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Ketegangan Menjalankan tinggi sebagai Mantan Falcons Rekan tim Siapkan untuk MMA Cage Pertempuran

Lewiston, Maine (Bulan Januari 10, 2018) – Tumbuh di komunitas kerah biru yang sama dan memajukan melalui sama, Program olahraga bertingkat tidak lantas membuat dua orang sahabat.

 

 

 

Mantan rekan Gunung Valley High School, dan masa depan New England Perkelahian campuran lawan seni bela diri, Ryan Burgess dan Nate Boucher adalah bukti dari pepatah lama, “keakraban melahirkan penghinaan.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, dan Boucher, 21, akan pertempuran di amatir kelas terbang pertarungan di “NEF 32: Super Hari Sabtu"Pada tanggal Hari Sabtu, Februari 3. Pertarungan di Androscoggin Bank Colisee akan menentukan nomor satu pesaing di divisi 125-pound, dan mendapatkan pemenang judul ditembak melawan juara Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Ini akan menjadi hampir satu tahun sejak Burgess, tiga kali juara Maine gulat SMA dan juara NEF masa lalu, berjalan ke kandang. Dia disebut NEF co-pemilik mak comblang Matt Peterson dan secara khusus meminta pertarungan Boucher.

 

 

 

Mengapa? Di satu sisi, itu adalah keputusan bisnis setelah dekat Boucher ini, loss split-keputusan untuk Witham dalam pertarungan gelar November.

 

 

 

“Aku sudah keluar selama satu tahun. Aku berharap untuk melompat kembali ke pertarungan gelar,”Burgess menjelaskan. “Setelah berjuang Nate dengan Witham, Aku tahu dia ingin pertandingan ulang segera. Setelah menjadi jelas bahwa tidak akan terjadi hingga April, Saya bertanya apakah kami bisa melakukan laga ini pada bulan Februari, dan Nate mengambilnya.”

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) kemudian meluncurkan satu atau dua granat media sosial yang muncul untuk menunjukkan beberapa tingkat kebencian terhadap sesama Falcon-nya. Sangat mungkin kurang pribadi daripada taktis; Burgess merasakan kesempatan untuk mengeksploitasi apa yang ia lihat sebagai salah satu celah dalam baju besi Boucher ini.

 

 

 

“Nate, sejak dia masih kecil, memiliki sikap kencing-miskin ketika dia kalah. Saya berharap untuk merendahkan dirinya sedikit dan pastikan dia tidak perlu khawatir tentang pertarungan ini mendapatkan di tangan para hakim,”Kata Burgess. “Nate mungkin bisa menjadi dua- atau tiga kali juara negara jika ia telah memberikan dirinya kesempatan untuk melakukan itu. Jika ia masih memiliki sikap yang sama ia kembali maka, itu akan berakhir dengan cara yang sama.”

 

 

 

Burgess adalah salah satu dari hanya empat juara negara tiga kali dalam sejarah MVHS. Secara Kebetulan, saudara Boucher ini, Ethan, juga mencapai prestasi yang.

 

 

 

Boucher, yang telah diambil empat kali juara tikar Maine SMA, dan dua kali finalis New England, Yeremia Barkac dari Dexter selama waktunya di segi enam NEF, terlihat dan terdengar seperti karakter yang berbeda dari orang yang berjuang menjauh dari tikar sebagai remaja.

 

 

 

Setelah memenangkan dua perkelahian pertama dengan mudah, Boucher (2-1) bukan satu-satunya di gedung yang merasa telah berbuat cukup untuk mendapatkan sabuk di Portland.

 

 

 

“Saya pikir saya dikendalikan dua putaran pertama laga. ketiga, benar-benar. Dua yang pertama aku cukup banyak (Dengan saya) tersedak keluar,”Kata Boucher. “Itu berakhir menjadi pengalaman belajar bagi saya bahwa Anda tidak bisa meninggalkan perjuangan untuk para hakim. Hal yang besar tentang jajaran amatir, sementara tentu saja aku peduli rekor saya, pada akhir hari itu bagian dari proses belajar untuk membuat Anda lebih baik profesional.”

 

 

 

Menanggapi Burgess’ tembakan di Facebook, Boucher mempertanyakan perilaku mantan juara setelah memenangi tali NEF dua perkelahian dalam karirnya.

 

 

 

“Aku tidak banyak untuk pembicaraan sampah. Aku hanya menikmati olahraga. Saya suka melawan dan kemudian pulang saja. Dia melakukan sedikit untuk membangun egonya saya pikir,”Kata Boucher. “Dia menjatuhkan sabuk karena ia mengalami kesulitan membuat berat badan, yang cukup sopan, menurutku. Dia keluar untuk sementara waktu, jadi sekarang aku di depan dia, dan dia tahu dia harus melalui saya.”

 

 

 

Burgess mengatakan ia digunakan PHK itu untuk menyelesaikan pendidikan tinggi dan mengembangkan kepercayaan sebagai asisten terapi fisik, menunjukkan bahwa profesi medis lebih mungkin untuk menjadi karir jangka panjang dari MMA.

 

 

 

Sementara ia melanjutkan jadwal pelatihan di Rumford Community Center dengan Berserkers MMA, Burgess mengatakan itu kurang intens dan terstruktur sebelum kerugian melawan Witham dan Dustin Veinott. Burgess sebelumnya mengalahkan kedua rival.

