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Napetosti Radnih visoke kao bivši Falcons suigrači Pripremite se za MMA Cage bitke

Lewiston, Mejn (Siječanj 10, 2018) – Odrastajući u istom plavo-ovratnikom zajednice i unapređenja kroz isti, katom sportski program ne mora nužno da dva čovjeka najboljih prijatelja.

 

 

 

Bivši suigrači Mountain Valley High School, i budućnost New England Borbe mješovitih borilačkih vještina protivnike, Ryan Burgess i Nate Boucher dokaz su stare maksime, “poznavanje pasmina prezir.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, i Boucher, 21, će borba u amaterskoj flyweight nastup na „NEF 32: Super Subota"Na Subota, Veljača 3. Borba na Androscoggin Bank Colisée će odrediti broj jedan kandidat u podjeli na 125 funti, i zaraditi pobjednika za titulu protiv prvaka Justin Witham.

 

 

 

To će biti gotovo godinu dana od Burgess, tri puta Maine srednjoškolski hrvanje prvak i pored NEF šampion, ušao u kavez. Nazvao NEF suvlasnik i provodadžija Matt Peterson i posebno zatražio Boucher borbu.

 

 

 

Zašto? S jedne strane, bio je to poslovna odluka nakon Boucher je blizu, Gubitak split-odluka da Witham u studenom naslov nastup.

 

 

 

„Bio sam se za godinu dana. Nadao sam se da skočiti pravo natrag u naslov boriti,”Burgess objasnio. „Nakon Nate borbi s Witham, Znao sam da bi želio hitno revanš. Nakon što je postalo jasno da neće dogoditi do travnja, Pitao sam ako bismo mogli napraviti ovu borbu u veljači, i Nate ga je uzeo.”

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) naknadno pokrenut jedan ili dva društvenih medija granate koje su se pojavile navesti neke razine neprijateljstva prema svom kolegi Falcon. To je vjerojatno manje od osobne taktički; Burgess je osjetio priliku da iskoriste ono što on vidi kao jedan od pukotine u Boucher oklopu.

 

 

 

„Nate, otkad je bio dijete, ima pišati-siromašni stav kada izgubi. Nadam se da ću ga poniziti malo i pobrinite se da ne morate brinuti o toj borbi uzimajući u rukama sudaca,”, Rekao je Burgess. „Nate je vjerojatno mogao biti dva- ili tri puta državni prvak, ako je sam dao priliku za to. Ako on i dalje ima isti stav je imao tada, to će završiti na isti način.”

 

 

 

Burgess je jedan od samo četiri tri vremenska državnih prvaka u MVHS povijesti. Slučajno, Boucher brat, Ethan, također ostvario podvig.

 

 

 

Boucher, koji je već izvađene četiri puta Maine srednjoškolski mat prvaka, i dva puta u New England finalist, Jeremija Barkac od Dextera u njegovo vrijeme u NEF šesterokuta, izgleda i zvuči kao različitog karaktera od onog tko se borio od mat kao tinejdžer.

 

 

 

Nakon osvajanja svoje prve dvije borbe s lakoćom, Boucher (2-1) nije bio jedini u zgradi koji su osjetili da je dovoljno učinjeno kako zaraditi pojas u Portland.

 

 

 

„Mislio sam da kontroliraju prve dvije runde borbe. Svo troje, stvarno. Prva dva sam prilično mnogo je (Witham) uguši se,”Rekao je Boucher. „On je završio kao učenje iskustvo za mene da ne mogu ostaviti u borbi za suce. Velika je stvar o amaterskim redova je, a naravno da je stalo moje rekord, na kraju dana to je dio procesa učenja kako bi vam bolje profesionalno.”

 

 

 

Kao odgovor na Burgess’ bujica na Facebooku, Boucher je pitanje ponašanje bivšeg prvaka nakon pobjede Nef Strap dvije borbe u karijeri.

 

 

 

„Nisam baš za smeće razgovor. Ja samo uživati ​​u sportu. Volim se boriti i onda samo otići kući. On to čini malo izgraditi svoj ego mislim,”Rekao je Boucher. „On je pao remen jer je imao problema čineći težinu, što je prilično uvredljivo, po mom mišljenju. Bio je za neko vrijeme, pa sad sam ispred njega, i on zna da mora proći kroz mene.”

 

 

 

Burgess je rekao da koristi tu otpuštanje završiti svoj koledž obrazovanja i razvijati svoje vjerodajnice kao fizička asistent terapeut, što ukazuje da je medicinska struka je više vjerojatno da će biti njegova dugoročna karijera nego MMA.

 

 

 

Dok je nastavio svoj raspored treninga na rumford Community Center s berserkeri MMA, Burgess je rekao da je manje intenzivne i strukturirane prije njegovih gubitaka protiv Witham i Dustin Veinott. Burgess je prethodno pobijedio u oba suparnika.

