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Tensjonijiet Running Għoli bħala Falcons Ex Teammates Ipprepara għal MMA Gaġġa battalja

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Lewiston, Maine (Jannar 10, 2018) – Jikbru fl-istess komunità blu-kullar u javvanza mill-istess, storied programm sportiv mhux bilfors jagħmlu żewġ irġiel ħbieb aħjar.

 

 

 

Ex teammates Muntanji Wied High School, u New England futur tissielet avversarji arti marzjali mħallta, Ryan Burgess u Nate Boucher huma evidenza tal-Maxim qodma, “familjarità razez disprezz.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, u Boucher, 21, se battalja fi bout flyweight dilettanti fi "NEF 32: Super IS-SIBT"Fuq IS-SIBT, Frar 3. Il-ġlieda fil Androscoggin Bank Colisée se jiddeterminaw il-konkorrent numru wieħed fid-diviżjoni 125-lira, u jaqilgħu r-rebbieħ titolu tir kontra champion Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Se jkunu ġew kważi sena peress Burgess, żmien ta 'tliet Maine lotta iskola għolja champion u titleholder NEF passat, mixi fil-gaġġa. Talab NEF ko-proprjetarju u matchmaker Matt Peterson u talab speċifikament l-ġlieda Boucher.

 

 

 

Għaliex? Fuq naħa waħda, kienet deċiżjoni tan-negozju wara qrib Boucher ta, telf qasma-deċiżjoni li Witham fi bout titolu Novembru.

 

 

 

"Stajt ġie out għal sena. I kien bit-tama li jaqbżu dritt lura fi ġlieda titolu,"Burgess spjegat. "Wara ġlieda Nate ma Witham, Kont naf li jkunu jridu l-rematch immedjat. Ladarba deher ċar li ma kienx ser iseħħ sa April, I staqsa jekk nistgħu nagħmlu din il-ġlieda fi Frar, u Nate ħa. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) sussegwentement nediet granati wieħed jew tnejn tal-midja soċjali li dehru li jindikaw ċertu livell ta 'animosity lejn Falcon sħabu. Huwa probabbli anqas personali minn tattika; Burgess nħassu l-opportunità li jisfruttaw dak li jara bħala wieħed mill-chinks fil Armor Boucher ta.

 

 

 

"Nate, qatt peress li huwa kien kid, għandha attitudni piss foqra meta dan jitlef. Nittama li umli lilu ftit u kun żgur hu ma jkollhom għalfejn tinkwieta dwar din il-ġlieda jkollna fil-idejn ta 'l-imħallfin,"Burgess qal. "Nate probabbilment setgħet kienet tnejn- jew-tlett darbiet champion Istat jekk kien mogħti lilu nnifsu l-opportunità li jagħmlu dan. Jekk huwa għad għandu l-istess attitudni kellu lura mbagħad, li għaddej biex tintemm bl-istess mod. "

 

 

 

Burgess hija waħda minn erba ċampjins biss istat ta 'tliet ħin fl-istorja MVHS. Inzerta, brother Boucher s, ethan, wkoll jitwettqu l ADT.

 

 

 

Boucher, li diġà meħuda erba 'żmien tapit Maine iskola għolja ċampjin, u żewġ time New England finalista, Ġeremija Barkac tal Dexter matul il-ħin tiegħu fl-b'ħeksagon NEF, jistenna u ħsejjes bħal karattru differenti minn dak li bata l bogħod mill-tapit bħala żagħżugħ.

 

 

 

Wara li rebaħ ewwel żewġ tissielet tiegħu bil-faċilità, Boucher (2-1) ma kienx l-uniku wieħed fil-bini li ħass li kellu jsir biżżejjed biex jaqilgħu l-ċinturin fil Portland.

 

 

 

"Ħsibt I kkontrollati l-ewwel żewġ rawnds tal-ġlieda. It-tlieta, verament. L-ewwel tnejn I pretty ħafna kellhom (Witham) fgat minn,"Boucher qal. "Hija spiċċa biex tkun esperjenza ta 'tagħlim għalija li inti ma tistax tħalli l-ġlieda għall-imħallfin. Il-ħaġa kbira dwar il-gradi dilettanti huwa, filwaqt naturalment I jimpurtahom rekord tiegħi, fl-aħħar tal-ġurnata huwa parti mill-proċess ta 'tagħlim biex tagħmel inti professjonali aħjar. "

 

 

 

Bi tweġiba għal Burgess’ volleys fuq Facebook, Boucher interrogat imġieba tal-ewwel ċampjin wara li tirbaħ il-ċinga NEF żewġ tissielet fis-karriera tiegħu.

 

 

 

"Jien ma ħafna għall-jitkellmu Trash. I biss igawdu l-isport. I simili għall-ġlieda kontra u mbagħad biss tmur id-dar. Hu ma ftit biex jibnu ego tiegħu Naħseb,"Boucher qal. "Hu niżel il-ċinturin għaliex kien trouble wara li tagħmel piż, li huwa pjuttost turi diżrispett, fl-opinjoni tiegħi. Hu kien barra għal waqt, hekk issa jien qabel lilu, u hu jaf hu għandu jgħaddi lili. "

 

 

 

Burgess qal hu użat li sensja biex jitlesta l-edukazzjoni kulleġġ tiegħu u tiżviluppa l-kredenzjali tiegħu bħala assistent terapista fiżika, jindika li l-professjoni medika huwa aktar probabbli li jkun karriera tiegħu fit-tul milli MMA.

