁASZA POWRÓT KAZUYUKI FUJITA; W NAGOYA TURNIEJ TURNIEJU GRAND PRIX BIEGU NOWOROCZNEGO JIRI PROCHAZKI, JAPONIA W KWIETNIU 17

Kazuyuki Fujita w niedzielę powróci do akcji MMA na ringu RIZIN FF, Kwiecień 17. Fujita uniósł tablicę plakatową z wizerunkiem swojego przeciwnika, ostatni wicemistrz turnieju RIZIN FF Grand Prix Jiri Prochazka, na dzisiejszej konferencji prasowej, aby ogłosić swój pojedynek. Źródło zdjęcia: Re'zin FF

Więcej: Allan Nascimento zgadza się z
inna sensacja wagi muszej, Yuki Motoya

TOKYO - Marzec 16, 2016- Re'zin FF, promowanie sportów walki prowadzone przez byłego szefa PRIDE FC Nobuyuki Sakakibara, ogłoszone podczas dzisiejszej konferencji prasowej, powrót ulubieńca fanów wszech czasów Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), który zmierzy się z ostatnim wicemistrzem turnieju RIZIN FF Grand Prix i niebezpiecznym artystą nokautowym George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1), w mieszanych sztukach walki wagi ciężkiej (MMA) konkurs na 10,000 pojemność Nippon Gaishi Hall w Nagoi, Japonia na Niedziela, Kwiecień 17.

Ogłoszony również dzisiaj na ekstrawagancję „Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” w przyszłym miesiącu, był wagi muszej (125 funtów) pojedynek pomiędzy asem poddania Allan "Grim" Narodziny (14-3) i rozpalony do czerwoności mistrzYuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

Kazuyuki Fujita przeciwko. Jiri Prochazka

Podczas swojej pamiętnej 16-letniej kariery w grze walki, 6 stóp, 45-letnia Fujita z Funabashi, Chiba, Japonia zebrała dwa główne, mistrzostwa w wrestlingu zawodowym i zmierzył się z prawie wszystkimi rywalami swojej epoki w wadze ciężkiej MMA, w tym byłego króla funta za funta Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop, Wanderlei Silva i Mark Coleman, podczas rywalizacji pod elitarnymi sztandarami promocyjnymi PRIDE FC, K-1 i Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye.

Godne uwagi zwycięstwa Fujity obejmują pierwszą rundę (6:46) WHO (zatrzymanie narożnika) z„Najbardziej niebezpieczny człowiek świata” Ken Shamrock, pierwsza runda (8:25) KO (poncz) z James Thompson i jednomyślne decyzje Gilbert Yvel i dwukrotne Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) zwycięzca turnieju i mistrz NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion Mark Kerr.

6 stóp-4, 23-letnia Prochazka z Hosteradice, Czechy mają za sobą przełomowy występ, w którym zaliczył pierwszą rundę (1:36) WHO (kopnięcie głową i uderzenia kolanem) Złotego Medalistę Olimpijskiego Judo Satoshi Ishii w ćwierćfinałowym etapie ośmioosobowego turnieju eliminacyjnego RIZIN FF w grudniu 29, 2015.

Dwa dni później, Prochazka wrócił na ring i zdobył pierwszą rundę (10:00) WHO (przejście na emeryturę) zdobyć Vadim Nemkov przed przejściem pierwszej rundy (5:09) KO (poncz) z rąk supergwiazdy "Król Mo" Lawal w rundzie mistrzowskiej. Prochazki 16 kariera wygrywa, 13 Przyszedłem w drodze (T)KO i 2 w drodze złożenia.

Allan Nascimento kontra Yuki Motoya

Reklamowany jako miniaturowa wersja wszechczasów świetnych Anderson Silva, 24-letni Nascimento z Sao Paulo, Brazylia szczyci się zdumiewającym 86 procentowy współczynnik zgłoszeń, zmuszając 12 z 14 pokonał przeciwników, do kranu.

Na wysokości 5 stóp 9, Nascimento góruje nad większością swoich konkurentów w 125-funtowej dywizji, i jest znany z tego, że skutecznie wykorzystuje swoją przewagę zasięgu i wysokie umiejętności Muay Thai do frustrowania i zadawania obrażeń przeciwnikom z dystansu, i skonfiguruj zgrabne zgłoszenia.

5-foot-7, 26--letnia Motoya z Nagoi jest aktualnym mistrzem DEEP wagi muszej i czołowym zawodnikiem o wadze 125 funtów w Japonii. Motoya ma passę siedmiu zwycięstw, z czterema zwycięstwami przez TKO lub poddanie.

