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Napetost Running visok kao bivši Falcons Teammates Pripremite se za MMA Cage Battle

Lewiston, Mejn (Siječanj 10, 2018) – Odrastajući u istom radnička zajednice i unapređenja kroz isti, U prizemlju sportski program ne mora nužno napraviti dva muškarca najbolji prijatelji.

 

 

 

Bivši Mountain Valley High School saigračima, i budući New England se bori protiv mješovitih borilačkih vještina protivnika, Ryan Burgess i Nate Boucher su dokaz stare maksime, “bliskost stvara prezir.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, i Boucher, 21, će se boriti u amater muva borbu u "NEF 32: Super Subota"Na Subota, Februar 3. Borba na Androscoggin banke Colisee će odrediti broj jedan kandidat u podjeli 125 kila, i zaraditi pobjednik za titulu protiv prvaka Justin Witham.

 

 

 

To će biti skoro godinu dana od Burgess, tri put Maine srednju školu rvanju i bivših NEF šampion, ušao u kavez. On je pozvao NEF suvlasnik i provodadžija Matt Peterson i posebno zatražio Boucher borba.

 

 

 

Zašto? S jedne strane, to je bila poslovna odluka nakon Boucher bliski, gubitak split-odluka da Witham u novembru naslov bout.

 

 

 

"Ja sam se za godinu dana. Nadao sam se da skoči vraćam u naslov borbu,", Objasnio je Burgess. "Nakon Nate borbu s Witham, Znao sam da želim neposrednoj revanš. Jednom kada je postalo jasno da je to neće dogoditi do aprila, Pitao sam da li bi mogli da uradimo ovu borbu u februaru, i Nate ga je uzeo. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) naknadno pokrenut jedan ili dva bombe društvenih medija koje se čini da ukazuju na neki nivo netrpeljivosti prema svojim kolegama Falcon. To je vjerojatno manje lični od taktički; Burgess očita mogućnost da iskoriste ono što on vidi kao jedan od pukotine u Boucher oklop.

 

 

 

"Nate, otkako je bio klinac, ima užasnih stav kada je izgubi. Nadam se da ga ponizi malo i pazite da ne morate brinuti o toj borbi dobiti u rukama sudija,", Rekao je Burgess. "Nate vjerojatno mogao biti dva- ili-tri puta državni prvak, ako je sam dao priliku za to. Ako on i dalje ima isti stav imao je tada, to će završiti na isti način. "

 

 

 

Burgess je jedan od samo četiri tri puta prvaci države u istoriji MVHS. Slučajno, Boucher brat, ethan, je također ostvarila podvig.

 

 

 

Boucher, koji je već izveden četiri puta Maine srednjoj školi mat prvak, i dva puta New England finalist, Jeremiah Barkac Dexter tokom njegovog boravka u NEF heksagon, izgleda i zvuči kao drugačiji karakter od onog koji su se borili od mat kao tinejdžer.

 

 

 

Nakon što je osvojila svoj prvi dva borbe s lakoćom, Boucher (2-1) nije bio jedini u zgradi koji su smatrali da je učinio dovoljno da zaradi pojas u Portlandu.

 

 

 

"Mislio sam da sam pod kontrolom prve dvije runde borbe. sva tri, stvarno. Prva dva sam prilično mnogo imao (Witham) guši se,"Rekao je Boucher. "To je završio kao iskustvo učenja za mene da ne možete ostaviti borbi za sudije. Velika stvar o amaterskom redovima je, dok naravno mi je stalo moj rekord, na kraju dana to je dio procesa učenja da bi ti bolje profesionalac. "

 

 

 

Kao odgovor na Burgess’ plotuna na Facebook-u, Boucher u pitanje ponašanje bivšeg prvaka nakon osvajanja kaiš NEF dve borbe u karijeri.

