Today at 3 פּ.ם. פּסט / 6 פּ.ם. EST on Bellator MMA’s social channels, one of the most influential MMA fighters of all-time, רויס גרייסי, will be teaching a Brazilian jiu-jitsu seminar.
The event will begin promptly on Facebook, טוויטטער, Instagram and YouTube.
Due to the ongoing safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as current federal, state and local government mandates, Bellator MMA officials today have announced that three upcoming live events scheduled for May have been postponed.
These events include:
The organization will continue to monitor the situation closely and fully intends to reschedule the events as soon as possible.
ווי שטענדיק, the health and safety of our athletes, fans, partners and staff remains our top priority. We appreciate the understanding and patience of everyone involved during this incredibly difficult time.
Refunds for ticketholders to these events, as well as Bellator 241 originally scheduled for March 13 ביי מאָהעגאַן זון אַרענאַ, will be available at their original point of purchase.
ביטע באַזוכןBellator.com פֿאַר נאך אינפֿאָרמאַציע.
Orono, מיין (מאַרץ 20, 2020) - ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ (נעף) announced today that the fight promotion’s next mixed-martial-arts (ממאַ) געשעעניש, "נעף 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” has been rescheduled to Saturday, יוני 13, 2020. די געשעעניש, which will originate from the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine’s flagship Orono campus, was originally scheduled to be held on April 18. Event organizers, אָבער, have decided to reschedule to June 13 based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recent recommendation that all events and gatherings consisting of 50 people or more be postponed for at least eight weeks due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus contagion.
Earlier today, NEF released the following statement from its owners Nick DiSalvo and Matt Peterson via its Facebook page:
Due to ongoing concerns surrounding the coronavirus and public gatherings, נעף 43 has been re-scheduled to Saturday, יוני 13, 2020, at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono. Doors will open at 6 pm and first fight will be at 7 pm.
For tickets purchased through a fighter (or for those who plan to purchase tickets through a fighter): All tickets printed with the April 18 date will be honored at the door on June 13. If you cannot attend the event on the new date of June 13, please contact the fighter that originally sold you the ticket.
For tickets purchased through the CCA box office: All tickets printed with the April 18 date will be honored at the door on June 13. If you cannot attend the event on the new date of June 13, please email the box office atccatix@maine.edu. You may also call 207.581-1755 and leave a message. The box office will take refund requests until next Friday, מאַרץ 27, 2020, בייַ 5 pm EDT.
Thank you all for your patience and continued support as we continue to monitor and adjust to this unprecedented situation. We wish all of our fans, פייטערז, staff, and friends good health and safety at this difficult time.
– ניק דיסאַלוואָ & מאַט פּעטערסאָן
New ענגלאַנד פייץ’ next mixed-martial-arts event, “נעף 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, יוני 13, 2020, at the Collins Center for the Arts at UMaine Orono. טיקקעץ זענען אויף פאַרקויף איצט בייַwww.CollinsCenterfortheArts.com.
פֿאַר באַלדיק מעלדונג: Orono, מיין (מאַרץ 12, 2020) - ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ (נעף) will present its next mixed-martial-arts (ממאַ) event at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine’s flagship Orono campus. The event, titled “NEF 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, with a bell-time of 7 pm EDT. Earlier today, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur strawweight bout to the card.BJ Garceau(1-1) איז סקעדזשולד צו פּניםFatima Kline(1-0) at a fight weight of 115 פונט.
BJ Garceau will enter the NEF cage for the third and final time on April 18. Garceau, who was diagnosed with Type-1 juvenile diabetes in 1993, made headlines with her amateur debut and became an inspiration to many. She defeated Sarah Ziehm (1-2) via split decision at “NEF 32” in February 2018. Garceau returned to the cage later that year, losing to Chelsea Tucker (3-3) in the third round of an “NEF 36” contest. Garceau is a product of Young’s MMA based in Bangor, מיין
“I’m so excited to be back in the cage in my hometown, for what will be my final fight this April,” said Garceau. “I want to be able to leave my old stomping grounds with my hand held high at the end and walk away with a win for my fans, פריינט, מישפּאָכע, קאָוטשיז, team and myself. I’ll give it everything I’ve got one last time and this will be a fight you don’t want to miss. With that being said, I am beyond grateful for my opponent taking on the fight and every opportunity Young’s MMA, NEF and everyone in the mixed martial arts community has given me over the years. אַ דאַנק, אַ דאַנק, אַ דאַנק!"
