NEF ANNOUNCES SUMMER’S HOTTEST FIGHT CARD

Uyekele NGOKUSHESHA: Lewiston, Maine (July 16, 2025) - New England ayalwa ("NEF") presents its next event “NEF 63: Cruel Summer,” on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Lewiston Memorial Armory in Lewiston, Maine. The event will make history as the first ever sanctioned hybrid mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and kickboxing card in Maine. Tickets are on sale now atwww.nefights.com/tickets/.  Umcimbi uzophinde usakazwe bukhoma ngowww.CombatSportsNow.com.

Ngasekuqaleni namuhla, I-NEF imemezele ikhadi eliphelele lokulwa kulo mcimbi. Kukhishwe i-mega-card ehlanganisa ama-bouts ayishumi nambili ehlanganisa inqwaba yezimpi zesihloko se-MMA, ukufana kwamagqubu, nemincintiswano ye-kickboxing.

“Lena yi-NEF yesikole esidala,” kumemezela omunye wabanikazi be-NEF nomgqugquzeli u-Nick DiSalvo. “Lokhu kuzosikhumbuza amakhadi emarathon esasivame ukuwaphatha e-Lewiston emuva kosuku. Isenzo nje esingami kusukela ngesikhathi impi yokuqala ishaya ikheji kuya kowokugcina. Besifuna ngempela ukuhlanganisa okuthile okukhethekile esizodlala ngaso okokuqala e-Armory kanye nasokuqala kwe-kickboxing elawulwayo e-Maine. Lona umcimbi okufanele ubonwe kubalandeli bezemidlalo yokulwa!  UZOTHOLA imali yakho ngalobu busuku!"

Indaba enkulu yakusihlwa impi yokuthatha umhlalaphansi ka-Lewiston/Auburn's Jesse "The Viking" Erickson. (11-9).  Erickson, omunye wabasubathi abadume kakhulu bephromoshini, waqhudelana ngekhadi le-“NEF 1” e-Lewiston emuva ngo-2012. Ubelokhu eqhudelana phezulu nesihloko se-NEF se-pro lightweight eminyakeni edlule emele i-Central Maine yaseBrazil uJiu-Jitsu. (CMBJJ).  U-Erickson uzongena ekhejini ye-NEF okokugcina, ebhekene noBrian Cosco waseMassachusetts (2-2) ku-catchweight ye 165 amaphawundi ku-bout ye-MMA yobungcweti.

Umcimbi omkhulu wasebusuku uzoba no-Nick Eldridge (4-0) ukuvikela isicoco sochwepheshe se-MMA bantamweight ngokumelene nenselelo yomdlali oseqophelweni eliphezulu waseCanada u-Olivier Poisson (3-0).  U-Eldridge uwine umqhudelwano wamakhilogremu angu-135 ku-“NEF 62” ngoMeyi odlule enikeza u-Tim Fargo owayengakaze ehlulwe. (3-1) ukulahlekelwa kokuqala komsebenzi wakhe womsebenzi.

Iqembu lika-Eldridge likaNostos uNathaniel Grimard (7-5) uzobhekana noFelipe Günter we-First Class MMA (3-1) emcimbini olindelwe ngabomvu webhande le-NEF le-MMA featherweight. Bobabili abaqhudelana nabo bebedume kakhulu kubalandeli kuyo yonke imisebenzi yabo. Bobabili babambe igolide ngephromoshini njengezimfundamakhwela.

Intandokazi yendawo ethi “Killa” Kam Arnold (6-1) uzobheka ukuqhubeka nokunqoba izimpi ezine uma ehlangana nomakadebona wasePennsylvania uCharlie “The Madman” Gathers (9-11) ku-catchweight MMA bout.

Iphinde ifakwe engxenyeni yobungcweti yekhadi le-MMA: UFred Allen Sfeir (1-0) kanye noJosue Sotero (1-0) ngamunye uzobeka irekhodi lakhe lokungahluliwe emgqeni emqhudelwaneni we-featherweight; Tyler Smythe (5-6) ubuyela ekhejini ye-MMA ngemuva komdlalo wakamuva eringini yesibhakela ukuhlangana no-Erick Alvarado (2-2); kanye noRumford, UNate Boucher waseMaine (0-5) kanye noPaul Walters waseFlorida (0-7) bobabili bafuna ukunqoba kokuqala kwemisebenzi yabo yobungcweti be-MMA empini yebhande le-catchweight.

