Lewiston, Maine (January 29, 2015) - Kotahi te wiki i tenei Rāhoroi, New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, he hakari ma ono ona toi hōia whakauru (MMA) takahanga, "XVI nef,"I roto i te Lewiston, Maine. The event is scheduled to originate from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. The show will mark the three-year anniversary of the company’s inception. NEF executives announced today that they were expecting one of the largest crowds ever for the wildly-popular fight promotion’s event.
“Tonu i to tatou mau ohipa-tanguru kua to tatou tino nui,” said NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Honoa ki te meka i utaina tenei kāri i te UFC, Bellator, Veterans NFL, taitara e rua whawhai, me te hokinga mai o Ray Wood (5-0), te mea kahore he ohorere e kua hoko tīkiti haere i te huarahi kua haere ratou.”
Ko e mo'oni, ticket sales have been at an all-time high for this event. It is not unusual for the fight promotion to sell out their floor seats for any given show. The sell-out, Heoi, has always come on fight night. The floor seats for “Nef XVI” i hokona i roto i te ki tonu i 17 days prior to the event. NEF executives give partial credit for the quick sales to the addition of complimentary waitress drink service for all cage-side ticketholders. They did not confirm whether or not the promotion was considering adding more floor seats for the event.
I DiSalvo tohua, E titau pā mo te hokinga mai o Ray “Pakihi katoa” Wood ko wai ka tiakina e te Title nef MMA mā whitu ki Bellator me World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) hōiaAnthony “Cheesesteak” Morrison (16-9). This will be Wood’s first homecoming after moving from Maine to South Carolina in late-2014.
“E oaoa vau no te tenei whawhai e ahau,” said Wood when reached for comment. “E kahore tino ki te ngaro ahau. Anthony Morrison has fought some of the best fighters in the world and I have an opportunity to make a statement with this fight. I improve my skills each time I step in the cage and I know that this showing will be no exception. I have respect for Anthony and where he’s been in this sport and I am honored to have the opportunity to fight him.”
Hoa tākaro a Wood i MMA o Young, Fred Lear (2-0), Ka ngā i runga i te wahi amateur o te kāri i roto i te a'ee catchweight ki Bryant Orrick (3-5) from Ruthless MMA and Boxing. The fight will be contested at 140-pounds.
“Ēnei iwi pana ki ahau kia he toa pai, ākonga, me te tangata,” Na ka mea a Lear o ana hoa tākaro, me ngā kaiako i MMA o Young i roto i te Bangor, Maine. “Mauruuru nei au no to ratou aroaro i roto i toku ora ahau, Ko reira te tahi mea, ka faaherehere e ahau a ake ake. Kua whakahonoretia ahau ki te whawhai mo MMA o Young.”
E kore titiro ki tua atu i tona whawhai ake, Tohu Lear i toru matchups whakaongaonga ana hoa tākaro Josh Harvey (2-1), Mike Pietersen (1-0) a Arona Lacey (4-1) Ka whakataetae ki te mau melo o te Institute o Portland Choi, Maine.
“Ārahi i runga ki te 'XVI nef,’ E kore e taea e ahau te tauturu engari whakanui i to tatou matchups ki Choi o,” Tonu Lear. “Nick Spencer [Hoariri o Lacey (7-4)] He mōrearea te mau vahi atoa, Henry Clark [Hoariri o Pietersen (1-0)] Kei te haere mai atu o te tuatahi faahiahia, a kua mohio ahau Karepe[Hall – Hoariri o Harvey (5-1)] mai te kura nui, me te kahore he raruraru mo te taha ki tona toheroa me te taranata. Ko te huru i te Colisee ka haharu rite ono whawhai tiketike-ërä titiro ki te waiho i to ratou tohu.”
E whakatakotoria Hall me Harvey ki te whakatuwhera i te whakaaturanga i roto i te a'ee mā whitu i 7:00 pm sharp. Hall has competed on six previous NEF MMA events, a ka kua tino ite e ia he nui fiefia i pā ārahi ki “Nef XVI.”
“Ko te anaanatae i te wa e katoa tiketike no o nga ngā katoa kēmu pai i runga i te kāri,” noted Hall. “I February 7, Au e tatari ahau ki a reira hei te po whakaongaonga rawa ano.”
Ka whawhai mo te whakatairanga iti i roto i te mua, Harvey is clear that the size of the crowd does not matter to him. He will bring his A-game to the cage whether the fight be under the big lights in a world-famous arena like the Androscoggin Bank Colisee or held in a tiny, ruarua-tahuna ruma ki te torutoru tūru whakaturia ake a tawhio noa te whare herehere.
“Personally it doesn’t matter who or how many people are watching,” stated Harvey. “Kei te haere ahau ki te hoatu ki runga ki te whakaatu ranei i reira e 20 people or 20,000. I love to entertain. After Caleb hooks on to me he’ll know he’s been in a fight.”
Jason Lachance (0-1) i MMA Athletix i Patehepa, Whakaritea Maine ki te whakatau ia Steven Bang (3-2) o Central Maine Jiu-Jitsu i Auburn, Maine i “Nef XVI.” Lachance credits the level of talent on the NEF roster with bringing in large crowds like the crowd expected on February 7.
“Nef he rota o te taranata i runga i tenei po o whawhai, rite te mahi tonu ratou i,” Na ka mea a Lachance. “Ahau e mahara kahore iti iho i te po whakaongaonga mo nga pā. The support from our fans means everything, a ka haere mai rite ki te maka ki raro, ka tonoa katoa home ki atu ara te anaanatae mo te hui i muri mai toku hoa whawhai, me te ahau. God has blessed us with another opportunity to do what we love to do in front of so many.”
Billy “Bigfoot” Leahy (1-1) Ka kite hoki mahi i “Nef XVI” ka sitepu ia ki te whare herehere, ki te kanohi debuting toa motuhakeBrandon Lessard (0-0) i roto i te a'ee taumahamaha. Leahy got the first win of his MMA career this past September at “Nef XIV” before some 2,000-plus fans at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Ka rite ki taua, Ko te mōhio ki te mana'o e tae mai i te raveraa i hoki i te nui ia, kai mano whawhai.
“Kei te e tatari ahau i te po nui o whawhai,” ka mea Leahy. “Kua whakahonoretia ahau ki te kia i runga i te taua kāri nui. The NEF fans are like no other, a e kore e taea e ahau te tatari ki te hoatu i runga i te whakaatu nui i roto i te mua o toku utuafare, hoa, me te pā.”
Hui muri MMA o nef, “Nef XVI,” e wahi i runga i February 7, 2015me te raarangi katoa o nga pakanga kua whakaritea. Ray “Pakihi katoa” Wood (5-0) hoki i taua po ki te paruru i te Title nef MMA mā whitu ki Bellator me te hōia WEC Anthony “Cheesesteak” Morrison (16-9). NFL a UFC Ko te Ultimate Fighterhōia Tyler King (7-2) e te Ingoa nef MMA Heavyweight i runga i te raina ki Terry “Ko te Polar Bear” Blackburn (5-2). I te waahanga o te ahiahi, UFC, Bellator a Strikeforce hōiaNah-Makeronia Burrell (10-5) hanga i tona tuatahi nef MMA ki Ryan Hodge (6-9). Ka tiimata nga tiikiti i te wa tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga te tari pouaka Colisee i207.783.2009 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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New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.
