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Από Απόψε ShoBox: The New Generation Telecast: http://s.sho.com/2wga7G6
All of us at SHOWTIME are saddened to confirm the passing of our long-time friend and colleague, Earl Fash. Earl worked at SHOWTIME from 1982 where he began in the mailroom. He earned his way up the professional ranks over a remarkable 35-year career to become a pillar of the network’s sports team. As Vice President, Creative Director for SHOWTIME Sports, Earl oversaw promotional materials, feature segments and Emmy® Award winning full-length series. Earl’s legacy is one of loyalty, kindness and genuine happiness. Our thoughts are with his wife and two sons, and his many friends at SHOWTIMEwho are devastated by his passing.
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PHOENIX (Αύγουστος 3, 2017) – The United States Southwest has been turning out top mixed-martial-arts fighters on a consistent basis for more than a decade. The next generation will be showcased Σάββατο νύχτα, Αύγουστος 12, στο Iron Boy MMA 7 κάρτα, airing live on pay-per-view from Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Αριζόνα.
Τα ολοκληρωμένα Sports Media θα διανείμουν “Iron Boy MMA 7” live in the United States, ξεκινώντας από 11 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ / 8 μ.μ. PT, σε καλώδιο, satellite and internet pay-per-view via DirecTV, σε ζήτηση, Vubiquity, and DISH, in addition to being available worldwide on the FITE app and website (www.FITE.tv), για μια προτεινόμενη λιανική τιμή των μόλις $19.95.
“We are very excited to partner with Integrated Sports Media on Iron Boy MMA 7,” είπε Roberto Vargas, President of Iron Boy Promotions. “This card is the most talent-packed MMA card we’ve presented, and we can’t wait to share with the rest of the country what Arizona MMA fans have already experienced – εκρηκτικός, quality fights from some of the best fighters in the country.”
Arizona and New Mexico have developed a bitter fighting rivalry over the past few years. The main event continues that trend as featherweight Randy Steinke (17-11-1, TB: 1-0-0), fighting out of Glendale, Η, παίρνει Frank Baca (16-4-0, IB: 0-0-0), του Αλμπουκέρκι, ΝΜ.
Frank Baca
The 31-year-old Steinke has been a professional MMA fighter for the 10 χρόνια, including fights in the World Series of Fighting, Combates America and King Of The Cage. Braca is a King of the Cage veteran who most recently fought in Bellator.
Mesa, Arizona featherweight “Rollin'” Noland Hyland (3-1-0, IB: 2-0-0) meets Idaho’s Anthony Pagliaro (3-5-0, IB: 0-0-0), while featherweight Ρωμαϊκός “El Gallito” Salazar(10-6-0, TB: 0-0-0), of Queen Creek, Η, faces Colombian invader Dumar “Coraon de Leon” Roa (11-6-0, TYB: 0-0-0).
Arizona featherweight Andres “Ο ΤΙΜΩΡΟΣ” Ponce (2-5-1, IB: 0-1-0) ρίχνει κάτω με Boostyare “Bullit” Nefarios (2-2-0, IB: 0-1-0), του Λας Βέγκας, Νεβάδα.
The main card features several pro-debut fighters such as Arizona bantamweight Junior Cortez vs. του Νέου Μεξικού Fallon Ring. Arizona featherweight Daniel Peru (1-0-0, IB: 1-0-0) is matched against pro-debuting Brendon Trujillo, of New Mexico, while heavyweight Waldo Cortez makes his pro debut against fellow Arizonian Darrell “Υπεράνθρωπος” Denslow (0-1-0, IB: 0-0-0). Αήττητο μικρόσωμο βάρος Kevin “Quicksand” Natividad (3-0-0, IB: 0-0-0), των Τεμπών, Η, puts his perfect record on the line versus Las Vegas’ Fard “The Messenger” Μωάμεθ.
Six amateur MMA matches are scheduled to open the “Iron Boy MMA 7” κάρτα.
Τα εισιτήρια κοστίζουν $55.00, $40.00 και $30.00 και διαθέσιμο για αγορά στο διαδίκτυο στιςwww.ironboy.com or at the Celebrity Theatre box office.
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ΓΙΑ ΑΜΕΣΗ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΣΗ: Rumford, Μέιν (Αύγουστος 3, 2017) – New Mike Hansen’s dreams of becoming a mixed martial arts (ΜΜΑ) champion were admittedly premature. Then they were derailed for nearly a decade by a combination of injuries, service to his country and fatherhood.
