Lewiston, Maine (Februar 10, 2015) - Noč je bila junij 16, 2012. Over 3,000 navijači se je napolnil ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée za New England bojev’ (NEF) “NEF III” mešane borilne veščine- (MMA) Dogodek. In the main event of the evening was former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Težji prvak World Tim “Maine-IAC” Sylvia (31-10). Sylvia was competing for the first time ever in his home state of Maine. Media outlets, lokalni in nacionalni, descended on Lewiston that night for the big event. National cable station HDNet (zdaj “AXS TV”) pošlje popolno filmsko ekipo in producent za kritje pro del boja kartice za njihovo tedenski program Inside MMA.

 

Sylvia je 12-sekundni knockout od Randy Smith (13-15-1), vseeno, was not the story that night. The real story coming out of the event was the emergence of not one, ampak dva, new stars before a national audience. Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-7), že imajo prvič v zgodovini Knockout v Maine MMA zgodovine, added to his legend with a Taekwondo spinning-hook kick that left his opponent unconscious and earned Boyington the quickest knockout in NEF at the time at 10-seconds. Nekaj ​​trenutkov kasneje, Jamie Harrison (5-1) končal svojega nasprotnika z nenavadno zemlja-in-funt tehniko je poimenoval “Lobster Punch” s Inside MMA co-host Bas Rutten (28-4-1). Both finishes were caught on camera by AXS TV, and both were seen by fight fans the world over on television and the internet. The road to April 11, 2015, “NEF XVII,” in showdown med Boyington in Harrison, je bila tlakovana.

 

V prihodnjih mesecih in letih, Boyington would become the face of NEF MMA. Leaving a trail of broken opponents in his wake, Boyington bi šel na zajemanje prostega NEF MMA Lightweight prvenstvo v septembru 2014 jih premagal Jesse “Viking” Erickson (3-4). Weeks later, Boyington and Erickson would rematch with Boyington once again emerging victorious. Harrison had, sam, sekajo Tollison Lewis (0-3) z nepremišljeno opusti samo trenutkov prej, leading many to speculate that the time for the Boyington-Harrison showdown had finally arrived. In the hours that followed, obe strani sta se dogovorili, da v boju in oder je bil določen za april 11, 2015 v Lewiston na “NEF XVII.” Both athletes squared off in the cage last Saturday at “NEF XVI” uradno napove dvoboj, ki bo pet vsestranski za lahki prvenstvo Boyington je.

 

“Jaz se počutim na vrhu sveta,” dejal Boyington ko doseči za pripombe. “Odmor je dosegel svoj namen in čeprav imam občutek, da so prednosti, kot so dobro zaokroženo MMA igre, več strokovnih pretepi, več izkušenj z vrhunskimi nasprotniki ravni in udobje v tej areni – Vem, da je vse nepomembno, ker visoka, da sem prav zdaj prav zdaj, in želja, da bi dobili v kletko in se zabavajte , skupaj s strogo obsodbo s seboj NOT izgubiti in zabavati množico me naredi bolj samozavestni kot kdaj koli prej, da bi dobili delo opravljeno. I respect Jamie very much. Bil je trd in predstavlja izzive in sem imel moje znamenitosti na njem za dolgo časa, studying him and knowing we would cross paths eventually. Lucky for me, Jaz sem prekleto rokoborca. I see what’s coming. Fans, this fight is unlike anything else you will ever see. Make sure you’re in attendance to witness what I’m about to do. I have no problem proving the critics wrong. Just be there and don’t blink. This is a big stage fight, Jaz bom to dokazal.”

 

“Zelo sem navdušena, da se vrnem v NEF kletko za to veliko priložnost,” pripomnil Harrison. “Bruce is on a hot streak and so am I. The title belt around my waist has been a long time coming and it will be bittersweet to do it in front of all my family, prijatelji, and fans. This fight will have a lot of fireworks and you will not want to look away for a second.”

 

“To sta dve alfa samci NEF urnika,” dejal NEF solastnik in promotor Nick DiSalvo. “Ko hodijo v sobi, everyone knows it. But we all know that there can only be one alpha male in the pride. On April 11 v Lewiston, bomo ugotoviti, kateri je pravi alfa samec, ko ti dve levov trčijo.”

 

Naslednji MMA dogodek Nef je, “NEF XVII,” naj bi potekalaApril 11, 2015 na ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-7) bo branila NEF MMA Lightweight Naslov proti številka ena bojevnik Jamie Harrison (5-1). Poleg tega, Jarod “Last Minute” Lawton (4-1) sreča Dennis Olson (12-7) v welterweight tekmovanju. Vstopnice za “NEF XVII” začeti na samo $25 in so v prodaji zdaj www.TheColisee.com ali s klicem blagajni Colisée na 207.783.2009 x 525. Za več informacij o posodobitvah dogodkov in boj kartic, obiščite spletno stran promocijo na naslovu www.NewEnglandFights.com. Poleg tega, si lahko ogledate video posnetke na NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jim sledite na Twitterjunefights in se pridružite na uradni Facebook skupina "New England bojev."