Lewiston, Maine (Januari 29, 2015) - Hiji minggu ti Saptu ieu, Gelut New England (NEF), Amérika sacara jumlah-hiji promotion fight regional, presents beladiri dicampur sixteenth anak (MMA) kajadian, "NEF XVI,"Dina 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.

“Kajadian Pébruari urang sok geus flagship urang,” ceuk NEF co-boga jeung promotor Nick DiSalvo. “Coupled jeung kanyataan yén kartu ieu dieusian ku UFC, Bellator, Veterans NFL, dua gelut judul, jeung balik deui kana Ray Kayu (5-0), éta no heran nu penjualan tiket geus bade cara maranéhanana geus arep.”

Leres Pisan, 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, kumaha oge, has always come on fight night. The floor seats for “NEF XVI” dijual kaluar hiji full 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.

Salaku DiSalvo dituduhkeun, fans nu clamoring pikeun mulang ka Ray “Sadaya Bisnis” Kai anu baris ngabéla nu Ibing NEF MMA Featherweight ngalawan Bellator jeung World ekstrim Cagefighting (WEC) SamaunAom “Cheesesteak” Morrison (16-9). This will be Wood’s first homecoming after moving from Maine to South Carolina in late-2014.

“Aku bungah for gelut ieu,” said Wood when reached for comment. “Kuring geus bener bener nganggur leungit. 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.”

Teammate kai nu aya di MMA ngora sacara, Kandar Lear (2-0), bakal diulas dina bagian amatir kartu dina hiji bout catchweight ngalawan Bryant Orrick (3-5) from Ruthless MMA and Boxing. The fight will be contested at 140-pounds.

“Ieu urang nyorong kuring jadi bajoang leuwih alus, murid, jeung jalma,” ceuk Lear tina teammates jeung peringkat pelatih-na di MMA ngora di Bangor, Maine. “Kami bersyukur pikeun ayana dina kahirupan mah, eta mangrupa hal anu bakal harta salawasna. Kuring keur ngahormatan jadi pajoang pikeun MMA ngora urang.”

Teu nempo leuwih fight sorangan, Lear nunjuk kaluar tilu matchups seru teammates-Na Josh Harvey (2-1), Mike Pietersen (1-0) jeung Harun Lacey (4-1) bakal kontes ngalawan anggota Choi Institute of Portland, Maine.

“Anjog nepi ka 'NEF XVI,’ Kuring teu bisa mantuan tapi nyorot matchups urang jeung Choi sacara,” Lear terus. “Nick Spencer [Lawan Lacey sacara (7-4)] bahaya ka unggal madhab, Henry Clark [Lawan Pietersen sacara (1-0)] aya nu datang off hiji perdana impressive, sarta kuring geus dipikawanoh Kaleb[Rohangan gede – Lawan Harvey sacara (5-1)] saprak SMA jeung aya mamang teu ngeunaan grit jeung bakat-Na. Suasana di Colisee bakal electrifying salaku genep pejuang-haliber luhur neuteup ka ninggalkeun mark maranéhanana.”

Aula jeung Harvey diatur pikeun muka pintonan dina hiji bout featherweight di 7:00 WIB sharp. Hall has competed on six previous NEF MMA events, jeung manéhna geus pasti noticed hiji pikagumbiraeun ngaronjat ti fans ngarah kana “NEF XVI.”

“Antisipasi ayana di hiji sadaya waktu luhur alatan kabéh alus cocog up dina kartu eta,” noted Hall. “On 7 Pébruari, Kaula expecting eta jadi peuting paling seru sanesna.”

Sanggeus perang pikeun promosi leutik di jaman baheula, 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, nu kirang-cahayana kamar jeung sababaraha samet ngeset kira-kira kurung hiji.

“Personally it doesn’t matter who or how many people are watching,” stated Harvey. “Kaula bade ditunda pintonan naha aya 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) ti MMA Athletix di mandi, Maine ieu dijadwalkeun papanggih Steven Bang (3-2) tina Tengah Maine Brasil Jiu-Jitsu di Pirang, Maine di “NEF XVI.” Lachance credits the level of talent on the NEF roster with bringing in large crowds like the crowd expected on Pebruari 7.

