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Lewiston, Maine (Januari 10, 2018) – Membesar dalam masyarakat kolar biru yang sama dan memajukan melalui yang sama, program sukan sejarah tersendiri tidak semestinya menjadikan dua orang sahabat.

 

 

 

Bekas rakan sepasukan Mountain Valley High School, dan masa depan New England Melawan lawan seni mempertahankan diri campuran, Ryan Burgess dan Nate Boucher adalah bukti pepatah lama, “kebiasaan menternak penghinaan.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, dan Boucher, 21, akan bertarung dalam pertarungan flyweight amatur di "NEF 32: Super Sabtu"Pada Sabtu, Februari 3. Perjuangan di Androscoggin Bank Colisee akan menentukan pencabar nombor satu dalam bahagian 125-pound, dan dapatkan pemenang tajuk ditembak menentang juara Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Ia akan telah hampir setahun sejak Burgess, tiga kali juara Maine sekolah tinggi gusti dan pemegang kejuaraan NEF lalu, berjalan ke dalam sangkar. Dia memanggil NEF pemilik bersama dan pencari jodoh Matt Peterson dan spesifik meminta perjuangan Boucher yang.

 

 

 

Mengapa? Dalam satu tangan, ia adalah satu keputusan perniagaan selepas berhampiran Boucher ini, kehilangan split-keputusan untuk Witham pada November tajuk pertarungan.

 

 

 

"Saya telah keluar selama setahun. Saya berharap untuk melompat segera kembali ke dalam perjuangan tajuk,"Burgess menjelaskan. "Selepas perjuangan Nate dengan Witham, Saya tahu dia mahu perlawanan semula serta-merta. Sebaik sahaja ia menjadi jelas bahawa tidak akan berlaku sehingga April, Saya bertanya jika kita boleh melakukannya perjuangan ini pada bulan Februari, dan Nate mengambilnya. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) kemudiannya melancarkan satu atau dua bom media sosial yang muncul untuk menunjukkan beberapa tahap permusuhan ke arah rakan-rakan Falcon beliau. Ia mungkin kurang peribadi daripada taktikal; Burgess merasakan peluang untuk mengeksploitasi apa yang dilihatnya sebagai salah satu daripada chinks dalam perisai Boucher ini.

 

 

 

"Nate, sejak dia masih kanak-kanak, mempunyai sikap piss-miskin apabila dia kehilangan. Saya berharap untuk merendahkan dia sedikit dan memastikan dia tidak perlu bimbang tentang perjuangan ini semakin dalam tangan hakim,"Kata Burgess. "Nate mungkin boleh menjadi sebagai seorang dua- atau tiga kali juara negeri jika beliau telah memberikan dirinya peluang untuk berbuat demikian. Jika dia masih mempunyai sikap yang sama dia ketika itu, ia akan berakhir dengan cara yang sama. "

 

 

 

Burgess adalah salah satu daripada empat juara negeri tiga kali dalam sejarah MVHS. Kebetulan, saudara Boucher ini, Ethan, juga dicapai feat yang.

 

 

 

Boucher, yang telah dibawa keluar empat kali juara mat Maine sekolah tinggi, dan dua kali New England finalis, Yeremia Barkac Dexter pada zamannya dalam heksagon NEF yang, kelihatan dan kedengaran seperti watak yang berbeza daripada orang yang bergelut lagi tikar sebagai seorang remaja.

 

 

 

Selepas memenangi dua pergaduhan pertamanya dengan mudah, Boucher (2-1) tidak adalah satu-satunya di dalam bangunan yang merasakan dia telah melakukan cukup untuk mendapatkan tali pinggang di Portland.

 

 

 

"Saya fikir saya dikawal dua pusingan pertama perjuangan. Kesemua tiga, benar-benar. Dua yang pertama saya cukup banyak mempunyai (Witham) tercekik,"Kata Boucher. "Ia akhirnya menjadi satu pengalaman pembelajaran untuk saya bahawa anda tidak boleh meninggalkan perjuangan kepada hakim-hakim. Perkara yang menarik mengenai barisan amatur adalah, manakala sudah tentu saya mengambil berat tentang rekod saya, pada akhir hari ia adalah sebahagian daripada proses pembelajaran untuk menjadikan anda lebih baik profesional. "

 

 

 

Sebagai tindak balas kepada Burgess’ volleys di Facebook, Boucher mempersoalkan kelakuan bekas juara selepas memenangi tali NEF dua pergaduhan ke dalam kariernya.

 

 

 

"Saya tidak banyak untuk bercakap sampah. Saya hanya menikmati sukan. Saya suka melawan dan kemudian hanya pulang ke rumah. Ia mengerjakannya sedikit untuk membina egonya saya fikir,"Kata Boucher. "Dia jatuh tali pinggang kerana dia menghadapi masalah membuat berat badan, yang cukup kurang ajar, pada pendapat saya. Dia keluar untuk seketika, jadi sekarang saya di hadapan beliau, dan dia tahu dia mempunyai untuk pergi melalui Aku. "

 

 

 

Burgess katanya digunakan PHK yang menamatkan pendidikan kolej dan membangunkan watikah pelantikannya sebagai pembantu terapi fizikal, menunjukkan bahawa profesion perubatan adalah lebih cenderung untuk menjadi kerjaya jangka panjang daripada MMA.

 

 

 

Semasa dia terus jadual latihan di Pusat Komuniti Rumford dengan Berserkers MMA, Burgess berkata ia adalah kurang sengit dan berstruktur sebelum kerugian terhadap Witham dan Dustin Veinott. Burgess sebelum ini mengalahkan kedua-dua pesaing.

