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Pinged Running suur kui endine Falcons meeskonnakaaslased Valmistu MMA Cage Battle

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Lewiston, Maine (Jaanuar 10, 2018) – Kasvades üles sama tehasetööline kogukonnas ja arenev läbi sama, korruseline spordi programm ei pruugi teha kaks meest parimad sõbrad.

 

 

 

Endine Mountain Valley High School meeskonnakaaslased, ja tulevikus New England Tülid segatud võitluskunstide vastased, Ryan Burgess ja Nate Boucher on tõendeid vana maksiim, “tundmine põlgus.”

 

 

 

Linnakodanik, 24, Boucher, 21, on lahing amatöör Kärpässarjalainen hooaeg on "NEF 32: Super Laupäev"Kohta Laupäev, Veebruar 3. Võitlus on Androscoggin Bank Colisee määrab number üks kandidaat on 125-nael jagunemise, ja teenida võitja pealkiri tulistas vastu meister Justin Witham.

 

 

 

See on olnud peaaegu aasta, kuna Burgess, kolme ajal Maine keskkooli maadlus meister ja viimase NEF Valitsev meister, kõndis puuri. Ta kutsus NEF kaasomanik ja kosjasobitaja Matt Peterson ja konkreetselt tellinud Boucher võitluses.

 

 

 

Miks? Ühelt poolt, see oli äriline otsus pärast Boucher tihe, jagatud otsuse kahju Witham in november pealkiri Bout.

 

 

 

"Ma olen olnud juba aasta. Ma lootsin, et hüpata kohe tagasi pealkirja võitluses,"Burgess selgitas. "Pärast Nate on võitlus Witham, Ma teadsin, et ta tahaks kohe Kordusmatši. Kui sai selgeks, et ei juhtu kuni aprillini, Ma küsisin, kas me võiksime teha seda võitlust veebruaris, ja Nate võttis ta. "

 

 

 

Linnakodanik (2-2) seejärel algatatud üks või kaks sotsiaalse meedia granaadid, et tundus näitavad mõned tase vaenulikkus suunas tema kaaslased Falcon. On tõenäoline, vähem isiklike kui taktikaliste; Burgess tajusin võimaluse kasutada, mida ta näeb ühe Hiinakad Boucher sõjariistade.

 

 

 

"Nate, kunagi, sest ta oli laps, on piss-halb suhtumine, kui ta kaotab. Loodan, et alandab teda natuke ja veenduge, et ta ei pea muretsema selle võitluse saada kätte kohtunike,"Burgess ütles. "Nate ilmselt oleks võinud kahe- või kolm tööajaga riigi meister, kui ta on andnud ise võimaluse teha. Kui ta ikka on sama suhtumine ta toona, see läheb lõpuks samamoodi. "

 

 

 

Burgess on üks ainult neljast kolme ajal riigi Meistrite MVHS ajalugu. Juhuslikult, Boucher vend, Ethan, Samuti saavutati feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, kes on juba välja võetud neli korda Maine keskkooli matt meister, ja kaks korda New England finalist, Jeremiah Barkac Dexter oma aja NEF kuusnurk, välja ja kõlab nagu teistsugune kui see, kes võitles kaugusel matt nagu teismeline.

 

 

 

Pärast võitnud oma esimese kahe võitleb kergust, Boucher (2-1) ei olnud ainus hoone, kes tundis ta oli teinud piisavalt teenida vöö Portland.

 

 

 

"Ma arvasin, et ma kontrollitud kaks esimest vooru võitlus. Kõik kolm, tõesti. Esimesed kaks ma päris palju olnud (Witham) Vihane välja,"Boucher ütles. "See oli lõpuks õppimise kogemus mulle, et sa ei saa lahkuda võitluses kohtunike. Vahva amatöör ridadesse on, samas muidugi ma hoolin minu rekord, lõpus, mil see on osa õppeprotsessi sind paremini professionaalne. "

 

 

 

Vastuseks Burgess’ volleys Facebook, Boucher kahtluse endise meister käitumist pärast võitnud NEF rihma kaks võitleb tema karjääri.

 

 

 

"Ma ei ole palju, et Rämpskõne. Ma lihtsalt nautida sport. Mulle meeldib, et võidelda ja siis koju minna. Ta teeb seda veidi ehitada oma ego ma arvan,"Boucher ütles. "Ta langes vöö, sest ta oli probleeme tehes kaal, mis on päris lugupidamatu, minu arvates. Ta oli mõneks ajaks, Nüüd ma olen enne teda, ja ta teab, et ta peab minema läbi mind. "

 

 

 

Burgess ütles ta kasutas, et vallandamine täita oma kolledži haridus ja arendada oma volikirja nagu füsioterapeut assistent, mis näitab, et meditsiiniasutused on tõenäolisem, et olla oma pikaajalise karjääri kui MMA.

 

 

 

Kuigi ta jätkas oma treeningukava on Rumford rahvamajas koos berserkers MMA, Burgess ütles, et see oli nii tugev ja struktureeritud enne tema kaotust vastu Witham ja Dustin Veinott. Burgess varem alistas nii rivaalid.

