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Lewiston, Maine (October 15, 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. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of an amateur featherweight title bout to the fight card. Arona “He whakangungu” Lacey (5-1) Kei te whakaritea ki te whakatau Karepe Horner (6-2) for the inaugural NEF MMA Amateur Featherweight Championship. The bout will take place at the featherweight limit of 145-pounds.
Lacey Ko te mema o MMA o Young i roto i te Bangor, Maine. He holds victories over tough opponents like Dom Cofone (6-5) a Karepe Hall (5-3) i roto i te whare herehere NEF. His only loss to date came in New Hampshire against Matt Tullos (7-0).
“Ahau super oaoa ki te whawhai mo taua whitiki,” ka mea Lacey. “It means the world to me that my hard work and dedication are paying off. There is no possible way I’m leaving that cage without that strap around my waist.”
Kua whakaritea i mua Lacey ki te whawhai mo te taitara, engari i tukua he whara i roto i te whakangungu i akina atu whakakorenga o te a'ee.
“Getting whara Ko e kore ngahau me he tata tonu te raruraru,” Tonu Lacey. “Kua riro te reira tino matekiri ia ki te tango i te wā atu no o injuries, but it has also shown me that this is exactly what I want to do with my life. The fans can expect a whole new animal. I may have been injured but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working. I have transformed my game and I will show everyone just how good I am come November 21. Make sure not to blink this fight isn’t going the distance.”
Hoariri o Lacey, Karepe Horner, ka haere ki a Maine i Florida te wahi e whakaako ia i roto i o F2 Arena i Gainesville raro Ryan Hodge (6-10). Hodge and his students have gained a reputation as spoilers in the New England region, coming in from out of town to score upsets over local favorites. Horner will look to continue that tradition when he meets Lacey on Whiringa 21 i roto i te Lewiston.
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."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.
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Lewiston, Maine (October 14, 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. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the main event of the boxing portion of the fight card. Reigning Northeast Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “Ko te Cannon” Berry (9-1, 6 Koó) Ka fehangahangai Roberto “Ko te Old” Valenzuela (73-69-2, 56 Koó) i roto i te Welterweight whakataetae waru-a tawhio noa.
Berry riro te apato'erau Junior Welterweight Taitara kotahi tau i mua i roto i te Lewiston ki te wikitoria whakatau loto mo Eric Palmer (6-8-3, 1 KO). The title was the first in the professional career of the standout from West Forks, Maine. Berry would, noa te marama i muri mai, suffer his first loss in a bout in which he severely injured his shoulder early on. Following a successful surgery and months of rehab, Hoki Berry ikuna ki te mowhiti tenei raumati mua ki te knockout hangarau tuarua-a tawhio noa (WHO) riro i roto i te Skowhegan, Maine.
“Ko ahau rawa manukanuka rite tonu ki te manga hoki ki te mowhiti mekemeke i runga i Whiringa 21i roto i te Lewiston,” Berry i kīia. “Ko te whakaongaonga ki te whawhai mo toku wikitoria ngaio whakatekau. I’m honored to have been invited back to the Colisee to headline another Pro Boxing card. I want to thank NEF for making this possible for me, a e tumanakohia ki kua i tetahi atu mahi Kikī, competitive fight like we had in October 2014. A lot has changed for me in my boxing career, a ka titiro atu ahau ki te whakaatu i toku whakapainga katoa o toku pā hanga. Pera i te matara toku hoa tauwhainga, te kotahi tino mātanga ki te rā, Roberto Valenzuela, ka waiho hei whakamātautau pai hoki ki ahau i te hoatu ake te rahi me te wheako. Ua tamata matou ki te hanga i te whawhai ki o rerekē eé i te rohe i te tokorua, engari i taea ki te. Ko taku mahi he ki te whakangungu pakeke, me te kia rite hoki te tangata i hoatu e ratou i runga i te tahi atu taha o te whakakai, kotahi a tawhio noa i te wa.”