 

 

 

“Secara fisik saya masih harus mengalahkan mereka, tapi secara mental aku tidak siap seperti yang saya seharusnya. Sekarang aku jauh lebih terfokus,”Kata Burgess. “Pada saat itu saya sedang menyelesaikan sekolah, kerja paruh waktu 20 untuk 30 jam seminggu dan pergi ke sekolah untuk mungkin lain 40. Saya kehilangan dua perkelahian di mana aku berada di bawah berat badan. Saya kenaikan berat badan sementara orang-orang lain memotong berat badan. Aku akan pergi ke sana pada batas dan mereka akan memakai 10 untuk 15 pound antara menimbang-in dan pertarungan.”

 

 

 

Boucher diakui tidak pernah mencapai potensinya sebagai pegulat SMA. Ia telah mengikuti jalan yang berbeda dari Burgess, mendaftar di Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - di mana ia masih melatih hari ini - pada usia 13.

 

 

 

“Saya memiliki beberapa mitra pelatihan terberat dan terbaik di negara bagian,”Kata Boucher. "Saya jiu-jitsu telah datang jauh, hampir titik di mana itu telah berlalu saya bergulat sedikit. Tentu saja, gulat adalah apa yang saya selalu kembali ke ketika saya membutuhkannya. mencolok saya adalah malam-dan-hari. Itu mengerikan untuk laga pertama saya.”

 

 

 

Dia menambahkan bahwa keberhasilannya terbesar dalam MMA telah datang dengan mengorbankan mantan pegulat.

 

 

 

Burgess mengandalkan Boucher meremehkan sisa repertoar. Sebagai seseorang yang mengambil bergulat di tim universitas junior sekolah menengah di kelas tujuh, ia mengatakan bahwa sejarah sebagai studi cepat telah dibawa ke ranah jiu-jitsu dan tinju.

 

 

 

“Saya pikir dia akan terkejut. Dia pikir dia tahu apa yang saya bawa ke meja,”Kata Burgess. “Semua yang dia tahu tentang saya adalah gulat saya, tapi aku punya banyak lebih dari itu untuk jatuh kembali. Aku sudah tahu apa yang dia membawa ke meja. Dan dia tidak akan belajar dalam dua bulan apa yang saya pelajari dalam dua tahun."

 

 

 

Bel pembukaan di Februari 3 ditetapkan untuk 7 p.m. Tiket tersedia di www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

Tentang Perkelahian New England

 

 

Perkelahian New England ("NEF") adalah perkelahian perusahaan event promosi. Misi NEF adalah untuk menciptakan peristiwa kualitas tertinggi bagi para pejuang Maine dan fans. Tim eksekutif NEF memiliki pengalaman yang luas dalam manajemen olahraga tempur, produksi acara, hubungan media, pemasaran, hukum dan periklanan.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, kemudian, 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 Hari Sabtu, Bulan 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, tidak peduli apa,” 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 untuk 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 untuk 60 detik,” 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 dan 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Dalam 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, usia 5 dan 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. Untuk saat ini, 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.’”

Bel pembukaan di Bulan Juni 18 ditetapkan untuk 7 p.m. Tiket untuk “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 dan tersedia di www.TheColisee.com atau dengan menelepon box office Colisee di 207.783.2009, perpanjangan 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, silahkan kunjungi website promosi itu di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Tambahan lagi, Anda dapat menonton video NEF di www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mengikuti mereka di Twitternefights dan bergabung dengan kelompok Facebook resmi "New England Perkelahian."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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

 

Diawal 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 detik. 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). Setelah menang, 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. Selain itu, 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, dikonfirmasi. “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 (SIAPA). 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. "Pertama, 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. Menang atau kalah, 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 dari putaran pertama.

 

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 Hari Sabtu malam, 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. “Saya siap untuk laga ini,” 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.”

 

Acara selanjutnya New England Perkelahian ', "NEF 22: SEMUA JALAN LEAD SINI,” takes place this Hari Sabtu, Bulan April 23, 2016 di Androscoggin Bank Colisée di Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 dan yang memberikan promosi sekarang di www.TheColisee.com atau dengan menelepon box office Colisée di 207.783.2009 x 525. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang acara dan melawan update kartu, silahkan kunjungi website promosi itu di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Tambahan lagi, Anda dapat menonton video NEF di www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mengikuti mereka di Twitternefights dan bergabung dengan kelompok Facebook resmi "New England Perkelahian."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 DI LEWISTON

Lewiston, Maine (Bulan Maret 17, 2016) - Perkelahian New England (NEF), Amerika nomor satu promosi pertarungan daerah, akan mengadakan event berikutnya, “NEF 22: SEMUA JALAN LEAD SINI” pada tanggal Hari Sabtu, Bulan April 23, 2016 di Androscoggin Bank Colisée di Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) dan serangan tinju profesional. Sebelumnya hari ini, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” kartu pertarungan. Mikropon “The Kumis” Hansen (3-3) telah menandatangani kontrak dengan wajah Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) pada berat perjuangan 205-pound.

 

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) bulan lalu. He will look to rebound from that loss on Bulan 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. Jadi, 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).

 

“Pada Tanggal April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Kata 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.

 

Acara selanjutnya New England Perkelahian ', "NEF 22: SEMUA JALAN LEAD SINI," terjadi Hari Sabtu, Bulan April 23, 2016 di Androscoggin Bank Colisée di Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 dan yang memberikan promosi sekarang di www.TheColisee.com atau dengan menelepon box office Colisée di 207.783.2009 x 525. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang acara dan melawan update kartu, silahkan kunjungi website promosi itu di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Tambahan lagi, Anda dapat menonton video NEF di www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mengikuti mereka di Twitternefights dan bergabung dengan kelompok Facebook resmi "New England Perkelahian."