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Mkangano Kuthamanga High monga anaumba chiwombankhanga Teammates Konzekerani MMA khola Battle

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Lewiston, Maine (January 10, 2018) – Kukula mu chomwecho zamanja dera n'kuyamba kudzera yemweyo, storied masewera pulogalamu sindiye kuti amuna awiri abwenzi.

 

 

 

Anaumba teammates Mountain Valley High School, ndi tsogolo New England ndewu wosanganiza masewera a karati otsutsa, Ryan Burgess ndi Nate Boucher ndi umboni wa limakhulupirira akale, “ankadziwa amayambitsa kunyoza.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, ndipo Boucher, 21, adzachita nkhondo mu ankachita masewera flyweight podwala pa "NEF 32: Super Loweruka"Padziko Loweruka, February 3. nkhondo pa Androscoggin Bank Colisee adzaona ndi Woyesana nambala wani mu gulu 125 yolemera, ndi kupeza wopambana udindo anawomberedwa ndi ngwazi Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Izo zakhala pafupifupi chaka kuyambira Burgess, atatu nthawi Maine sekondale ogwetsana ngwazi ndi akale NEF titleholder, anayenda mu khola. Iye anaitana NEF co-mwini matchmaker Mat Peterson mwachindunji anapempha Boucher nkhondo.

 

 

 

N'chifukwa? Pa dzanja limodzi, zinali kusankha ntchito pambuyo pafupi Boucher a, imfa kugawanika-choti Witham mu November mutu podwala.

 

 

 

"Ine ndakhala kunja kwa chaka. Ndimasangalala kudumpha mmbuyo mu mutu nkhondo,"Burgess anafotokoza. "Pambuyo nkhondo Nate ndi Witham, Ine akhapiziwa mukufuna rematch mwamsanga. Kamodzi zinali zoonekeratu kuti sanali zichitike mpaka April, Ine ndinamufunsa ngati ife tikanakhoza kuchita nkhondoyi February, ndipo Nate anatenga izo. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) kenako anapezerapo imodzi kapena ziwiri chikhalidwe TV mabomba amene anaonekera kwa akusonyeza ena mlingo wa chidani kwa wake Chimphamba anzathu. Zikuoneka zochepa osati mwatsatanetsatane; Burgess anazindikira mwayi kufunkha zimene amaona ngati mmodzi wa chinks mu zida Boucher a.

 

 

 

"Nate, kuyambira mwana, ali ndi mtima piss anthu osauka pamene iye wotaya. Ine ndikuyembekeza kuti akuchepetseni iye pang'ono pokha ndipo onetsetsani kuti alibe nkhawa nkhondo akulowa mu manja a oweruza,"Burgess anati. "Nate mwina zikanatha awiri- kapena atatu nthawi boma ngwazi ngati adawapatsa yekha angachitire kuti. Ngati iye ali ndi maganizo omwewo iye anali panthawiyo, izo kutha mwanjira yomweyo. "

 

 

 

Burgess ndi imodzi mwa anayi atatu nthawi boma akatswiri okha mbiri MVHS. Kulikonse, m'bale Boucher a, Etani, anachikwaniritsa chintchito.

 

 

 

Boucher, amene kale zinai nthawi mphasa Maine sekondale ngwazi, ndi ziwiri nthawi New England finalist, Yeremiya Barkac wa Dexter pa nthawi mu NEF hexagon, zikuwoneka ndipo zikumveka ngati khalidwe wosiyana kuposa amene ankavutika kuchokera mphasa ngati wachinyamata.

 

 

 

Pambuyo kuwina woyamba ndewu ake awiri ndi omasuka, Boucher (2-1) sanali mmodzi yekha mu nyumbayi amene ankaona anachita zokwanira kuti apeze lamba mu Portland.