W swoim ostatnim starcie na Grudzień 29, Motoya zmierzył się z Philip Efraim na inauguracyjnym wydarzeniu RIZIN FF, przepracowanie Efraina na początku walki, zanim nagle został wyrzucony przez lewą rękę, po której Efrain kontynuował serię uderzeń, nakłanianie sędziego do przerwania walki. Ponieważ Efrain nie przyjął wagi do walki, jednak, wynik został unieważniony z TKO na brak konkursu.

W cenie od 100,000 jen, bilety na „Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” są w sprzedaży i można je kupić online na Ticketbis.com.

W turnieju głównym, były mistrz PRIDE FC wagi średniej i wszechczasów świetnyWanderlei "Morderca Axe" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) będzie współpracować z bojownika zostaną ogłoszone wkrótce, w specjalnym go "tag meczu,"I walki duet składający się z kolegą legendy, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) i Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

W 180 funtowe zawody MMA, niszczycielska moc puncher Hisaki Kato (5-2) zmierzy się z innym płodnym finiszerem Yuta "Inne" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Dodatkowe walki o „Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” zostaną ogłoszone wkrótce.

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HEAVYWEIGHTS TO MAKE SOPHOMORE CAGE APPEARANCES AT NEF 22

Lewiston, Maine (Marzec 16, 2016) - New England Walki (NEF), Ameryki numer jeden regionalna promocja walki, odbędzie się kolejne wydarzenie, “NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ” na Sobota, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Wcześniej dzisiaj, NEF announced the addition of an amateur heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” karty walki. Ras Hylton (1-0) planowane jest do twarzy Matt Glover (1-0) at a fight weight of 265-pounds.

 

Weighing in at 227-pounds and standing 6’6,Ras Hylton towered over the top of the cage at “NEF 21” last month in his MMA debut. It took him just over a minute to dispatch his opponent, Zak Bergeron (0-1), using his reach advantage to pummel Bergeron with a barrage of strikes. Hylton is a member of Dragon Fire Martial Arts of South Portland, Maine, as well as First Class MMA based in Brunswick.

 

I’m immensely grateful to my teams at Dragon Fire MMA and First Class MMA for helping me to prepare for this dream made real,” exclaimed Hylton. “I expect that Mr. Glover will help provide an excellent show for the fans as we both fight for victory, making this show as memorable as my debut was for me. All roads lead here, and I want mine to lead to victory. Thank you for all the support folks!”

 

W “NEF 21,Matt Glover defeated Gravin Guillen (2-5) poprzez pierwszej rundzie TKO. During his time at Mountain Valley High School (MVHS) in Rumford, Maine, Glover was a standout on the football field. He is a member of Berserkers MMA where he trains under coaches Mike Hansen (3-3) and Gary Dolloff. Glover’s younger brother Ryan (Glover, 3-1) is the reigning NEF MMA Amateur Light-Heavyweight Champion. At 236-pounds and 6’2,Glover realizes he will need to overcome Hylton’s height and reach advantage on April 23rd.

 

I’m very excited for my next NEF battle,” said Glover. “I think I will be even more prepared and less nervous for this fight. My head will be clearer. For my debut, my brother was also on the card and I was a little distracted as a result, but for this fight, my mind is all business about what’s in front of me. Ras possesses a huge challenge with his height and reach, but I plan on neutralizing his kicks and getting inside and coming straight forward and throwing bombs. My training is getting me better and better and getting me more prepared every day. There will be some bloodshed on April 23rdand I will give 110% effort, as always.

 

Kolejnym wydarzeniem New England walczy ', "NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ," ma miejsce Sobota, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i są już w sprzedaży na www.TheColisee.com lub dzwoniąc na kasowy COLISEE 207.783.2009 x 525. Więcej informacji na temat aktualizacji kart zdarzeń i walki, znaleźć na stronie internetowej pod adresem Promocji www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatkowo, można oglądać filmy w formacie NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, za nimi na Twitterzenefights i dołącz do oficjalnej grupy na Facebooku "New England walczy."

 

O Nowej Anglii Walki

 

New England Walki ("NEF") jest walka wydarzenia promocje firmy. Misją NEF jest tworzenie najwyższej jakości dla bojowników wydarzenia i fanów zarówno Maine. Zespół wykonawczy NEF za posiada bogate doświadczenie w zarządzaniu sportów walki, Produkcja wydarzenia, relacje z mediami, marketing, prawną i reklama.

BELLATOR KICKBOXING’S WEIGHT CLASSES & RULE SET REVEALED

SANTA MONICA, TAKIE JAK. (Marzec 15, 2016) – Bellator Kickboxing is set to make its world premiere in just over a month on Piątek, Kwiecień 16 z "Bellator Kickboxing: Torino.” The event will be broadcast in America on Kwiecień 22 w 11:00 p.m. I/PT, Natychmiast po"Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson " event on SPIKE. Today the promotion is pleased to announce its official weight classes and rule set.