 

 

 

"Nisam baš za smeće razgovor. Ja samo uživati ​​u sportu. Volim da se bori i onda samo idi kući. On to čini malo da izgradi svoj ego mislim,"Rekao je Boucher. "On je ispustio pojas, jer da je imao problema što težina, što je prilično nepoštovanje, po mom mišljenju. On je bio van na neko vreme, pa sam sad ispred njega, i on zna da mora da prođe kroz mene. "

 

 

 

Burgess je rekao da se koristi da otpuštanja da završi fakultetsko obrazovanje i razvije svoje vjerodajnice kao fizioterapeut asistent, ukazuje na to da je medicinska struka je veća vjerovatnoća da mu bude dugoročna karijera nego MMA.

 

 

 

Dok je on nastavio svoj raspored treninga u Rumford Community centar sa Berserkers MMA, Burgess je rekao da je manje intenzivno i strukturirano prije svoje gubitke protiv Witham i Dustin Veinott. Burgess ranije poražen oba rivala.

 

 

 

"Fizički I dalje je trebalo da ih tukli, ali psihički nisam bio toliko pripremljen kao što sam trebao biti. Sada sam puno više fokusiran,", Rekao je Burgess. "U to vrijeme sam bio završetka škole, rade sa skraćenim radnim vremenom 20 u 30 sati nedeljno i da idu u školu za vjerojatno još 40. Izgubio sam dva borbe gdje sam bio pod težina. Ja sam debljam dok su ostali momci su smanjenje težine. Išao bih tamo na granici i da će staviti na 10 u 15 funti između vagati-u i borbi. "

 

 

 

Boucher doduše nikada nije dostigla svoj potencijal kao srednjoškolski hrvač. On je pratio drugačiji put od Burgess, upis u Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - gdje je i dalje trenira i danas - u dobi od 13.

 

 

 

"Imam neke od najtežih i najbolji trening partneri u državi,"Rekao je Boucher. "Moj jiu-jitsu je došao dug put, skoro mjestu gdje je prošla moja rvanje malo. Naravno, hrvanje je ono što sam uvijek da se vratim kada mi treba. Moje upečatljiv je noć-i-dan. Bilo je grozno za moj prvi borbu. "

 

 

 

On je dodao da je došao njegov najveći uspjeh u MMA na račun bivšeg hrvača.

 

 

 

Burgess računa na Boucher podcijeniti ostatak svog repertoara. Kao neko ko je se u hrvanju na srednjoj školi mladog tima tim u sedmom razredu, on je rekao da je njegova povijest kao brzo studija je preneseno u sferu jiu-jitsu i boks.

 

 

 

"Mislim da će biti iznenađen. On misli da zna šta ja dovesti do stola,", Rekao je Burgess. "Sve što zna o meni je moj rvanje, ali imam mnogo više od toga da padne natrag na. Već znam šta je on dovodi do stola. I on neće učiti u dva mjeseca ono što sam naučio u dvije godine."

 

 

 

Otvaranje zvono na Februar 3 je postavljen za 7 poslije podne. Ulaznice su dostupne na www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

O New England Borbe

 

 

New England Borbe ("NEF") je borba događaja promocije firme. Misija NEF je da stvori najkvalitetnije događaja za Maine-a borcima i navijači podjednako. Izvršni tim NEF ima veliko iskustvo u upravljanju borilačkih sportova, proizvodnja događaji, odnosa s medijima, marketing, pravne i oglašavanje.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

Lewiston, Mejn (Jun 15, 2016) – Fighting anyone, negdje, anytime and under any circumstances has become Mike Hansen’s calling card with New England Fights.

No surprise, onda, that the 30-year-old father of three from Rumford, ME will gladly entertain the idea of a mixed martial arts contest … against an opponent about whom he admittedly knows precious little … on the eve of Father’s Day.

Hansen (4-4) will take on Robert Laroski in a heavyweight clash at “NEF 24: Promised Land” on Subota, Jun 18 u Androscoggin Bank Colisee u Lewistonu.

There is no fear of the unknown in a man who has carved out his reputation confronting substantially bigger foes since his days as a state champion wrestler at Mountain Valley High School. During his relatively short time in NEF, Hansen has fought as a middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight.

