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Jännitteet kuumina kuin Entinen Falcons joukkuetoverit Valmistaudu MMA Cage Battle

Lewiston, Maine (Tammikuu 10, 2018) – Kasvaminen samassa sinikaulus- yhteisöä ja etenee läpi samat, Syöte urheiluohjelma ei välttämättä tee kaksi miestä parhaita ystäviä.

 

 

 

Entinen Mountain Valley High School joukkuetoverit, ja tulevien New England Fights Vapaaottelu vastustajia, Ryan Burgess ja Nate Boucher ovat osoitus vanhan Maxim, “samankaltaisuus synnyttää paheksuntaa.”

 

 

 

Porvari, 24, ja Boucher, 21, taistelevat Amateur keskipakoispainoelementti bout at ”NEF 32: Super Lauantai"Koskevat Lauantai, Helmikuu 3. Taistelussa on Androscoggin Bank Colisee määrittää numero yksi haastaja 125 paunan jako, ja ansaita voittaja otsikko ampui vastaan ​​mestari Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Se on melkein vuosi, kun Burgess, kolminkertainen Maine lukion paini mestari ja ohi NEF hallitseva mestari, kulki häkkiin. Hän kutsui NEF osaomistaja ja matchmaker Matt Peterson ja nimenomaisesti pyytänyt Boucher taistelu.

 

 

 

Miksi? Toisaalta, kyseessä oli siis päätöksen jälkeen Boucher läheinen, split-päätös tappion Witham vuonna Marraskuussa otsikko bout.

 

 

 

”Olen ollut pois vuoden. Toivoin hypätä takaisin mestaruusottelu,”Burgess selitti. ”Kun Nate taistella Witham, Tiesin, että hän haluaisi välitöntä uusintaottelua. Kun kävi selväksi, että ei tule tapahtumaan vasta huhtikuussa, Kysyin jos voisimme tehdä tämän taistelun helmikuussa, ja Nate otti sen.”

 

 

 

Porvari (2-2) Myöhemmin käynnistettiin yksi tai kaksi sosiaalisen median kranaatteja, jotka näyttivät osoittavan jonkin verran vihamielisyyden kollegaansa Falcon. On todennäköistä vähemmän henkilökohtainen kuin taktinen; Burgess vaistosi mahdollisuuden hyödyntää mitä hän näkee yhtenä raot Boucher haarniskaan.

 

 

 

”Nate, siitä lähtien kun hän oli lapsi, on kusta huono asenne, kun hän menettää. Toivon nöyryyttää häntä hieman ja varmista, että hän ei tarvitse pelätä tätä taistelua saada käsissä tuomareiden,”Burgess sanoi. ”Nate luultavasti olisi voinut olla kaksi- tai-kolme kertaa valtion mestari, jos hän olisi antanut itselleen mahdollisuuden tehdä. Jos hän on edelleen sama asenne hänellä oli tuolloin, se tulee lopettaa samalla tavalla.”

 

 

 

Burgess on yksi neljästä kolme kertaa valtion mestareita MVHS historiassa. Sattumalta, Boucher veli, ethan, myös aikaan feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, joka on jo otettu pois nelinkertainen Maine lukion matto mestari, ja kaksi kertaa New England finalisti, Jeremiah Barkac Dexter hänen aikanaan NEF kuusikulmion, näyttää ja kuulostaa erilainen luonne kuin se, joka kamppaili pois maton teini.

 

 

 

Voitettuaan hänen kaksi ensimmäistä taistelee helposti, Boucher (2-1) ei ollut ainoa rakennus, joka tuntui hän oli tehnyt tarpeeksi ansaitakseen hihnan Portland.

