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Le tensioni in corso ad alta qualità di ex compagni di squadra Falcons Preparati per MMA Cage Battaglia

Lewiston, Maine (Gennaio 10, 2018) – Cresciuto nella stessa comunità colletti blu e avanzando attraverso lo stesso, programma sportivo piani non significa necessariamente fare due uomini migliori amici.

 

 

 

Ex compagni di squadra Mountain High School della valle, e il futuro del New England lotte miste avversari di arti marziali, Ryan Burgess e Nate Boucher testimoniano la vecchia massima, “la familiarità genera disprezzo.”

 

 

 

Borghese, 24, e Boucher, 21, si daranno battaglia in un incontro dei pesi mosca dilettante “NEF 32: Eccellente Sabato"A Sabato, Febbraio 3. La lotta al Androscoggin Bank Colisee determinerà il numero uno nella divisione 125-pound, e guadagnare il vincitore una title shot contro il campione Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Sarà stato quasi un anno da quando Burgess, un tre volte campione del Maine alta scuola di wrestling e il passato titleholder NEF, entrato nella gabbia. Ha chiamato co-proprietario e sensale NEF Matt Peterson e specificamente richiesto la lotta Boucher.

 

 

 

Perché? Da una parte, è stata una decisione di business dopo la chiusura di Boucher, perdita di split-decisione di Witham in novembre incontro titolo.

 

 

 

“Sono stato fuori per un anno. Speravo di tornare subito indietro a una lotta per il titolo,”Ha spiegato Burgess. “Dopo la lotta di Nate con Witham, Sapevo che avrebbe voluto la rivincita immediata. Una volta che è diventato evidente che non sarebbe successo fino ad aprile, Ho chiesto se potevamo fare questa lotta nel mese di febbraio, e Nate prese.”

 

 

 

Borghese (2-2) successivamente lanciato una o due granate sociali dei media che sembravano indicare un certo livello di animosità verso il suo compagno di Falcon. E 'probabile meno personale di tattica; Burgess intuì l'opportunità di sfruttare ciò che egli vede come una delle fessure in armatura di Boucher.

 

 

 

“Nate, fin da quando era un ragazzino, ha un atteggiamento piss-poveri quando perde. Spero di umiliare lui un po 'e fare in modo che non devono preoccuparsi di ottenere questa lotta nelle mani dei giudici,”Ha detto Burgess. “Nate probabilmente avrebbe potuto essere un due- o-tre volte campione dello stato se avesse dato se stesso l'opportunità di farlo. Se ha ancora lo stesso atteggiamento che aveva allora, sta andando a finire allo stesso modo.”

 

 

 

Burgess è uno dei soli quattro campioni di stato tre volte nella storia MVHS. Casualmente, Il fratello di Boucher, Ethan, anche compiuto l'impresa.

 

 

 

Boucher, che ha già preso fuori quattro volte campione del mat Maine liceo, e il due volte finalista del New England, Geremia Barkac di Dexter durante il suo tempo nel esagono NEF, guarda e suona come un carattere diverso da quello che ha lottato dal tappeto come un adolescente.

 

 

 

Dopo aver vinto i suoi primi due combattimenti con facilità, Boucher (2-1) Non era l'unico nell'edificio che sentiva di aver fatto abbastanza per guadagnare la cintura a Portland.

 

 

 

“Ho pensato Ho controllato i primi due giri della lotta. Tutti e tre, davvero. I primi due ho praticamente avuto (Witham) soffocato fuori,”, Ha detto Boucher. “E 'finito per essere un'esperienza di apprendimento per me che non si può lasciare la lotta per i giudici. La cosa grandiosa di ranghi amatoriale è, mentre, naturalmente, mi preoccupo per il mio record, alla fine della giornata è parte del processo di apprendimento per rendere una migliore professionista.”

 

 

 

In risposta a Burgess’ raffiche su Facebook, Boucher messo in discussione il comportamento l'ex campione dopo aver vinto la fascia NEF due combattimenti nella sua carriera.

 

 

 

“Non sono molto per il discorso spazzatura. Ho appena godere lo sport. Mi piace combattere e poi basta andare a casa. Lo fa un po 'per costruire il suo ego penso,”, Ha detto Boucher. “Lasciò cadere la cintura perché stava avendo problemi a fare il peso, che è piuttosto irrispettoso, secondo me. Egli era fuori per un po ', Così ora sono davanti a lui, e lui sa che deve passare attraverso di me “.

 

 

 

Burgess ha detto che ha usato quella cassa integrazione per completare la sua formazione di università e di sviluppare le sue credenziali come assistente fisioterapista, indicando che la professione medica è più probabile che sia la sua carriera a lungo termine di MMA.

 

 

 

Mentre lui continuava suo programma di allenamento a Rumford Community Center con Berserker MMA, Burgess ha detto che era meno intenso e strutturato prima le sue perdite contro Witham e Dustin Veinott. Burgess in precedenza sconfitto entrambe le rivali.

