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Tsitsipano matha Phahameng ka Moetsi liphakoe Teammates Itokisetse MMA Cage Battle

Lewiston, Maine (January 10, 2018) – Hōlela e tšoanang e putsoa-molaleng setjhaba le atamela ka e tšoanang, eyebana lipapali lenaneo ha se hakaalo hore e etsa banna ba babeli ba metsoalle ea molemo ka ho fetisisa.

 

 

 

Pele e neng e teammates Mountain Valley High School, le nakong e tlang New England lintoa tsoakiloeng Martial Arts bahanyetsi, Ryan Burgess le Nate Boucher ke bopaki ba Maxim khale, “tloaelaneng baka nyelisoa.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, le Boucher, 21, tla loana ka tsenwe flyweight bout ka "NEF 32: Super Moqebelo"Leqepheng Moqebelo, February 3. Ntoa e ka Androscoggin Banka Colisee tla beha contender nomoro e 'ngoe ka karohano 125-ponto, le fumana chelete ea mohlodi sehlooho sa thunngoa khahlanong le 'mampoli Justin Witham.

 

 

 

E tla ba 'nile ba hoo e ka bang selemo ho tloha Burgess, a mararo nako Maine sekolo se phahameng ho kampana mampoli le fetileng NEF titleholder, kena gorole ho. O ile a bitsa NEF sebedisana mong'a le matchmaker Matt Peterson le ka ho toba o ile a kōpa ho Boucher ntoa e.

 

 

 

Ke hobane'ng ha? Ka lehlakoreng le leng, e ne e etse qeto ea khoebo ka mor'a haufi Boucher e, ho lahleheloa ke arohana qeto ya ho Witham ka November sehlooho bout.

 

 

 

"Nkile ka ea tsoa bakeng selemo. Ke ne ke tšepile hore o tla ikakhele khutlela ka sehlooho ntoa e,"Burgess o ile a hlalosa. "Ka mor'a hore ntoa e Nate e le Witham, Ke ne ke tseba o ne a tla batla ka katie hang-hang. Hang ho ile ha hlaka hore o ne a ke ke a etsahala ho fihlela April, Ke ile ka botsa hore na re ka etsa ntoeng ena ka February, le Nate nka. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) o ile a qala le 'ngoe kapa tse peli tsa sechaba mecha ea phatlalatso ea liqhomane e ileng ea hlaha ho bontša ba bang ba boemo ba bora ho ea hae phakoe-'moho le rōna. Ho ka etsahala hore ebe ka tlaase ho moo ka seqo ho feta e etsoang ka maqiti; Burgess o ile a lemoha monyetla oa ho sebelisa hampe seo a se bonang e le e mong oa chinks ka lihlomo tsa Boucher e.

 

 

 

"Nate, ho tloha ha e ne e le potsanyane, na le boikutlo bo piss-empa mafutsana ha a ne a ea lahleheloang. Ke le tšepo ea ho ikokobetsa mo e nyenyane hanyenyane 'me le etse bonnete ba hore a se ke a lokela ho tšoenyeha ka ntoeng ena ho matsohong a baahloli,"Burgess itse. "Nate mohlomong a ka be a bile a mabeli- kapa e meraro-nako boemo mampoli ha a ne a ba file ka boeena o le monyetla oa ho etsa joalo. Ha a sa ntse eo na le maikutlo a tšoanang a ne a khutla ebe, hore lintho li tla ba ho felisa ka tsela e tšoanang. "

 

 

 

Burgess ke e 'ngoe ea tse' nè tse tharo-nako boemo baemeli feela histori MVHS. Coincidentally, Mor'abo rōna e Boucher e, Ethan, Hape finyelloa ka feat,.

 

 

 

Boucher, ba o se ao nkile tsoa mane nako moseme Maine phahameng sekolong mampoli, le tse peli-nako New England makgaolakgang, Jeremia Barkac tsa Dexter nakong ea hae ka NEF khutlothataro, shebahala le utloahala joaloka tlhaku e fapaneng ho feta ea neng a loana ka thata hole moseme e le mocha.

 

 

 

Ka mor'a ho hapa pele lintoa ba hae ba babeli le boiketlo, Boucher (2-1) e ne e se e 'ngoe feela ho moaho ba neng ba ikutloa a ne a entse ho lekaneng ho fumana lebanta in Portland.