Izimpi ezimbili zezicoco zizoba sematheni engxenyeni ye-MMA yenganekwane yekhadi lokulwa.

U-Nate “The Mule” White ongahluliwe (7-0) uzobhekana noBrandon Oldenburg (2-3) ngesihloko esingenalutho se-MMA ye-heavyweight esingenamuntu. UWhite uzoqhudelana okokuqala ngqa 21 izinyanga. I-Oldenburg isemgqeni wokunqoba izimpi ezimbili ngokunqoba okubili komzuliswano wokuqala.

Sean Wakefield (7-4) uhlelelwe ukulwa noPreston LaPointe (4-1) webhande le-MMA le-welterweight le-NEF. Laba bobabili bake bahlangana e-Indiana kule ntwasahlobo emqhudelwaneni wesifunda. ILaPointe iwine isinqumo esisondele kakhulu sokuhlukana kuleyo mpi yokuqala. Kulindelwe impinda enokuncintisana okukhulu.

Okunye okuvezwe engxenyeni yabasafufusa yekhadi le-MMA kuzoba impi ye-bantamweight phakathi kwezimbangi ezinekhono eliphezulu uJulian Connerton. (6-3) kanye no-Qasim Abdullah (3-1).

Iziqephu eziyisikhombisa ze-kickboxing zabasafufusa zihlelelwe ikhadi elingaphansi le-“NEF 63”.

Njengoba i-oda lekhadi limile manje, UBen Perry (0-0) kusukela eNostos kanye no-Abdinajib Adan (1-0) we-Choi Institute uzoba nelungelo lokuba yimpi ye-kickboxing yokuqala elawulwayo emlandweni waseMaine.

UWilliam Lagasse (0-0) uzohlangana noConnor Morrill (3-0) ku-kickboxing eyimfundamakhwela. Kuzoba impinda yomhlangano wabo wokuqala - impi ye-MMA esanda kungena enqotshwe uLagasse ngomngqimuzo womlalisaphansi..

Futhi engxenyeni ye-kickboxing ye-ateur yekhadi, 52-oneminyaka engu-Ice Young (0-0) uzokwenza umdlalo wakhe wokuqala we-NEF ngokumelene noDaniel Heredia (1-0) emqhudelwaneni wesisindo esilula.

Ikhadi eligcwele lokulwa le-“NEF 63” (isihloko ukushintsha):

PROFESSIONAL MMA

135 TITLE: U-Nick Eldridge (c) ngokumelene no-Olivier Poisson

145 TITLE: Nathaniel Grimard vs Felipe Günter

165: UJesse Erickson vs Brian Cosco

140: Kam Arnold vs Charlie Gathers

145: UJosue Sotero vs Fred Allen Sfeir

140: Nate Boucher vs Paul Walters

140: UTyler Smythe vs Erick Alvarado

Amateur MMA

265 TITLE: Nate White vs Brandon Oldenburg

170 TITLE: Preston LaPointe vs Sean Wakefield

240: UCharles Sullivan vs Michael Hamm

145: U-Isaac Therrien vs Billy Henry

170: UZach Perry vs Leland Hopson

155: U-Avery Poole vs Ben Rogers

135: Qasim Abdullah vs Julian Connerton

155: UJustin Wygant vs Jacob MacMillan

145: UJohn Soucy vs Joe Cleary

205: UCarlo Oliveira vs David Hart

AMATEUR KICKBOXING

155: UJames Johnson vs Mark Walker

135: UJonas Ryerson vs Quinn Poirier

140: UConnor Morris vs William Lagasse

135: Spencer Belanger vs Evan Thibeault

205: UDaniel Heredia vs Ice Young

135: URichard Clark vs Alex Smith

165: Abdinajib Adan vs Ben Perry

"NEF 63: I-Cruel Summer” yenzeka ngoMgqibelo, August 9, 2025, eLewiston Memorial Armory eLewiston, Maine. Doors lizovula at 6 pm ngempi yokuqala ezoba ngo 7 pm. Amathikithi on ukudayiswa manjewww.nefights.com/tickets/.  Umcimbi uzophinde usakazwe bukhoma ngowww.CombatSportsNow.com.