Valenzuela is about as much of a veteran as one will find in a boxing ring. Having begun his professional career in early 1992, Valenzuela ka atu ki te mīharo 14-0 tīmatanga, whakataetae a tawhio noa kāwanatanga tona whare o Sonora, Mexico. Among the opponents Valenzuela has faced in his career are the likes of former world champions Andre Berto (30-4, 23 Koó) ko Steve Forbes (35-14, 11 Koó) me te toa o nāianei ao Zahir Raheem (35-3, 21 Koó). Valenzuela fought former lightweight world champion Jose Luis Castillo (66-13-1, 57 Koó) i runga i te undercard o te 1996 Joey Gamache (55-4, 38 Koó) ko Julio Hiha Chavez (107-6-2, 86 Koó) a'ee i roto i Anaheim, California. I tua atu, Puritia Valenzuela te Ingoa Mexican Pacific Coast Super mā whitu i 2003 ki 2007. He has the strongest pedigree of any opponent Berry has faced to date.
“Kua ahau i whawhai katoa i runga i te United States, engari e kore i roto i te Maine, na oaoa vau ahau ki te haere vahi kore kua ahau kua,” ka mea a Valenzuela i roto i te translator. “Kua kua ahau te mahi tenei mai ko ia he PUP. Kua korerotia e ahau e ia rïpene Cut o etahi o oku whawhai i ētahi kāri mauherea ia i runga i TV ka ko ia ia te koati (kata). Thankfully, Kua hokona e ahau ataata o ia atu tata i runga i Youtube. Kahore te ia kihai ahau i kite i te aroaro o roto i te whawhai ranei i roto i te mākutu. Ka waiho e ahau rite.”
“A, no te hainatia Brandon i runga ki te 'NEF XX’ kāri whawhai, ko ia rawa mārama e hinaaro ia tatou ki te kitea ia i te hoariri kua nei ngā roto i te whakakai me te pai,” recalled NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Roberto presents a challenge unlike any other Brandon has faced to date. He has actively competed as a professional for nearly a quarter of a century. He hasn’t sat on a shelf either. He just fought this past spring and summer. Brandon Berry e kia whakamatauria i runga iWhiringa 21, make no mistake about it. But Brandon has recently been sparring several times a week all over New England with top-notch partners. He is coming into this bout as a whole new Brandon Berry, takoto ki te hanga i tona tohu i roto i te ao mekemeke.”
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."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.
Lewiston, Maine (October 13, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ko te whakakake ki te kauwhau i rua o kingi ngaio whakauru-hōia-toi te whakatairanga o te (MMA) Ka whakataetae toa i runga i te Series Ao o Fighting (WSOF) kāri tenei Rāhoroi, October 17, 2015. “WSOF 24: Fitch vs. Okami” ka päpäho ora i Foxwoods Resort Casino i Mashantucket, Connecticut a ka ngā NEF MMA Ngaio Kōmāmā Champion Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington(10-8) a NEF MMA Ngaio Heavyweight Champion Tyler “Ko te ope” King (9-3) on the undercard. The undercard is scheduled to begin at 7 pm EST a taea te titiro i www.WSOF.com.
Ka tutaki Boyington he Rodrigo rawa uaua “Ko te Young Lion” Almeida (13-2) i roto i te whakataetae mā. It will be Boyington’s first trip to the national stage of the sport after having competed in MMA regionally for some six years. Next month, Whakaritea Boyington ki te paruru i tona taitara NEF ki Jimmy “Jimbo Poro” Davidson (7-1) i “NEF XX” i roto i te Lewiston, Maine. He is a member of Young’s MMA in Bangor, Maine me hoki te kaiwhakaū me te matenga kaiako o te Boyington Taekwondo Academy (BTA).
“Kahore i ahau atu oaoa i roto i toku mahi Arts Mixed, a kore i tangohia e ahau te puni atu taumaha, tautautefito ka tae mai te reira ki toku kai, me te āhua i te rota o te oaoa i ahau i roto ano homai hoki te mea e haere ahau ki te tiki ki te mahi i runga i te atamira o te motu Rāhoroi po,” Said Boyington. “Kua i ahau he rōpū nui e karapoti ana i ahau, a kua panaia e ratou ki ahau ki toku rohe, so everyone will surely get to see the best Bruce Boyington to date and I have zero excuses for not performing. I have one word in mind entering that cage – Rōrahi.”
