Lewiston, Maine (Whiringa 13, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” i runga i Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. In a featured professional welterweight MMA bout, Crowsneck Boutin (1-1) ka tutaki Matt Bordonaro (2-0) i te taimaha o te 170-pauna whawhai.
E kore e waiho te reira i te hui tuatahi i waenganui i Lubec, Maine-Māori Boutin me Buffalo, New York’s Bordonaro. The two faced each other as amateurs at “NEF IX” i roto i te Biddeford, Maine. Bordonaro came away with the victory that warm summer night in 2013, tuku Boutin i roto i te taka noa tuatahi.
"Ahau rawa mauruuru no ki tenei faingamālie whawhai ano Matt,"Ka mea a Boutin. “Bordanaro is a tough fighter that is game to go the distance, e kua tupu ahau te ahua o te whawhai ki te oaoa i te tino – pakanga e pana matou ki te mata rite ngä kaitäkaro me whakataetae. Exciting the fans means everything. With my body and mind where they need to be, I’m ready to finish this year with a bloody war. I want to earn that ‘W.’”
I muri i te tuatahi angitu ngaio tenei raumati mua, Boutin e maturuturu tuarua tona a'ee ngaio ki Mike Hansen (3-2). Not satisfied with the outcome of the first fight, Kua tonoa Boutin he rematch ki tau i muri mai Hansen.
“I roto i te 2016, E mauruuru e ahau he rematch ki Mike Hansen,” kī Boutin. “E kore ahau e tiaki aha taimaha. Tino hiahia ana ahau e whawhai hoki, a ki te kahore he ia ri'ari'a, ka mutu ia te hanga ngatahi me maukati i runga i.”
Boutin cut his teeth on the New England amateur MMA circuit prior to turning professional. He competed in a total of thirteen amateur contests to gain experience in the sport. I roto i te 2014, i te tata o tona mahi runaruna, I pōti Boutin te "Fighter o te Tau" e pā NEF i muri i maka ana tahi te mīharo 3-0 record with the promotion that year. He rode that win streak into the pro ranks where he downed veteran Ryan Cowette (2-3) at “NEF XVIII.” Boutin notes the stark difference between competing as an amateur and competing as a professional.
"E whakaatu ana ia taumata ona ake ngā wero, e rua roto me waho o te whare herehere, engari whawhai ngaio nei te mau tūpono nui me utu nui, Ite ahau. Te tangata he tangata e taea pea kino ia koutou, ka tahae tou kororia, e kore e ki te mea e kore e te tīariari te hunga ngeru i te taumata runaruna, no te mea e rave ratou, engari pea iti me ētahi atu i roto i-i waenganui i, a ki te haumaru ture, me here. "
The upcoming fight with Bordonaro will be Boutin’s first in the 170-pound welterweight division. Having spent most of his career competing as a light-heavyweight and a middleweight, Boutin te tūmanako ki te rapu kainga, i te iti rawa hoki te heke mai, i roto i te wehenga Welterweight mama.
"Hahau taimaha ko te moka o te pisser, engari hanga 170 i runga i te 20 (Whiringa 20 – paunatia-i roto i te ra mo te whawhai Bordonaro) e kore e waiho te take. I’m a professional and will continue to evolve. It’s what we’re here to do. 55 (te 155-pauna wehenga Kōmāmā) Ko e kore waho te kingitanga o te pea, engari mo inaianei, me te pea, he wahi iti, Hiahia noa ahau ki te arotahi ki runga i te wehenga Welterweight. Ka kite tatou i te mea mau i te heke mai. "
He aha ai i te āhuatanga whakaongaonga rawa o “NEF XX” no te whiwhi Boutin ki te whakataetae i runga i te kāri kotahi ki te rua o ona hoa tākaro Choi Institute, Karepe Hall (5-3) ko Ernesto Ornelas (0-0). Ornelas, he kaimekemeke runaruna ta'na mua, will be making his professional boxing debut that evening after having competed in MMA for the past four years. The three teammates have not fought on the same card together since “NEF VII” in May 2013.
"E rua titiro Ernesto me Karepe tino,"Ka mea a Boutin. “We all push ourselves and one another hard in training. Huri Karepe kite he meimei uike ki he uike, me mahi ano he hoiho, i Ernesto, Ahau ite tika, Ko te kōhatu huna e te katoa e pā ana ki ki te kite i whiti. 3-0."
New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” e wahi i runga i Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tikiti hoki “NEF XX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."
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