Fatima Kline will make the trek from her home in Hyde Park, New York for the fight. At just 19-years-old, Kline already holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She made her amateur MMA debut last fall with a unanimous decision win on a card in White Plains, New York. Kline represents Black Hole Jiu-Jitsu based in Wappingers Falls, ניו יארק.
“I would like to thank NEF for giving me the opportunity to showcase all of my hard work,” said Kline when reached for comment. “Being that this is my debut fight for the organization, I promise to be at the top of my game come fight night. אַ דאַנק, BJ, for accepting this matchup, and I look forward to seeing you in the cage. The one message I would have for the crowd is: be prepared to be entertained.”
New ענגלאַנד פייץ’ next mixed-martial-arts event, “נעף 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, at the Collins Center for the Arts at UMaine Orono. טיקקעץ זענען אויף פאַרקויף איצט בייַwww.CollinsCenterfortheArts.com.
וועגן ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ
New ענגלאַנד פייץ ("נעף") איז אַ קאַמף געשעענישן פּראַמאָושאַנז פירמע. NEF’s mission is to create the highest quality events for fighters and fans alike. נעף ס אויספֿיר מאַנשאַפֿט האט ברייט דערפאַרונג אין קאַמבאַט ספורט פאַרוואַלטונג, געשעענישן פּראָדוקציע, מידיאַ באַציונגען, אָפּזעצערייַ, לעגאַל און גאַנצע.
פֿאַר באַלדיק מעלדונג: Orono, מיין (מאַרץ 11, 2020) - ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ (נעף) will present its next mixed-martial-arts (ממאַ) event at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine’s flagship Orono campus. The event, titled “NEF 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, with a bell-time of 7 pm EDT. Earlier today, the fight promotion announced the addition of a professional featherweight bout to the card.Aaron “Relentless” Lacey(6-2) איז סקעדזשולד צו טרעפן“Yours Truly” Chris Herd(2-3) at a fight weight of 145 פונט.
It will have been 19 months since the last time Aaron Lacey stepped in the NEF cage as a competitor. Lacey defeated veteran Jon Lemke (7-9) in the main event of “NEF 35” in September 2018. He has not fought since due to an injury suffered later that fall. A former NEF Amateur Featherweight Champion, Lacey started his professional career a perfect 4-0 before going 2-2 in his last four bouts. He will look to make his comeback a successful one on April 18. Lacey represents Young’s MMA based in nearby Bangor, מיין.
“I’m so super excited to be getting back into my happy place,” exclaimed Aaron Lacey. “Matt (פּעטערסאָן, נעף גלויבנס-באַזיצער און שאַדכן) worked really hard to get me a fight on this card, and I am beyond grateful! אַפּריל 18טה ‘Relentless’ returns!"
לאַסעי ס קעגנער, Chris Herd, will make the 1,000-mile trip from his home in Wilmington, North Carolina for the fight. Herd had a stellar amateur career, גיי 5-0 with four knockouts and one submission and capturing a regional championship along the way. Both of his wins as a professional have been first-round finishes with one a technical knockout and the other a submission. Herd currently represents Brunson’s MMA & Fitness based in Wilmington, צפון קאראליינע.
“No man can touch me without my permission,” said Herd when reached for comment. “This fight will go where I want it, and I will finish it at will.”
New ענגלאַנד פייץ’ next mixed-martial-arts event, “נעף 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, at the Collins Center for the Arts at UMaine Orono. טיקקעץ זענען אויף פאַרקויף איצט בייַwww.CollinsCenterfortheArts.com.
וועגן ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ
New ענגלאַנד פייץ ("נעף") איז אַ קאַמף געשעענישן פּראַמאָושאַנז פירמע. NEF’s mission is to create the highest quality events for fighters and fans alike. נעף ס אויספֿיר מאַנשאַפֿט האט ברייט דערפאַרונג אין קאַמבאַט ספורט פאַרוואַלטונג, געשעענישן פּראָדוקציע, מידיאַ באַציונגען, אָפּזעצערייַ, לעגאַל און גאַנצע.
פֿאַר באַלדיק מעלדונג: Orono, מיין (מאַרץ 10, 2020) - ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ (נעף) will present its next mixed-martial-arts (ממאַ) event at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine’s flagship Orono campus. The event, titled “NEF 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, with a bell-time of 7 pm EDT. Earlier today, the fight promotion announced the addition of a professional featherweight bout to the card.קאַרל לאַנגסטאָן (0-5) איז סקעדזשולד צו טרעפןAaron “Short Fuse” Hughes(0-0) at a fight weight of 145 פונט.