 

The Pala Alpitour, which has been the home to several amazing events including the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, will host the inaugural "Bellator Kickboxing: Torino " karta. The groundbreaking evening of fights will be headlined by one of the most accomplished knockout artists in combat sports, Melvin Manhoef (49-12), who takes on Alexandru Negrea (8-2). The co-main event features Mustapha Haida (37-3-3) biorąc na Karim Ghajji (95-12) for the 165-pound ISKA title. Kickboxing sensations Raymond Daniels (10-3), Denise Kielholtz (43-2) i Kevin Ross (30-9) will round out the card of the initial event against yet to be announced opponents.

 

Traditionally, kickboxing has never had a set amount of weight classes, with the number differing by promotion. In Bellator Kickboxing, the weight classes will be identical to those utilized in mixed martial arts, starting with heavyweight and ending with flyweight. Generally, there is a one-pound allowance for non-title fights, although that allowance may vary depending on the regulatory body sanctioning the event.

 

Heavyweight: 265 funtów

Półciężkiej: 205 funtów

Średniej: 185 funtów

Półśredniej: 170 funtów

Lekki: 155 funtów

Piórkowej: 145 funtów

Koguciej: 135 funtów

Muszej: 125 funtów

 

Dodatkowo, below is an overview of Bellator Kickboxing’s rule set, which will make for the most explosive kickboxing action on the planet.

 

The competitors will attack and defend using punches (including spinning backfists), kicks and knee strikes.

 

Each non-title fight is scheduled for three, three-minute rounds with the potential for an extra sudden victory round if the bout is scored a draw. Title fights will be scheduled for five, three-minute rounds.

 

Prohibited techniques include: elbow strikes, throws, takedowns, and submission attempts or striking a downed fighter. Fighters may only clinch if they immediately attack with a knee strike.

Three judges will score Bellator Kickboxing using the “10-Point-Must” system applying a prioritized criterion that values knockdowns, impact on the opponent and clean scoring strikes.

Updated “Bellator Kickboxing: Torino” Fight Card:

Kickboxing Bellatora Middleweight Main Event: Melvin Manhoef (49-12) vs. Alexandru Negrea (8-2)

Kickboxing Bellatora 165-Pound Feature Bout: Mustapha Haida (37-3-3) vs. Karim Ghajji (95-12)

Kickboxing Bellatora Półśredniej Funkcja Bout: Raymond Daniels (10-3) vs. TBA

Kickboxing Bellatora Walka o cechę wagi muszej: Denise Kielholtz (43-2) vs. TBA

Kickboxing Bellatora Koguciej Funkcja Bout: Kevin Ross (30-9) vs. TBA

 

O Bellator MMA:

Bellator MMA jest wiodącym Mixed Martial Arts organizacji mieści się wiele z najlepszych zawodników na świecie. Pod kierunkiem promotora weteran walki Scott Coker, Bellator dostępne niemal 500 milionów domów na całym świecie w ponad 140 Kraje. W Stanach Zjednoczonych, Bellator można zobaczyć na Spike, Lider telewizji MMA. Bellator MMA składa się z zespołu zarządzającego, który zawiera najlepsze profesjonalistom w produkcji telewizyjnej, Zdarzenie orkiestracji żywo, Myśliwiec / Stosunki rozwoju, Zamówienia miejsce, Stworzenie sponsoring / rozwój, licencjonowania międzynarodowa, marketing, reklama, promocyjne i prowizji relacje. Bellator siedzibą w Santa Monica, Kalifornia i własnością rozrywki giganta Viacom, domem dla światowych marek rozrywki, które łączą premier z publicznością poprzez atrakcyjnej treści w telewizji, filmów, platform internetowych i mobilnych.

O Spike:

Spike jest dostępny w 98.7 milion domów i jest oddziałem Viacom Media Networks. Jednostka Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks jest jedną z największych na świecie twórców programów i treści na wszystkich platformach medialnych. Adresy internetowe są Spike'a www.spike.com i up-to-the-minute i archiwalnych informacji prasowej i zdjęciami, Spike odwiedzić stronę pod adresem naciśnij http://www.spike.com/press. Śledź nas na Twitterze spiketvpr dla najnowszych łamanie aktualizacje wiadomości, zza kulis informacji i zdjęć.

MATT MITRIONE CHOOSES BELLATOR MMA, SIGNING AN EXCLUSIVE, MULTI-FIGHT CONTRACT WITH THE PROMOTION

SANTA MONICA (Marzec 14, 2016) – Last week, top mixed martial art’s free agent Matt Mitrione (9-5) joined Ariel Helwani’s “MMA Hour” show and revealed that he had been fielding offers from multiple promotions, including a great bid he had received from Bellator MMA. In a very rare move, Helwani had Mitrione rejoin his popular talk show for a second straight week to announce that the paperwork has been finalized, making Mitrione the newest member of Bellator MMA’s heavyweight division.

