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Les tensions caldejats com a ex companys d'equip Falcons es preparen per MMA Lluita lliure Batalla

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Lewiston, Maine (Gener 10, 2018) – Créixer en la mateixa comunitat de coll blau i avançar a través de la mateixa, programa esportiu pisos no vol dir necessàriament que dos homes millors amics.

 

 

 

Excompanys de secundària de Mountain Valley, i el futur de Nova Anglaterra lluites dels oponents d'arts marcials mixtes, Ryan Burgess i Nate Boucher són evidència de la vella màxima, “familiaritat engendra menyspreu.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, i Boucher, 21, s'enfrontaran en una baralla de pes mosca d'aficionats al "NEF 32: Súper Dissabte"A la Dissabte, Febrer 3. La baralla a Androscoggin Banc Colisee determinarà el número u en la divisió de 125 lliures, i guanyar al guanyador una oportunitat pel títol contra el campió Justin Witham.

 

 

 

S'haurà passat gairebé un any des de Burgess, 1 tres vegades campió de lluita lliure de l'escola secundària de Maine i el passat titulat NEF, va entrar a la gàbia. Va cridar NEF copropietari i alcavota Matt Peterson i va sol·licitar específicament la lluita Boucher.

 

 

 

Per què? D'una banda, va ser una decisió de negocis després del tancament de Boucher, derrota per decisió dividida a Witham en una baralla pel títol novembre.

 

 

 

"He estat fora durant un any. Tenia l'esperança d'entrar de nou en una baralla pel títol,"Va explicar Burgess. "Després de la lluita de Nate amb Witham, Jo sabia que ell voldria que la revenja immediata. Una vegada que es va fer evident que no anava a passar fins a l'abril, Li vaig preguntar si podíem fer aquesta baralla al febrer, i Nate va prendre ".

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) posteriorment posat en marxa un o dos granades de mitjans socials que semblaven indicar un cert nivell d'animositat cap al seu company Falcon. És probable que menys personal que tàctica; Burgess va percebre una oportunitat per explotar el que veu com una de les esquerdes en l'armadura de Boucher.

 

 

 

"Nate, des que era un nen, té una actitud pis-pobre quan perd. Espero humíllalo una mica i assegurar-se que no ha de preocupar d'aconseguir aquesta lluita en mans dels jutges,"Va dir Burgess. "Nate probablement podria haver estat una de dues- o el tres vegades campió de l'estat si ell mateix havia donat l'oportunitat de fer això. Si encara té la mateixa actitud que tenia en aquest llavors, que acabarà de la mateixa manera ".

 

 

 

Burgess és un dels quatre campions de l'estat en tres ocasions en la història de MVHS. Coincidentment, El germà de Boucher, Ethan, també va aconseguir la gesta.

 

 

 

Boucher, que ja ha dut a terme quatre vegades campió de l'estora de l'escola secundària de Maine, i dues vegades finalista de Nova Anglaterra, Jeremies Barkac de Dexter durant el seu temps en l'hexàgon NEF, veu i sona com un caràcter diferent que el que va tenir problemes lluny de la catifa com un adolescent.

 

 

 

Després de guanyar les seves dues primeres baralles amb facilitat, Boucher (2-1) No era l'únic a l'edifici que va sentir que havia fet prou per guanyar el cinturó a Portland.

 

 

 

"Vaig pensar que controlava les dues primeres rondes de la lluita. els tres, realment. Els dos primers que pràcticament tenia (Witham) ofegat,"Va dir Boucher. "Es va acabar sent una experiència d'aprenentatge per a mi que no es pot deixar la lluita als jutges. El millor de les files d'aficionats és, mentre que per descomptat que m'importa el meu registre, al final del dia és part del procés d'aprenentatge per fer un millor professional ".

 

 

 

En resposta a Burgess’ volees a Facebook, Boucher va qüestionar el comportament de l'excampió després de guanyar la corretja NEF 2 baralles en la seva carrera.

 

 

 

"No sóc molt de la xerrada de les escombraries. Acabo de gaudir l'esport. M'agrada lluitar i després anar a casa. Ho fa una mica més per construir el seu jo crec,"Va dir Boucher. "Es va deixar caure el cinturó perquè estava tenint problemes per fer el pes, la qual cosa és bastant poc respectuós, En la meva opinió. Estava fora per un temps, així que ara estic per davant d'ell, i ell sap que ha d'anar a través de mi ".

 

 

 

Burgess va dir que va usar aquest acomiadament per completar la seva educació universitària i desenvolupar les seves credencials com un assistent de fisioteràpia, el que indica que la professió mèdica és més probable que sigui la seva carrera a llarg termini que les MMA.

 

 

 

Mentre continuava amb el seu programa d'entrenament en el Centre de la Comunitat Rumford amb Berserkers MMA, Burgess va dir que era menys intens i estructurat amb anterioritat a les seves pèrdues contra Witham i Dustin Veinott. Burgess derrotat prèviament tots dos rivals.

 

 

 

"Físicament encara hauria d'haver colpejat elles, però mentalment no estava tan preparat com hauria d'haver estat. Ara estic molt més centrat,"Va dir Burgess. "En aquell moment jo estava acabant l'escola, treball a temps parcial 20 a 30 hores a la setmana i va a l'escola per, probablement, un altre 40. He perdut dos baralles en què es trobava baix pes. Jo estava guanyant pes, mentre que els altres nois estaven tallant el pes. M'agradaria anar-hi en el límit i que anaven a posar en 10 a 15 lliures entre el pesatge i la lluita ".