“When I took the fight (at NEF 23 in Massachusetts) against Brendan Battles, people were saying, ‘You’re crazy! He’s going to bust your head!’ I understand why the weight classes exist, and I respect that it’s about safety and all that, but I’ve always felt that a fighter should be ready to fight anybody, bez obzira na sve,” Hansen said. “In high school, I would drink two gallons of water and put lead in my uniform just so I could get to the minimum weight for the unlimited class.”

That’s the attitude of a fighter whose skill and talent level far exceed his current record as a professional.

Hansen’s docket includes a stoppage win over former NEF “Fighter of the Year” Crowsneck Boutin. His record also includes TKO losses to Battles and Cody Anderson and a choke-out at the hands of Zach Elkins.

When he reflects upon his unique life story, Hansen, who fought twice for the World Fighting League as a 20-year-old college student, marvels that he ever got back into the cage at all.

“I started the winter of 2004-05. I started training because I had gone from 187 u 242 pounds in a few months. I was seeing stretch marks,” Hansen recalled. “I was pretty upset with myself for allowing that to happen. I started doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu two nights a week to get in shape. Then I went home for the summer and ended up with my first fight in August. My friends got me the fight without my coaches knowing about it. They told me it was a good thing I won, or they would have kicked my butt.”

Hansen kept a promise to his father to quit the sport after a knockout loss to Alexander Chianurashvili in 2006. He was studying at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, with intentions to enter the medical field.

He was stabbed and attacked with a baseball bat by three men in a case of mistaken identity not long thereafter. “I walked out of the hospital the next day, and all three of them were still in there from the beating I gave them in self-defense,” Hansen said proudly.

That dogged determination served Hansen well in the United States Army, where he studied in the elite Combatives program.

“They ask you ‘Who wins the fight?’ and the answer is, ‘Whoever’s buddy gets there first to help him clean up.’ That’s what Combatives taught me: How to survive that extra 30 u 60 sekundi,” Hansen said. “Work ethic is what it taught me. It helped me grow and do things I might have questioned mentally whether or not I could do. Not many people find that extra little motivation. The Army taught me how to find it and utilize it.”

A few years later, Hansen found that inner fire again. Even as he returned to coaching wrestlers in his hometown, his own physical fitness suffered as work and fatherhood took precedence.

Hansen vividly describes sitting in a bean bag chair, eating snack food, watching TV at 2:11 sati. when his phone rang. He assumed it was a friend in trouble.

“It was (NEF co-owner) Matt Peterson. Our families grew up maybe 200 yards apart. My high school wrestling coach had called him, unbeknownst to me, to tell him he needed to get me back in the cage,” Hansen said.

Three weeks later i 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

U 15 months that have followed, Hansen has been instrumental in launching Berserkers MMA and building his reputation as both a fighter and an instructor.

Life is blossoming at home, also. Hansen is the father of two girls, dobi 5 i 2, and a boy of four months. His older daughter, Kaydn, often accompanies Dad to the gym at Greater Rumford Community Center. He returns the favor by chaperoning field trips for her kindergarten class.

“She and her friends will be on the playground practicing boxing stances and stuff,” Hansen said. “Her teacher says it’s adorable. Hopefully she is learning to take care of herself so I don’t have to.”

Kaydn’s parents are making plans to take her to her first live NEF show after she turns 6. Za sada, she is content to watch her Dad’s fights on YouTube.

“If we’re watching TV together,” Hansen said, “we have a thing where I get two shows and then she gets two shows. If I put in a fight tape, she’ll say, ‘Daddy, I know this doesn’t count as one of your shows, because this is your work.’”

