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Lewiston, Maine (Leden 10, 2018) – Vyrůstající ve stejné dělnické komunity a postupující přes stejné, proslavený sportovní program nemusí nutně dělat dva muži nejlepšími přáteli.

 

 

 

Bývalí spoluhráči Mountain Valley High School, a budoucí New England Boje smíšených bojových umění soupeře, Ryan Burgess a Nate Boucher jsou důkazem staré rčení, “známost chová opovržení.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, a Boucher, 21, budou bojovat v amatérském Flyweight zápas v „NEF 32: Super Sobota"O Sobota, Únor 3. Boj na Androscoggin Bank Colisee určí číslo jedna uchazeč v divizi 125 liber, a získat titul vítěze nasnímané proti mistr Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Uplyne již téměř rok, co Burgess, trojnásobný Maine high school wrestling šampion a kolem NEF titleholder, vešel do klece. Zavolal NEF spolumajitel a Dohazovač Matt Petersona a výslovně požádal boj Boucher.

 

 

 

Proč? Na jedné ruce, to bylo obchodní rozhodnutí poté, co Boucher blízkých, Ztráta split-Rozhodnutí Witham v názvu záchvatu listopadu.

 

 

 

„Byl jsem se po dobu jednoho roku. Doufal jsem, že se skočit zpátky do boj o titul,“Vysvětlil Burgess. „Po Nateově souboji s Witham, Věděl jsem, že bude chtít okamžitou odvetu. Poté, co vyšlo najevo, že se to nestane až do dubna, Zeptal jsem se, jestli bychom mohli udělat tento boj v únoru, a Nate ji vzal.“

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) Následně zahájila jednu nebo dvě sociálních médií granáty, které se objevily na označují určitou úroveň nepřátelství k jeho kolegy Falcon. Je pravděpodobné, že méně osobní než taktické; Burgess vycítil příležitost využít to, co vidí jako jeden z vrtů v Boucher brnění.

 

 

 

„Nate, od chvíle, kdy byl ještě dítě, Má přístup vymočí chudý, když ztratí. Doufám, že ho pokořit trochu a ujistit se, že se nemusí starat o tomto boji dostat do rukou soudců,“Prohlásil Burgess. „Nate pravděpodobně mohla být dvě- nebo-trojnásobný mistr stát, kdyby dal sám příležitost k tomu, že. Jestliže má stále stejný postoj, co měl tenkrát, to dopadne stejně.“

 

 

 

Burgess je jedním z pouhých čtyř třemi časovými státních mistrů v historii MVHS. Shodou okolností, Boucherův bratr, Ethan, také provést čin.

 

 

 

Boucher, která již byla přijata mimo čtyři čase Maine vysoká škola mat šampiona, a dvojnásobný finalista New England, Jeremiah Barkac of Dexter během svého působení v NEF šestiúhelníku, vypadá a zní jako odlišný charakter, než ten, který bojoval od rohože jako teenager.

 

 

 

Poté, co vyhrál své první dva zápasy s lehkostí, Boucher (2-1) Nebyl jediný v budově, kdo cítil, že udělal dost vydělat pás v Portlandu.

 

 

 

„Myslel jsem, že kontrolovaná I první dvě kola boje. Všichni tři, opravdu. První dva docela jsem moc neměl (Witham) dusil out,“Řekl Boucher. „To skončilo bytí učí zkušenost pro mě, že nemůže opustit boj s rozhodčími. Skvělá věc, o amatérských pozic je, když jsem samozřejmě záleží na mém záznamu, Na konci dne je to součást procesu učení, aby se vám lépe profesionál.“

 

 

 

V reakci na Burgess’ salvy na Facebooku, Boucher zpochybnil chování bývalého mistra po vítězství nef popruh dva zápasy do jeho kariéry.

 

 

 

„Nejsem moc na odpadky talk. Jen mě baví sport. Rád bojovat a pak už jen jít domů. Dělá to trochu stavět jeho ego myslím,“Řekl Boucher. „Hodil pás, protože měl potíže s tím hmotností, což je dost neuctivý, podle mého názoru. Byl na chvíli ven, takže teď jsem před ním, a ví, že musí jít skrze mne.“

 

 

 

Burgess řekl, že používá tento propouštěcí dokončit své vysokoškolské vzdělání a rozvíjet jeho kredit jako fyzioterapeutka asistent, což znamená, že lékařská profese je více pravděpodobné, že je jeho dlouhodobý kariéru než MMA.

 

 

 

Zatímco on pokračoval v jeho tréninkový plán na Rumford komunitního centra s berserkers MMA, Burgess říkal, že to bylo méně intenzivní a strukturované před svými ztrátami proti Witham a Dustin Veinott. Burgess předtím porazil oba rivaly.