“NEF ngabogaan loba bakat dina peuting ieu gelut, sabab sok ngalakukeun,” ceuk Lachance. “Ngaku ayana euweuh kurang ti hiji peuting seru pikeun fans. The support from our fans means everything, jeung sasama pejuang mah jeung kuring datang siap buang ka handap sarta ngirim everyone imah jeung komo leuwih antisipasi eta kanggo kajadian nu saterusna. God has blessed us with another opportunity to do what we love to do in front of so many.”

Ronggeng dukuh “Bigfoot” Leahy (1-1) ogé baris nempo aksi di “NEF XVI” sabot léngkah kana kandang pikeun nyanghareupan debuting bajoang independentBrandon Lessard (0-0) dina bout heavyweight. 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. Sapertos kitu, manéhna geus wawuh jeung rarasaan nu asalna tina ngajalankeun keur masif, ravenous fight riungan.

“Kaula expecting peuting nu agung gelut,” exclaimed Leahy. “Kuring keur ngahormatan jadi dina saperti kartu gede. The NEF fans are like no other, jeung kuring teu sabar pikeun nunda dina pintonan gede di hareup kulawarga mah, babaturan jeung fans.”

Kajadian MMA saterusna NEF sacara, “NEF XVI,” lumangsung dina Pebruari 7, 2015with an all-star lineup of fights scheduled. Ray “Sadaya Bisnis” Kayu (5-0) mulih deui peuting nu pikeun membela nu Ibing NEF MMA Featherweight ngalawan Bellator jeung Samaun WEC Aom “Cheesesteak” Morrison (16-9). NFL jeung UFC Nu pamungkas PACARANSamaun Tyler Raja (7-2) nyimpen nu Ibing NEF MMA Heavyweight dina baris ngalawan Terry “Nu Polar Bear” Blackburn (5-2). In the feature bout of the evening, UFC, Bellator jeung Strikeforce SamaunNah-Shon Burrell (10-5) ngajadikeun-Na perdana NEF MMA ngalawan Ryan Hodge (6-9). Tickets start at just $25 jeung nu diobral ayeuna diwww.TheColisee.com atawa ku nelepon Nu Colisee kotak kantor di207.783.2009 x 525. Kanggo inpo nu langkung lengkep ihwal kajadian jeung fight apdet kartu, mangga buka website kampanye nu aya di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Salaku tambahan, Anjeun bisa lalajo video NEF di www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, turutan éta kontak dina Twitternefights jeung ngiluan gugus Facebook resmi "New England gelut."

Ngeunaan gelut New England

Gelut New England ("NEF") nyaéta gelut pausahaan kajadian promosi. Misi NEF nyaéta pikeun nyieun kajadian kualitas nu pangluhurna pikeun pejuang Maine sarta fans sapuk. Tim eksekutif NEF sacara miboga pangalaman éksténsif dina ngokolakeun olahraga tempur, produksi kajadian, Hubungan média, pamasaran, hukum jeung pariwara.

Lewiston, Maine (Januari 20, 2015) Gelut -New Inggris (NEF), Amérika sacara jumlah-hiji promotion fight regional, presents beladiri dicampur sixteenth anak (MMA) kajadian, "NEF XVI,"On Pebruari 7, 2015 di Lewiston, Maine. The event is scheduled to originate from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Saméméhna ayeuna, NEF announced the full fight card for the event. A pair of title fights are scheduled to headline the card which will feature veterans of the National Football League (NFL), nu pamungkas tarung Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA, Dunya ekstrim Cagefighting (WEC) jeung Strikeforce MMA.

“Kartu ieu bisa euy jadi urang paling ambisius to date,” ceuk NEF co-boga jeung promotor Nick DiSalvo. “There’s something here for everyone. If you like the big guys, we have plenty of heavyweight and super-heavyweight fights. If you like seeing the UFC and Bellator names, we have them. If you like wrestlers, they are well represented on this card. If you like women’s MMA, we have a women’s fight on here. $25 tickets to a fight card of this caliber is a steal for the fight fan. NEF continues to bring you the biggest bang for your buck as we open our fourth year of business.”

Dina acara utama tunggang gunung, Ray “Sadaya Bisnis” Kayu (5-0) bakal membela nu Ibing NEF MMA Featherweight ngalawan tangtangan ti Philadelphia sacara Aom “Cheesesteak” Morrison (16-9). Morrison is a veteran of the Bellator and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) cages. He will be Wood’s highest-profile challenge to date. Many insiders predict that Wood could be one or two wins away from getting the call to one of the national promotions himself.