Otvaranje zvono na Jun 18 je postavljen za 7 poslije podne. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 i dostupni su na www.TheColisee.com or by calling the Colisee box office at 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatno, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, prati ih na Twitterunefights i pridružite službenim Facebook grupe "New England borbi."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Mejn (April 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) Bio u player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did ne want to end up facing from the other side of the pigskin. Standing over six feet tall and weighing 250-pounds, the nightmarish middle linebacker helped to build Mountain Valley (MV) into a modern day football dynasty by punishing ball carriers for four decorated years and leading MV to two state championships in the process. He bench pressed over 400 pounds in the weight room and was hell on wheels on the field making him a powerful two-way double-threat player on both offense and defense. His reputation is legendary in the River Valley area of Western Maine as a feared and respected athlete.

 

After graduating from Mountain Valley in 2007, Glover left football behind to go to work. He married his longtime girlfriend, Lindsey, and had a son. They bought a home together. Throughout the summer and fall seasons, he traveled the agricultural fair circuit in Maine with his pulling horses, a family tradition he had been brought up in from an early age.

 

“My family has been competing in horse pulling since I was a kid,” Glover explained. “It takes up a lot of time and it keeps my dad young. I get up early every morning to exercise my horse teams before I go into work at night. Between my dad, my wife and I, we have 11 draft horses. We bale our own hay for all of them. I love backing them up to the drag and watching them dig.”

 

But despite the fullness of his life, the call of competition still beckoned to him and left him with a sense of longing. “I would have killed to have had that same feeling again,” Glover recalled. “And then I stepped into the cage.”

 

Početkom 2015, Matt’s younger brother, Ryan—another Mountain Valley football standout—made his mixed martial arts (MMA) debut at “NEF 16.” Ryan swarmed his opponent in his first fight and stopped him in a blistering 12 sekundi. Matt was in attendance that night and found his curiosity piqued at the prospect of competing in a different kind of contact sport.

 

Later in 2015, Ryan competed for the inaugural NEF Amateur Heavyweight Championship. He dropped a decision that night to current title holder, Billy “Bigfoot” Leahy (3-1). Nakon pobjede, the trash talk quickly escalated between Leahy and members of Berserkers MMA, based out of Rumford and led by head coaches Gary Dolloff and Mike Hansen (3-3). “When Billy Leahy called out all of the guys at Berserkers after he beat my brother, then it was game-on,” recalled Matt.

 

Matt began training closely with members of the Berserkers coaching staff, including Hansen and others, who he credits for his accelerated learning curve in the sport. Dodatno, Matt sparred extensively with brother Ryan, who was preparing for a fight of his own on the same night that Matt was scheduled to make his MMA debut. “My brother and I are not like other brothers,” Matt explained. “We go into the gym and beat the hell out of each other and then ride home in the same truck—that’s just how we have always been. Push, push, push—everything is competition with us. From the first one to get to the next hay bale in the hay field to the first one to get to the supper table—it’s just how we operate.”

 

“Matt’s a real competitive person,” his wife, Lindsey, confirmed. “Everything is a competition with him. I knew that cagefighting would feed that competitive hunger that he feels all the time when he’s not pulling his horses.”

 

Matt officially made his MMA debut back in February at “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS” against durable veteran Gravin Guillen (2-5). Matt exceeded debut expectations by finishing Guillen in just 1:30 of the first round by technical knockout (WHO). When the ref cleared the scene, Guillen’s face showed the effects of Glover’s record-breaking exploits in the weight room. Glover’s Rumford fans that were in attendance in heavy numbers that night, voiced their approval in thunderous applause. “At first, I had butterflies,” Glover remembered, “but once I heard all the people cheering, all it did was pump me up. I was ready to fight. Dobiti ili izgubiti, I knew they had my back and more.”

 

This weekend, Glover is poised to make his second appearance in the NEF cage when he takes on 6’6” Ras Hylton (1-0) from rival gym, First Class MMA. Hylton made his debut on the same night as Glover and, like his challenger this weekend, made quick work of his opponent by earning a TKO victory at 1:21 od prvog kruga.

 

Berserkers MMA Founder and Head Coach, Mike Hansen, predicts a dominant night for Glover. “Matt happens to be much stronger than he even appears, which is incredible if you have ever seen him,” Hansen stated. “A guy of his size normally struggles with agility, but Matt doesn’t. He is a super athlete and easy to coach. Matt improves daily and will be a juggernaut in the heavyweight amateur division.