 

 

 

"Füüsiliselt ma ikka oleks pidanud peksa neid, kuid vaimselt ma ei olnud nii valmis, nagu ma oleks pidanud. Nüüd ma olen palju rohkem keskendunud,"Burgess ütles. "Sel ajal olin kooli lõpetamist, osalise tööajaga 20 kuni 30 tundi nädalas ja koolis käimine ilmselt teise 40. Ma kaotasin kaks võitleb kus olin raskuse all. Olin kaalus teised poisid olid lõikamine kaalu. Ma läheksin sinna piiril ja nad panna 10 kuni 15 naela vahel kaalumine ja võitlus. "

 

 

 

Boucher küll kunagi jõudnud oma potentsiaali keskkooli maadleja. Ta järgis teist teed kui Burgess, registreerimisega Central Maine Brasiilia Jiu-Jutsu - kus ta ikka rongid täna - aastaselt 13.

 

 

 

"Mul on mõningaid kõige raskemaid ja parimaid koolitus partnerite riik,"Boucher ütles. "Minu Ju-jutsu on tulnud pika tee, peaaegu punktini, kus see on läbinud minu maadlus natuke. Muidugi, Maadlus on see, mida ma alati tagasi minna, kui ma vajan seda. Minu silmatorkav on öösel ja päeva. See oli kohutav minu esimene võitlus. "

 

 

 

Ta lisas, et tema suurim edu MMA on tulnud kulul endise maadlejate.

 

 

 

Burgess loodab Boucher alahinnata oma ülejäänud repertuaari. Nagu keegi, kes asus maadlus kohta põhikoolis junior võistkond meeskond seitsmendas klassis, Ta ütles, et tema ajalugu kiire õppija on üle viia valdkonda jiu-jitsu ja poks.

 

 

 

"Ma arvan, et ta saab olema üllatunud. Ta arvab, et ta teab, mida ma tuua lauale,"Burgess ütles. "Kõik, mida ta teab minust on mu maadlus, kuid mul on palju rohkem kui taandub. Ma juba tean, mida ta toob lauale. Ja ta ei kavatse õppida kahe kuu mida ma olen õppinud kahe aasta jooksul."

 

 

 

Avamise bell kohta Veebruar 3 on seatud 7 Pärastlõunal. Piletid on müügil www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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New England võitleb ("NEF") on võitlus sündmused tutvustusi ettevõte. NEF missiooniks on luua kvaliteetseid üritusi Maine võitlejad ja fännid. NEF tippjuhtkonna on pikaajaline kogemus Võitlussport juhtimine, ürituste tootmine, suhted meediaga, turundus, õigus- ja reklaam.

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, siis, 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 Laupäev, Juuni 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 kuni 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 kuni 60 sekundit,” 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 ja 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

In 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, ka. Hansen is the father of two girls, vanuses 5 ja 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. Praegu, 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.’”

Avamise bell kohta Juuni 18 on seatud 7 Pärastlõunal. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 ja on kättesaadav aadressil www.TheColisee.com või helistades Colisee kassas 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, külasta edendamise kodulehel www.NewEnglandFights.com. Veel, saab vaadata NEF videod www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, järgige neid Twitternefights ja liituda ametlik Facebook gruppi "New England võitleb."

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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

 

Aasta alguses 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 sekundit. 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). Pärast võitu, 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. Lisaks, 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. Võita või kaotada, 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 Esimese ringi.

 

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 Laupäev öö, 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 võitleb "järgmise ürituse, "NEF 22: Kõik teed viivad SIIN,” takes place this Laupäev, Aprill 23, 2016 kell Androscoggin Bank Colisée Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ja on müügil nüüd www.TheColisee.com või helistades Colisée kassas 207.783.2009 x 525. Lisateavet sündmuse ja võitlus kaardi uuendused, külasta edendamise kodulehel www.NewEnglandFights.com. Veel, saab vaadata NEF videod www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, järgige neid Twitternefights ja liituda ametlik Facebook gruppi "New England võitleb."

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (Märts 17, 2016) - New England võitleb (NEF), Ameerika number üks piirkondliku võitluse edendamine, korraldab oma järgmise ürituse, “NEF 22: Kõik teed viivad SIIN” edasi Laupäev, Aprill 23, 2016 kell Androscoggin Bank Colisée Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Täna, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” Võitlus kaart. Mike “Mustache” Hansen (3-3) on sõlminud näkku Jesse “Barbarid” Baughman (0-1) kell võitlus kaaluga 205 naela.

 

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) viimase kuu jooksul. He will look to rebound from that loss on Aprill 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. Nii, 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).

 

“Edasi 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.”

 

New England võitleb "järgmise ürituse, "NEF 22: Kõik teed viivad SIIN," leiab aset Laupäev, Aprill 23, 2016 kell Androscoggin Bank Colisée Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ja on müügil nüüd www.TheColisee.com või helistades Colisée kassas 207.783.2009 x 525. Lisateavet sündmuse ja võitlus kaardi uuendused, külasta edendamise kodulehel www.NewEnglandFights.com. Veel, saab vaadata NEF videod www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, järgige neid Twitternefights ja liituda ametlik Facebook gruppi "New England võitleb."