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Lewiston, Maine (Janoary 10, 2018) – Mitombo ao amin 'ny manga-vozon'akanjoko fiaraha-monina sy ny fampandrosoana amin'ny alalan'ny ihany, -tantara hoe fandaharana fanatanjahan-tena dia tsy voatery ho lehilahy roa namana tsara indrindra.

 

 

 

Teo aloha Mountain High School ekipa Valley, ary ho avy New England Niady mifangaro haiady mpanohitra, Ryan Burgess sy Nate Boucher no porofo ny taloha Maxim, “mahazatra mahavelona fanamavoana.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, ary Boucher, 21, dia hiady amin'ny tsy matihanina flyweight bout amin'ny "NEF 32: Super Asabotsy"Ao amin'ny Asabotsy, Febroary 3. Ny ady amin'ny Androscoggin Bank Colisee no hamaritra ny laharana voalohany eo amin'ny 125 ka hiady-farantsa division, ary ny mpandresy mahazo ny anaram-boninahitra tompon-daka nitifitra an'i Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Ho efa nanomboka efa ho herintaona Burgess, ny telo andro Maine sekoly ambaratonga faharoa sy ny tolona lasa tompon-daka NEF titleholder, nandeha tao an-tranom-borona. Nantsoiny hoe NEF sy ny mpiara-tompon'ny matchmaker Matt Peterson ary indrindra nangataka ny Boucher ady.

 

 

 

Nahoana? Etsy andaniny, fa ny raharaham-barotra ny fanapahan-kevitra taorian'ny akaiky Boucher, fivakisana-fanapahan-kevitra fahaverezan'ny ho Witham ao amin'ny anaram-boninahitra Novambra bout.

 

 

 

"Betsaka ho an'ny isan-taona. Aho nanantena ny hitsambikina miverina any amin'ny anaram-boninahitra ady,"Nanazava Burgess. "Rehefa Nate ny ady amin'ny Witham, Fantatro izy fa te avy hatrany ny lalao miverina. Raha vao nanjary hita fa tsy hitranga mandra-Aprily, Nanontany aho raha toa ka afaka manao izany ady tamin'ny Febroary, ary Nate nahafaka azy. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) nandefa taty aoriana iray na roa haino aman-jery sosialy grenady izay niseho maneho fankahalana haavon'ny sasany amin'ny namany Falcon. Izany dia azo inoana fa tsy noho ny Tactical manokana; Burgess nahatsapa fahafahana mba manararaotra ny zavatra hitany toy ny anankiray amin'ny chinks ao Boucher ny fiadian'i.

 

 

 

"Nate, hatramin'ny zanak'osy izy, manana fisotrony-mahantra toe-tsaina raha resy. Manantena aho fa mba hanetry azy kely ary ho azo antoka fa tsy mila miahiahy momba izany ady ny fahazoana eo an-tanan 'ny mpitsara,"Hoy Burgess. "Nate angamba mety ho roa- na-panjakana telo andro tompon-daka raha nanome ny tenany ny fahafahana hanao izany. Raha mbola manana toe-tsaina toy izany koa nananany tamin'izany fotoana, Izany dia midika hoe mandeha hamarana toy izany koa. "

 

 

 

Burgess dia iray amin'ireo efatra ihany no fotoana telo-panjakana tompondaka in MVHS tantara. Fifanandrifian-javatra, Boucher rahalahin'i, Ethan, vita ihany koa ny Feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, izay efa nalaina avy efatra andro Maine lise fandrianao tompon-daka, ary roa-andro New England finalist, Jeremia Barkac ny Dexter nandritra ny fotoana ao amin'ny NEF hexagon, mijery ary toa hafa noho ny toetra izay nitolona niala tamin'ny fandriana ho toy ny zatovo.

 

 

 

Rehefa nandresy ny roa voalohany ady mora foana, Boucher (2-1) Tsy irery no ao an-trano, izay nahatsapa izay efa nataony ampy mba hahazoana ilay fehikibo tao Portland.