 

 

 

"Ke nahana hore ke laoloa ka garela tse peli pele la ntoa la. All tharo, sebele. Pele tse peli ke le ntle haholo ba ne ba (Witham) bipetsoa tsoa,"Boucher itse. "E qetella ho ba le phihlelo e ithuta le 'na hore ha u tloha ntoeng ho baahloli. The ntho e khōlō ka har'a e tsenwe ke, ha e le hantle ke tsotella rekoto ea ka, qetellong ea letsatsi e le karolo ea tsamaiso e le ho ithuta ho etsa hore u se litsebi molemo. "

 

 

 

Ka lebaka la Burgess’ volleys on Facebook, Boucher belaella boitšoaro ba le 'mampoli oa pele e neng e, ka mor'a hore ho hapa ya NEF strap lintoa tse peli ka mosebetsi oa hae.

 

 

 

"Ha ke e ngata bakeng sa puo ea lithōle. Ke thabela dipapadi. Ke rata ho loana 'me a ka nako eo feela ea lapeng. O etsa e le ho fokolang hore ba haha ​​ego hae ke nahana,"Boucher itse. "O ile a lahlela lebanta hobane o ne a le mathata etsang boima ba 'mele, e leng ke e le ntle le ho hloka tlhompho, ho ea ka 'na. O ne a tsoa ka nakoana, kahoo hona joale kea pele ho eena, 'me oa tseba hore o na le ho ea ka' na. "

 

 

 

Burgess o ile a re o ne a sebelisa hore layoff ho tlatsa thuto koleche ea hae le ho ntshetsa pele bopaki ba hae e le 'meleng phekolang mothusi, e leng se bontšang hore mosebetsi oa bongaka e ka etsahala ho ba mosebetsi oa hae ka nako e telele ho feta MMA.

 

 

 

Ha a ntse a tsoela pele ho fana ka koetliso kemiso ea hae ka Rumford Community Center le Berserkers MMA, Burgess o ile a re ho ne ho le ka tlaase ho moo le matla haholo le botjwa pele ho tahlehelo ea hae khahlanong le Witham le Dustin Veinott. Burgess neng a hlōla lira bobeli.

 

 

 

"Meleng ke ne ke ntse ba lokela ho ba teile bona, empa kelellong ke ne ke sa ka ka lokisoa joaloka nka be ke bile. Hona joale ke tse ling tse ngata tseparetse,"Burgess itse. "Ka nako eo ke ne ke qeta sekolong, ho sebetsa ka nakoana 20 ho 30 lihora tse seng beke le ho ea sekolong ka lebaka la ka etsahala hore ebe e mong 40. Ke lahlile lintoa tse peli moo ke ne ke tlas'a boima ba 'mele. Ke ne ke ho fumana boima ba 'mele ha bashanyana ba bang ba ne ba seha boima. Nka kena teng ho feletseng 'me ba ne ba tla apara ho se 10 ho 15 liponto tse pakeng tsa boima-ka le ka mohla. "

 

 

 

Boucher lumela hore ba ka mohla fihla bokgoni ba hae e le ho kampana sekolo se phahameng. O latetse tsela e fapaneng ho feta Burgess, ngolisa batho ba ka Central Maine Brazil Jiu-Jitsu - moo o ne a ntse koetlisa kajeno - a le lilemo li 13.

 

 

 

"Ke na le tse ling tsa ho sebedisanwang toughest le molemo ka ho fetisisa ho fana ka koetliso e le boemong ba,"Boucher itse. "My jiu-jitsu e tla ka tsela e telele, hoo e ka bang ntlha moo e se e fetile Loana ka hanyane. Ehlile, ho kampana e se kamehla ke khutlela ha ke e hloka. tsotehang ka ke bosiu-and-letsatsi. E ne e le bohloko bo tsabehang bakeng sa ntoa e ea ka ea pele. "

 

 

 

O phaella ka hore katleho ea hae e moholo ka ho fetisisa MMA e tla ka a bale litsenyehelo ea wrestlers pele e neng e.

 

 

 

Burgess bala ka Boucher ho halala ba bang kaofela ba liletseng ea hae. Jwalo ka motho e mong ea neng a fihlela Loana ka sekolong se mahareng boraro wa yunibesiti sehlopha ka sehlopheng bosupa, o ile a re histori ea hae e le ho khanneloa thuto ea kgaoletsang e etsoang holim'a ka sebaka sa jiu-jitsu le papali ea litebele.