 

“There comes a time in every athlete’s life, where the scenarios change and the landscape has eroded from what made you fall in love with it initially,” said Mitrione. “It has become that time for me. After a mutually beneficial free agency period, I’ve decided to move my career to Bellator. I’ve enjoyed almost every second of my career and unlike most that switch organizations due to being cut or no longer being able to perform at the sports highest levels, I am bringing a body and skillset that are only getting better and I cannot wait to test my abilities against the best Bellator has to offer.”

 

Lovingly referred to as “Meathead,” Mitrione is one of the few fighters to have started his professional career with the UFC without previously competing on the regional circuit. His 14-bout stint with that promotion began in 2009, where he faced formidable opponents the likes of: Kimbo Slice, Gabriel Gonzaga, Ben Rothwell, Derrick Lewis, Brendan Schaub, Roy Nelson, Shawn Jordan and Travis Brown amongst others.

 

Prior to competing in MMA, Mitrione earned a scholarship to play defensive tackle for the Purdue Boilermakers football team, not far from where he grew up in Springfield, Chory. Po studiach, he played in the NFL for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings until 2005.

 

At the conclusion of his professional football career, the Shotokan Karate Black Belt focused all of his attention on the sport of MMA. Mitrione spent time training with Duke Roufus and the highly-respected Roufusport team before landing with the famed Blackzilians camp in Boca Raton, FLA, where he trains today.

 

The extremely popular and well-spoken Mitrione has allowed the judges to determine the result of his fight only twice, przed Joey Beltran i Cheick Kongo, both of whom currently fight for Bellator MMA. His entertaining fighting style has earned him recognition withPerformance of the Night” (dwa razy) i “Fight of the Night” wyróżnienia.

 

Prior to his last fight with his former promotion, Mitrione was forced to participate in a media session barefoot, as his shoes didn’t adhere to the strict company uniform policy. He will have no such problems at Bellator, where he is free to secure his own sponsors and keep his feet warm with the footwear of his choosing.

 

Bellator has been bolstering their heavyweight division as of late, and Mitrione becomes the second heavyweight free agent the promotion has signed in as many months, jako Siergiej Kharitonov joined the fray in February. The division is currently championed by Witalij Minakov, and includes other top names like Slice, Bobby Lashley, Cheick Kongo, Vinicius “Spartan,” Tony Johnson, Justin Wren, Dan Charles i Augusto Sakai.

LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT AT NEF 22 WILL FEATURE TWO RETURNING ATHLETES

Lewiston, Maine (Marzec 14, 2016) - New England Walki (NEF), Ameryki numer jeden regionalna promocja walki, odbędzie się kolejne wydarzenie, “NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ” na Sobota, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Wcześniej dzisiaj, NEF announced the addition of an amateur lightweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” karty walki. Jeremy Tyler (4-3) odbędzie się Corey próbna (1-2) przy masie 150-walka funtów.

 

Na April 23rd, it will be 19-months since Jeremy Tyler’s last appearance in the NEF MMA cage. In September of 2014, Tyler, a member of Team Irish in Brewer, Maine, lost to Matt Denning (2-1) poprzez zgłoszenie w drugiej rundzie. It was a fitting finish as all of Tyler’s seven previous bouts, whether wins or losses, have ended with a submission. Tyler’s last victory came in February of 2014 with a second-round arm triangle choke submission of Corey Hinkley (2-4). W “NEF 22,Tyler will look to pick up his first win in over two years.

 

I’m happy to have the opportunity to get back into the NEF cage,” said Tyler. “I have put in a lot of time into improving my skill set. I feel amazing going into this fight with Cory Trial. Na April 23rd, everyone is going to see that I’m back.

 

Like Tyler, Cory Trial’s most recent win in the NEF cage was over Corey Hinkley. It was a stunning first-round knockout (KO) that was a finalist in the voting for NEF’s “KO Roku” w 2015. It was also the quickest victory ever in the NEF cage, clocking in at a mere seven-seconds. Trial has not competed since a September 2015 loss to Rafael Velado (3-0) as he has been nursing several injuries. Training out of Ruthless MMA & Boxing of Benton, Maine, Trial predicts another KO finish atNEF 22.

 

“Pierwszy, I want to thank NEF for giving me this opportunity and thank Jeremy for taking the fight,” powiedział próbna. “I’ve been dealing with a couple injuries the last few months and it’s given me time to reflect and get my game right and in this fight everybody will see that I’m back! I was dealing with a couple of injuries leading up to my last fight, but I showed up ’cause I love to fight. I’m healthy now, training with the best team around and you’ll see the best Cory you’ve seen. This fight won’t go to the judgesI’ll be coming for the knockout! This is a fight you won’t want to miss!”