 

 

 

„Fyzicky jsem stále měl biti jejich, ale psychicky jsem nebyl připravený, jak jsem měl být. Teď jsem mnohem cílenější,“Prohlásil Burgess. „V té době jsem končil školu, částečný pracovní úvazek 20 na 30 hodin týdně a jít do školy asi jiný 40. Ztratil jsem dva zápasy, kde jsem se pod hmotností. Byl jsem přibírání na váze, zatímco ostatní kluci byli řezání váhu. Já bych tam jít na hranici a že by dal na 10 na 15 libry mezi vážení a boje.“

 

 

 

Boucher sice nikdy nedosáhla svého potenciálu jako středoškolská zápasník. Ten sleduje jinou cestu, než Burgess, zapsat Central Maine Brazilské Jiu Jitsu - kde stále cvičí dnes - ve věku 13.

 

 

 

„Mám jedny z nejtěžších a nejlepších tréninkových partnerů ve státě,“Řekl Boucher. „Můj Jiu-Jitsu má za sebou dlouhou cestu, Téměř místo, kde to prošlo mým zápasí trochu. Samozřejmě, wrestling je to, co jsem vždycky vrátit, když jsem ji potřebují. Moje stahování je v noci a den. Bylo to hrozné pro můj první boj.“

 

 

 

Dodal, že jeho největší úspěch v MMA přišel na úkor bývalých zápasníků.

 

 

 

Burgess počítá Boucher podceňovat zbytek svého repertoáru. Jako někdo, kdo začal s zápasí na střední škole juniorské univerzitní tým v sedmé třídě, řekl, že jeho historie jako rychlý studie bylo přeneseno do sféry jiu-jitsu a boxu.

 

 

 

„Myslím, že to bude překvapen. Myslí si, že ví, co jsem přinést ke stolu,“Prohlásil Burgess. „Všechno, co ví o mně můj zápas, ale mám mnohem víc, než že se opřít o. Už vím, co přináší na stůl. A on to nebude učit za dva měsíce co jsem se dozvěděl za dva roky."

 

 

 

Zahajovací zvon na Únor 3 je nastaven na 7 p.m. Vstupenky jsou k dispozici na adrese www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

O New England bojuje

 

 

New England Boje ("NEF") je boj akce propagace firmy. Posláním ve formátu NEF je vytvořit v nejvyšší kvalitě události pro bojovníky Maine a fanoušci. Ve formátu NEF výkonný tým má rozsáhlé zkušenosti v oblasti řízení bojové sporty, Výroba události, media relations, marketing, právní a reklama.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, pak, 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 Sobota, Červen 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 (na 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 na 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 na 60 sekundy,” 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 a 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

V 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, taky. Hansen is the father of two girls, stáří 5 a 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. Pro tuto chvíli, 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.’”

Zahajovací zvon na Červen 18 je nastaven na 7 p.m. Vstupenky na „NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 a jsou k dispozici na adrese www.TheColisee.com nebo zavoláním na pokladnu Colisée na 207.783.2009, rozšíření 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, naleznete na internetových stránkách na podporu na adrese www.NewEnglandFights.com. Kromě toho, můžete sledovat video ve formátu NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, sledovat je na Twitterunefights a připojit se k oficiální facebookové skupině "New England bojů."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (Duben 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) byl the 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.”

 

Na začátku 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 sekundy. 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). Po vítězství, 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. Dále, 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. Vyhrát nebo prohrát, 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 prvního kola.

 

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 Sobota noc, 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.”

 

Další akce Nová Anglie bojuje ", "NEF 22: Všechny cesty vedou ZDE,” takes place this Sobota, Duben 23, 2016 na Androscoggin Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 a jsou již v prodeji v www.TheColisee.com nebo zavoláním na pokladnu Colisée na 207.783.2009 x 525. Další informace o aktualizacích karet událostí a boje, naleznete na internetových stránkách na podporu na adrese www.NewEnglandFights.com. Kromě toho, můžete sledovat video ve formátu NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, sledovat je na Twitterunefights a připojit se k oficiální facebookové skupině "New England bojů."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Březen 17, 2016) - New England utkání (NEF), Číslo jedna regionální podpora boj Ameriky, se bude konat další události, “NEF 22: Všechny cesty vedou ZDE” na Sobota, Duben 23, 2016 na Androscoggin Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Dneska, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” boj karta. Mikrofon “Knír” Hansen (3-3) podepsala na tváři Jesse “Barbar” Baughman (0-1) na boj hmotnosti 205 liber.

 

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) minulý měsíc. He will look to rebound from that loss on Duben 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. Tak, 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.

 

Další akce Nová Anglie bojuje ", "NEF 22: Všechny cesty vedou ZDE," koná se Sobota, Duben 23, 2016 na Androscoggin Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 a jsou již v prodeji v www.TheColisee.com nebo zavoláním na pokladnu Colisée na 207.783.2009 x 525. Další informace o aktualizacích karet událostí a boje, naleznete na internetových stránkách na podporu na adrese www.NewEnglandFights.com. Kromě toho, můžete sledovat video ve formátu NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, sledovat je na Twitterunefights a připojit se k oficiální facebookové skupině "New England bojů."