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Spændinger bende høj som tidligere Falcons Holdkammerater Forbered MMA Cage Battle

Lewiston, Maine (Januar 10, 2018) – Vokser op i den samme blå-krave samfund og fremme gennem den samme, etages sportsprogram ikke nødvendigvis gør to mænd bedste venner.

 

 

 

Tidligere Mountain Valley High School holdkammerater, og fremtidig New England Fights blandet kampsport modstandere, Ryan Burgess og Nate Boucher er bevis på den gamle maksime, “kendskab racer foragt.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, og Boucher, 21, vil kæmpe i en amatør fluevægt Bout på ”NEF 32: Super Lørdag"På Lørdag, Februar 3. Kampen på Androscoggin Bank Colisee vil afgøre nummer et udfordrer i 125-pund division, og tjene vinderen en titel skudt mod mester Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Det vil have været næsten et år siden Burgess, en tre-tiden Maine gymnasium brydning mester og tidligere NEF titleholder, gik ind i buret. Han kaldte NEF medejer og matchmaker Matt Peterson og specifikt anmodede Boucher kampen.

 

 

 

Hvorfor? På den ene side, det var en forretningsmæssig beslutning efter Boucher tætte, tab split-beslutning om at Witham i en November titel Bout.

 

 

 

”Jeg har været ude i et år. Jeg havde håbet at springe lige tilbage i en titel kamp,”Burgess forklarede. ”Efter Nates kamp med Witham, Jeg vidste, at han ville have den umiddelbare omkamp. Når det blev klart, at der ikke ville ske indtil april, Jeg spurgte, om vi kunne gøre denne kamp i februar, og Nate tog det.”

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) efterfølgende lanceret en eller to sociale medier granater, der syntes at indikere en vis grad af fjendskab mod hans kolleger Falcon. Det er sandsynligt mindre personligt end taktisk; Burgess fornemmede en mulighed for at udnytte, hvad han ser som en af ​​de sprækker i Boucher panser.

 

 

 

”Nate, lige siden han var barn, har en pisse-dårlig holdning, når han taber. Jeg håber at ydmyge ham en lille smule, og sørg for at han ikke behøver at bekymre sig om denne kamp at komme i hænderne på dommerne,”Burgess sagde. ”Nate sandsynligvis kunne have været en to- eller-tre-tiden state mester, hvis han havde givet sig selv mulighed for at gøre det. Hvis han stadig har den samme holdning, han havde dengang, det kommer til at ende på samme måde.”

 

 

 

Burgess er en af ​​kun fire tre-tiden statslige mestre i MVHS historie. Tilfældigvis, Boucher bror, Ethan, også opnås kunststykket.

 

 

 

Boucher, der allerede har tegnet fire-tiden Maine gymnasiet mat mester, og to-tiden New England finalist, Jeremias Barkac af Dexter i løbet af sin tid i NEF sekskant, ser ud og lyder som en anden karakter end den, der kæmpede væk fra måtten som teenager.

 

 

 

Efter at have vundet sine to første kampe med lethed, Boucher (2-1) var ikke den eneste i bygningen, der følte, at han havde gjort nok til at tjene bæltet i Portland.

 

 

 

”Jeg troede, jeg kontrollerede de første to runder af kampen. Alle tre, virkelig. De to første jeg havde temmelig meget (Witham) kvalt ud,”Boucher sagde. ”Det endte med at blive en lærerig oplevelse for mig, at du ikke kan forlade kampen til dommerne. Den store ting om amatør rækker er, mens selvfølgelig jeg holder min rekord, ved slutningen af ​​den dag, det er en del af læreprocessen at gøre dig en bedre professionel.”

 

 

 

Som reaktion på Burgess’ flugtninger på Facebook, Boucher spørgsmålstegn ved tidligere mester adfærd efter at have vundet NEF rem to kampe i sin karriere.

 

 

 

”Jeg er ikke meget for papirkurven snak. Jeg bare nyde sporten. Jeg kan lide at kæmpe og så bare gå hjem. Han gør det lidt til at bygge hans ego jeg tror,”Boucher sagde. ”Han faldt bæltet, fordi han havde problemer med at gøre vægten, som er temmelig respektløst, efter min mening. Han var ude i et stykke tid, så nu er jeg foran sig, og han ved, at han er nødt til at gå igennem mig.”

 

 

 

Burgess sagde, at han brugte at fritstille til at fuldføre sin college uddannelse og udvikle sine akkreditiver som en fysioterapeut assistent, hvilket indikerer, at den medicinske profession er mere tilbøjelige til at være hans langsigtede karriere end MMA.

 

 

 

Mens han fortsatte sin uddannelse tidsplan på Rumford Community Center med Berserkers MMA, Burgess sagde, at det var mindre intens og struktureret forud for sit tab mod Witham og Dustin Veinott. Burgess tidligere besejret både rivaler.