 

Kolejnym wydarzeniem New England walczy ', "NEF 22: Wszystkie drogi prowadzą TUTAJ," ma miejsce Sobota, Kwiecień 23, 2016 w Androscoggin Banku Colisée w Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i są już w sprzedaży na www.TheColisee.com lub dzwoniąc na kasowy COLISEE 207.783.2009 x 525. Więcej informacji na temat aktualizacji kart zdarzeń i walki, znaleźć na stronie internetowej pod adresem Promocji www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatkowo, można oglądać filmy w formacie NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, za nimi na Twitterzenefights i dołącz do oficjalnej grupy na Facebooku "New England walczy."

WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING RETURNS TO SIN CITY WITH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER ON SATURDAY, Kwietnia 2, Żyć na NBCSN

BILETY JUŻ W SPRZEDAŻY

World Middleweight Championship Main Event:
David Branch (Mistrz) vs. Clifford Starks (Challenger)

World Welterweight Championship Co-Main Event:
Jon Fitch (Challenger) vs. Joao Zeferino (Challenger)

Więcej:

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun
Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis Jr.

LAS VEGAS (Marzec 14, 2016) -World Seria Fighting (WSOF.com) announced today that it will make its much-anticipated return to Las Vegas with a star-studded, mistrzostwa świata Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Impreza doubleheader w Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Sobota, Kwiecień 2, żyć na NBCSN (11 p.m. I/8 p.m. PT), headlined by a middleweight (185 funtów) title bout between reigning kingpin David Branch (17-3) i Clifford Starks (13-2).

W cenie od $29, Bilety na WSOF30: Oddział vs. Starks, są dostępne do zakupu online w WSOF.com i AXS.com.

W przypadku co-main, superstar Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) will collide with recent World Series of Fighting one-night, osiem-man turnieju runner-up Joao "Brazylijski samurajów" Zeferino (20-7) with the vacant World Series of Fighting welterweight (170 funtów) championship at stake.

In other action on the four-fight, żyć NBCSN telewizyjny, ekspert złożenie Vinny "Pezao" Magalhaes (13-7) zmierzą się z Jake "Honey Bear" Heun(9-4) w wadze półciężkiej (205 funtów) zawody, podczas World Series of Fighting przybysza i pucharowej artysty Abu "Gladiator" Azaitar (11-1-1) będzie rzucać się Danny "Dee1" Davis, Jr. (11-10-1) w półśredniej.

The complete WSOF30 preliminary bout card will be announced soon.

Vs David Branch. Clifford Starks

6-foot-1, 34-year-old Branch of Brooklyn, N. Y.. made history in his last start at WSOF23 on September 18, 2015 when he notched a first round (2:21) uległość (duszenie) Zwycięstwo nad Teddy Holder to become the first World Series of Fighting light heavyweight champion in history as well as the first-ever two-division champion in promotional history.

A protégé of MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Renzo Gracie, Branch will seek his eighth consecutive win.

Również 34 roku życia, the 5-foot-10 Starks of Tempe, Arizonie. earned a shot at Branch’s middleweight title after three consecutive victories in the World Series of Fighting decagon cage. In his last effort at WSOF23, Starks handed Krasimir Mladenov the first defeat of the Bulgarian wrestling standout’s career by way of unanimous decision.

Starks is riding a five-fight win streak that began with two consecutive wins under the promotion of Bellator.

Jon Fitch vs. Joao Zeferino

A former world top 10 ranked competitor who has faced and defeated a collection of rival icons over the course of his 14-year professional career, 6 stóp, 38-year-old Fitch of Fort Wayne, W. earned a unanimous decision in his last appearance, over fellow accomplished superstar Yūshin Okami at WSOF24 on October 17, 2015.

Originally from Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazylia, 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Zeferino who fights out of Middletown, N. Y.. has notched 15 z jego 20 kariera wygrywa w drodze złożenia. Zeferino demonstrated superior physical and mental toughness in his last appearance in the cage, going to battle three times in one night in the one-night, osiem-man lekki (155 funtów) tournament at WSOF25 on November 20, 2015.

After defeating both Brian Foster i Jorge Patino by way of heel hook submission in the first round of action in the quarterfinal and semifinal stages of the tournament, odpowiednio, Zeferino again faced off with Foster, who had advanced to the championship stage as a “lucky loser,” but suffered a second round (4:51) KO (stemple) at the hands of Foster in a barnburner affair.

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Jake Heun

Magalhaes of Las Vegas via Rio de Janeiro, Brazylia, will make his second start under the promotion of World Series of Fighting after pulling off a stunning, Pierwsza runda (1:08) uległość (kneebar) of wrestling stylist Matt "Hammer" Hamill at WSOF24.