“Kua New Ingarangi whawhai he tino kai i roto i toku mahi me kua te tūāpapa e kua e ahau te haamaitairaa o te raveraa i runga i rite Matiu ratou ki ahau mo te atamira o te motu. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Matt ko Nick mō te tango tonu tiaki o toku matea me te āwhina meinga ahau nei ahau i tenei ra. New Ingarangi whawhai nei nga mea timatanga katoa i roto i te wahi ki te āwhina i te tae toa te tihi.”
Kua puritia Tyler Kingi te NEF taitara taumahamaha mai i Mei o 2013 ka patua e ia Travis Bartlett (8-4). I mua i tēnei tau, Pai te awhina Kingi te taitara ki Terry Blackburn (4-3) i “Nef XVI.” King was a football standout at the University of Connecticut where he recorded 19 peke ano he mutunga ārai. He later played in the National Football League (NFL) mo e rave rahi kapa, tae atu i te peihana San Diego me te St. Louis hipi toa. I “WSOF 24,” Ka fehangahangai Kingi Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hōia Pat Walsh (6-2).
“Ahau rawa oaoa ki te tiki i te whai wāhi ki te whawhai i runga i te atamira nui e ko World Series o te Fighting vs te taumata tiketike, UFC hoariri hōia,” said King. “Less than a year ago I was out of the sport and had a very uncertain future as far as ever getting to compete again. I’m grateful to Matt Peterson, Nick Disalvo me te era atu o te kapa i New England whawhai hoki hoatu ahau he atamira ki te manga hoki ki te hākinakina aroha ahau, in a main event title defense no less. This fight has ‘Fight of the Night’ tuhituhia katoa ki runga taua mea. You have two determined fighters with competitive fire coursing through their veins ready to go out and lay it all on the line. I look forward to having my hand raised.”
“NEF kua tino riro i te papa whakarewa ki te whakatairanga motu,” said NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Kei pera whakakake ki te kore tetahi matou, but two of our champions fighting on the WSOF card. It really says something about the caliber of athlete gracing the NEF cage. These fighters are earning their stripes with NEF and then getting the call up to the UFC, Bellator, Titan and WSOF. Nothing gives us more satisfaction than to see these guys succeed in the sport they love.”
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."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.
Kia tukuna tonutia atu: Lewiston, Maine (October 12, 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. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of a professional flyweight bout to the MMA portion of the fight card. Kevin “.50 Cal” Barrett (0-0) ka tutaki Jimmy Alexander (1-10) i te taimaha o te 125, pauna whawhai.
Ko te a'ee e tuatahi ngaio a Barrett i roto i te whare herehere MMA i muri i te haere 2-1 as an amateur fighter. I mua i tēnei tau, na'e fanongonongo ai i hainatia Barrett he whakawhanake maha-whawhai ki NEF.
“Ko taku whakaaro i runga i tetahi mea anake,” i kīia Barrett. “Ki te riro i te kaitoi pai hōia taea e ahau. Ko e te reira. Day i a ra i roto i taua te katoa Ahau arotahi ki runga ki ahau. E kore ahau e rapu i ahau mo te rongo. Kei te rapu ahau ki te kitea i roto i te hunga e ahau, a kua toi kia tawhiti hōia kua ahua o tenei marama arahina e ngā ahau te tekau tau whakamutunga ki te taime rawa tenei. Ka waiho e ahau rite.”
Haere mai e rua o te whakauru a Pārete hei runaruna i roto i te whare herehere NEF, and he hopes to continue that success in the professional ranks. While he has been inactive from competition for the past two years, Barrett he māia e tona kaiako me hoa tākaro i MMA o Young i roto i te Bangor, Ka whai rite ia mo tona matchup ki Alexander i runga i Maine Whiringa 21.
“Aroha ana ahau ki toku kaiako me oku hoa tākaro. Whakapono ana ratou i roto i ahau, i roto i te hokinga mai ki ahau te whakapono i roto i ahau hanga. Whakangungu ahau i te omaoma pai i roto i New England i nga ra katoa. Au manaakitia ahau. Ko tango ahau i tenei hākinakina ra, i tenei ra. Toku whāinga tika inaianei ko te ki kia rite mo te tangata pai Jimmy Alexander kua kite ake. I muri Whiringa ka noho ahau ki raro, ki toku kaiako, me te haere i reira.”