 

 

 

”Luulin kontrolloi kahdella ensimmäisellä kierroksella taistelussa. Kaikki kolme, todella. Ensimmäiset kaksi minulla oli melkein (Witham) kuristi ulos,”Boucher sanoi. ”Se oli lopulta oppimiskokemus minulle, että et voi jättää taistelua tuomareille. Hienoa amatööri riveissä on, vaikka en tietenkään välitä ennätys, lopussa päivän se on osa oppimisprosessia tehdä sinulle parempi ammattilainen.”

 

 

 

Vasteena Burgess’ volleys Facebookissa, Boucher kyseenalaisti entisen mestarin käyttäytymistä voitettuaan NEF hihna kaksi taistelee hänen uransa.

 

 

 

”En ole paljon roskakoriin talk. Minä vain nauttivat urheilusta. Haluan taistella ja sitten vain mennä kotiin. Hän tekee sen hieman rakentaa egonsa luulen,”Boucher sanoi. ”Hän pudotti vyö, koska hänellä oli vaikeuksia tehdä paino, joka on aika epäkunnioittavaa, minun mielestäni. Hän oli poissa jonkin aikaa, joten nyt olen edessään, ja hän tietää joutuu käymään läpi minulle.”

 

 

 

Burgess sanoi hän käytti, että lomautuksen täydennä college koulutus ja kehittää uskottavuutensa fysioterapeutti avustaja, mikä osoittaa, että lääkärikunta on todennäköisemmin hänen pitkäaikainen ura kuin puikko-.

 

 

 

Vaikka hän jatkoi harjoitusohjelman osoitteessa Rumford monitoimitalo Berserkers puikko-, Burgess sanoi, että se oli niin voimakas ja jäsennelty ennen hänen tappioita vastaan ​​Witham Dustin Veinott. Burgess aiemmin voitti molemmat kilpailijat.

 

 

 

”Fyysisesti en silti olisi pitänyt voittaneet heidät, mutta henkisesti en ollut niin valmis kuin minun olisi pitänyt. Nyt olen paljon enemmän keskittynyt,”Burgess sanoi. ”Tuolloin olin viimeistely koulu, osa-aikatyössä 20 kohteeseen 30 tuntia viikossa ja menee kouluun luultavasti toiselle 40. Menetin kaksi taistelee missä olin alle painon. Olin lihoo kun muut kaverit olivat leikkaus paino. Menisin sinne rajoilla ja he laittaa 10 kohteeseen 15 kiloa välillä punnituksen ja taistelu.”

 

 

 

Boucher tosin ei koskaan saavuttanut hänen mahdollisuutensa lukion painija. Hän on seurannut eri polkua kuin Burgess, ilmoittautumalla Central Maine brasilialainen jujutsu - missä hän silti junat tänään - vuotiaana 13.

 

 

 

”Minulla on muutamia vaikeimpia ja paras koulutus kumppaneiden tilassa,”Boucher sanoi. "Minun jujutsu on kulkenut pitkän tien, melkein pisteeseen, jossa se on läpäissyt minun paini hieman. Tietenkin, paini on mitä olen aina palata, kun sitä tarvitsen. Minun silmiinpistävää on yön ja päivän. Se oli kamalaa minun ensimmäinen taistelu.”

 

 

 

Hän lisäsi, että hänen suurin menestys MMA on tullut kustannuksella entisen painijoita.

 

 

 

Burgess luottaa Boucher aliarvioida loppuelämänsä ohjelmistoon. Kuten joku, joka aloitti paini yläasteen juniori yliopisto joukkue seitsemännellä luokalla, Hän sanoi, että hänen historiansa nopeana tutkimuksessa on siirretty osaksi keskustelussa jujutsu ja nyrkkeily.

 

 

 

”Luulen, että hän tulee olemaan yllättynyt. Hän luulee tietävänsä mitä tuoda pöytään,”Burgess sanoi. ”Kaikki hän tietää minusta on minun paini, mutta minulla on paljon enemmän kuin turvautua. Tiedän jo, mitä hän tuo pöytään. Hän ei aio opetella kahden kuukauden päästä mitä olen oppinut kahdessa vuodessa."