 

 

 

”Fysisk jeg stadig skulle have slået dem, men mentalt var jeg ikke så forberedt som jeg burde have været. Nu er jeg meget mere fokuseret,”Burgess sagde. ”På det tidspunkt var jeg endt skolegang, deltidsarbejde 20 til 30 timer om ugen, og at gå i skole til sandsynligvis en anden 40. Jeg mistede to kampe, hvor jeg var under vægten. Jeg var at få vægt, mens de andre fyre var at skære vægten. Jeg ville gå derind på grænsen, og de ville sætte på 10 til 15 pounds mellem indvejningen og kampen.”

 

 

 

Boucher ganske vist aldrig nået sit potentiale som en high school wrestler. Han har fulgt en anden vej end Burgess, indskrive på Central Maine Brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu - hvor han stadig træner i dag - i en alder af 13.

 

 

 

”Jeg har nogle af de hårdeste og bedste uddannelse partnere i staten,”Boucher sagde. "Mit jiu-jitsu er kommet en lang vej, næsten det punkt, hvor den har passeret min brydning en lille smule. Selvfølgelig, brydning er, hvad jeg altid gå tilbage til, når jeg har brug for det. Min slående er nat-og-dag. Det var forfærdeligt for min første kamp.”

 

 

 

Han tilføjede, at hans største succes i MMA er kommet på bekostning af tidligere wrestlere.

 

 

 

Burgess regner med Boucher at undervurdere resten af ​​hans repertoire. Som en, der tog brydning på den midterste skole junior varsity team i syvende klasse, Han sagde, at hans historie som en hurtig undersøgelse har overført til realm af jiu-jitsu og boksning.

 

 

 

”Jeg tror, ​​han vil blive overrasket. Han tror, ​​han ved, hvad jeg bringer til bordet,”Burgess sagde. ”Alt hvad han ved om mig, er min brydning, men jeg har en masse mere end det at falde tilbage på. Jeg ved allerede, hvad han bringer til bordet. Og han kommer ikke til at lære i to måneder hvad jeg har lært i to år."

 

 

 

Åbningen klokke på Februar 3 er indstillet til 7 p.m. Billetter kan købes på www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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New England Fights ("NEF") er en kamp Events kampagner selskab. NEF mission er at skabe den højeste kvalitet begivenheder for Maine krigere og fans. NEF udøvende team har stor erfaring i kamp sport management, begivenheder produktion, medierelationer, markedsføring, juridiske og reklame.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, derefter, 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 Lørdag, Juni 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 til 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 til 60 sekunder,” 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 og 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

I 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, aldre 5 og 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. For nu, 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.’”

Åbningen klokke på Juni 18 er indstillet til 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 og kan findes på www.TheColisee.com eller ved at ringe til Colisee box office på 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, besøg fremme hjemmeside på www.NewEnglandFights.com. Desuden, du kan se NEF videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og slutte den officielle Facebook-gruppe "New England Fights."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (April 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) var den player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did ikke 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.”

 

I begyndelsen af 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 sekunder. Matt was in attendance that night and found his curiosity piqued at the prospect of competing in a different kind of contact sport.

 

Senere i 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). Efter sejren, 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. Derudover, 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, bekræftet. “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. Vinder eller taber, 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 af første runde.

 

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 Lørdag nat, 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.”

 

New England Fights 'næste arrangement, "NEF 22: Alle veje fører HER,” takes place this Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 og er der tilbud nu på www.TheColisee.com eller ved at ringe til Colisée box office på 207.783.2009 x 525. For mere information om begivenheden og kampen kort opdateringer, besøg fremme hjemmeside på www.NewEnglandFights.com. Desuden, du kan se NEF videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og slutte den officielle Facebook-gruppe "New England Fights."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 I Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Marts 17, 2016) - New England Fights (NEF), Amerikas nummer et regional kamp forfremmelse, vil afholde sit næste arrangement, “NEF 22: Alle veje fører HER” på Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) og professionelle boksekampe. Tidligere i dag, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” Kampen kort. Mike “Den Mustache” Hansen (3-3) har underskrevet til ansigt Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) ved en kamp vægt på 205-pounds.

 

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) sidste måned. 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. Så, 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).

 

“På 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.

 

New England Fights 'næste arrangement, "NEF 22: Alle veje fører HER," finder sted Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 og er der tilbud nu på www.TheColisee.com eller ved at ringe til Colisée box office på 207.783.2009 x 525. For mere information om begivenheden og kampen kort opdateringer, besøg fremme hjemmeside på www.NewEnglandFights.com. Desuden, du kan se NEF videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og slutte den officielle Facebook-gruppe "New England Fights."