 

 

 

"Ine ndimaganiza ine umayang'anira zipolopolo ziwiri zoyambirira nkhondo. onse atatu, kwenikweni. Woyamba awiri Ine wokongola chambiri (Witham) ndizo,"Boucher anati. "Anafikira pokhala zinachitikira kuphunzira kwa ine kuti inu sangachoke nkhondoyi oweruza. The chinthu chachikulu za mizere ya zofufuzafufuza ndi, pamene kumene ndimasamala za mbiri yanga, kumapeto kwa tsiku ndi mbali ya kuphunzira kuti inu katswiri bwino. "

 

 

 

Poyankha Burgess’ volleys pa Facebook, Boucher adamfunsa khalidwe ngwazi yemwe anali pambuyo athana NEF anamangirira ndewu awiri mu ntchito yake.

 

 

 

"Ine sindiri mochuluka nkhani zinyalala. Ine basi kusangalala ndi masewera. Ndimakonda kulimbana ndi ndiye ingopitirirani kunyumba. Iye amachita izo pang'ono kumanga cholinga chake ine ndikuganiza,"Boucher anati. "Iye anagwetsa lamba chifukwa iye anali ndi vuto kupanga kulemera, umene uli wokongola sizilemekeza, m'malingaliro anga. Iye anali kunja kwa kanthawi, kotero tsopano ine ndiri patsogolo pake, ndipo iye akudziwa kuti ipyole ine. "

 

 

 

Burgess anati, iye anagwiritsa ntchito layoff kumaliza maphunziro a ku koleji wake ndi kukhala ndiyedi monga thupi dokotala wothandizira, yonena kuti madokotala zambiri kuti ntchito yake yaitali kuposa MMA.

 

 

 

Pamene iye kuphunzira ndandanda wake pa Rumford Community Center ndi Berserkers MMA, Burgess anati izo zinali zochepa kwambiri ndiponso kusasintha isanafike zomvetsa wake ndi Witham ndi Dustin Veinott. Burgess kale anagonjetsa Otsutsa onse.

 

 

 

"Maonekedwe Ndimakumbukirabe ayenera asula iwo, koma maganizo sindinali ngati wokonzeka ngati ine kukhala. Tsopano Ndine kwambiri maganizo,"Burgess anati. "Pa nthawi imene ndinali kumaliza sukulu, ntchito ganyu 20 kuti 30 maola ndi kupita kusukulu chifukwa mwina wina 40. Ndataya ndewu awiri kumene ine ndinali pansi pa madziwo. Ine ndinali kupeza kulemera pamene anyamata ena anali kudula kulemera. Ndikufuna kupita apo malire ndipo anali kuvala 10 kuti 15 mapaundi pakati pa kulemera-ndi nkhondo. "

 

 

 

Boucher akuvomereza konse anafika kuthekera kwake monga ogwetsana sekondale. Iye anatsatira njira zosiyana koposa Burgess, kulembetsa pa chapakati Maine Brazil Jiu-Jitsu - kumene iye akadali imaphunzitsa lero - pa zaka 13.

 

 

 

"Ine ndi ena mwa abwenzi kuzisiya ndi bwino maphunziro boma,"Boucher anati. "My jiu-jitsu yafika nthawi yaitali, pafupifupi kufika kumene wachokera akulimbana anga pang'ono. Kumene, ogwetsana ndi zimene ine nthawizonse kubwerera pamene ndikuchifuna. chidwi anga usiku ndi tsiku. Zinali moyipa kwa nkhondo wanga woyamba. "

 

 

 

Iye anawonjezera kuti kupambana wamkulu mu MMA wabwera likuvutika wrestlers kale.

 

 

 

Burgess ndi akudalira Boucher kuderera ena repertoire wake. Monga munthu amene anagwira kumenyana pa sukulu pakati junior varsity timu mu sitandade chiwiri, ananena kuti mbiri yake monga kuphunzira mwamsanga yatengedwa uko mu ufumu wa jiu-jitsu ndi nkhonya.