 

 

 

Avaaminen kelloa Helmikuu 3 on asetettu 7 p.m. Lippuja on saatavilla www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

Tietoja New England Fights

 

 

New England Taistelee ("NEF") on taistelu tapahtumia tarjouksia yritys. NEF: n missiona on luoda korkealaatuisia tapahtumia Maine taistelijoita ja faneille. NEF: n johtoryhmä on laaja kokemus kamppailulajien hallinta, tapahtumien tuotanto, mediasuhteet, markkinointi, oikeudellisia ja mainonta.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, sitten, 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 Lauantai, Kesäkuu 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 kohteeseen 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 kohteeseen 60 sekuntia,” 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.

Vuonna 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, myös. Hansen is the father of two girls, ikäisille 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. Toistaiseksi, 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.’”

Avaaminen kelloa Kesäkuu 18 on asetettu 7 p.m. Lippuja tapahtumaan “NEF 24: Luvattu maa ”alkaa klo $25 ja ne ovat saatavilla www.TheColisee.com tai soittamalla Colisee lipputulot at 207.783.2009, laajennus 525.

Lisätietoja tapahtumista ja taistelukorttipäivityksistä, käy edistäminen verkkosivuilla osoitteessa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Lisäksi, voit katsella NEF videoita www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, noudata niitä Twitterissänefights ja liittyä viralliseen Facebook-ryhmään "New England Fights."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (Huhtikuu 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.”

 

Alkuvuodesta 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 sekuntia. 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). Jälkeen voittaa, 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. Lisäksi, 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. Voittaa tai hävitä, 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 ensimmäisen kierroksen.

 

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 Lauantai yö, 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 Taistelee "seuraava tapahtuma, "NEF 22: Kaikki tiet vievät TÄSTÄ,” takes place this Lauantai, Huhtikuu 23, 2016 klo Androscoggin Bank Colisée Lewiston, Maine. "NEF 22" -tapahtuman liput alkavat vain $25 ja ovat myynnissä nyt www.TheColisee.com tai soittamalla Colisée lipputulot 207.783.2009 X 525. Lisätietoja tapahtumasta ja taistella kortti päivitykset, käy edistäminen verkkosivuilla osoitteessa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Lisäksi, voit katsella NEF videoita www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, noudata niitä Twitterissänefights ja liittyä viralliseen Facebook-ryhmään "New England Fights."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Maaliskuu 17, 2016) - New England Fights (NEF), Amerikan numero yksi alueellinen taistelu edistäminen, pitää sen seuraava tapahtuma, “NEF 22: Kaikki tiet vievät TÄSTÄ” päällä Lauantai, Huhtikuu 23, 2016 klo Androscoggin Bank Colisée Lewiston, Maine. Taistelukortissa on sekoitus taistelulajeja (MMA) ja ammattilaiset nyrkkeilyottelut. Aiemmin tänään, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” taistella kortti. Mikrofoni “Viikset” Hansen (3-3) on allekirjoittanut kasvoihin Jesse “Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) klo taistelu paino 205-kiloa.

 

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) viime kuussa. He will look to rebound from that loss on Huhtikuu 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. Joten, 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).

 

“Päällä 23. huhtikuuta, 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 Taistelee "seuraava tapahtuma, "NEF 22: Kaikki tiet vievät TÄSTÄ,"Tapahtuu Lauantai, Huhtikuu 23, 2016 klo Androscoggin Bank Colisée Lewiston, Maine. "NEF 22" -tapahtuman liput alkavat vain $25 ja ovat myynnissä nyt www.TheColisee.com tai soittamalla Colisée lipputulot 207.783.2009 X 525. Lisätietoja tapahtumasta ja taistella kortti päivitykset, käy edistäminen verkkosivuilla osoitteessa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Lisäksi, voit katsella NEF videoita www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, noudata niitä Twitterissänefights ja liittyä viralliseen Facebook-ryhmään "New England Fights."