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Teannas Rith Teocht is Iar-Bills teammates Ullmhú le haghaidh MMA Cage Cath

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Lewiston, Maine (Eanáir 10, 2018) – Ag fás suas i measc an phobail gorm-collar céanna agus ag cur tríd an gcéanna, clár spóirt storied ní a dhéanamh gá go beirt fhear chuid cairde is fearr.

 

 

 

Iar-teammates Mountain Valley High School, agus sa todhchaí Sasana Nua troideanna measctha opponents healaíona comhraic, Tá Ryan Burgess agus Nate Boucher fianaise ar an maxim aois, “póir cur amach díspeagadh.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, agus Boucher, 21, Beidh cath i bout flyweight amaitéarach ag "NEF 32: Super Dé Sathairn"Ar Dé Sathairn, Feabhra 3. Beidh an troid ag Androscoggin Bank Colisee a chinneadh an uimhir amháin contender sa rannán 125-punt, agus a thuilleamh an buaiteoir teideal lámhaigh in aghaidh curadh Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Beidh sé a bheith beagnach bliain ó shin Burgess, trí-am curadh Maine wrestling scoil ard agus titleholder NEF am atá thart, shiúil isteach sa Cage. D'iarr sé NEF comh-úinéir agus matchmaker Matt Peterson agus d'iarr go sonrach leis an gcomhrac Boucher.

 

 

 

Cén fáth? Ar lámh amháin, go raibh sé cinneadh gnó i ndiaidh dhúnadh Boucher ar, caillteanas scoilt-chinneadh Witham i bout teideal Samhain.

 

 

 

"Bhí mé amach ar feadh bliana. Bhí mé ag súil chun léim ceart ar ais isteach i gcomhrac teideal,"Mhínigh Burgess. "I ndiaidh troid Nate le Witham, Bhí a fhios agam go mbeadh sé ag iarraidh an rematch láithreach. Chomh luath agus ba léir nach raibh ag dul a tharlóidh go dtí Aibreán, D'iarr mé má d'fhéadfadh muid é seo a chomhrac i mí Feabhra, agus thóg Nate é. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) Sheol nó dhó grenades meáin shóisialta go raibh an chuma a chur in iúl ar roinnt leibhéal animosity i dtreo a Falcon eile ina dhiaidh sin. Is dócha chomh pearsanta ná oirbheartaíochta; Burgess airigh deis chun leas a bhaint méid a fheiceann sé mar cheann de na chinks i armúr Boucher ar.

 

 

 

"Nate, ó shin i leith bhí sé ina kid, Tá dearcadh an piss-lag nuair a chailleann sé. Tá súil agam a humble dó le beagán agus a dhéanamh cinnte nach bhfuil sé a imní faoi seo troid ag dul i lámha na breithiúna,"A dúirt Burgess. "Nate D'fhéadfadh dócha a bheith ina dhá- nó-trí-am stáit curadh dá dtabharfadh sé an deis a dhéanamh go bhfuil féin. Má tá sé fós ar an dearcadh céanna a bhí sé ar ais ansin, tá sé ag dul go dtí deireadh an mbealach céanna. "

 

 

 

Is Burgess cheann de na ceithre Seaimpíní stáit trí-uair riamh i stair MVHS. Coincidentally, Deartháir Boucher ar, Ethan, chomh maith i gcrích an feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, a bhfuil a tógadh amach cheana féin ceithre-am curadh mata scoil Maine ard, agus dhá-am Sasana Nua iomaitheoir, Jeremiah Barkac na Dexter linn a chuid ama sa heicseagán NEF, Breathnaíonn agus fuaimeanna cosúil le carachtar eile a dhéantar a streachailt ar shiúl ó na mata mar dhéagóir.

 

 

 

Tar éis a bhuaigh a chéad dhá troideanna gan stró, Boucher (2-1) Ní raibh an t-aon san fhoirgneamh a bhraith a bhí déanta aige go leor a thuilleamh an crios i Portland.