The teenage ambition that made Hansen believe he could conquer the world, or at least his little corner of it, never went away, αν και.
Twenty-nine months after resurrecting his career with New England Fights, Rumford’s Hansen (5-5) finally gets that coveted title shot. He will battle hometown favorite C.J. Κανάτα (2-0) at “NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor” this Σάββατο, Αύγουστος 5 at Cross Insurance Center for the organization’s vacant middleweight title. The card starts at 7 μ.μ.
Hansen, ο οποίος γύρισε 32 τον Ιουλιο 21, says the opportunity fulfills an early goal while living and fighting in Massachusetts back in 2005.
"Ήμουν 19 years old and thought I had a great head on my shoulders, so I called out the (ο 29χρονος Baars παραμένει ένας από τους πιο επικίνδυνους kickboxers και μαχητές Muay Thai στον πλανήτη) champion at the time, who was John “Doomsday” Howard,” Hansen said. “I said that I wanted that belt and that I was coming after him. Knowing what I know now, he probably would have whipped the (crap) out of me.”
Howard went on to compete at the highest level with Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) and is now a veteran of 37 journeys into the cage. Hansen’s career path had many more stops, starts and detours.
He started with six amateur wins out of the gate and won his initial professional foray with ease. The title fight will take place on the eve of the 12ου anniversary of that pro debut.
“Being 19 ετών, I was kind of cocky. I remember telling my dad nobody could compete with my wrestling,” Hansen said. “Back then, MMA hadn’t really evolved. The wrestler had the advantage over the jiu-jitsu guy. You could just hold a guy down and snuggle and hug and sweat out a win.”
After his first knockout loss, Hansen promised his father he would quit the sport. But he had already caught the fever, and his confidence was sky high.
Hansen was training for a bout at Laconia, New Hampshire’s bike week when he suffered a broken ankle two weeks before the weigh-in. He recovered and was in training for another fight when he was stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat in what could have been a fatal case of mistaken identity.
He remarkably walked out of the hospital a day later and soon embarked on a more structured path as a combat engineer in the United States Army. While enlisted, Hansen suffered a serious shoulder injury. Even after retirement, a return to the MMA cage seemed unlikely.
Then came a fateful call from an old friend and neighbor, NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson, and the rest is history. Hansen has carved out a reputation as one who will take on any opponent in any weight class at any time, and perhaps there is no greater example than the Ewer matchup.
“The belts are vacant at 170, 185 και 205 (λίρες). I can make weight for all those if I have enough time,” Hansen said. “I guess Peterson thought it made sense to kill two birds with one stone and put me in with Ewer at 185. Six weeks ago is when they called me, and at first they asked me about 170. I really liked the fight, but the weight didn’t make sense. I was sitting on the couch at 248.”
Hansen has spent most of his time in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. He was glaringly outweighed in his last bout, a February loss to Ras Hylton.
Only once previously has he downsized to the middleweight threshold, a February 2016 loss to Zach Elkins. In the case of Ewer, who has done most of his work at 170, meeting in the middle might play to Hansen’s advantage.
“We’re two different styles of fighters. He’s coming up in weight and I’m coming down,” Hansen said. “He’s never been in the cage against anybody with my kind of power. When I’m hitting somebody at 200 λίρες, I’m hitting them with the force of somebody who’s 245. My opponents have told me they’ve never been hit harder by a guy my size. I feel like it’s my fight to lose, as long as I don’t make any mistakes and go in there with the stamina I need to have.”
Hansen is confident against Ewer, who had a 5-2 amateur record with notable wins over Ricky Dexter and Crowsneck Boutin before turning pro. He knows better, ωστόσο, than to underestimate any fighter out of the Young’s MMA stable.
“I feel like I’m the more talented fighter and that I have more tools in my tool box. But I know Young’s MMA is a great camp and that he trains with a lot of great guys,” Hansen said. “Chris (Νέος) finds a way to set you up to fight the fight you need to win. Look at the Pat Kelly fight (against Rafael Velado). They prepared to turn that into a kickboxing fight, and then he went out and did just that.”
Hansen has seen his name rise into the New England top-five conversation. Most of the fighters ahead of him have experience with larger promotions.