 

 

 

Filwaqt li kompla iskeda taħriġ tiegħu fil Rumford Komunità Center bi Berserkers MMA, Burgess qal li kien inqas intensi u strutturat qabel telf tiegħu kontra Witham u Dustin Veinott. Burgess qabel defeated żewġ rivali.

 

 

 

"Fiżikament I għadhom kellha imsawta minnhom, imma mentalment I ma kienx ippreparat kif I kellu jkun. Issa jien ferm iktar iffokati,"Burgess qal. "Fil-ħin I kien spiċċat l-iskola, jaħdmu part-time 20 biex 30 siegħa fil-ġimgħa u jmorru l-iskola għall probabbilment ieħor 40. Tlift żewġ tissielet fejn I kien taħt il-piż. I kien ksib ta 'piż filwaqt li l-guys oħra kienu qtugħ piż. I d jmorru fil hemm fil-limitu u li ipoġġiha fuq 10 biex 15 liri bejn il iżen-in u l-ġlieda. "

 

 

 

Boucher ċertament qatt ma laħqitx il-potenzjal tiegħu bħala wrestler iskola għolja. Huwa segwa triq differenti minn Burgess, rreġistraw fi Ċentrali Maine Brażiljan Jiu-Jitsu - fejn għadu ferroviji llum - fl-età 13.

 

 

 

"Għandi xi wħud mill-imsieħba ta 'taħriġ aktar ħorox u aħjar fl-istat,"Boucher qal. "My Jiu-Jitsu wasal triq twila, kważi l-punt fejn jkun għadda tiegħi lotta ftit. Of course, lotta huwa dak I dejjem tmur lura sa I meta bżonnha. My jolqtok huwa-lejl u jum. Kien orribbli għall-ewwel ġlieda tiegħi. "

 

 

 

Huwa żied li s-suċċess ikbar tiegħu fil-MMA wasal għad-detriment tal wrestlers preċedenti.

 

 

 

Burgess qed isserraħ fuq Boucher li jissottovalutaw il-bqija ta 'repertorju tiegħu. Bħala xi ħadd li ħa lotta fuq l-iskola tan-nofs tim Varsity junior fil-grad seba, huwa qal li l-istorja tiegħu bħala studju ta 'malajr ikun ttrasferita isfera ta Jiu-Jitsu u boksing.

 

 

 

"Naħseb li huwa għaddej biex tkun sorpriż. Huwa jaħseb li jaf dak I tressaq it-tabella,"Burgess qal. "Kull ma jaf dwar me huwa lotta tiegħi, imma għandi ħafna aktar minn dak li taqa 'lura fuq. I diġà jafu dak li ġġib it-tabella. U hu mhux se jitgħallmu fi żmien xahrejn dak li stajt tgħallmu fi żmien sentejn."

 

 

 

Il-qanpiena tal-ftuħ fuq Frar 3 huwa stabbilit għal 7 p.m. Biljetti huma disponibbli fuq www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, imbagħad, 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 IS-SIBT, Ġunju 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 biex 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 biex 60 sekondi,” 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 u 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Fil- 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, etajiet 5 u 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. Għal issa, 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.’”

Il-qanpiena tal-ftuħ fuq Ġunju 18 huwa stabbilit għal 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 u huma disponibbli fuq www.TheColisee.com jew billi ċċempel-uffiċċju kaxxa Colisee fil 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. B'żieda, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jsegwu minnhom fuqnefights Twitter u jingħaqdu mal-grupp uffiċjali Facebook "New England Tissielet."

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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) kien l- player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did mhux 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.”

 

Kmieni fl 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 sekondi. 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). Wara l-rebħa, 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. Barra minn hekk, 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. Win jew jitilfu, 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, Ewwel Klassi 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 ta 'l-ewwel rawnd.

 

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 IS-SIBT lejl, 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.”

 

avveniment li jmiss tissielet New England ", "NEF 22: It-toroq kollha ĊOMB HERE,” takes place this IS-SIBT, April 23, 2016 fil-Androscoggin Bank Colisée fil Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 u huma fuq bejgħ issa fil www.TheColisee.com jew billi ċċempel l-uffiċċju kaxxa Colisée fi 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. B'żieda, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jsegwu minnhom fuqnefights Twitter u jingħaqdu mal-grupp uffiċjali Facebook "New England Tissielet."

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 IN LEWISTON

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Lewiston, Maine (Marzu 17, 2016) - Tissielet New England (NEF), Amerika Numru ta 'wieħed promozzjoni ġlieda reġjonali, se torganizza avveniment li jmiss tagħha, “NEF 22: It-toroq kollha ĊOMB HERE” fuq IS-SIBT, April 23, 2016 fil-Androscoggin Bank Colisée fil Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Earlier today, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” karta ġlieda. Mike “L-MOUSTACHE” Hansen (3-3) ffirmat biex jiffaċċjaw Jesse “L-Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) fi piż ġlieda ta '205-liri.

 

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) aħħar xahar. 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. Allura, 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).

 

“Fuq 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.”

 

avveniment li jmiss tissielet New England ", "NEF 22: It-toroq kollha ĊOMB HERE,"Sseħħ IS-SIBT, April 23, 2016 fil-Androscoggin Bank Colisée fil Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 u huma fuq bejgħ issa fil www.TheColisee.com jew billi ċċempel l-uffiċċju kaxxa Colisée fi 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. B'żieda, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jsegwu minnhom fuqnefights Twitter u jingħaqdu mal-grupp uffiċjali Facebook "New England Tissielet."