Lewiston, Maine (Whiringa 5, 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, 2015 i 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. In a featured lightweight professional boxing match, Josh Parker (0-1) Kua hainatia ki te mata Iraia “Danger Kiore” Leland (0-0) i roto i te whakataetae e wha-a tawhio noa.

Ahakoa ka riro te a'ee ōrite o Parker mekemeke tuatahi ki NEF, he is no stranger to longtime fans of the promotion. Parker was a regular on NEF MMA cards during the early days of the company. He put together a record of 4-8 as a professional MMA competitor over the course of five years. Parker feels that he has found his true home not in the MMA cage, engari i roto i te whakakai mekemeke.

“Mekemeke ko te pai pai hoki ki ahau, no te mea kua aroha tonu ahau i te wahi standup o MMA,” tuhia Parker. “I whakaekea e ahau te Brandon Berry (9-1) whawhai a haamata te arotahi ki taua anake, I mohio ahau i kitea e ahau toku piiraa pono. Whakatane ahau toku mahi, tīmata te hanga i te rōpū whawhai, and have done nothing but study and train since. My plan is to stay very active, Te hinaaro nei au ki te whawhai nga marama tokorua, ki te taea.”

I kï, Timata Parker tona mahi mekemeke i roto i te puna o 2014 ka manakohia ai ia i te a'ee ki Brandon Berry i Te Tai Tokerau Anson, Maine. Parker held his own in the bout, eventually dropping a four-round decision. Fans have speculated that there would be a rematch at some point down the road between the two.

“E mohio ana koe, ui nga wa katoa te iwi e, engari e ahau tino e kore e tiaki e pā ana ki te whawhai Brandon ano,” Said Parker. “Mataara koe i te whawhai, me te korero ki ahau pehea ka haere nga kaiwhakawa ake ki te kaute i ratou. That fight was on five weeks of boxing training. Now I’ve had a year and a half. If he’s standing in the path on the way to the top then so be it, engari e kore te mea te tahi mea te feruri nei au e ahau e pā ana ki.”

He aha te i runga i te ngakau o Parker ko tona kapa whawhai – Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke. Opened in 2014 a hāngai i roto i te Benton, Maine, Ruthless is one of the standout new teams emerging on the Maine fight scene consisting of scrappy young athletes. In founding the team, Ko te tino mārama Parker e ko ia anaanatae anake i roto i te whakangungu te hunga e nui e pā ana ki te whakataetae ano whawhai.

“Ruthless is different because I’m not in it for the money. I don’t take people who are just trying to get in shape or learn about MMA or boxing. We don’t do ‘classes.’ We fight, i nga ra katoa. I’m building a fight team. When we fight, e rapu ana tatou i mo te mutu.”

Meapango hoki Parker, he has had some trouble finding boxing matches in the past year-and-a-half following the Berry fight. With NEF now operating as an MMA and boxing promotion, Parker, me ētahi atu rite ia, E ki te whai hua i te hōtaka pūmautanga me ngā ōrite te kamupene o faataahia.

“Ngā riro te reira tino matekiri,” ka mea a Parker o te ngana ki te kitea ngā kēmu mekemeke. “Ua tamata ahau te whakatakoto ki runga i te tokorua i roto i te tahi atu whakatairanga whawhai i roto i te kāwanatanga, me te kua hinga ratou i roto i. I know I can always count on NEF to give me the opportunity to showcase my skills. I’m extremely excited for Whiringa 21, rawa ki te waiho i te wahi o te MMA me mekemeke tuatahi rua whakaatu. It’s been a year-and-a-half since my boxing debut. Kua mahia e ahau tetahi mea, engari tereina mai. I can’t wait to finally be able to put all that hard work to the test.”

A ka Parker, e kore feaa, kia whakamatauria i runga i Whiringa 21 i “NEF XX.” Tona hoa tauwhainga, Iraia Leland, Ko te mema o Jay Jack o Academy o MMA i Portland, Maine. Leland is a talented mixed-martial-artist who has competed regularly on NEF cards. He is currently 2-1 rite te toa MMA ngaio i muri i maka ana tahi he 3-1 record hei runaruna. While Leland has established himself as a submission specialist, Kua whakakitea e ia ki nga ringa tino pai, me te āheinga standup ki te rā i roto i MMA pāngia.

“Titau ahau ki a te reira hei whawhai pai mo nga pā,” ka mea a Parker o te tukinga mekemeke ka ū mai ki Leland. “I’ve never been one to trash talk before a fight. I’ll let my hands do the talking on Whiringa 21. Fans can expect to see me looking for a knockout for as long as it lasts. Te haere ki te waiho i te whawhai whakaongaonga.”

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 i www.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."

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