A 6-foot-3, 31-year-old world grappling champion, Magalhaes has claimed 11 z jego 13 career MMA wins by way of submission and is looking for his fourth consecutive victory.

Heun of Coconut Creek, Fla. is seeking his third straight win after edging out a split decision over Clinton Williams w WSOF26 grudnia 18, 2015.

A member of South Florida-based American Top Team, 6-foot-2, 28-year old Heun has claimed 6 z jego 9 professional wins by way of (T)KO lub poddanie.

Abu Azaitar vs. Danny Davis, Jr.

The number one ranked middleweight (185 funtów) in Germany and the number five ranked middleweight in Poland, 5-foot-11, 30-year-old Azaitar of Cologne, Germany will enter the World Series of Fighting decagon cage for the first time at 170 funtów, after tearing through the ranks of competitors in Europe over the last seven years.

Aktualne, the heavy-handed Azaitar has notched 7 z jego 11 kariera wygrywa w drodze (T)KO. His lone defeat came in 2012, and he has since remained unbeaten in his last 8 Rozpocznie się.

Davis, Jr. of Las Vegas will look to rebound from two consecutive losses – a split decision defeat at the hands of Mateusz Frincu at WSOF23, and a unanimous decision loss to Abubakar Nurmagomedov at WSOF26.

Prior to the matchup with Frincu, 6-foot-2, 33-letni Davis, Jr. had run to five straight wins, three of which were World Series of Fighting contests.

An Open FU to UFC President DanaEffing” White!

wtf

Przez: Bogaty Bergeron

Those who know me personally would all say I am a mellow individual, until you seriously cross me, jak, for instance, if you become the subject of an investigative report I’m working on, lub sue me for $25 milion. Sometimes I may take things like that as a sign you might not want me to really find out who you are and what you do behind closed doors to screw hard working people over.

This week, a certain individual who won’t even let me follow him in Twitter (https://twitter.com/danawhite) pissed me off to the point where I could only think of one thing to do. Because I’m officially blacklisted in every possible way by the UFC brass, and have even had restraining orders placed against my directly contacting the Fertittas and ANY UFC fighter, my best option is to publish a drastic diatribe here I am just going to call myOPEN FUto DanaEffing” White.

I’m sure Mr. White will not take my calls or subject himself to a one on one interview with me. Tak, I will have to settle for a written FUand a multi-tiered and multi-purpose FU.

FU, DanaEffing” White… for many, many reasonstoo many for one small blog post to do justice, but let’s just say Most of all FU….

For what you THINK you know about Holly Holm

Hej, Dana, you wanna talk about youreffingreality showLooking For a Fight????” I was actually looking for a fight when I watched that old realityshit show when you were supposed to box Tito Ortiz, but HE magically backed out at the last minute.

Teraz, you, DANAEFFINGWHITE, are telling Holly Holm about a decision YOU think she didn’t think through enough??? And now you act like someone pissed in your Wheaties because you have two upset wins at UFC 196 to work around and figure out how to make sense of somehow.

Booeffinghoo, buddy.

Welcome to how things don’t go as planned sometimes in the fight business, you ungrateful prick.

Do you wanna be aneffing” Promotor, Danaeffing” White???

Holly Holm Was the Bantamweight Champion of the UFC when she allowed HER Manager (not Danaeffing” White) to negotiate the Tate fight on her behalf, and she knew (and her long-time manager knew, zbyt) what she was doing and what she wanted. And guesseffingwhat, Dana? She wanted to fight.

Przepraszam, DanaEffing” White, but Holly didn’t want to sit on aneffingsideline waiting for Ronda Rousey to finish hereffingROADHOUSE REMAKE!

Holly wanted to go to workbut unfortunately she has to work for a boss who has no idea what it’s like to step into HER office and handle HER daily workload with such tenacity, klasa, dignity and grace.

And I think maybe she looks back a bit differently than you do, Dana, with noeffingregrets whatsoever for putting her absolute all into that fight and just plain getting caught in her one area of weakness in a battle where she likely would have won a three-round fight. Maybe if YOU were a fighter, Dana, you might get that whole concept. Maybe losing in this case only makes her better, silniejszy, and more durable as a career mixed martial artist. Who gives a damn if it makes her less marketable in your eyes? What do you really know, anyway?

UNLIKE YOU, DanaEffing” White, Holly actually respects Miesha Tate and thought it would be a challenge to fight her. Tak, she lost, but damn, she was absolutely correct about it being a challenge. I think the fight will go down as one of the greatest battles in female MMA history.

Teraz, why don’t you open youreffingeyes, Dana, watch the fight again, and quit bitching about what should have happened in that cage you never fought in yourself.