Kajadian ko-utama tunggang gunung baris nempo Tyler Raja (7-2) membela nu Ibing NEF MMA Heavyweight ngalawan Terry “Nu Polar Bear” Blackburn (5-2). King is an NFL veteran, sanggeus maén pikeun San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars jeung Arizona Cardinals sanggeus karir kuliah pisan suksés di Universitas Connecticut di mana anjeunna kacatet 19 karung salaku ahir pertahanan, sarta ngaranna tim sacara “MVP pertahanan” dina 2004. He appeared on the 19th season of UFC’s Nu pamungkas PACARAN television series in 2014. Tyler is the son of Steve King who spent nine years with the New England Patriots as a linebacker during the 1970s and early 1980s. The challenger, Terry Blackburn, kungsi meunang knockout nyorot-reel leuwih Jason Dolloff (6-19) di kandang NEF MMA dina bulan Séptember 2013.

Ryan Hodge (6-9) baris nempo aksi ngalawan Nah-Shon “Nu Rock-n-Rolla” Burrell (11-4) in a middleweight feature fight. Hodge, anu hirup di Florida tapi geus nyieun ngaran keur dirina dina kalér fight pamandangan regional, last appeared in the NEF MMA cage in November 2013. That night, Hodge kungsi knockout win gedé leuwih Josh Watson (7-4). Burrell is a veteran of the UFC, Bellator and Strikeforce cages. He has competed a total of nine times on the biggest stages the sport has to offer.

“Maranéhanana tilu gelut di luhur kartu ieu patut harga pangakuan sorangan,” said NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson. “All three of those fights are main events on any regional MMA event held on the east coast any night of the week. And we’re giving them all to the fans in one awesome night of MMA action for one low price of admission. You can bet your bottom dollar that you iyeu jadi entertained dina Pebruari 7, sarta anjeun teu kudu megatkeun bank ka ngalakonan éta.”

Di sisi amatir tina kartu, Countess “Nu Stampede” Guillen(1-1) jeung 56 taun heubeul Mladin Holman (0-1) will engage in a rematch of their super-heavyweight bout from this past November. Many fans felt the bout was stopped early by the referee, awarding meunangna ka Guillen ku knockout téhnis (WHO). NEF executives listened to fans and quickly arranged the rematch.

Ogé dina kartu amatir bakal dua ti tilu pajoang Bang baraya, Sheldon Bang (1-1) jeung Steven Bang (3-2), babarengan jeung bapana debuting maranéhanana Dr. Steve Bang (0-0). Dr. Bang is a 46-year-old bariatric surgeon with a background in wrestling. His four sons, kaasup Sheldon jeung Steven, geus sagala dituturkeun di footsteps bapana maranéhanana sacara, unggal gulat nu keur Edward Little High School di Pirang, Maine.

Getih anyar rising awal dina bagian amatir kartu lamun Kaleb Aula (5-1) jeung Josh Harvey (2-1) open the show in what should be an action-packed featherweight bout. Top prospects Nick Spencer (7-4) jeung Harun Lacey (4-1) are scheduled to meet in a catchweight bout. “Crispy” Michael Crespo(2-0) jeung Brasil Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) fenomena Johnny Karajinan (2-0) will put their respective unblemished records on the line in a bantamweight contest. And the women will take to the cage whenHillary Cooledge (0-1) rupa Fernanda Araújo (3-3-1).

Kartu fight full pikeun “NEF XVI” (pikeun ngarobah subjék):

Tanaga ahli

145*Gelar Ray Kayu 5-0 (MMA ngora sacara) vs Aom Morrison 16-9 (Daddis ngalawan kubu)

265*Gelar Tyler Raja 7-2 (Connors MMA) vs Terry Blackburn 5-2 (Kahiji Basisir Full kontak / Tim nyieun onar)