 

 

 

"Nieritreritra aho hoe nifehy ny fihodinana roa voalohany amin'ny ady. telo, tena. Ny roa voalohany tsara tarehy be aho nanana (Witham) nangeja avy,"Hoy Boucher. ", Ka dia nihatra mianatra ny maha-zava-nitranga ho ahy fa tsy afaka mandao ny ady amin'ny mpitsara. Ny zavatra lehibe momba ny matihanina laharana dia, raha mazava ho azy no miahy ny firaketana an-tsoratra, amin'ny fiafaran'ny andro izany ny ampahany amin'ny dingana fianarana ny nanaovany anareo ho matihanina kokoa. "

 

 

 

Ho valin'ny Burgess’ volleys tao amin'ny Facebook, Boucher nanontany ny teo aloha ny fitondran-tenan'ny tompon-daka rehefa nandresy ny NEF andilany ady roa eo an-asa.

 

 

 

"Tsy azoko loatra ny fako lahateny. Fotsiny aho mankafy ny fanatanjahantena. Tiako ny hiady ary avy eo dia mandeha an-trano fotsiny. Izy no kely ny hambom-pon'ny hanao Heveriko,"Hoy Boucher. "Ary nandatsaka ny fehikibo, satria izy manana olana manao lanja, izay somary manaja, raha ny hevitro. Avy izy nandritra ny fotoana kelikely, ankehitriny aho hialoha Azy, ary fantany fa tsy maintsy any amin'ny alalako. "

 

 

 

Burgess nilaza fa nampiasa layoff namita ny hianatra any amin'ny oniversite sy hampitombo ny fahaizany ara-batana toy ny mpitsabo mpanampy, Midika izany fa ny mpitsabo no mety ho lavitra ezaka ny asa noho ny MMA.

 

 

 

Raha mbola nanohy ny fiofanana ao amin'ny fandaharam-potoana amin'ny Rumford Community Center Berserkers MMA, Burgess nilaza fa tsy dia mafy, ary narafitra talohan'ny ny fatiantoka an'i Witham sy Dustin Veinott. Burgess nandresy roa mpifanandrina teo aloha.

 

 

 

"Ara-batana Mbola tokony ho nokapohina azy, ara-tsaina aho fa tsy mba toy ny voaomana araka ny tokony ho. Ankehitriny aho mifantoka kokoa,"Hoy Burgess. "Tamin'izany fotoana izany aho dia nahavita ny sekoly, miasa tapa-potoana 20 ny 30 ora isan-kerinandro, ary mandeha an-tsekoly ho an'ny hafa angamba 40. Very ady roa izay teo ambanin'ny lanja. Aho raha nahazo lanja ny hafa ry zalahy no nanapaka lanja. Te hiditra any amin'ny fetra ary izy ireo hitafy 10 ny 15 kilao eo amin'ny mandanja-in sy ny ady. "

 

 

 

Boucher Marina aloha fa tsy tonga tany ny mety hahatongavantsika amin'ny maha wrestler ny sekoly ambaratonga faharoa. Efa nanaraka lalana hafa noho ny Burgess, sekoly ao amin'ny Central Maine Breziliana Jiu-Jitsu - izay mbola manofana amin'izao fotoana izao - taona 13.

 

 

 

"Manana ny sasany amin'ireo henjana indrindra sy tsara indrindra fanofanana mpiara-miasa ao amin'ny fanjakana,"Hoy Boucher. "Ny Jiu jitsu-tonga lavitra, efa ho ny fotoana izay efa nandalo ny mitolona kely. Mazava ho azy, tolona foana aho no miverina rehefa mila izany. Ny manaitra dia ny alina, ary andro. Tena mahatsiravina ho an'ny ady voalohany. "

 

 

 

Nilaza koa izy fa ny lehibe indrindra fahombiazana in MMA dia tonga teo am-lany ny tolona teo aloha.