Be grateful you have a champion you just paid $92,000 in fight pay (before bonuses) to take your organization’s belt from the girl you WANTED TO WIN (and paid $500,000 just to be there). It may not be what you expected, but the anxiety you feel about it is what you DESERVE to feel for being such a douchebag to the fighters who built the UFC.

My biggest questions on this subject for Dana are: Why are you such a biased, crooked asshole who can’t bother to give Miesha the time of day FOR ALL HER HARD WORK? Why can’t you give credit where it is dueon both sides of that fight? Why can’t you shut theeffup about what you think Holly or her management should have or could have waited for?

It’s not your place to look back with 20/20 hindsight and act like Holly and her manager should have gone all Nostradamus on this fight when you obviously didn’t see this shit coming, bądź, you dome-headed dimwit.

Fighters “effing” walka, Dana. That’s what theyeffingdo, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be aneffingmanager of MMA fighters yourself. Tak, that was many moons ago, but how could you forget?

Fighters don’t sit on their asses on corporate jets and stand at podiums in front of the press all day to earn theeffingpaltry paychecks your organization pays out to most of them. Most fighters simply cannot afford to wait around for shit to happen or for someoneworthyenough in your eyes to step up and fight them.

Some fighters need to feed their kids. All of them need to pay their bills and for everything else involved with training camps, daily living expenses, travel and whatever costs medical insurance doesn’t cover when they have to address nagging injuries. Your shitty Reebok deal made it virtually impossible to get any other outside sponsors to help pay for anything like that stuff for many fighters, Dana.

Welcome to selling out and forgetting where you came from, Dana. You used to care more about fighters. Now you act like fighting in a cage is just like doing any other 9-5 praca. It’s not. To “effinghard work.

Tak, tak, Holly chose to fight instead of waiting for Rousey to be ready for the rematch. And you think she needs your opinion now that everything didn’t work out as planned for you both?

FU, Dana.

She hurts a lot worse than you, and I can guaran-effing-tee that.

O…i…przy okazji…fighters are way more responsible for the growth and success of the UFC/Zuffa organization than you ever have been. And that’s real talk, you rich bitch with a stick up your ass because you were never good enough in your life to ever have your own official fight.

Tak, get over the God complex and learn to respect ALL of your fighters, not just the ones you want to see win because you might think you can work with them better or you think they will move the organization in a better direction. Respect the effort, the sacrifice and the pain ALL your fighters go through each and every day to get where they get. That belt you put on Miesha’s waist was EARNED, and don’t you ever think it iseffingcool to call the fact that Holly Holm had the guts to face Miesha Tatea mistake.

It rings hollow, especially when I would consider that handing you a microphone to talk about MMA at all was THE greatest mistake the sport ever made, okres! Anyone who would try to knock a former champion down a peg that way in his own organization does not deserve to be recognized as that organization’s president.

You have no clue what it’s really like to fight, and your criticism of Holly Holm tells me you can never possibly understand the mindset that led her to take the Tate fight and not wait an idle year for RondaeffingRousey to be ready to appear at one of your precious shows.

Tak, FU Dana White for treating your former champ like she’s an idiot who doesn’t know how to control her own career without you butting your stupid, bald head into it. Holly’s fine without your advice, and she trusts her manager, which might be something you’re not familiar with, but for other people it is actually a reality of doing business with legitimate people.

 

FU, Dana for being a piss-poor ambassador for the sport, disrespecting fighters who bleed (and sometimes suffer lifelong injuries) for you and the sport, and totally underestimating and failing to grasp what it really takes to actually be a professional fighter who actually competes against other fighters

Do you remember the days when you had to settle for being a lowly boxercise instructor because your boxing trainer Boston slapped you too hard in the ear once? You never had a single competitive fight in your life, Danaeffing” White, and that’s a DOCUMENTED FACT!

Do you ever even look back at those days before the silver-spoon-fed Fertittas helped you claw your greedy, selfish, egotistical ass into the position of OFFICIAL UFC MOUTHPIECE?

Do you remember those hairy days when you blew through $40 million of Fertitta funds to perpetrate theZuffa Mythwhile claiming credit for the UFC brass singlehandedly legitimizing the sport and getting it regulated all by youreffingselves? As if not a single FIGHTER nor any other industry professional who pioneered MMA before you dipped your greedy little paws into it had anything to do with it?

Your Mom remembers thosecoulda been a contender” dni, Dana..when you thought you might be able to have an actual fight with another human being. Your own mother remembers even though you and one of your sleazy friends tried to silence her, BASH HER ONLINE, and even blacklist her BOOK, zbyt.

Do you remember the days when even Floyd Mayweather, Jr. thought you were cool, back when your daily driver was aneffingHonda, Dana? Floyd Remembers. He knew you long before you could afford to blow a normal person’s yearly pay on a single hand of poker.