He said a win over Ewer could inspire him to travel and continuing to pursue the dream. That’s consistent with the personality he has shown through this second act of his career.
“I’ve been fighting the top-level guys in NEF for about the past two-and-a-half years,” Hansen said, “I always told Peterson to set me up with a guy who’s in the top 10 or just above me. I wanted to work my way up.”
From his days as a high school state wrestling champion at Mountain Valley High School, Hansen flaunted a distaste for winning that served him well.
In those days, he wore a T-shirt that read, ‘Nobody remembers second place,’ with four gold medals beneath it. Hansen’s attitude remains, but the mainstay of Berserker’s MMA out of the Greater Rumford Community Center noted that it is never only about himself.
“I want to win the title for all the people who have supported me and trained with me in Rumford. I also want it for my gym. We’ve done this three times in the amateurs and now we’re going to do it with a pro,"Είπε. "(GRCC is) just a little on-profit that helps people pursue their dreams. I’d love to hang that belt on the wall. It shows people in the community what we’re capable of here, and hopefully it gets them interested and grows the gym. That’s my goal.”
Εισιτήρια για το "NEF 30: Rumble in Bangor” are available at CrossInsuranceCenter.com. For more information on the fight card and event updates, please visit NewEnglandFights.com.
Σχετικά με τη Νέα Αγγλία Αγώνες
Νέα Αγγλία Αγώνες ("NEF") Είναι ένας αγώνας εταιρικές εκδηλώσεις προαγωγές. Η αποστολή NEF είναι να δημιουργήσει την υψηλότερη ποιότητα εκδηλώσεις για τους μαχητές και τους οπαδούς του Maine όσο. Εκτελεστική ομάδα NEF έχει εκτεταμένη εμπειρία σε μαχητικά αθλήματα διαχείριση, εκδηλώσεις παραγωγής, σχέσεις με τα ΜΜΕ, εμπορία, νομική και διαφήμιση.
Ζουν σε Showtime® στο 10:30 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/PT from MGM Grand Detroit
“The game plan is simple: Win the fight.” – Nikki Adler
“I think I can get her out in six rounds.” – Claressa Shields
Κάντε κλικ ΕΔΩ Για να κατεβάσετε Ζυγίζεται-σε Φωτογραφίες; Πιστωτικές Stephanie Trapp / SHOWTIME
DETROIT (Αύγουστος. 3, 2017) – WBC Super Middleweight World Champion Nikki Adler and hometown favorite, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields officially made weight την Πέμπτη, one day before they headline a doubleheader αύριο/Παρασκευή, Αύγουστος. 4 επί ShoBox: Η νέα γενιά ζουν σε SHOWTIME® (10:30 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/PT, που καθυστερούν στη δυτική ακτή) από MGM Grand Detroit.
Ασπίδες (3-0, 1 KO) αιχμή στις κλίμακες σε 165 ¼ pounds with the champion Adler (16-0, 9 KOs) of Germany coming in at 166 λίρες, ακόμη και. Στο ShoBox ομο-χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα, world-ranked super bantamweight Vladimir Tikhonov (15-0, 9 KOs) of Russia will face Jesse Hernandez (8-1, 6 KOs) of Fort Worth, Τέξας, σε μια οκτώ-στρογγυλή περίοδο. Both fighters weighed in at 123 ¼ κιλά.
Shields’ good friend and newly crowned UFC Featherweight World ChampionCris “Cyborg” Justino was on hand Πέμπτη and will walk Shields into the ringτην Παρασκευή. Also in attendance at the weigh-in was a potential future Shields’ opponent, five-time world champion Christina Hammer, who is undefeated at 21-0 and currently holds the WBC and WBO Middleweight titles.
Justino and Hammer met with the media in a forum moderated by Shields’ co-manager Mark Taffet before the weigh-in.
“I never thought it would happen, that the sports of MMA and boxing would come together like it has with the upcoming Mayweather-McGregor fight,” said Justino, the former Strikeforce and Invicta FC champion. “I think it’s great and incredible and could possibly open the door for other fights between the sports.”
“I’m looking forward to watching Claressa win the fight αύριο νύχτα,” said Hammer. “I want to see her keep winning so we can fight one day. I only want to fight the best and she seems to be one of the best.”
Tickets for the event promoted by Salita Promotions are on sale now and are priced at $350, $250, $125 και $60. They will be available atwww.ticketmaster.com.