 

 

 

"Secara fizikal saya masih perlu memukul mereka, tetapi mental saya tidak seperti yang disediakan seperti yang saya sepatutnya. Sekarang saya lebih fokus,"Kata Burgess. "Pada masa yang saya tamat sekolah, bekerja sambilan 20 kepada 30 jam seminggu dan pergi ke sekolah untuk mungkin lain 40. Saya kehilangan dua pergaduhan di mana saya berada di bawah berat badan. Saya telah mendapat berat badan manakala lelaki lain telah memotong berat badan. Saya sedang pergi di sana pada had dan mereka akan memakai 10 kepada 15 pound antara berat masuk dan perjuangan. "

 

 

 

Boucher diakui tidak pernah mencapai potensi sebagai seorang ahli gusti sekolah tinggi. Beliau telah mengikuti jalan yang berbeza daripada Burgess, mendaftar di Central Maine Brazil Jiu-Jitsu - di mana beliau masih melatih hari ini - pada usia 13.

 

 

 

"Saya mempunyai beberapa rakan latihan yang paling sukar dan terbaik di negeri ini,"Kata Boucher. "My jiu-jitsu telah melalui perjalanan yang panjang, hampir titik di mana ia telah berlalu saya bergelut sedikit. Sudah tentu, gusti adalah apa yang saya sentiasa kembali ke apabila saya memerlukannya. menarik saya ialah malam dan hari. Ia adalah seksa yang amat besar untuk perjuangan pertama saya. "

 

 

 

Beliau berkata kejayaan terbesar beliau dalam MMA telah datang dengan mengorbankan bekas ahli gusti.

 

 

 

Burgess mengharapkan Boucher untuk memandang rendah sepanjang himpunan beliau. Sebagai seorang yang mengambil gusti di sekolah menengah pasukan universiti junior dalam gred ketujuh, beliau berkata, sejarah beliau sebagai kajian cepat telah dibawa ke alam jiu-jitsu dan tinju.

 

 

 

"Saya fikir dia akan terkejut. Dia fikir dia tahu apa yang saya membawa ke meja,"Kata Burgess. "Apa yang dia tahu mengenai saya adalah gusti saya, tetapi saya mempunyai lebih banyak daripada itu untuk jatuh kembali. Saya sudah tahu apa yang membawa ke meja. Dan dia tidak akan belajar dalam tempoh dua bulan apa yang saya pelajari dalam dua tahun."

 

 

 

Pembukaan loceng pada Februari 3 ditetapkan untuk 7 petang. Tiket boleh didapati di www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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Melawan New England ("NEF") adalah acara promosi syarikat perjuangan. Misi NEF adalah untuk mewujudkan peristiwa yang berkualiti tinggi bagi pejuang dan peminat Maine yang sama. Pasukan eksekutif NEF ini mempunyai pengalaman yang luas dalam pengurusan sukan tempur, pengeluaran acara, hubungan media, pemasaran, undang-undang dan pengiklanan.

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

Lewiston, Maine (Jun 15, 2016) – Fighting anyone, mana-mana sahaja, 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 Sabtu, Jun 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 kepada 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 kepada 60 saat,” 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 WIB. 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, peringkat umur 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. Buat masa 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.’”

Pembukaan loceng pada Jun 18 ditetapkan untuk 7 petang. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 dan boleh didapati di www.TheColisee.com atau dengan menghubungi box office Colisée di 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, sila layari laman web promosi di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Di samping itu, anda boleh menonton video di NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mengikuti mereka di Twitternefights dan menyertai kumpulan Facebook rasmi "New England Melawan."

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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Lewiston, Maine (April 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) adalah yang 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.”

 

Pada awal tahun 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 saat. 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). Selepas kemenangan, 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, mengesahkan. “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. 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, Pertama MMA Kelas. 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 pusingan 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 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. “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.”

 

peristiwa New England Melawan ', "NEF 22: Semua jalan menuju SINI,” takes place this Sabtu, April 23, 2016 di Colisée Androscoggin Bank di Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 dan yang dijual di www.TheColisee.com atau dengan menghubungi pejabat kotak Colisée di 207.783.2009 x 525. Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai kemas kini kad peristiwa dan perjuangan, sila layari laman web promosi di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Di samping itu, anda boleh menonton video di NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mengikuti mereka di Twitternefights dan menyertai kumpulan Facebook rasmi "New England Melawan."

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 Di Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (Mac 17, 2016) - New England Melawan (NEF), Nombor satu promosi perjuangan serantau Amerika, akan mengadakan acara akan datang, “NEF 22: Semua jalan menuju SINI” pada Sabtu, April 23, 2016 di Colisée Androscoggin Bank di Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Awal hari ini, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” kad perjuangan. Mike “The Misai” Hansen (3-3) telah menandatangani untuk muka 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 lepas. He will look to rebound from that loss on 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 fighter – and 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 at “NEF 20” against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“Pada 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 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.”

 

peristiwa New England Melawan ', "NEF 22: Semua jalan menuju SINI," mengambil tempat Sabtu, April 23, 2016 di Colisée Androscoggin Bank di Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 dan yang dijual di www.TheColisee.com atau dengan menghubungi pejabat kotak Colisée di 207.783.2009 x 525. Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai kemas kini kad peristiwa dan perjuangan, sila layari laman web promosi di www.NewEnglandFights.com. Di samping itu, anda boleh menonton video di NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mengikuti mereka di Twitternefights dan menyertai kumpulan Facebook rasmi "New England Melawan."