 

 

 

Burgess dia manisa amin'ny Boucher mba tsinontsinona ny sisa ny lisitra fizahany. Toy ny olona iray izay nandray ny mitolona amin'ny sekoly ambaratonga faharoa ao amin'ny ekipa zandriny varsity kilasy fahafito, hoy izy fa ny tantara ho toy ny fandinihana haingana dia nentina ho any fanjakan'ny Jiu jitsu sy ny ady totohondry-.

 

 

 

"Mino aho fa izy no handeha ho gaga. Izy mihevi-tena ho mahalala zavatra hahatonga ho eo amin'ny latabatra,"Hoy Burgess. "Izay rehetra fantany momba ahy no tolona, fa manana be dia be mihoatra noho izay ho lavo indray. Efa fantatro aho izay mitondra ho amin'ny latabatra. Ary ny tsy hianatra tao anatin'ny roa volana ny zavatra nianarako aho amin'ny roa taona."

 

 

 

Ny fanokafana lakolosy tamin'ny Febroary 3 no voatendry ho 7 p.m. Tapakila dia hita ao amin'ny www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, avy eo, 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 Asabotsy, Jona 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, na inona na inona,” 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 ny 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 ny 60 segondra,” 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 ary 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Ao amin'ny 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, taona 5 ary 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. Amin'izao fotoana izao, 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.’”

Ny fanokafana lakolosy tamin'ny Jona 18 no voatendry ho 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 ary tsy hita ao amin'ny www.TheColisee.com na tamin'ny fiantsoana ny Colisee birao boaty amin'ny 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ankoatry ny, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, manaraka azy ireo ao amin'ny Twitternefights sy hiaraka ofisialy vondrona Facebook "New England Niady."

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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Lewiston, Maine (Aprily 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) dia ny player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did tsy 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.”

 

Tamin'ny fiandohan'ny 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 segondra. 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). Taorian'ny fandresena, 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. Ankoatra izany, 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. Handresy na very, 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, Kilasy voalohany 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 ny fihodinana voalohany.

 

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 Asabotsy alina, 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 ady 'manaraka hetsika, "NEF 22: MANAMPY ANTSIKA REHETRA LALANA HERE,” takes place this Asabotsy, Aprily 23, 2016 tao amin'ny Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ary amin'izao fotoana izao dia eo amin'ny amidy amin'ny www.TheColisee.com na amin'ny fiantsoana ny Colisée biraon'ny boaty amin'ny 207.783.2009 X 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ankoatry ny, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, manaraka azy ireo ao amin'ny Twitternefights sy hiaraka ofisialy vondrona Facebook "New England Niady."

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 IN Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (Martsa 17, 2016) - New England ady (NEF), Amerika isa-paritra iray ady fampiroboroboana, dia hanao ny hetsika manaraka, “NEF 22: MANAMPY ANTSIKA REHETRA LALANA HERE” amin'ny Asabotsy, Aprily 23, 2016 tao amin'ny Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Vao maraina androany, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” ady karatra. Mike “The volombava” Hansen (3-3) dia nanao sonia ny tarehy Jesse “The barbariana” Baughman (0-1) amin'ny ady lanjan'ny 205-farantsa.

 

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) tamin'ny volana lasa. He will look to rebound from that loss on Aprily 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. Izany, 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).

 

“Amin'ny 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.”

 

New England ady 'manaraka hetsika, "NEF 22: MANAMPY ANTSIKA REHETRA LALANA HERE," mitranga Asabotsy, Aprily 23, 2016 tao amin'ny Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ary amin'izao fotoana izao dia eo amin'ny amidy amin'ny www.TheColisee.com na amin'ny fiantsoana ny Colisée biraon'ny boaty amin'ny 207.783.2009 X 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ankoatry ny, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, manaraka azy ireo ao amin'ny Twitternefights sy hiaraka ofisialy vondrona Facebook "New England Niady."