 

“Ras is used to being the bigger guy in all of his fights. That will not be the case on Saturday night. Matt will put his hands on Hylton in a way he’s never been touched before. I don’t see Ras walking away from this fight with his hand held high. He should consider it a win if he can walk away at all when Matt’s done with him.”

 

Going into Subota noć, Glover feels well prepared to continue building on his success in the sport of MMA that he started to create back in February. If his athletic history is any indicator, he should be confident in the future. “I’m ready for this fight,” Glover stated. “In this fight, I’m more relaxed because my brother’s not fighting and I can just focus on my fight… After that first win, I knew I was hooked because there’s no better feeling.”

 

“When people first started speaking to Matt about competing in MMA, I was completely against it 110%,” Lindsey stated. “But after watching him train so hard with the guys in the gym and seeing that he has the same passion for that as he does for his horse pulling, I felt more at ease and decided that if this was something he wanted to pursue, I would support him in any way that I possibly could.

 

“The Glover brothers fighting in MMA is a big thing for Rumford,” Lindsey stated in closing. “Every time it’s getting close to fight night, this town comes alive. No matter where he goes within the sport, this town and his family support him.”

 

sljedeći događaj New England Fights ', "NEF 22: Svi putevi vode OVDJE,” takes place this Subota, April 23, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i su na prodaju sada www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom na Colisée blagajni 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. Dodatno, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, prati ih na Twitterunefights i pridružite službenim Facebook grupe "New England borbi."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 U LEWISTON

Lewiston, Mejn (Mart 17, 2016) - New England Borbe (NEF), Amerike broj jedan regionalni promociju borbe, će održati svoj sljedeći događaj, “NEF 22: Svi putevi vode OVDJE” na Subota, April 23, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Ranije danas, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” borba kartica. Mikrofon “Brkove” Hansen (3-3) je potpisala u lice Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) na borbu težinu od 205 kilograma.

 

Mike Hansen is the founding member of Berserkers MMA based out of Rumford, Mejn. He is an alumni of Mountain Valley High School (MVHS) where he won a state championship wrestling as a heavyweight in 2004. Hansen made his MMA debut shortly after graduating from high school, only to step away from the sport for a decade in order to serve his country as a combat engineer in the United States Army. He returned to the MMA cage in 2015 as a member of the NEF roster. After restarting his career with a record of 2-1, Hansen dropped his first bout of 2016 to Zach Elkins (1-1) prošlog mjeseca. He will look to rebound from that loss on April 23.

 

I’m looking forward to getting back in the cage fast coming off this loss,” said Hansen. “I wasn’t mentally in that fight, so this time around with Baughman, I’m going to be mentally focused. Jesse is a big guy and a tough fighterand he seems like a guy I could get along with. Tako, when we are done smashing each other up, hopefully we can get a drink.

 

Like Hansen, Baughman is a United States military veteran, where he served in a recon unit of the special forces and earned a level-three certification in Army combatives. He is currently a member of Team Link based out of Hooksett, New Hampshire. As an amateur MMA fighter, Baughman put together a perfect record of 5-0 and was the number-one ranked light-heavyweight in the northeast region prior to turning professional. Baughman made his pro debut last November atNEF 20against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“Na April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Said Baughman. “My fans from New Hampshire want to see a warand best believe they will! Mike Hansen is a worthy opponent. He knows going in, this will be a bloody battle till the end. I have the best guys around preparing me for this matchup. Big thanks to Taylor Trahan, Kevin Haley, Brett Trahan and Rob Belliveau.

 

sljedeći događaj New England Fights ', "NEF 22: Svi putevi vode OVDJE,"Odvija Subota, April 23, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i su na prodaju sada www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom na Colisée blagajni 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. Dodatno, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, prati ih na Twitterunefights i pridružite službenim Facebook grupe "New England borbi."