 

 

 

"Shíl mé rialú mé an chéad dá bhabhta den troid. Gach trí, i ndáiríre. An chéad dá mé go raibh i bhfad níos go leor (Witham) plódaithe amach,"A dúirt Boucher. "Dar críoch sé suas a bheith ina eispéireas foghlama dom nach féidir leat a fhágáil ar an troid leis na breithiúna. Is é an rud is fearr faoi na céimeanna amaitéarach, cé go ar ndóigh cúram mé faoi mo thaifead, ag deireadh an lae tá sé mar chuid den phróiseas foghlama a dhéanann tú níos fearr gairmiúil. "

 

 

 

Mar fhreagra ar Burgess’ volleys ar Facebook, Boucher cheistigh iompar an curadh iar tar éis a bhuaigh an strap NEF dhá troideanna isteach a ghairm bheatha.

 

 

 

"Níl mé i bhfad chun an chaint bruscar. taitneamh a bhaint as mé díreach tar éis an spórt. Is maith liom dul i ngleic agus ansin dul abhaile. A dhéanann sé sé beagán a thógáil a ego I mo thuairimse,,"A dúirt Boucher. "Thit sé an crios toisc go raibh sé a bhfuil deacracht meáchan a dhéanamh, atá go leor dímheasúil, i mo thuairim. Bhí sé amach ar feadh tamaill, mar sin anois tá mé chun tosaigh air, agus a fhios aige go bhfuil sé ag dul trí dom. "

 

 

 

Burgess dúirt úsáid sé go layoff a chur i gcrích a chuid oideachas coláiste agus a chuid dintiúr a fhorbairt mar chúntóir teiripeoir fisiciúil, rud a léiríonn go bhfuil níos mó dócha go mbeidh a ghairm bheatha fadtéarmach ná MMA an ghairm leighis.

 

 

 

Cé gur lean sé a chuid sceideal oiliúna ag Rumford Ionad Pobail le Berserkers MMA, Burgess dúirt go raibh sé níos lú déine agus struchtúrtha sular caillteanais i gcoinne Witham agus Dustin Veinott. Burgess defeated roimhe an dá iomaitheoirí.

 

 

 

"Fisiciúil ba chóir dom a bheith buailte go fóill iad, ach meabhrach ní raibh mé chomh ullmhaithe mar ba chóir dom a bheith. Anois tá mé i bhfad níos dírithe,"A dúirt Burgess. "Ag an am bhí mé ag críochnú an scoil, ag obair go páirtaimseartha 20 go 30 uair sa tseachtain agus ag dul ar scoil ar feadh dócha eile 40. Chaill mé dhá troideanna nuair a bhí mé faoi réir meáchain. Bhí mé ag meáchan a fháil fad is a bhí na guys eile meáchan a ghearradh. Ba mhaith liom dul i ann ag an teorainn agus go mbeadh siad a chur ar 10 go 15 punt idir an meáigh-i agus an comhrac. "

 

 

 

Riamh Boucher admittedly shroich sé féideartha mar wrestler scoil ard. Tá sé ina dhiaidh sin ina cosán éagsúla ná Burgess, clárú ag Central Maine Brasaíle Jiu-Jitsu - i gcás ina traenacha sé fós sa lá atá inniu - ag aois 13.

 

 

 

"Tá mé roinnt de na comhpháirtithe oiliúna toughest agus is fearr sa stát,"A dúirt Boucher. "Tá mo Jiu-jitsu teacht ar bhealach fada, beagnach an pointe mar a tá sé rite ar mo wrestling le beagán. Ar ndóigh, Is wrestling cad a théann mé i gcónaí ar ais go dtí nuair is gá dom é. Is é mo buailte oíche-agus-lá. Bhí sé uafásach do mo chéad troid. "

 

 

 

Dúirt sé freisin go bhfuil a rath is mó i MMA teacht ar chostas iar wrestlers.

 

 

 

Burgess Tá comhaireamh ar Boucher ndéanfaí beag is fiú an chuid eile dá stór. Mar dhuine a chuaigh i mbun wrestling ar an scoil lár fhoireann varsity sóisearach i grád seachtú, dúirt sé go bhfuil a stair mar staidéar mear a tugadh ar aghaidh i réimse na Jiu-Jitsu agus dornálaíochta.

 

 

 

"Sílim go bhfuil sé ag dul a bheith ionadh. Síleann sé a fhios aige cad a thabhairt I a ghabhann leis an tábla,"A dúirt Burgess. "Tá gach a fhios aige mar gheall orm mo wrestling, ach tá mé a lán níos mó ná sin a thagann ar ais ar. Tá a fhios agam cheana féin cad a thugann sé leis an tábla. Agus níl sé ag dul a fhoghlaim in dhá mhí méid atá foghlamtha agam in dhá bhliain."