Vili Barrett e, i kore ai e whai Alexander he lekooti toa, e kore e tangohia e ia te Floridian whakahawea i “NEF XX.” Alexander trains at F2 Arena under the guidance of Ryan Hodge (6-10). Hodge and his team are recognized as dangerous opponents, a maha tākaro e ratou te tūranga o te “kaipahua” ina haere ki New England ki te whakataetae.
“Aroha ana ahau ki te meka i ahau i te taata e rere i tetahi atu kāwanatanga ki ahau te whawhai,” tonu Barrett. “Ahau i roto i kahore ara titiro mua Jimmy. E mohio ana ahau ia he rota o te wheako, te ia rawa taikaha, te ia tonu ki raro, ki te tu me te hokohoko. Kua ka koe ki te faatura e. E kore ahau e whai i te matapae ahakoa. I te mutunga o te ra, katoa e taea e ahau he arotahi ki runga i taku e mea ahau, e kore te mea kei te mahi i Jimmy, me te au mohio ngā fakakaukau ia te mea ano. Riro ngaro mohio ahau ki reira te he haapiiraa i roto i tenei hoki ahau vahi ranei. Au noa tamata ahau ki te noho mārama hina, me te tuwhera ki te mea e riro ai.”
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."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.
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Kia tukuna tonutia atu: Lewiston, Maine (October 9, 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, 2015i 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. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the fight card. Matt “Ko te kararehe Mai te Te Tai Tokerau” Andrikut (1-0) ka hoki mai ki a Maine ki te tango i runga i Hehe “Ko te he Tautangata” Baughman (0-0) i te taimaha o te 205-pauna whawhai.
Andrikut, he tangata whātōtō ta'na i te University o Southern Maine (USM) me te whiringa o mua i roto i te karapu Northern New England Golden, hanga i tona tuatahi NEF whakamutunga marama, i te “NEF XIX,” toa mā knockout hangarau (WHO) in a mere 32-seconds of round one. Andrikut is best known on the New England MMA scene for finishing Pat Walsh (6-2) in under a minute during their amateur meeting in 2011. (Walsh e haere i runga i ki te whakataetae i roto i te whawhai Championship Ultimate [UFC] ano he ngaio.) Andrikut now lives in Reno, Nevada te wahi e whakaako ia i roto i te Tuipau MMA.
“Ko ahau fiefia ki te haere mai hoki ki a Maine ki te whawhai ki a Hehe,” Said Andrikut. “E ka e ia he lekooti me tereina nui mo te kapa nui. Aroha ana ahau ki te iwi, me te huru i roto i te Maine – it’s a great place! I Whiringa 21, we will see who’s a greater fighter as we put our unblemished records on the line. E mohio ana ahau, e rua kia tatou ineine me te pono ka waiho hei pleaser mano!”
Ko te a'ee Lewiston e te tuatahi ngaio mō Baughman, as well as his first fight with NEF in the state of Maine. Baughman leaves the amateur division having amassed a perfect 5-0 record. He has claimed regional championships while attaining the number-one ranking for New England amateur light-heavyweights. A resident of Littleton, New Hampshire, Baughman whakaako i Team Link Te Tai Tokerau i roto i Whitefield tata.
“He mea iti iho i te whakaongaonga Making toku tuatahi pro ki NEF,” Said Baughman. “Te riroraa i te Māori New England, Ite e ahau te weriweri, me te tautoko i to tatou pā i mo te hākinakina o MMA. Ka rite ki runga i te tihi runaruna taumahamaha o te marama i roto i New England, Amanekina ahau ki te kia hoatu ki runga ki nga takatu mai- a tawhio noa i roto i toku wehenga. Whakawhetai nui ki Matt Peterson mo te faingamālie me toku kaiwhakahaere Taylor Trahan. He rite mo te whawhai he Tautangata!”
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."
Mō New Ingarangi whawhai
New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.