Carl Langston comes into the fight looking for the first win that has eluded him thus far in his professional career. Last month, Langston took on Jacob Deppmeyer (1-0) in Portland, Maine at “NEF 42,” losing via first-round technical knockout. It was his first fight back with the promotion since losing his pro debut in April 2018. Langston, a lifelong practitioner of Taekwondo, currently represents Young’s MMA based in nearby Bangor, מיין.
“It’s been hard getting fights altogether, but even more so in my home state,” noted Langston. “So, with this last lost I didn’t think I was going to get another fight for a bit. I got in my own head and said I wanted to stop fighting for a bit, but when I got the call three weeks after the loss, I couldn’t say no. This is something I need, back-to-back fights. I just have to show up like I show up in the gym and I’ll get my hand raised without a doubt.”
Aaron Hughes will make both his professional and promotional debuts with NEF. He has had a very active amateur career since his debut in 2015, putting together a record of 4-6 while competing on fight cards in his home state of Massachusetts. Hughes represents Regiment Training Center of Fall River, Massachusetts where he trains alongside the likes of current UFC star and former NEF Professional Cruiserweight Champion Yorgan De Castro (6-0).
“I’m really excited to take the trip to Maine to make my professional debut,” said Hughes when reached for comment. “My opponent is skilled, but I’m coming to put on a show, and he’s just a man in the way of my dreams to the UFC. Thank you to NEF for having me out.”
New ענגלאַנד פייץ’ next mixed-martial-arts event, “נעף 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, at the Collins Center for the Arts at UMaine Orono. טיקקעץ זענען אויף פאַרקויף איצט בייַwww.CollinsCenterfortheArts.com.
וועגן ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ
New ענגלאַנד פייץ ("נעף") איז אַ קאַמף געשעענישן פּראַמאָושאַנז פירמע. NEF’s mission is to create the highest quality events for fighters and fans alike. נעף ס אויספֿיר מאַנשאַפֿט האט ברייט דערפאַרונג אין קאַמבאַט ספורט פאַרוואַלטונג, געשעענישן פּראָדוקציע, מידיאַ באַציונגען, אָפּזעצערייַ, לעגאַל און גאַנצע.
SELMA, קאַליף. – Larry Gonzales hasn’t had the best of luck in his young mixed martial arts career. The Fresno heavyweight had three fights fall apart before he even had a chance to compete.
But once Gonzales stepped foot in the cage, he hasn’t looked back amassing a 4-0 רעקאָרד, capturing a 559 Fights Heavyweight Championship and climbing to a No. 3 ranking in the state.
Gonzales hopes to keep the good fortune going on March 13 – Friday the 13th – in a heavyweight title showdown with Fresno’s Kail Melton (1-2) at the Visalia Convention Center. Doors open at 6pm and first fight is at 7.
“Looking at things now this might be one of the largest fight cards we’ve ever put together," 559 Fights owner Jeremy Luchau said. “15 mma bouts in all, with three of them being title fights and a grappling tournament. I don’t know what more fight fans could possibly want.”
The co-main event features a California Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Organization Middleweight State title fight, pitting two of the Valley’s best 185-pound prospects against one another – Hanford’s Marqus Blevins (3-0) and Orange Cove’s Jared Velasquez (4-3).
“It’s been a long time coming to get Blevins into the 559 Fights cage,” Luchau said. “Blevins trains out of Valley Fight Club and that’s where I had my start in mixed martial arts training. It’s an honor and a pleasure to be able to have them represented in our promotion. And I’m also excited to have Velasquez back in action. He’s as tough as they come and represents a great city in Orange Cove where we just had an extremely successful event.”
Flyweights will also take center stage, as 125-pound 559 Fights kingpin Johnny Maldonado of Bakersfield defends his perfect 4-0 record in a rematch with former champion Josue Gonzales (3-2) of San Luis Obispo.
559 Fights will also be hosting its first grappling tournament, which will take place in the 155-185 weight classes and feature competitors from all over the Central Valley.
“The fight card is pretty stacked, but I’m probably most excited about this grappling tournament that we are doing,” Luchau added. “There’s going to be a lot of notable names from the Valley competing. It’s a great start for us on where we see the future of both grappling and 559 Fights heading in the future.”
