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Ukushuba kwesimo Running High njengoba Owabe Falcons nabalingani Lungiselela MMA Cage Battle

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Lewiston, Maine (January 10, 2018) – Ukukhulela okufanayo blue-collar umphakathi phambili ngokusebenzisa okufanayo, storied kohlelo lwezemidlalo akaziqedi amadoda amabili abangane abakhulu.

 

 

 

Owabe nabalingani Intaba Valley Isikolo samabanga aphezulu, futhi esikhathini esizayo-New England Ulwa okuxubile karate okubhekenwe, Ryan Burgess futhi Nate Boucher ziwubufakazi zithi ubudala, “Ukujwayelana kubanga ngokwedelela.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, futhi Boucher, 21, ayokulwa e amateur flyweight iziqubu at "NEF 32: Super Saturday"On Saturday, February 3. Le mpi at Androscoggin Bank Colisee ziyonquma Olwa inombolo eyodwa division 125-ganda, bese uhola winner isihloko esingu ngokumelene iqhawe Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Kuyoba Cishe ngonyaka kusukela Burgess, ezintathu isikhathi Maine-wrestling esikoleni esiphakeme iqhawe futhi titleholder NEF esidlule, wangena yezinyoni. Wabiza NEF co-kumnikazi wabantu Math Peterson kanye ngokuqondile ucele Boucher ukulwa.

 

 

 

Kungani? Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kwaba isinqumo ibhizinisi ngemuva eduze Boucher sika, yokuhlukanisa-isinqumo ukulahlekelwa Witham endaweni Novemba isihloko iziqubu.

 

 

 

"Sengike ngaya phandle ngoba ngonyaka. Nganginethemba lokuthi ukuba bavele bagxumele emuva empini isihloko,"Burgess wachaza. "Ngemva mpi Nate sika nge Witham, Ngazile bona uzokwenza ufuna kumeshi ngokushesha. Uma kuba sobala ukuthi wayecabanga ukuthi ngeke kwenzeke kuze April, Ngabuza esasingakwenza le mpi Februwari, futhi Nate wayithumba. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) kamuva umkhankaso elilodwa noma amabili amabhomu zokuxhumana ebonakale ukhombise abanye ezingeni ubutha Falcon ayekanye nawo. Kungenzeka kancane kunomuntu wezindlela; Burgess Uqaphelile ithuba axhaphaze lokho akubonayo njengoba omunye chinks zempi Boucher sika.

 

 

 

"Nate, selokhu kwaba izinyane, has a sengqondo Piss esibi lapho elahlekelwa. Ngithemba ukuba akuthobise kuye kancane futhi uqiniseke ukuthi akudingeki ukhathazeke le mpi kokuthola ku abahluleli,"Burgess wathi. "Nate cishe okwakungaba ezimbili- noma emithathu ngesikhathi isimo iqhawe ukuthi nguye yini owayenze yena ithuba ukwenza lokho. Uma usenayo sengqondo esifanayo ayenayo emuva ke, kuzoba ukuqeda ngendlela efanayo. "

 

 

 

Burgess ingenye ezine emithathu ngesikhathi ompetha isimo kuphela emlandweni MVHS. Nhlanhla, umzalwane Boucher sika, Ingane u-Ethan, futhi wafeza ingxenye feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, osevele uye athathwe out emine isikhathi Maine esikoleni esiphakeme mat iqhawe, futhi amabili isikhathi New England finalist, UJeremiya Barkac ka Dexter ngesikhathi lakhe NEF hexagon, Kubukeka futhi kuzwakala uhlamvu ehlukile kunaleyo owalwa kude mat esemncane.

 

 

 

Ngemuva kokuwina kwakhe kuqala izimpi ezimbili kalula, Boucher (2-1) Angibanga kuphela isakhiwo eyayizizwa wayenze ngokwanele ukuze uthole ibhande Portland.

 

 

 

"Ngacabanga I zibamba ezimbili imizuliswano lokuqala ukulwa. Bobathathu, ngempela. Okokuqala okubili Ingqondo yami yavele kwadingeka (Witham) ayiminyanisa ukuphuma,"Boucher wathi. "It URose nakho ukufunda mina ukuthi awukwazi ukushiya ukulwa kubahluleli. Into enkulu mayelana ezinhlwini amateur kuyinto, ngenkathi yebo mina obakhathalelayo irekhodi lami, ekupheleni kosuku kungcono yenqubo yokufunda ukwenza wena uchwepheshe kangcono. "

 

 

 

Ukuphendula Burgess’ volleys Facebook, Boucher wangabaza ukuziphatha yangaphambili iqhawe sika ngemuva kokuwina wayibhinca NEF izimpi ezimbili zibe umsebenzi wakhe.

 

 

 

"Angiyena kakhulu inkulumo kudoti. Ngisanda ujabulele umdlalo. Ngithanda ukulwa bese vele uye ekhaya. Wenza kancane ukwakha akhe ego Ngicabanga,"Boucher wathi. "Walahla phansi ibhande ngoba wayethethelela anezinkinga ngokwenza isisindo, okuyinto pretty ukuchwensa, ngombono wami. Wayengaphandle isikhashana, ngakho manje Ngingumfana ngaphambi kwakhe, yena-ke uyazi ukuthi unesikhathi ukuya eze ngami. "

 

 

 

Burgess wathi wasebenzisa lokho layoff ukuqeda imfundo yakhe ekolishi nokuthuthukisa emenza afanelekele ngokomzimba owelapha umsizi, okubonisa ukuthi nabezokwelapha cishe bayoba umsebenzi wakhe eside ukwedlula MMA.

