லேவிஸ்டன், மைனே (பிப்ரவரி 12, 2016) - நியூ இங்கிலாந்து சண்டை (என்இஎஃப்), அமெரிக்காவின் நம்பர் ஒன் பிராந்திய போராட்டம் பதவி உயர்வு, அதன் அடுத்த நிகழ்வை நடத்த, “என்இஎஃப் 22: அனைத்து சாலைகள் இங்கே LEAD” மீது சனிக்கிழமை, ஏப்ரல் 22, 2016லெவிஸ்டனில் உள்ள ANDROSCOGGIN வங்கி Colisée மணிக்கு, மைனே. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA கட்சி) and professional boxing bouts. முன்னதாக இன்று, NEF announced the addition of a featherweight contest to the amateur portion of the “எம்ஆர்டபிள்யூ 22” சண்டை அட்டை. Bantamweight Champion ஜானி கைத்தொழில்கள் (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 (புதிய). He also cross-trains with Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) லேவிஸ்டன் உள்ள.
“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 “எம்ஆர்டபிள்யூ 21.” It took him a mere 25-seconds to down Frank Johanson (0-1), a training partner of Crafts at CMBJJ, முதல் சுற்றில். Costantino is clear that he is coming to fight on ஏப்ரல் 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 – நன்றாக, 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,” said NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson. “சரி, 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.”
புதிய இங்கிலாந்து சண்டை 'அடுத்த நிகழ்வு, "எம்ஆர்டபிள்யூ 22: அனைத்து சாலைகள் இங்கே LEAD,"நடைபெறுகிறது சனிக்கிழமை, ஏப்ரல் 23, 2016 லெவிஸ்டனில் உள்ள ANDROSCOGGIN வங்கி Colisée மணிக்கு, மைனே. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 இப்போது இப்போது விற்பனைக்கு உள்ளன www.TheColisee.com அல்லது Colisée பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸில் அழைப்பு மூலம் 207.783.2009 x 525. நிகழ்வு மற்றும் சண்டை அட்டை மேம்படுத்தல்கள் பற்றிய மேலும் தகவலுக்கு, பதவி உயர்வுக்கும் இணையதளத்தில் செல்க www.NewEnglandFights.com. கூடுதலாக, நீங்கள் எம்ஆர்டபிள்யூ வீடியோக்களை பார்க்க முடியும் www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, ட்விட்டர்nefights அவற்றை பின்பற்ற மற்றும் அதிகாரப்பூர்வ பேஸ்புக் குழு சேர "நியூ இங்கிலாந்து போராடுகின்றது."