In other main card bouts; Irvine flyweight Meggan Tamondong (2-1) takes on Rocklin’s Valerie Thurs (3-4), Lindsay lightweight Mark Felix (4-3) battles Sacramento’s Julius Wright (5-4), Hanford featherweight Denzel Rosaroso (3-0) fights Bakersfield’s Sal Bruno (2-2-2), Sanger welterweight Anthony Mata (1-1) tangles with Bakersfield’s Jeramy Titsworth (1-1) and Porterville light heavyweight Omar Reneau (2-3) fights Lathrop’s Danny Moreno (2-2).
Grappling competitors include; Porterville’s Brandon Cohea, Fresno’s Nick Bustamante, Selma’s Julian Tovar, Parlier’s Christian Avalos, Fresno’s Art Hernandez, Visalia’s Marc DeLaCruz, Fresno’s Alex Rojas and Bakersfield’s Matt Reed.
For more information please visit www.559fights.com
פֿאַר באַלדיק מעלדונג: Orono, מיין (פעברואַר 28, 2020) - ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ (נעף) will present its next mixed-martial-arts (ממאַ) event at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine’s flagship Orono campus. די געשעעניש, titled “NEF 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, with a bell-time of 7 pm EDT. Earlier today, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur flyweight bout to the card. Caleb “Dr. Feelgood” Austin (4-0) וועט פּנים James Ploss (1-2) at a fight weight of 125 פונט.
The bout will be a rematch of the first fight between Austin and Ploss that took place three years prior in April 2017 at “NEF 28.” Austin was declared the winner of that first contest, but not without controversy. Seconds into the first round, Ploss had a tight guillotine choke applied to Austin. Austin tapped out, but the referee was out of position to see the tap. Ploss released Austin from the hold, thinking he had won the fight. The referee, to Ploss’ bewilderment, ordered the fight to continue. As Ploss tried to make sense of the situation, Austin took him down and finished the fight moments later by technical knockout.
In the days that followed, many were critical of Austin on social media. The matter seemed to die down after a few days, only to be brought back to the forefront with a vengeance late last year when former UFC and WEC star Mike Brown (26-9) shared the clip on Twitter as an example of “fighting until the referee tells you to stop.” Suddenly, the fight received global attention from major online news sources likeBloody Elbow, MMA Junkie, The Athletic, אוןדי ונטערערד.
The first fight with Ploss was Caleb Austin’s amateur MMA debut. He was 18-years-old at the time and still a senior at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine. Austin was a standout wrestler in high school, putting together a record of 208-11 over four years and winning state titles at 126 pounds his junior and senior years. He was named the 2017 “Wrestler of the Year” by the Lewiston Sun Journal. After graduation, Austin continued his wrestling career at the University of Southern Maine, but he took the next two years off from MMA competition. He returned last summer and has won three fights in a row since he made his comeback. Austin currently represents Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (קמבדזשדזש) אין לעוויסטאָן, Maine.
“I’m excited to finally be able to fight James again to gain some closure,” said Austin of the rematch with Ploss. “My MMA debut has haunted me since it happened almost three years ago. I’m thankful to James and his team for giving me this opportunity to get back in there with him. I’ve wanted this for a long time and I promise to make the most of the moment. When I exit the cage this time, it will be without question or controversy—it will end definitively.”
James Ploss went on to fight two more times in 2017 and has not competed since. He is a member of Greg Williams’ Team Kaze based in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Like Austin, Ploss will be looking for closure to the outcome of their first encounter.
“I’m grateful for a rematch with Caleb,” said Ploss. “Reflecting, I have pondered the question, ‘Am I better than Caleb or is he better than me?’ This is the perfect chance to find out—a second chance for us both to give it our all and see who comes out on top giving the fans, MMA community, and both of us the rematch we all want! אפריל 18, we both test ourselves.”
New ענגלאַנד פייץ’ next mixed-martial-arts event, “נעף 43: ראַמפּאַגע,” will take place on Saturday, אַפּריל 18, 2020, at the Collins Center for the Arts at UMaine Orono. טיקקעץ זענען אויף פאַרקויף איצט בייַwww.CollinsCenterfortheArts.com.
וועגן ניו ענגלאַנד פייץ
New ענגלאַנד פייץ ("נעף") איז אַ קאַמף געשעענישן פּראַמאָושאַנז פירמע. NEF’s mission is to create the highest quality events for fighters and fans alike. נעף ס אויספֿיר מאַנשאַפֿט האט ברייט דערפאַרונג אין קאַמבאַט ספורט פאַרוואַלטונג, געשעענישן פּראָדוקציע, מידיאַ באַציונגען, אָפּזעצערייַ, לעגאַל און גאַנצע.