 

 

 

„Fizički sam još trebao ih tukli, ali psihički nisam bio pripravljen kao Trebao sam biti. Sada sam puno više fokusiran,”, Rekao je Burgess. „U to vrijeme sam bio završene škole, rade skraćeno radno vrijeme 20 za 30 sati tjedno i ide u školu za vjerojatno još 40. Izgubila sam dvije borbe, gdje sam bio pod težinom. Bio sam dobivanjem težine, dok su ostali dečki su rezanje težine. Ja bih ići tamo na granici, a oni će staviti na 10 za 15 funti između vaganja i borbi.”

 

 

 

Boucher je doduše nikad dosegao svoj potencijal kao srednjoškolski hrvač. On je slijedio drugačiji put nego Burgess, upisa u Srednjoj Maine Brazilski Jiu-Jitsu - gdje i dalje trenira i danas - u doba 13.

 

 

 

„Imam neke od najtežih i najboljim partnerima izobrazbe u državi,”Rekao je Boucher. „Moj Jiu-Jitsu je došao dug put, gotovo je točka u kojoj je prošao moj hrvanje malo. Naravno, hrvanje je ono što sam uvijek vratiti kada mi je potrebna. Moj upečatljiv je noć-i-dan. Bilo je strašno za moju prvu borbu.”

 

 

 

On je dodao da je njegov najveći uspjeh u MMA je došao na štetu bivših hrvača.

 

 

 

Burgess je računajući na Boucher podcjenjuju ostatak svog repertoara. Kao netko tko je uzeo hrvanje u srednje škole juniorskoj univerzitet tima u sedmom razredu, On je rekao da je njegova povijest kao brzi studija je prenijeti u carstvo jiu-jitsu i boks.

 

 

 

„Mislim da će biti iznenađen. On misli da zna što sam donijeti na stol,”, Rekao je Burgess. „Sve on zna o meni je moj hrvanje, ali imam puno više od toga da padne natrag na. Ja već znam što on donosi na stol. A on neće učiti u dva mjeseca što sam naučio u dvije godine."

 

 

 

Otvaranje zvono na Veljača 3 je postavljen za 7 poslije podne. Ulaznice su dostupne na www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

O New England borbama

 

 

New England Borbe ("NEF") je borba događaji promocije tvrtke. Nef je misija stvoriti najkvalitetnije događaje za Maine boraca i ljubiteljima. Nef je izvršni tim ima veliko iskustvo u borilačkim sportovima upravljanje, Proizvodnja događaji, Odnosi s medijima, marketing, Pravna i oglašavanje.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, onda, 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 Subota, Lipanj 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 za 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 za 60 sekundi,” 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.

U 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, dobi 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. Za sada, 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.’”

Otvaranje zvono na Lipanj 18 je postavljen za 7 poslije podne. Ulaznice za “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 i dostupni su na www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom na Colisée box office na 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, posjetite web promocije je u www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatno, možete gledati video na Nef www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, pratite ih na twitterunefights i pridružite službenu Facebook grupu "New England bori."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Mejn (Travanj 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) je bio 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.”

 

U rano 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 sekundi. 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). Nakon pobjede, 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. Dodatno, 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 (TKO). 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. Pobijediti ili izgubiti, 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 prvog kruga.

 

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 Subota noć, 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.”

 

Sljedeći događaj New England se bori ', "NEF 22: Svi putevi vode OVDJE,” takes place this Subota, Travanj 23, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. Ulaznice za “NEF 22” počinju tek u $25 te su na prodaju sada www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom na Colisée box office u 207.783.2009 x 525. Za više informacija o događaju i boriti kartica ažuriranja, posjetite web promocije je u www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatno, možete gledati video na Nef www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, pratite ih na twitterunefights i pridružite službenu Facebook grupu "New England bori."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 U Lewiston

Lewiston, Mejn (Ožujak 17, 2016) - New England Borbe (NEF), Američki broj jedan regionalni borba promocija, održat će svoj sljedeći događaj, “NEF 22: Svi putevi vode OVDJE” na Subota, Travanj 23, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. Borbena karta sadržavat će mješavinu mješovitih borilačkih vještina (MMA) i profesionalni boksački dvoboji. Ranije danas, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” Borba kartice. Mikrofon “Brkovi” Hansen (3-3) je potpisan na licu Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) u borbi težine 205 funti.

 

Mike Hansen is the founding member of Berserkers MMA based out of Rumford, Mejn. 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) prošli mjesec. He will look to rebound from that loss on Travanj 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. Tako, 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 23. travnja, 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.

 

Sljedeći događaj New England se bori ', "NEF 22: Svi putevi vode OVDJE,"Odvija Subota, Travanj 23, 2016 na Androscoggin banke Colisée u Lewiston, Mejn. Ulaznice za “NEF 22” počinju tek u $25 te su na prodaju sada www.TheColisee.com ili pozivom na Colisée box office u 207.783.2009 x 525. Za više informacija o događaju i boriti kartica ažuriranja, posjetite web promocije je u www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dodatno, možete gledati video na Nef www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, pratite ih na twitterunefights i pridružite službenu Facebook grupu "New England bori."