 

 

 

Boucher cert que mai va aconseguir el seu potencial com un lluitador de l'escola secundària. S'ha seguit un camí diferent al de Burgess, inscriure al Central Maine Jiu-Jitsu - on encara entrena avui - a l'edat 13.

 

 

 

"Tinc alguns dels companys d'entrenament més dures i millors en l'estat,"Va dir Boucher. "El meu jiu-jitsu ha recorregut un llarg camí, gairebé al punt que ha passat la meva lluita una mica. Per descomptat, la lluita lliure és el que sempre torno a quan ho necessiti. La meva crida l'atenció és la nit i el dia. Va ser terrible per a la meva primera baralla ".

 

 

 

Va afegir que el seu major èxit en les MMA ha arribat a costa dels antics lluitadors.

 

 

 

Burgess està comptant amb Boucher a subestimar la resta del seu repertori. Com algú que va prendre la lluita lliure en l'equip de l'escola secundària l'escola secundària en el setè grau, va dir que la seva història com un ràpid estudi s'ha traslladat al regne de jiu-jitsu i boxa.

 

 

 

"Crec que va a ser sorprès. Es creu que sap el que aporten a la taula,"Va dir Burgess. "Tot el que sap sobre mi és la meva lluita lliure, però tinc molt més que això per caure de nou. Ja sé el que posa sobre la taula. I ell no va a aprendre en dos mesos el que he après en dos anys."

 

 

 

La campana d'obertura de Febrer 3 s'estableix per 7 p.m. Les butlletes estan disponibles a www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

Sobre Baralles de Nova Anglaterra

 

 

Lluites de Nova Anglaterra ("NEF") és una empresa d'esdeveniments promocions lluita. La missió de NEF és crear els esdeveniments de major qualitat per als combatents i els fans de Maine per igual. L'equip executiu de NEF té una àmplia experiència en la gestió dels esports de combat, producció d'esdeveniments, relacions amb els mitjans, mercadeig, legal i publicitat.

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

Lewiston, Maine (Juny 15, 2016) – Fighting anyone, on sigui, anytime and under any circumstances has become Mike Hansen’s calling card with New England Fights.

No surprise, llavors, 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 Dissabte, Juny 18 at Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston.

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, no matter what,” 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 a 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 a 60 segon,” 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 a.m. 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.

Al 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, segles 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. Per ara, 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.’”

La campana d'obertura de Juny 18 s'estableix per 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 i estan disponibles a www.TheColisee.com o trucant a la taquilla a Colisee 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, si us plau visiti la pàgina web de la promoció en www.NewEnglandFights.com. Addicionalment, pots veure vídeos en NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, seguir-los en Twitternefights i unir-te al grup oficial de Facebook "de Nova Anglaterra Fights".

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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Lewiston, Maine (Abril 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) va ser la player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did no 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.”

 

A principis de 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 segon. 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). Després de la victòria, 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. Més, 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 (QUI). 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. Guanyi o perdi, 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, Primera Classe 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 de la primera ronda.

 

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 Dissabte nit, 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.”

 

pròxim esdeveniment de Nova Anglaterra Combats ', "NEF 22: TOTS ELS CAMINS CONDUEIXEN AQUÍ,” takes place this Dissabte, Abril 23, 2016 al Androscoggin Banc Coliseu a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i estan a la venda a www.TheColisee.com o trucant a la taquilla a Colisée 207.783.2009 x 525. Per a més informació sobre les actualitzacions de targetes d'esdeveniments i lluita, si us plau visiti la pàgina web de la promoció en www.NewEnglandFights.com. Addicionalment, pots veure vídeos en NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, seguir-los en Twitternefights i unir-te al grup oficial de Facebook "de Nova Anglaterra Fights".

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 En Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (Març 17, 2016) - Lluites de Nova Anglaterra (NEF), Número u de la promoció de lluita regional d'Amèrica, celebrarà el seu proper esdeveniment, “NEF 22: TOTS ELS CAMINS CONDUEIXEN AQUÍ” a Dissabte, Abril 23, 2016 al Androscoggin Banc Coliseu a Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. El dia d'avui, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” cartellera. Micro “El Bigoti” Hansen (3-3) ha signat a cara Jesse “El Bàrbar” Baughman (0-1) amb un pes de combat de 205 lliures-.

 

Mike Hansen is the founding member of Berserkers MMA based out of Rumford, Maine. 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) mes passat. He will look to rebound from that loss on Abril 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 fighter – and he seems like a guy I could get along with. Així, 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 at “NEF 20” against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“En 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 war – and 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.”

 

pròxim esdeveniment de Nova Anglaterra Combats ', "NEF 22: TOTS ELS CAMINS CONDUEIXEN AQUÍ," té lloc Dissabte, Abril 23, 2016 al Androscoggin Banc Coliseu a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 i estan a la venda a www.TheColisee.com o trucant a la taquilla a Colisée 207.783.2009 x 525. Per a més informació sobre les actualitzacions de targetes d'esdeveniments i lluita, si us plau visiti la pàgina web de la promoció en www.NewEnglandFights.com. Addicionalment, pots veure vídeos en NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, seguir-los en Twitternefights i unir-te al grup oficial de Facebook "de Nova Anglaterra Fights".