 

 

 

An clog oscailt ar Feabhra 3 Tá leagtha síos do 7 p.m. Tá ticéid ar fáil ag www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

Maidir troideanna Sasana Nua

 

 

Troideanna Sasana Nua ("NEF") Is troid imeachtaí chun cinn cuideachta. Is é misean NEF a chruthú ar na himeachtaí chaighdeán is airde do trodaithe Maine agus lucht leanúna araon. Tá foireann feidhmiúcháin NEF taithí fhairsing i mbainistíocht spóirt a chomhrac, tháirgeadh Imeachtaí, caidreamh leis na meáin, margaíochta, dlí agus fógraíocht.

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, ansin, 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 Dé Sathairn, Meitheamh 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 go 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 go 60 soicind,” 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 agus 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Sa 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, aois 5 agus 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. Chun anois, 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.’”

An clog oscailt ar Meitheamh 18 Tá leagtha síos do 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 agus tá siad ar fáil ag www.TheColisee.com nó trí ghlaoch ar an oifig na dticéad Colisee ag 207.783.2009, síneadh 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, tabhair cuairt ar láithreán gréasáin a chur chun cinn ag www.NewEnglandFights.com. Chomh maith leis sin, Is féidir leat féachaint ar na físeáin NEF ag www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, iad a leanúint ar Twitternefights agus páirt a ghlacadh sa ghrúpa Facebook oifigiúil "Sasana Nua troideanna."

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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

 

Go luath i 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 soicind. 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). Tar éis an bua, 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. Ina theannta sin, 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. Bhuachan nó a chailleadh, 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, Rang a hAon 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 an chéad bhabhta.

 

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 Dé Sathairn oíche, 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.”

 

imeacht eile Sasana Nua Troideanna ', "NEF 22: GACH ROADS PRÍOMH ANSEO,” takes place this Dé Sathairn, Aibreán 23, 2016 ag an Colisée Androscoggin Banc i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 agus tá siad ar díol anois ag www.TheColisee.com nó trí ghlaoch ar an oifig na dticéad Colisée ag 207.783.2009 x 525. Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais ar na nuashonruithe cárta ócáid ​​agus troid, tabhair cuairt ar láithreán gréasáin a chur chun cinn ag www.NewEnglandFights.com. Chomh maith leis sin, Is féidir leat féachaint ar na físeáin NEF ag www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, iad a leanúint ar Twitternefights agus páirt a ghlacadh sa ghrúpa Facebook oifigiúil "Sasana Nua troideanna."

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 I LEWISTON

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Lewiston, Maine (Márta 17, 2016) - Troideanna Sasana Nua (NEF), Meiriceá uimhir a haon a chur chun cinn gcomhrac réigiúnach, Beidh Tionólfar ócáid ​​seo chugainn, “NEF 22: GACH ROADS PRÍOMH ANSEO” ar Dé Sathairn, Aibreán 23, 2016 ag an Colisée Androscoggin Banc i Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Níos luaithe inniu, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” cárta troid. Mike “An Mustache” Hansen (3-3) shínigh aghaidh Jesse “An Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) ag troid meáchan de 205-punt.

 

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) an mhí seo caite. He will look to rebound from that loss on Aibreán 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. Mar sin,, 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).

 

“Ar 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.”

 

imeacht eile Sasana Nua Troideanna ', "NEF 22: GACH ROADS PRÍOMH ANSEO,"Ar siúl Dé Sathairn, Aibreán 23, 2016 ag an Colisée Androscoggin Banc i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 agus tá siad ar díol anois ag www.TheColisee.com nó trí ghlaoch ar an oifig na dticéad Colisée ag 207.783.2009 x 525. Le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais ar na nuashonruithe cárta ócáid ​​agus troid, tabhair cuairt ar láithreán gréasáin a chur chun cinn ag www.NewEnglandFights.com. Chomh maith leis sin, Is féidir leat féachaint ar na físeáin NEF ag www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, iad a leanúint ar Twitternefights agus páirt a ghlacadh sa ghrúpa Facebook oifigiúil "Sasana Nua troideanna."