 

 

 

"Ke nahana hore o ile a etsahalang ho ba a makala ha. O nahana hore o tseba se ke tlisa ho tafoleng,"Burgess itse. "All o tseba ka 'na ke ea ho betana ea ka, empa ke na le e ngata ho feta eo oela ka. Ke se a ntse a tseba seo a se tlisa ho tafoleng. 'Me a li a ke ke a ithuta ka likhoeli tse peli seo ke se balileng ka lilemo tse peli."

 

 

 

Qalang tšepe ka February 3 e behiloeng ka bakeng sa 7 p.m. Tickets ba fumaneha ho www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

Ka New England ho loana ka

 

 

New England ho loana ka ("NEF") ke ho loana moodle moodle moodle ho phahamiswa khampani. NEF thomo ea ke ho bopa phahameng ka ho fetisisa boleng moodle moodle moodle bakeng sa Maine oa bahlabani le Fans ka tsela e tsoanang. NEF oa phethahatso sehlopha o na le a pharaletseng a le phihlelo ea ho loantsa tsa tsamaiso ya dipapadi, moodle moodle moodle tlhahiso, metswedi ya dikgang, tsa mebaraka, molao le papatso.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, ka nako 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 Moqebelo, 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 ho 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 ho 60 metsotsoana e,” 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 le 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Ka 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, lilemo 5 le 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. Bakeng sa hona joale, 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.’”

Qalang tšepe ka June 18 e behiloeng ka bakeng sa 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 le di a fumaneha ka www.TheColisee.com kapa ka e ipiletsang le Colisee lebokose le reng ofisi ea 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, ka kōpo etela ntshetsopele oa setsheng sa inthanete sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Holim'a moo, o ka shebella NEF livideo ka www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, latela ba ba ka Twitternefights le ho ba setho ya semmuso ya Facebook sehlopha "New England loana."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (April 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) e ne e le ea player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did se ke ua 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.”

 

Mathoasong a 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 metsotsoana e. 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). Ka mor'a hore win, 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. Ekelletsa moo, 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 kapa ho, 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, Pele 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 ea pele ea ho pota-pota.

 

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 Moqebelo bosiu, 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 ho loana 'ketsahalo e latelang, "NEF 22: Litsela tsohle LEBISANG MONA,” takes place this Moqebelo, April 23, 2016 a le Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 'me li ka Sale hona joale ka www.TheColisee.com kapa ka bitsa ea Colisée lebokose le reng ofisi ea 207.783.2009 X 525. Bakeng sa boitsebiso bo eketsehileng ka ketsahalo le ho loana karete ya diapdeite, ka kōpo etela ntshetsopele oa setsheng sa inthanete sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Holim'a moo, o ka shebella NEF livideo ka www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, latela ba ba ka Twitternefights le ho ba setho ya semmuso ya Facebook sehlopha "New England loana."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 IN Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (March 17, 2016) - New England ho loana ka (NEF), Amerika oa nomoro ya-e mong o lebatowa ntoa ntshetsopele, tla ahlola hlahlamang ketsahalo, “NEF 22: Litsela tsohle LEBISANG MONA” ka Moqebelo, April 23, 2016 a le Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Pele ho moo kajeno, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” ntoa karete. Mike “The Mustache” Hansen (3-3) o saennweng ho tobana le Jese “Le Barbare” Baughman (0-1) ka ntoa boima ba 205-boima ba lik'hilograma tse.

 

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) khoeling e fetileng. 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 fighterand he seems like a guy I could get along with. E le, 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 atNEF 20against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“Ka April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” re Baughman. “My fans from New Hampshire want to see a warand 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 ho loana 'ketsahalo e latelang, "NEF 22: Litsela tsohle LEBISANG MONA,"Etsahala Moqebelo, April 23, 2016 a le Androscoggin Bank Colisée a Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 'me li ka Sale hona joale ka www.TheColisee.com kapa ka bitsa ea Colisée lebokose le reng ofisi ea 207.783.2009 X 525. Bakeng sa boitsebiso bo eketsehileng ka ketsahalo le ho loana karete ya diapdeite, ka kōpo etela ntshetsopele oa setsheng sa inthanete sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Holim'a moo, o ka shebella NEF livideo ka www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, latela ba ba ka Twitternefights le ho ba setho ya semmuso ya Facebook sehlopha "New England loana."