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As tensões ao rubro como o ex-Falcons Teammates Prepare-se para MMA gaiola Batalha

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Lewiston, Maine (Janeiro 10, 2018) – Crescer na mesma comunidade de colarinho azul e avançando através da mesma, programa de esportes contado não necessariamente torná dois homens melhores amigos.

 

 

 

Antigos colegas de equipa Montanha Valley High School, e futuro New England Lutas mistos adversários artes marciais, Ryan Burgess e Nate Boucher são a prova da velha máxima, “familiaridade gera desdém.”

 

 

 

Cidadão, 24, e Boucher, 21, vai lutar em um ataque flyweight amador em “NEF 32: Super Sábado"Sobre Sábado, Fevereiro 3. A luta pelo Androscoggin Banco Colisee irá determinar o candidato número um na divisão de 125 libras, e ganhar o vencedor de uma disputa de título contra o campeão Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Terá sido quase um ano desde Burgess, um três vezes campeão Maine ensino médio wrestling e titular NEF passado, entrou na gaiola. Ele chamou co-proprietário e matchmaker NEF Matt Peterson e especificamente solicitado a luta Boucher.

 

 

 

Porquê? Por um lado, foi uma decisão de negócio após o fechamento de Boucher, perda decisão dividida para Witham em um ataque de título em novembro.

 

 

 

“Eu estive fora por um ano. Eu estava esperando para pular de volta para uma luta pelo título,”Burgess explicou. “Após a luta de Nate com Witham, Eu sabia que ele iria querer a revanche imediata. Uma vez que se tornou óbvio que não ia acontecer até Abril, Eu perguntei se poderíamos fazer essa luta em fevereiro, e Nate pegou.”

 

 

 

Cidadão (2-2) posteriormente lançou uma ou duas granadas de mídia social que pareciam indicar algum nível de animosidade contra seu companheiro Falcon. É provável menos pessoal do que tático; Burgess sentiu uma oportunidade de explorar o que ele vê como uma das fendas na armadura de Boucher.

 

 

 

“Nate, desde que ele era criança, tem uma atitude mijo-pobre quando ele perde. Espero humilhá-lo um pouco e ter certeza que ele não precisa se preocupar com esta luta ficando nas mãos dos juízes,”Burgess disse. “Nate provavelmente poderia ter sido um dois- ou três vezes campeão do estado se ele próprio tinha dado a oportunidade de fazer isso. Se ele ainda tem a mesma atitude que ele teve naquela época, ele vai acabar da mesma maneira.”

 

 

 

Burgess é um dos únicos quatro campeões estaduais de três vez na história MVHS. Coincidentemente, O irmão de Boucher, Ethan, também realizado o feito.

 

 

 

Boucher, que já tenha tirado quatro vezes campeão mat Maine ensino médio, e duas vezes New England finalista, Jeremias Barkac de Dexter durante seu tempo no hexágono NEF, parece e soa como um personagem diferente do que aquele que lutou longe do tapete como um adolescente.

 

 

 

Depois de vencer suas duas primeiras lutas com facilidade, Boucher (2-1) Não era o único no edifício que sentiu que tinha feito o suficiente para ganhar o cinturão em Portland.

 

 

 

“Eu pensei que eu controlava os dois primeiros rounds da luta. Todos três, realmente. Os dois primeiros eu praticamente tive (Witham) sufocou,”Boucher disse. “Acabou sendo uma experiência de aprendizado para mim que você não pode deixar a luta para os juízes. A grande coisa sobre as fileiras de amadores é, enquanto é claro que eu me importo com o meu recorde, no final do dia é parte do processo de aprendizagem para torná-lo um profissional melhor.”

 

 

 

Em resposta a Burgess’ volleys no Facebook, Boucher questionou o comportamento do ex-campeão depois de vencer a correia NEF duas lutas em sua carreira.

 

 

 

“Eu não sou muito para a conversa do lixo. Eu só apreciar o esporte. Eu gosto de lutar e, em seguida, ir para casa. Ele faz isso um pouco para construir o seu ego eu acho,”Boucher disse. “Ele deixou cair o cinto porque ele estava tendo problemas para fazer peso, o que é muito desrespeitoso, Na minha opinião. Ele estava fora por um tempo, então agora eu estou à frente dele, e ele sabe que tem que passar por mim “.

 

 

 

Burgess disse ele usou essa dispensa para completar sua educação universitária e desenvolver as suas credenciais como um assistente de fisioterapeuta, indicando que a profissão médica é mais provável que seja a sua carreira a longo prazo do que o MMA.

 

 

 

Enquanto ele continuou a sua programação de treinamento em Rumford Centro Comunitário com Berserkers MMA, Burgess disse que era menos intensa e estruturada antes de suas perdas contra Witham e Dustin Veinott. Burgess derrotado anteriormente ambos os rivais.

 

 

 

“Fisicamente eu ainda deveria ter vencido, mas mentalmente eu não estava tão preparada como eu deveria ter sido. Agora estou muito mais focado,”Burgess disse. “Na época, eu estava terminando a escola, Trabalho a tempo parcial 20 para 30 horas por semana e ir para a escola para, provavelmente, outra 40. Perdi duas lutas onde eu estava sob o peso. Eu estava ganhando peso, enquanto os outros caras estavam cortando peso. Eu ia lá no limite e que iria colocar em 10 para 15 libras entre a pesagem ea luta “.

 

 

 

Boucher reconhecidamente nunca alcançou o seu potencial como um lutador do ensino médio. Ele seguiu um caminho diferente do que Burgess, se matricular na Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - onde ele ainda treina hoje - na idade 13.