185 Nah-Shon Burrell 11-4 (Ngalawan sungut Elite & Renzo Gracie BJJ) vs Ryan Hodge 6-9 (F2 sarena)

265 Mike Hansen 1-1 (Merdika) vs Artie Mullen 1-13 (MMA tina Kidul Maine)

155 Jesse Erickson 3-4 (Tim CMBJJ NEW) vs Frank Falso 0-1 (Tim Sarikat & Santos BJJ)

145 Saderek Shorey 1-1 (Shatterproof merangan Club) vs Jon Lemke 4-3 (Tim Irlandia)

135 Matt Denning 1-0 (Tim CMBJJ NEW) vs Jovan bodas 1-6 (Basisir Kahiji Full kontak)

Amatir

S.HWT Countess Guillen 1-1 (Merdika) vs Mladen Holman 0-1 (Choi Institute)

265 Brandon Lessard 0-0 (Merdika) vs Nandang Leahy 1-1 (MMA ngora sacara)

265 Ryan Glover 0-0 (Merdika) vs Jason Lapang 0-0 (Merdika)

205 Chris Perry 0-0 (Acadia BJJ) vs Ruben Redman 0-0 (Merdika)

185 Frank Dellasala 0-1 (Choi Institute) vs Heath Hanson 0-1 (3Ronin Athletics)

185 Jacob Cameron 1-4 (Tim Nitemare) vs Nick Shea 0-0 (Kahiji Kelas MMA)

185 Joe Staples 0-0 (Tim Irlandia) vs Raymond Harrison 0-0 (Merdika)

180 Kaleb Farrington 1-0 (Tim NEW) vs Brandon Russell 0-0 (Merdika)

166 CJ Ewer 3-1 (MMA ngora sacara) Jakub vs Kazuba 1-0 (Basisir Kahiji Full kontak)

155 Dr. Steve Bang 0-0 Sr. (CMBJJ) vs. Mateus Hanning 0-0 (Merdika)

155 Steve Bang JR. 3-2 (Tim CMBJJ NEW) vs Jason LaChance 0-1 (MMA Athletix)

155 Ricky Dexter 1-0 (Tim Irlandia) vs Corey percobaan 0-0 (Ruthless tinju & MMA)

155 Rick Matthews 0-1 (Tim Irlandia) vs Emmett Huber 0-0 (Akademi)

145 Kaleb Aula 5-1 (Choi Institute) vs Josh Harvey 2-1 (MMA ngora sacara)

145 Jimmy Jackson 1-2 (MMA ngora sacara) vs Kris Welch 0-0 (Merdika)

145 Henry Clark 1-0 (Choi Institute) vs Mike Pietersen 1-0 (MMA ngora sacara)

140 Nick Spencer 7-4 (Choi Institute) vs Harun Lacey 4-1 (MMA ngora sacara)

141 Rob Kiah 0-0 (MMA ngora sacara) vs Clifford Redman 0-0 (Merdika)

140 Bryant Orick 3-5 (Ruthless tinju & MMA) vs Kandar Lear 2-0 (MMA ngora sacara)

135 Johnny Karajinan 2-0 (Tim NEW) vs Mike Crespo 2-0 (MMA Athletix)

135 Fernanda Araújo 3-3-1 (Tepi pertahanan) vs Hillary Cooledge 0-1 (Choi Institute)

125 Dustin Veinott 2-3 (Tim CMBJJ NEW) vs Dave Brown 1-1 (Bodas Gunung BJJ)

135 Sheldon Bang 1-1 (Tim CMBJJ NEW) vs TBD

Tiket pikeun “NEF XVI” mimitian jam saukur $25 jeung nu diobral ayeuna diwww.TheColisee.com atawa ku nelepon Nu Colisee kotak kantor di207.783.2009 x 525. Kanggo inpo nu langkung lengkep ihwal kajadian jeung fight apdet kartu, mangga buka website kampanye nu aya di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Salaku tambahan, Anjeun bisa lalajo video NEF di www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, turutan éta kontak dina Twitternefights jeung ngiluan gugus Facebook resmi "New England gelut."

Ngeunaan gelut New England

Gelut New England ("NEF") nyaéta gelut pausahaan kajadian promosi. Misi NEF nyaéta pikeun nyieun kajadian kualitas nu pangluhurna pikeun pejuang Maine sarta fans sapuk. Tim eksekutif NEF sacara miboga pangalaman éksténsif dina ngokolakeun olahraga tempur, produksi kajadian, Hubungan média, pamasaran, hukum jeung pariwara.