 

 

 

"Ine ndikuganiza iye mudabwa. Akuganiza kuti iye akudziwa zomwe ine kubweretsa tebulo,"Burgess anati. "Onse amadziwa za ine ndi ogwetsana wanga, koma ine kwambiri kuposa kuti kugwera mmbuyo pa. Ndikudziwa kale chimene iye akubweretsa ku gome. Ndipo iye si tiphunzira mu miyezi iwiri zimene ndaphunzira mu zaka ziwiri."

 

 

 

Kutsegula belu pa February 3 amamasulidwa chifukwa 7 p.m. Matikiti alipo ku www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

About New England Kumenyana

 

 

New England Kumenyana ("NEF") nkhondoyi zochitika pantchito kampani. NEF cholinga ndi kulenga wapamwamba kwambiri zinthu kuti Maine a omenyana ndi mafani ofanana. NEF a Yolamula Gulu agwira anamenyana masewera kasamalidwe, zochitika yopanga, atolankhani anagona, malonda, malamulo ndi otsatsa.

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, Ndiyeno, 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 Loweruka, June 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 kuti 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 kuti 60 masekondi,” 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) Mat 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 ndipo 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Mu 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, mibadwo 5 ndipo 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. Pakadali pano, 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.’”

Kutsegula belu pa June 18 amamasulidwa chifukwa 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 ndipo akupezeka pa www.TheColisee.com kapena kuyitana Colisee bokosi nchito 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, mufuna, pitani Kukwezeleza a webusaiti pa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Kuphatikiza apo, inu mukhoza kuona NEF a pa www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, kuzitsatira pa Twitternefights ndi kulowa mu boma Facebook gulu "New England ndewu."

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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) anali ndi player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did osati 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.”

 

Kumayambiriro 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 masekondi. 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). Pambuyo Nkhata, 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. Kuwonjezera, 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. Kupambana kapena kutaya, 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, Choyamba Maphunziro 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 woyamba wozungulira.

 

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 Loweruka usiku, 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 ndewu 'chochitika lotsatira, "NEF 22: Zipembedzo Zonse Zimatsogolera PANO,” takes place this Loweruka, April 23, 2016 pa Androscoggin Bank Colisée mu Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ndipo pa malonda tsopano www.TheColisee.com kapena kuitana Colisée bokosi nchito 207.783.2009 × 525. Kuti mudziwe zambiri pa chochitika ndi nkhondo khadi zosintha, mufuna, pitani Kukwezeleza a webusaiti pa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Kuphatikiza apo, inu mukhoza kuona NEF a pa www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, kuzitsatira pa Twitternefights ndi kulowa mu boma Facebook gulu "New England ndewu."

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 MU LEWISTON

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Lewiston, Maine (March 17, 2016) - New England Kumenyana (NEF), America wa nambala wani dera nkhondo Kukwezeleza, adzakangamira ake lotsatira chochitika, “NEF 22: Zipembedzo Zonse Zimatsogolera PANO” pa Loweruka, April 23, 2016 pa Androscoggin Bank Colisée mu Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Poyambirira lero, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” nkhondo khadi. Mike “Ndi masharubu” Hansen (3-3) wakhala alembedwa nkhope Jesse “The wakunja” Baughman (0-1) pa nkhondo kulemera 205-mapaundi.

 

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) mwezi watha. 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. Choncho, 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).

 

“Pa April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Anati 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 ndewu 'chochitika lotsatira, "NEF 22: Zipembedzo Zonse Zimatsogolera PANO,"Chikuchitika Loweruka, April 23, 2016 pa Androscoggin Bank Colisée mu Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ndipo pa malonda tsopano www.TheColisee.com kapena kuitana Colisée bokosi nchito 207.783.2009 × 525. Kuti mudziwe zambiri pa chochitika ndi nkhondo khadi zosintha, mufuna, pitani Kukwezeleza a webusaiti pa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Kuphatikiza apo, inu mukhoza kuona NEF a pa www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, kuzitsatira pa Twitternefights ndi kulowa mu boma Facebook gulu "New England ndewu."