 

 

 

“Eu tenho alguns dos parceiros mais difíceis e melhores formação no Estado,”Boucher disse. "Meu jiu-jitsu percorreu um longo caminho, quase ao ponto em que já passou o meu wrestling um pouco. Claro, wrestling é o que eu sempre voltar para quando eu precisar dele. Meu impressionante é noite e dia. Foi terrível para minha primeira luta “.

 

 

 

Ele acrescentou que seu maior sucesso no MMA veio à custa de ex-lutadores.

 

 

 

Burgess está contando com Boucher subestimar o resto de seu repertório. Como alguém que pegou lutando na escola média time da escola júnior na sétima série, ele disse que a sua história como um estudo rápido tem transitado em reino do jiu-jitsu e boxe.

 

 

 

“Eu acho que ele vai ser surpreendido. Ele acha que sabe o que eu trago para a mesa,”Burgess disse. “Tudo o que ele sabe sobre mim é a minha luta livre, mas eu tenho um monte mais do que isso para voltar a cair. Eu já sei o que ele traz para a mesa. E ele não vai aprender em dois meses o que eu aprendi daqui a dois anos."

 

 

 

O sino de abertura sobre Fevereiro 3 é definido por 7 p.m. Os bilhetes estão disponíveis no www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, em seguida, 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 Sábado, Junho 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, não importa o que,”Hansen disse. “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 para 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 para 60 segundos,”Hansen disse. “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 (Co-proprietário NEF) 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 disse.

Three weeks later e 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

No 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, também. Hansen is the father of two girls, idade 5 e 2, and a boy of four months. His older daughter, Kaydn, often accompanies Dad to the gym at Greater Rumford Community Center. He returns the favor by chaperoning field trips for her kindergarten class.

“She and her friends will be on the playground practicing boxing stances and stuff,”Hansen disse. “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. Por enquanto, she is content to watch her Dad’s fights on YouTube.

“If we’re watching TV together,”Hansen disse, “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.’”

O sino de abertura sobre Junho 18 é definido por 7 p.m. Ingressos para “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 e estão disponíveis em www.TheColisee.com ou ligando para o escritório de caixa em Colisee 207.783.2009, extensão 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, por favor visite o site da promoção no www.NewEnglandFights.com. Além, você pode assistir a vídeos no NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, segui-los no Twitternefights e juntar-se ao grupo no Facebook oficial "New England Lutas".

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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Lewiston, Maine (Abril 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) foi o player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did não 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.”

 

No início 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 segundos. 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). Após a vitória, 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. Adicionalmente, 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, confirmado. “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 (QUEM). 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. Ganhar ou perder, I knew they had my back and more.”

 

This weekend, Glover is poised to make his second appearance in the NEF cage when he takes on 6’6” Ras Hylton (1-0) from rival gym, First Class MMA. Hylton made his debut on the same night as Glover and, like his challenger this weekend, made quick work of his opponent by earning a TKO victory at 1:21 do primeiro turno.

 

Berserkers MMA Founder and Head Coach, Mike Hansen, predicts a dominant night for Glover. “Matt happens to be much stronger than he even appears, which is incredible if you have ever seen him,” Hansen stated. “A guy of his size normally struggles with agility, but Matt doesn’t. He is a super athlete and easy to coach. Matt improves daily and will be a juggernaut in the heavyweight amateur division.

 

“Ras is used to being the bigger guy in all of his fights. That will not be the case on Saturday night. Matt will put his hands on Hylton in a way he’s never been touched before. I don’t see Ras walking away from this fight with his hand held high. He should consider it a win if he can walk away at all when Matt’s done with him.”

 

Going into Sábado noite, 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.”

 

próximo evento 'New England Fights, "NEF 22: TODAS AS ESTRADAS CONDUZEM AQUI,” takes place this Sábado, Abril 23, 2016 no Colisée Androscoggin Bank em Lewiston, Maine. Os ingressos para "NEF 22" começam apenas $25 e já estão à venda no www.TheColisee.com ou ligando para o escritório de caixa em Colisée 207.783.2009 X 525. Para mais informações sobre as atualizações de cartões de eventos e de luta, por favor visite o site da promoção no www.NewEnglandFights.com. Além, você pode assistir a vídeos no NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, segui-los no Twitternefights e juntar-se ao grupo no Facebook oficial "New England Lutas".

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 Em Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (Março 17, 2016) - Fights Nova Inglaterra (NEF), Número um promoção luta regional da América, irá realizar o seu próximo evento, “NEF 22: TODAS AS ESTRADAS CONDUZEM AQUI” em Sábado, Abril 23, 2016 no Colisée Androscoggin Bank em Lewiston, Maine. O card da luta contará com uma mistura de artes marciais mistas (MMA) e lutas de boxe profissional. Hoje cedo, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” cartão da luta. Microfone “O Bigode” Hansen (3-3) assinou a cara Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) com um peso de combate de 205 libras-.

 

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) mês passado. He will look to rebound from that loss on Abril 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. Assim, 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).

 

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

 

próximo evento 'New England Fights, "NEF 22: TODAS AS ESTRADAS CONDUZEM AQUI," acontece em Sábado, Abril 23, 2016 no Colisée Androscoggin Bank em Lewiston, Maine. Os ingressos para "NEF 22" começam apenas $25 e já estão à venda no www.TheColisee.com ou ligando para o escritório de caixa em Colisée 207.783.2009 X 525. Para mais informações sobre as atualizações de cartões de eventos e de luta, por favor visite o site da promoção no www.NewEnglandFights.com. Além, você pode assistir a vídeos no NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, segui-los no Twitternefights e juntar-se ao grupo no Facebook oficial "New England Lutas".