 

 

 

Nakuba Waqhubeka isimiso sakhe sokuqeqesha Rumford Community Centre nge berserkers MMA, Burgess wathi kwaba kancane okukhulu kanye olwakhiwe ngaphambi ngokulahlekelwa kwakhe ngokumelene Witham futhi Dustin Veinott. Burgess ngaphambilini wahlulwa kokubili izimbangi.

 

 

 

"Emzimbeni mina namanje kufanele baye bakhanda kubo, kodwa ngokwengqondo bengingekho njengoba ulungisiwe njengomlobokazi mina kwakufanele. Manje ngiyakwazi ebhekiwe okuningi,"Burgess wathi. "Ngesikhathi ngase kokuqeda isikole, ukubamba amatoho 20 to 30 amahora ngesonto bese ngiya esikoleni ukuze mhlawumbe omunye 40. Ngilahlekelwe izimpi ezimbili lapho ngineminyaka engaphansi isisindo. Ngase ikhula ngesisindo esifanele kuyilapho guys abangu ukusika isisindo. Ngingathanda khona lapho kugcwala isilinganiso futhi kubekwe 10 to 15 ukushaya phakathi nesisindo-futhi ukulwa. "

 

 

 

Boucher Kuyavunywa ze finyelela ikhono lakhe njengoba wrestling esikoleni esiphakeme. Uye walandela inkambo ehlukile kuka Burgess, ukubhalisa at Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - lapho namanje izitimela namuhla - eneminyaka engu- 13.

 

 

 

"Nginezinye kwezinwele eziqine engcono ukuqeqeshwa abalingani esimweni,"Boucher wathi. "My Jiu-Jitsu ifikile ibanga elide, cishe iphuzu lapho isidlulile washukashukana wami kancane. Kunjalo, wrestling yikho engikwenza emuva njalo lapho ngidinga khona. yesiteleka wami ebusuku nasemini-futhi wosuku. Kwaba awful ngoba impi yami yokuqala. "

 

 

 

Wanezela ukuthi impumelelo yakhe enkulu e MMA ifikile ngezithukuthuku wrestlers wangaphambili.

 

 

 

Burgess Ubala ku Boucher ukubukela phansi lonke repertoire yakhe. Njengoba othile owafaka ukuphila kwakhe kuze washukashukana ku isikole phakathi junior enyuvesi ithimba e grade yesikhombisa, ethi umlando wakhe njengoba isifundo okusheshayo uye kuchubekele kombuso Jiu-Jitsu futhi isibhakela.

 

 

 

"Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba bamangale. Yena ecabanga ukuthi uyazi ukuthi izimfanelo ezinhle enginazo ezizoba etafuleni,"Burgess wathi. "Zonke uyazi ngami wrestling yami, kodwa enginakho okuningi kunalokho angaphila ngalo. Mina vele ukuthi iletha etafuleni. Futhi Ngeke ufunde ezinyangeni ezimbili ezizayo engikufunde eminyakeni emibili."

 

 

 

Ukuvulwa insimbi phezu February 3 isethwe for 7 p.m. Amathikithi ayatholakala www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

About New England ayalwa

 

 

New England ayalwa ("NEF") Yimpi izenzakalo ukukhushulwa inkampani. Mission NEF ukwakha esezingeni izenzakalo for fighters Maine kanye fans ngokufanayo. Executive team NEF has olutheni management combat ezemidlalo, izenzakalo production, ubudlelwane media, marketing, kwezomthetho kanye nokukhangisa.

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, ke, 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 Saturday, 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 to 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 to 60 seconds,” 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 futhi 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

In the 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, ubudala 5 futhi 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. Okwamanje, 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.’”

Ukuvulwa insimbi phezu June 18 isethwe for 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 futhi ayatholakala www.TheColisee.com noma ngokuthi Colisee ibhokisi ehhovisi ngesikhathi 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."

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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) kwaba the player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did hhayi 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.”

 

Ekuqaleni kuka 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 seconds. 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). Emva 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. Ukwengeza, 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. Mane noma ulahlekelwe, 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 of the emzuliswaneni wokuqala.

 

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 Saturday ebusuku, 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.”

 

umzuliswano olandelayo New England ayalwa ', "NEF 22: Zonke Izinkolo Ziholela LAPHA,” takes place this Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 futhi ukudayiswa manje www.TheColisee.com noma ngokumemeza Colisée box office at 207.783.2009 x 525. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 IN Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (March 17, 2016) - New England ayalwa (NEF), America isibalo-one zesifunda fight ukukhuthazwa, izobamba umcimbi walo olandelayo, “NEF 22: Zonke Izinkolo Ziholela LAPHA” on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Ngasekuqaleni namuhla, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” fight ikhadi. Mike “Amadevu” Hansen (3-3) isayine to face Jesse “The iqaba” Baughman (0-1) at a isisindo ukulwa of 205-amakhilogremu.

 

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) ngenyanga edlule. 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. Ngakho, 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).

 

“On 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.”

 

umzuliswano olandelayo New England ayalwa ', "NEF 22: Zonke Izinkolo Ziholela LAPHA," ithatha indawo Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 futhi ukudayiswa manje www.TheColisee.com noma ngokumemeza Colisée box office at 207.783.2009 x 525. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."