 

 

 

“Fisicamente ho ancora dovuto li battuti, ma mentalmente non ero come preparato come avrei dovuto essere. Ora sono molto più concentrati,”Ha detto Burgess. “A quel tempo stavo finendo la scuola, a tempo parziale 20 a 30 ore a settimana e andare a scuola per probabilmente un altro 40. Ho perso due scontri in cui ero sotto il peso. Stavo aumentare di peso, mentre gli altri ragazzi stavano tagliando peso. Mi piacerebbe andare lì al limite e che avrebbero messo su 10 a 15 libbre tra il peso-in e la lotta.”

 

 

 

Boucher certamente non ha mai raggiunto il suo potenziale come un lottatore di scuola superiore. Ha seguito un percorso diverso rispetto a Burgess, iscrivendosi al Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - dove si allena ancora oggi - all'età 13.

 

 

 

“Ho alcune delle più dure e migliori partner formazione nello Stato,”, Ha detto Boucher. "Il mio Jiu-jitsu ha percorso una lunga strada, quasi al punto in cui si è superato il mio wrestling un po '. Naturalmente, wrestling è quello che ho sempre tornare a quando ne ho bisogno. Il mio colpisce è notte e giorno. E 'stato terribile per il mio primo combattimento.”

 

 

 

Egli ha aggiunto che il suo più grande successo in MMA è venuto a scapito degli ex lottatori.

 

 

 

Burgess conta su Boucher a sottovalutare il resto del suo repertorio. Come qualcuno che ha assunto wrestling sulla scuola media squadra varsity junior nel settimo grado, ha detto che la sua storia come uno studio rapido è riportato nel regno di jiu-jitsu e boxe.

 

 

 

“Credo che stia per essere sorpresi. Lui pensa di sapere quello che portare al tavolo,”Ha detto Burgess. “Tutto quello che sa su di me è il mio wrestling, ma ho un sacco di più per ripiegare su. So già quello che porta in tavola. E lui non ha intenzione di imparare in due mesi quello che ho imparato in due anni."

 

 

 

Campana di apertura sulla Febbraio 3 è fissato per 7 p.m. I biglietti sono disponibili presso www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

Informazioni su New England Combattimenti

 

 

New England Combattimenti ("NEF") è una lotta eventi promozioni azienda. La missione di NEF è quello di creare eventi di altissima qualità per i combattenti e gli appassionati del Maine simili. Team esecutivo di NEF ha una vasta esperienza nella gestione di sport da combattimento, produzione eventi, relazioni con i media, marketing, legale e la pubblicità.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, poi, 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 Sabato, Giugno 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, non importa cosa,” 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 a 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 a 60 secondi,” 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 e 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Nel 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, anche. Hansen is the father of two girls, età 5 e 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. Per ora, 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.’”

Campana di apertura sulla Giugno 18 è fissato per 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 e sono disponibili presso www.TheColisee.com o chiamando il botteghino Colisee a 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, si prega di visitare il sito web della promozione in www.NewEnglandFights.com. In aggiunta, è possibile guardare i video su NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, li seguono su Twitternefights e unirsi al gruppo Facebook ufficiale "New England Fights".

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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

 

Presto 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 secondi. 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). Dopo la vittoria, 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. Inoltre, 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, confermato. “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. "All'inizio, 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. Vincere o perdere, 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 del primo turno.

 

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 Sabato notte, 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.”

 

prossimo evento New England Combattimenti ', "NEF 22: TUTTE LE STRADE PORTANO QUI,” takes place this Sabato, Aprile 23, 2016 al Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 e sono già in vendita su www.TheColisee.com o chiamando il botteghino al Colisée 207.783.2009 x 525. Per ulteriori informazioni sugli aggiornamenti delle carte evento e lotta, si prega di visitare il sito web della promozione in www.NewEnglandFights.com. In aggiunta, è possibile guardare i video su NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, li seguono su Twitternefights e unirsi al gruppo Facebook ufficiale "New England Fights".

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 A Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Marzo 17, 2016) - Combattimenti New England (NEF), Numero uno di promozione lotta regionale dell'America, terrà la sua prossimo evento, “NEF 22: TUTTE LE STRADE PORTANO QUI” su Sabato, Aprile 23, 2016 al Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Proprio oggi, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” carta di lotta. Microfono “Il Mustache” Hansen (3-3) ha firmato a faccia Jesse “Il Barbaro” Baughman (0-1) con un peso lotta di 205 libbre.

 

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) il mese scorso. He will look to rebound from that loss on Aprile 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. Così, 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).

 

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

 

prossimo evento New England Combattimenti ', "NEF 22: TUTTE LE STRADE PORTANO QUI," ha luogo Sabato, Aprile 23, 2016 al Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 e sono già in vendita su www.TheColisee.com o chiamando il botteghino al Colisée 207.783.2009 x 525. Per ulteriori informazioni sugli aggiornamenti delle carte evento e lotta, si prega di visitare il sito web della promozione in www.NewEnglandFights.com. In aggiunta, è possibile guardare i video su NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, li seguono su Twitternefights e unirsi al gruppo Facebook ufficiale "New England Fights".