Programming Note: Επεισόδιο 2 κάθε πρόσβασης: Mayweather εναντίον. McGregor will air Παρασκευή night before the ShoBox τηλεοπτική εκπομπή στο 10 μ.μ. ΚΑΙ/PT. To watch an exclusive clip of the episode, κανε κλικ εδώ: http://s.sho.com/2u8OxWK.
Επίσημες βάρη:
Nikki Adler: 166 Λίρες
Claressa Shields: 165¼ λίβρες
Vladimir Tikhonov: 123¼ λίβρες
Jesse Angel Hernandez: 123¼ λίβρες
Τελικές Τιμές:
NIKKI ADLER:
“This fight is very big in Germany, and I know there will be a lot of eye on me. It will be 4:30 το ΠΡΩΙ, but there will be live streaming and viewing parties.
“I’m going to be defensive in the early going and know that Claressa is going to come forward. I want to get the fight into the later rounds. Είναι 10 rounds of boxing and there will be lots of action.
“I know I will be tough to knock out and have no plans of going down. Claressa has gotten all the hype so far and she wants to put on a show for her fans. I’m going to do everything I can to send those fans home upset after I beat her and carry those belts out of the ring.
“This is my second fight with my trainer Rene [Friese]. I wanted to train with the best and I need a trainer who had worked with the top fighters.
“My trainer has really been stressing strategies. We have a lot of them. The game plan is simple: Win the fight.
“Fighting for the first time in the United States is going to be amazing. I’ve only fought in Russia and Germany, so to be here in a main event on SHOWTIME is really special.”
Claressa ασπίδες:
“I feel like I’m a lot healthier and hydrated than I did fighting at 160. I’m not sluggish. I used a chef who prepared my meals for the first time and I feel great.
“I’ve known about Nikki Adler and Christina Hammer for a long time. I like both of the girls, but when it comes to getting in the ring it’s all about business.
“Technically I see that [Nikki] is very poised and calm. She’s patient, but not too patient.
“Even though she may be the bigger fighter, I know I’m the aggressor. I think I can get her out in six rounds.
“Of course everyone wants to get the big knockout, but I haven’t found the right punch that gets the girls knocked out. I’m young so I know it will come.
“I’m glad Cyborg is here to support me. She hits hard and we’ve sparred. She’s strong and she is fast. She’s picked up a lot from me, and I’ve learned from her. She’s the most feared MMA fighter, and I’m most feared in boxing. So it’s great for both women’s sports.”
VLADIMIR TIKHONOV:
“This is my first time ever in America. I’m pretty impressed with it. There’s so much to do and see, but I can’t let distractions get in the way.
“I’ve been here for about a month training at Kronk Gym. Russian fighters are known for being very disciplined, and we know the opportunity that is in front of us. There is no room for slip ups and to get lazy. This is my big shot and I’m going to take advantage of it.
“The sparring has been the biggest thing. I’ve been sparring with pros and amateurs. It’s so much more powerful here and the variety is something I would never get at home.
“I can box and I can brawl. Whatever I have to do to get the win.”
JESSE HERNANDEZ:
“I had a layoff of about five years and worked construction jobs because I had to pay the bills, but now I’m back and focused on boxing.
“In the past I’ve been known to be too aggressive, so I’m going to try and slow things down and be a more tactical boxer.
“I have six brothers who were professional boxers and I’ve learned from them. My nickname is ‘The One’ because now I’m the only left fighting.
“I’m the youngest of 15 παιδιά, all with the same parents. We are a very close family.
“I’m a natural right-hander and I’m ready to fight a lefty like Tikhonov. I’ve fought some southpaws and I’ve been sparring with lefties.
“He’s undefeated for a reason. I don’t think he’s been in there with someone as tough as I am; as aggressive as I am.”
RENE FRIESE, Adler’s trainer
“We came all the way over here to bring home the belts back to Germany.
“We have our plan and our strategy in place. We are ready for this fight.”
JASON CRUTCHFIELD, Shields’ trainer
“There hasn’t been much smack talking for this fight. I told her you need to let your fists do your talking. Your mouth can’t help you in the ring.
“We are ready for 10 γύρους. I’m not going to say it’s hard; it’s doable. It’s her first time doing it. We’ve trained for it and she’s been 10 rounds in training three or four times.”
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