लेविस्तोन, मेन (फेब्रुवारी 12, 2016) - न्यू इंग्लंड मारामारी (NEF), अमेरिका नंबर एक प्रादेशिक लढा जाहिरात, त्याच्या पुढील कार्यक्रम करेल, “NEF 22: सर्व रस्ते येथे आघाडी” वर शनिवारी, एप्रिल 22, 2016लेविस्तोन मध्ये Androscoggin बँक Colisée येथे, मेन. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. तत्पूर्वी आज, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “NEF 22” लढा कार्ड. Bantamweight Champion जॉनी कलाकुसर (4-0) will move up in weight to face Taylor Costantino (2-1) at 145-pounds.
Crafts was successful last Saturday in his attempt to capture the inaugural NEF MMA Amateur Bantamweight Title. He took out Henry Clark (3-2) in the third round of their bout in Lewiston. Crafts is a decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) brown belt out of Team New England United (नवी). He also cross-trains with Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) लेविस्तोन मध्ये.
“I’m excited to step up to 145 to fight Taylor,” said Crafts of the upcoming matchup with Costantino. “I will be very strong at that weight seeing as I cut pretty extensively to make 135. It will allow me to focus on different areas this camp instead of putting a lot of my energy into cutting weight.”
Costantino is himself coming off a big win last Saturday at “NEF 21.” It took him a mere 25-seconds to down Frank Johanson (0-1), a training partner of Crafts at CMBJJ, पहिल्या फेरीत. Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on एप्रिल 23, and he does not plan on engaging in a grappling contest with Crafts.
“Respect to him for coming up in weight,” said Costantino of Crafts. “He’s a glorified pajama warrior that has never been punched in the face with any type of authority. He will clinch quickly and look for the takedown. He’ll realize real quick that he has never fought or trained with anybody like me.”
Crafts and Costantino are not strangers to one another. Several years ago, the two met in a jiu-jitsu tournament with Crafts coming out on top.
“Taylor and I have competed before in a sport jiu-jitsu tournament,” recalled Crafts. “Taylor says I am a glorified pajama warrior who has never been punched in the face, but if I recall correctly, I submitted him without my ‘pajamas’ no-gi in that tournament pretty quickly. I train with a lot of very talented and tough fighters daily who punch me in the face very hard. People say the same thing about me not getting punched – तसेच, I have had four fights and they just haven’t had the chance to. Anyone who has trained with high-level fighters will tell you that gi jiu-jitsu only makes you more of a technical fighter. If he doesn’t believe that, that is fine – he will feel it on April 23rd.”
“Johnny did submit me when I first moved to Maine,” Costantino admitted. “Legit submission, and his pure grappling is definitely high level. My grappling is MMA based, not slow jitsu. It’s grimy, grueling and punishing. Pure grappling, I would worry about his game. But it’s a fight, sport jiu-jitsu means next to nothing to me.
“I wish I could say people will get to see my whole game, but I can’t guarantee that. Johnny will feel my power and look to go to his comfort zone. I will break him, you will see quit in his eyes.”
“After Taylor won in impressive fashion at NEF 21, he immediately screamed at me while still inside the cage that he wanted a black belt for his next challenge,” एनईएफचे सह-मालक आणि मॅचमेकर मॅट पीटरसन म्हणाले. “पण, he’s getting a brown belt in Johnny Crafts who, by all accounts, is due to receive his black belt any day, is a perfect 4-0 in the cage and is the current NEF amateur bantamweight champion. This fight is dripping with drama and will define a future top contender for the featherweight title in NEF’s stacked 145-pound division.”
न्यू इंग्लंड मारामारी 'पुढील कार्यक्रम, "NEF 22: सर्व रस्ते येथे आघाडी," स्थान घेते शनिवारी, एप्रिल 23, 2016 लेविस्तोन मध्ये Androscoggin बँक Colisée येथे, मेन. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 आणि आता विक्रीसाठी आहेत www.TheColisee.com किंवा Colisée बॉक्स ऑफिस कॉल करून 207.783.2009 नाम 525. कार्यक्रम आणि लढा कार्ड अद्यतने अधिक माहितीसाठी, येथे जाहिरात संकेतस्थळावर भेट द्या www.NewEnglandFights.com. याव्यतिरिक्त, आपण NEF व्हिडिओ पाहू शकता www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, ट्विटरnefights त्यांना अनुसरण आणि अधिकृत फेसबुक गट सामील व्हा "न्यू इंग्लंड Fights."