You’re in a different place now, Danaeffing” White, and it’s a delusional place. Like on the distant planet you live on, people actually believe YOU really, szczerze, trulyeffingknow what it’s ACTUALLY like to be aneffing” wojownik? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?

REALLY?

Wiesz what A FIGHTER is, don’t you, Dana? A fighter is a man or woman who has the courage to willingly step into unarmed combat against another actual man or woman instead of just criticizing up and down the guys and girls who do have the guts to actually stand across from another human being while knowing and internalizing that the accepted goal is to physically destroy each other.

A fighter, in more simple terms, jest “one who fights.And let’s be clear about oneeffingthing, Danaeffing” White, I know fighters, i YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, Danaeffing” White, and you nevereffing” będzie. You are too weak, both physically and mentally. Until we see you go through a six-week training camp and then get into the cage against someone and kick his ass, we shouldn’t have to listen to one damncoulda,” “shoulda,” lub “wouldaout of your cornfed mouth about what you think of any particular fighter’s performance or decision making process. Those people have the guts to do what you will NEVER do yourself, and you ought to respect that.

FU Dana WhiteFor not recognizing Real Fighters Like Miesha Tate and Nate Diaz who keep at it no matter what and NEVER seem to earn your ULTIMATE RESPECT….

Nate Diaz stepped up to fight Conor McGregor for a reason. He had nothing to lose, and he wasn’t intimidated one bit. He famoulsy went on television with Fox Sports 1 on a split screen with Conor before that welterweight fight and quipped that his nemesis had already been choked out before, “by two lames.Diaz also had the perfect instinct to add humourously that McGregor’s choke losses happened, “like a week ago.

Diaz beat Conor in the shit-talk game long before he ever slapped him down and slipped that choke around his neck in the cage. The media created by that freakshow fight might have stopped the unchecked rise of your big, bold, six-headed dragon champion, but it created a new monster at the same time. And he’s a Reebok-hating, scowling, swearing, Stockton-slapping Mother-F$#king BEAST who doesn’t care what anyone else thinks about what he does or says.

You might think Diaz and his attitude arebad for business,” but I think his victory was the best thing that could ever happen to all you smug punks running the UFC. It just proves once and for all that you do not control the MMA universe.

Nate Diaz went without respect and credit for being an MMA pioneer and a good UFC soldier for far too long. The bitterness brewed and boiled within him, and I loved every second of him letting it pour out in post-fight interviews after he choked the shit out of Conor until the Irish bloke tapped theeffout and left Dana White drooling in a stupor at the thought of having to congratulate a man who’s become more of a mortal enemy than a member of the bigteam.

More power to Nate and all the crazy, abrasive, in-your-face Diaz brother types out there in the UFC who will fight DanaeffingWhite’s flamboyant fire with even more bravado and brash talk of their own. They can always say, “I learned it by watching you, Baldfather!”

As for Miesha Tate, she deserves true respect and admiration for being champ now after picking herself off the mat twice in the face of grueling losses to Rousey. Kudos to Tate for continuing her career and relentlessly focusing on getting by that Rousey armbar once and for all.

Though Miesha never did solve that Rousey submission dilemma, trying at all costs to get another crack at the belt paid dividends at UFC 196. Her never quit attitude led her to an opportunity of a lifetime, and she capitalized on it. Teraz, Dana, you actually have to pay this young lady what most of her fans would say she was worth a long time ago.

And now you simply have to treat Tate with a bit of reverence and appreciation for once in your ungrateful life, Danaeffing” White. I know it must pain you so much to give this young lady the credit she’s worked so incredibly hard for, because maybe she touched a nerve when she called you out in the past for being the true clueless and disrespectful prick you really are. She was right, and you were wrong about how great she really is at fighting. Then again, weren’t you also WRONG about women fighting in the cage, okres?

Tak, you DON’T wanna be a fighter, Pan. White? Then step aside and let the people who DO wanna be fighters go to battle for you so you can ride around the world on your jet and act like you know what theeffyou’re talking about when you stand in front of a microphone to describe the sport’s true athletes and what they do to make a living in mixed martial arts.

The line from Dana that most stands out to me as comblete BS in this whole debacle is this one:

“He’s an old boxing guy who thinks he’s smart and he isn’t,” White said of Fresquez [Holm’s Manager]. “I feel bad for Holly because I don’t know if she really knows what she lost.”

I have only two moreeffingquestions for you Danaeffing” White…

1.) What makes you think you are really in anyeffingposition to EVER know or understand what Holly Holm lost the other night? Aside from a few bad poker hands and tons of respect, the only thing you ever lost is your mind.

2.) Doesn’t your backhanded quote about Holm’s manager describe your own shitty character a whole lot better than that of Mr. Fresquez?

I…just in case after reading all this anyone STILL needs yet another reason to have beef with the Baldfather: