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YOUNG FEMALE ATHLETES LOOK TO MAKE THEIR MARK AT NEF 27

Lewiston, Maine (December 14, 2016) -Nya England Fights (NEF) returns to the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Februari 11, 2017 with its next mixed-martial-arts event, “NEF 27: RESURGENCE.” Tidigare idag, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur women’s bout to the card. Alex Walker (2-1) makes her return to Lewiston to take on the debuting Katie Baker (0-0) in a strawweight matchup.

 

24-year-old Alex Walker has appeared twice previously in the NEF cage. Walker debuted in the spring of 2015 vid “NEF 17against Randi Beth Boyington (1-3). She returned earlier this year to defeat Nicole Burgess (0-1) with a third-round armbar. This past summer, she captured her first regional title on a fight card in Vermont. Walker is a member of Team Kaze based in Lancaster, New Hampshire.

 

I can’t wait to get back to work in the NEF cage,” exclaimed Walker. “2017 is going to be a good year and I am looking forward to entertaining the great fans in Maine! I can’t think of a better way to start the year. The two times I have fought in Maine, they were both FOTN, looking to Threepeat!”

 

Katie Baker, an 18-year-old from Gardiner, Maine, might be new to the NEF cage, but she is well-known within martial arts circles in the Pine Tree State. Baker began training in combat sports at the age of five. She won the Isshinryu World Karate Championship in 2009 och 2013, and has been a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for seven years, regularly taking part in local tournaments. Tidigare i år, Baker began competing in amateur boxing. She currently trains with Young’s MMA in Bangor, Maine.

 

I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to square off against Alex Walker at ‘NEF 27,'” sa Baker. “I have a high level of respect for Alex and her accomplishments. We’re not taking her lightly, and this is going to be a hell of a fight for my debut.

 

NEF’s next event, “NEF 27: RESURGENCE” sker på Lördag, Februari 11, 2017 vid 7 p.m. Biljetter börjar på $25 och finns det erbjudanden nu på www.TheColisee.com eller genom att ringa Colisee biljettkassan på 207.783.2009, extension 525.

 

För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights."

 

Om New England Fights

New England Fights ("NEF") är en kamp evenemang kampanjer företag. NEF: s mission är att skapa högsta kvalitet händelser för Maine fighters och fans. NEF: s ledningsgrupp har lång erfarenhet av kampsporter hantering, händelser produktion, medierelationer, marknadsföring, juridiska och reklam.

FIGHT WEEK FOR ‘BELLATOR 169’ IN DUBLIN HAS ARRIVED

 

NEW WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT FIGHT ADDED TO THE LAST EVENT OF THE YEAR

SANTA MONICA, CALIF (December 12, 2016) – After an incredible year that saw Bellator MMA host events in international territories all around the globe, it is only fitting that the promotion’s year-ending event, "Bellator 169: King Mo vs. Ishii," Sker detta Fredag, December 16 at the 3Arena in Dublin, Irland.

 

Shortly after her fight against Helen Harper (4-1) was announced, Bruna Vargas (2-1) has withdrawn from the bout due to injury. Harper will be paid her show money and a new women’s featherweight bout has been added to the SPIKE-televised card between undefeated fighters Sinead Kavanagh (3-0) och Elina Kallionidou (5-0).

 

The Spike-televised main card will be highlighted by a heavyweight main event pitting “King Mo” (19-5, 1 NC) against Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii (14-6-1). Dessutom, a pair of anticipated featherweight scraps will see Anthony Taylor (1-1) look to quiet the crowd as he enters enemy territory to challenge Northern Ireland’s James Gallagher (4-0) och, Irlands Brian Moore(9-4) take on the always-game Daniel Weichel (37-9).

Biljetter till "Bellator 169: King Mo vs. Ishii” are on sale now and start at 35€ at Bellator.com, Ticketmaster.ie and the 3Arena Box Office. The event can be seen free on SPIKE at 9 p.m. OCH/8 p.m. CT, and will be immediately followed by "Bellator Kickboxning: Florence.”

 

Fighting out of Straight Blast Gym (SBG) i Dublin, “KO” Kavanagh has fought all three of her professional bouts with BAMMA, and has earned her nickname bye scoring two knockouts in her first three fights. Kavanagh fought in BAMMA’s first-ever women’s fight, and ended her opponent’s night in just 17 sekunder. Originally slated to compete in a bantamweight fight against Eeva Siiskonen (5-4-2) on the BAMMA portion of this co-promoted night of fights, Kavanagh now moves up in weight to face Kallionidou under the Bellator banner.

 

Vid endast 18 år, Kallionidou has already made a name for herself in her home country Greece, where she holds the Cage Survivor women’s featherweight title. Incredibly, “Gunner” started her professional career off with a bang, scoring a first-round TKO just a month after her 16th födelsedag. Sedan dess, the Greek fighter has gone 5-0, med tre knockouts. The fight this Friday night, will be her first fight outside of Greece.

 

In addition to a full card of Bellator action, ticketholders will also have the unique opportunity to experience an additional fight card from Europe’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, BAMMA. The bantamweight belt will be on the line at “BAMMA 27,” as Tom Duquesnoy (13-1, 1 NC) och Alan Philpott (16-8) prepare to duke it out for the division gold. Slutligen, the stacked event features a featherweight world title fight pitting former Bellator competitors Ronnie Mann (25-8-1) mot Martin Stapleton (18-4).

 

 

Komplett "Bellator 169: King Mo vs. Ishii” Main Card:

Heavyweight Main Event: Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (19-5, 1 NC) vs. Satoshi Ishii (14-6-1)

Featherweight Co-Main Event: James Gallagher (4-0) vs. Anthony Taylor (1-1)

Featherweight Feature Bout: Daniel Weichel (37-9) vs. Brian Moore (9-4)

Featherweight Feature Bout: Sinead Kavanagh (3-0) vs. Elina Kallionidou (5-0)

Bantamweight Feature Bout: Shay Walsh (14-4) vs. Luiz Tosta (9-2)

 

Updated “BAMMA 27” Main Card:

Bantamweight World Title Bout: Tom Duquesnoy (13-1, 1 NC) vs. Alan Philpott (16-8)

Featherweight World Title Bout: Ronnie Mann (25-8-1) vs. Martin Stapleton (18-4)

Featherweight Main Card Bout: Dylan Tuke (3-0) vs. Sean Tobin (4-2)

Featherweight Main Card Bout: Brian Moore (9-4) vs. Niklas Backstrom (10-2)

Welterweight Main Card Bout: Kiefer Crosbie (1-0) vs. Conor Riordan (Debut)

Welterweight Main Card Bout: Nathan Jones (9-5) vs. Walter Gahadza (16-0)

THE BLACK WIDOW AND THE BLACK BELT; FIRST WOMEN’S FIGHT ANNOUNCED FOR NEF 26

Lewiston, Maine (Oktober 6, 2016) – New England Fights (NEF) presenterar sin nästa blandade krigs-arts händelse, “NEF 26: SUPREMACY,” på lördag, November 19 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Tidigare idag, NEF executives announced the addition of an amateur bantamweight women’s bout to the fight card. JessicaThe Black WidowBorga (2-2) returns to Maine to take on Brianne Genschel (0-0) vid ett slagsmål vikt av 135-pounds.

 

Borga made her NEF cage debut last month against Rachael Joyce (2-0). She traveled more than 1500 miles from Lakeland, Florida for the fight. While Borga was on the losing end of a unanimous decision to Joyce, she realizes that the most important part of her amateur career is gaining experience through taking tough fights.

 

I’m not slowing down anytime soon,” said Borga, “and love to take on any challenges and get better each fight. The more experience the better! So thankful for the girls that are stepping up to fight! I’m ready to put on an amazing show.

 

Brianne Genschel, while making her in-cage debut atNEF 26,is a longtime practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) in which she holds a black belt. She is a BJJ instructor at The Foundry in Farmington, Maine. Genschel also trains with, and will represent, First Class MMA based in Brunswick, Maine. Like her opponent, she promises an exciting fight for the fans on November 19.

 

I’m really looking forward to stepping into the cage for my first fight with NEF, and especially against such an established opponent,” said Genschel. “I can’t wait to represent my teams- Foundry BJJ and First Class MMA. I have been training hard for this opportunity, and promise to put on a good show and leave it all in the cage!”

 

The opening bell on Saturday, November 19 är inställd för 7 p.m. Biljetter börjar på $25 och finns på www.TheColisee.com eller genom att ringa Colisee biljettkassan på 207.783.2009, extension 525.

 

För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights."

 

Om New England Fights

New England Fights ("NEF") är en kamp evenemang kampanjer företag. NEF: s mission är att skapa högsta kvalitet händelser för Maine fighters och fans. NEF: s ledningsgrupp har lång erfarenhet av kampsporter hantering, händelser produktion, medierelationer, marknadsföring, juridiska och reklam.

FROM MAINE TO FLORIDA, FINDING FIGHTS IS THE CHALLENGE FOR FEMALE MMA ATHLETES

 

PRESSMEDDELANDE: Lewiston, Maine (September 4, 2016) – Rachael Joyce has her civil engineering degree from the University of Maine. Jessica Borga is a veterinary technician from Lakeland, Florida.

Read those one-line biographies of the two women and they probably do not fit whatever is your personal profile of a mixed-martial-artist. And perhaps that presumption, and maybe a lingering societal bias against female fighters, is the reason Joyce and Borga have struggled mightily to find opponents in their corners of the country.

Each woman will end what is almost a one-year hiatus from the cage when Joyce (1-0) welcomes Borga (2-1) to Maine in a bantamweight bout at “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains.” New England Fights returns to its hub venue, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, på Lördag, September 10.

“I’ve had one fight, i oktober förra året. I’ve found it really hard to find fights. It’s just tough. Maine doesn’t have the population density for it. It’s just hard to find that pool of fighters,” Joyce said. “Early in your career you want to build that experience close to home. It’s the best thing for your whole team, given the commitment that is involved.”

Joyce, who lives in the Penobscot County village of Veazie, splits her training time between Bangor, Portland and Boston.

The competitive grass is no greener for Borga, who is known to her fans as “The Black Widow” and is coached by Ross Kellin.

“My coach has scheduled fights for me that have fallen through. I was supposed to fight eight times this year, and this will be my first one.

Borga was beaten badly in her previous bout, a November 2015 clash against Caitlin Sammons for which she weighed in at 126.5 pounds, just above the flyweight limit.

She said that women feel added pressure to make drastic weight cuts due to the lack of available fight opportunities, and in her case it was especially dangerous.

“I learned that I will never fight at 125 igen,” Borga said “It was my own fault. I lost 25 pounds in two weeks. I was sick in camp, and I fought sick.”

Before the episode was over, Borga was hospitalized twice with strep throat, a kidney infection and a bladder infection.

“I do believe (the weight cut) was part of it,” she said. “You’re putting that strain on your body and your mind. My mental game struggled with what I had to put myself through. I think it’s harder for women, also. I won’t ever do that again. I learned that it’s better to withdraw than to take a loss.”

Borga has experienced no such issues in this camp. She said her energy level is way up and that she can train harder for longer periods of time.

She also is eager to visit from the Sunshine State, an eagerness that isn’t lost on her opponent.

“When an opponent is flying up from Florida, that’s exciting,” Joyce said. “It shows that she’s really committed to it. It is hard to find opponents who are as committed as you are.”

Both women are BJJ blue belts. Joyce has trained in the discipline for more than two years.

It is an extension of her childhood, when she played three varsity sports in each year of high school. She joked that she strongly considered a fourth.

“I was always the girl who tried to convince my parents to let me play football,” Joyce said. “They would not hear any of it. I’m sure they’re thrilled that their 20-something-year-old daughter is now a fighter. LÅT BLI, they’re supportive, but now it’s my decision.”

Joyce never tried individual sports before the combat realm, but she quickly developed into a fan of women’s MMA as it exploded in popularity at the UFC level.

“Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey were coming up, och sedan (UFC president) Dana White had his famous line that ‘there will never be women in UFC,” Joyce said. “I saw what they were doing and I said, ‘I can do that. I’m going to do that.’”

Now the women wait for a spike in female participation that has not appeared to follow the success of those international role models.

Joyce said she received invitations to fight in New Jersey earlier this year but that those, also, would have required an uncomfortable cut to a same-day weigh-in of 125 or even 115 pounds.

So she retreated into a game of train-and-wait. Thanks to the like-minded, equally fight-challenged Borga, the wait is almost over.

“I’ve always loved MMA, always loved fighting. I guess I was known for that as a kid. Everybody who knows me always pushed me to get into this,” Borga said. “I tried eight years ago and found out right away that I was pregnant, so that put a stop to it. When my son turned five, Jag sa, ‘It’s now or never.’ I started training and developed really fast. My coaches said I had a knack for it.”

Öppnandet klockan på September 10 är inställd för 7 p.m. The current docket for “NEF 25: Heroes and Villains” includes four professional boxing matches, six pro mixed martial arts bouts and five amateur MMA scraps. Biljetter börjar på $25 och finns på www.TheColisee.com eller genom att ringa Colisee biljettkassan på 207.783.2009, extension 525.

För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, följa dem på Twitternefights och gå med den officiella Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."

MARLOES COENEN RECEIVES NEW OPPONENT AHEAD OF ‘BELLATOR 155’ — ALEXIS DUFRESNE REPLACES JULIA BUDD

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (Maj 10, 2016) – Due to injury, Julia Budd (8-2) has been forced to withdraw from her inaugural Bellator MMA Women’s Featherweight Championship Bout against Marloes Coenen (23-6). Som ett resultat, Alexis Dufresne (5-2) will take her place and challenge Coenen during the featured preliminary contest of "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " på Century Arena i Boise, Idaho, på Maj 20.

The fight joins a card that already features a colossal Middleweight World Championship main event, i vilken Rafael Carvalho (12-1) försvarar sitt bälte mot den brinnande Melvin "No Mercy" Manhoef (30-12-1). Dessutom, former Bellator MMA featherweight titlist Pat Curran (21-7) kommer att återvända till åtgärder för första gången sedan juni, när han möter den fjädrande Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1) i kortets co-main event. The last two men to challenge for Will Brooks’ lightweight title, Marcin Held (21-4) och Dave Jansen (20-3) kommer också att vara i aktion. Rounding out the televised portion of the event will be two heavyweight fights, när Dan Charles (10-3) möter Augusto Sakai (9-0) och Joey Beltran (17-12) tar på Chase Gormley (12-5).

Biljetter till "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " startar vid bara $25 och är på rea nu på Bellator.com, det Century Arena Box Office eller CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com. Händelsen sänds live och gratis Spike på 9 p.m. OCH/8 p.m. CT, while the can’t-miss preliminary card airs live on Bellator.comoch Bellator Mobile App.

A former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion, Marloes Coenen, is riding a two-fight winning streak and undefeated record under the Bellator MMA fray into her bout with Dufresne. “Rumina” began her career winning eight consecutive fights and 13 of her first 14. The 35-year-old has been competing professionally since 2000 and has been an integral part of the progression of women’s mixed martial arts, challenging some of the best that the sport has to offer. Nu, it’s back to the drawing board for the Dutch submission specialist when she looks to spoil the Bellator MMA debut of Alexis Dufresne.

The 25-year-old Alexis Dufresne began her career with a blazing start, earning victories in her first five scraps, all of which she ended in the first round. Born in Temecula, Calif., “Sneaky Zebra” has strung together an impressive resume, including three straight first round knockout wins dating back to her 2013-14 seasons and most recently two appearances for the UFC. Dufresne will be making her Bellator MMA debut nästa fredag and hopes to get back to her winning ways when she fills in for the absent Julia Budd on short notice.

Komplett "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef "Kamp Card

Bellator MMA mellanvikt VM-titel Fight: Rafael Carvalho (12-1) vs. Melvin Manhoef (30-12-1)

Bellator MMA Fjäder Co-Main Event: Pat Curran (21-7) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1)

Bellator MMA heavyweight Feature Bout: Dan Charles (10-3) vs. Augusto Sakai (9-0)

Bellator MMA Lättvikts Feature Bout: Dave Jansen (20-3) vs. Marcin Held (21-4)

Bellator MMA heavyweight Feature Bout: Joey Beltran (17-12) vs. Chase Gormley (12-5)

 

Preliminära kortet

 

Bellator MMA Fjäder Preliminär Bout: Marloes Coenen (23-6) vs. Alexis Dufresne (5-2)

Bellator MMA Bantamvikt Preliminär Bout: Joe Hamilton (3-0) vs. tyler Freeland (3-0)

Bellator MMA Flyweight Preliminär Bout: Veta Arteaga (1-0) vs. jackie Vandenburgh (0-1)

Bellator MMA Fjäder Preliminär Bout: Vince Morales (3-1) vs. Hamilton Ash (3-1)

Bellator MMA Bantamvikt Preliminär Bout: Brendon Raftery (4-2) vs. Casey Johnson (4-0)

Bellator MMA Lightweight Preliminär Bout: Scott Thometz (9-5) vs. josh Tyler (7-3)

Bellator MMA mellanvikt Preliminär Bout: Sean Powers (9-5) vs. Will Noland (15-6)

Bellator MMA Bantamvikt Preliminär Bout: ricky Steele (5-0) vs. erick Cronkhite (2-1)

Bellator MMA Bantamvikt Preliminär Bout: Jesse Brock (21-8) vs. olly Bradstreet (39-12)

 

An Open FU to UFC President DanaEffing” Vit!

wtf

Av: Rich Bergeron

Those who know me personally would all say I am a mellow individual, until you seriously cross me, som, for instance, if you become the subject of an investigative report I’m working on, eller sue me for $25 milj. Sometimes I may take things like that as a sign you might not want me to really find out who you are and what you do behind closed doors to screw hard working people over.

Denna vecka, a certain individual who won’t even let me follow him in Twitter (https://twitter.com/danawhite) pissed me off to the point where I could only think of one thing to do. Because I’m officially blacklisted in every possible way by the UFC brass, and have even had restraining orders placed against my directly contacting the Fertittas and ANY UFC fighter, my best option is to publish a drastic diatribe here I am just going to call myOPEN FUto DanaEffing” Vit.

I’m sure Mr. White will not take my calls or subject himself to a one on one interview with me. Så, I will have to settle for a written FUand a multi-tiered and multi-purpose FU.

FU, DanaEffing” Vit… for many, many reasonstoo many for one small blog post to do justice, but let’s just say Most of all FU….

For what you THINK you know about Holly Holm

Hej, Dana, you wanna talk about youreffingreality showLooking For a Fight????” I was actually looking for a fight when I watched that old realityshit show when you were supposed to box Tito Ortiz, but HE magically backed out at the last minute.

Nu, you, DANAEFFINGWHITE, are telling Holly Holm about a decision YOU think she didn’t think through enough??? And now you act like someone pissed in your Wheaties because you have two upset wins at UFC 196 to work around and figure out how to make sense of somehow.

Booeffinghoo, buddy.

Welcome to how things don’t go as planned sometimes in the fight business, you ungrateful prick.

Do you wanna be aneffing” Promotorn, Danaeffing” Vit???

Holly Holm Was the Bantamweight Champion of the UFC when she allowed HER Manager (not Danaeffing” Vit) to negotiate the Tate fight on her behalf, and she knew (and her long-time manager knew, alltför) what she was doing and what she wanted. And guesseffingwhat, Dana? She wanted to fight.

Förlåt, DanaEffing” Vit, but Holly didn’t want to sit on aneffingsideline waiting for Ronda Rousey to finish hereffingROADHOUSE REMAKE!

Holly wanted to go to workbut unfortunately she has to work for a boss who has no idea what it’s like to step into HER office and handle HER daily workload with such tenacity, klass, dignity and grace.

And I think maybe she looks back a bit differently than you do, Dana, with noeffingregrets whatsoever for putting her absolute all into that fight and just plain getting caught in her one area of weakness in a battle where she likely would have won a three-round fight. Maybe if YOU were a fighter, Dana, you might get that whole concept. Maybe losing in this case only makes her better, starkare, and more durable as a career mixed martial artist. Who gives a damn if it makes her less marketable in your eyes? What do you really know, ändå?

UNLIKE YOU, DanaEffing” Vit, Holly actually respects Miesha Tate and thought it would be a challenge to fight her. Ja, she lost, but damn, she was absolutely correct about it being a challenge. I think the fight will go down as one of the greatest battles in female MMA history.

Nu, why don’t you open youreffingeyes, Dana, watch the fight again, and quit bitching about what should have happened in that cage you never fought in yourself.

Be grateful you have a champion you just paid $92,000 in fight pay (before bonuses) to take your organization’s belt from the girl you WANTED TO WIN (and paid $500,000 just to be there). It may not be what you expected, but the anxiety you feel about it is what you DESERVE to feel for being such a douchebag to the fighters who built the UFC.

My biggest questions on this subject for Dana are: Why are you such a biased, crooked asshole who can’t bother to give Miesha the time of day FOR ALL HER HARD WORK? Why can’t you give credit where it is dueon both sides of that fight? Why can’t you shut theeffup about what you think Holly or her management should have or could have waited for?

It’s not your place to look back with 20/20 hindsight and act like Holly and her manager should have gone all Nostradamus on this fight when you obviously didn’t see this shit coming, antingen, you dome-headed dimwit.

Fighters “effing” slagsmål, Dana. That’s what theyeffingdo, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be aneffingmanager of MMA fighters yourself. Ja, that was many moons ago, but how could you forget?

Fighters don’t sit on their asses on corporate jets and stand at podiums in front of the press all day to earn theeffingpaltry paychecks your organization pays out to most of them. Most fighters simply cannot afford to wait around for shit to happen or for someoneworthyenough in your eyes to step up and fight them.

Some fighters need to feed their kids. All of them need to pay their bills and for everything else involved with training camps, daily living expenses, travel and whatever costs medical insurance doesn’t cover when they have to address nagging injuries. Your shitty Reebok deal made it virtually impossible to get any other outside sponsors to help pay for anything like that stuff for many fighters, Dana.

Welcome to selling out and forgetting where you came from, Dana. You used to care more about fighters. Now you act like fighting in a cage is just like doing any other 9-5 jobb. It’s not. Det är “effinghard work.

Så, ja, Holly chose to fight instead of waiting for Rousey to be ready for the rematch. And you think she needs your opinion now that everything didn’t work out as planned for you both?

FU, Dana.

She hurts a lot worse than you, and I can guaran-effing-tee that.

Oh…och…förresten…fighters are way more responsible for the growth and success of the UFC/Zuffa organization than you ever have been. And that’s real talk, you rich bitch with a stick up your ass because you were never good enough in your life to ever have your own official fight.

Så, get over the God complex and learn to respect ALL of your fighters, not just the ones you want to see win because you might think you can work with them better or you think they will move the organization in a better direction. Respect the effort, the sacrifice and the pain ALL your fighters go through each and every day to get where they get. That belt you put on Miesha’s waist was EARNED, and don’t you ever think it iseffingcool to call the fact that Holly Holm had the guts to face Miesha Tatea mistake.

It rings hollow, especially when I would consider that handing you a microphone to talk about MMA at all was THE greatest mistake the sport ever made, period! Anyone who would try to knock a former champion down a peg that way in his own organization does not deserve to be recognized as that organization’s president.

You have no clue what it’s really like to fight, and your criticism of Holly Holm tells me you can never possibly understand the mindset that led her to take the Tate fight and not wait an idle year for RondaeffingRousey to be ready to appear at one of your precious shows.

Så, FU Dana White for treating your former champ like she’s an idiot who doesn’t know how to control her own career without you butting your stupid, bald head into it. Holly’s fine without your advice, and she trusts her manager, which might be something you’re not familiar with, but for other people it is actually a reality of doing business with legitimate people.

 

FU, Dana for being a piss-poor ambassador for the sport, disrespecting fighters who bleed (and sometimes suffer lifelong injuries) for you and the sport, and totally underestimating and failing to grasp what it really takes to actually be a professional fighter who actually competes against other fighters

Do you remember the days when you had to settle for being a lowly boxercise instructor because your boxing trainer Boston slapped you too hard in the ear once? You never had a single competitive fight in your life, Danaeffing” Vit, and that’s a DOCUMENTED FACT!

Do you ever even look back at those days before the silver-spoon-fed Fertittas helped you claw your greedy, selfish, egotistical ass into the position of OFFICIAL UFC MOUTHPIECE?

Do you remember those hairy days when you blew through $40 million of Fertitta funds to perpetrate theZuffa Mythwhile claiming credit for the UFC brass singlehandedly legitimizing the sport and getting it regulated all by youreffingselves? As if not a single FIGHTER nor any other industry professional who pioneered MMA before you dipped your greedy little paws into it had anything to do with it?

Your Mom remembers thosecoulda been a contender” dagar, Dana..when you thought you might be able to have an actual fight with another human being. Your own mother remembers even though you and one of your sleazy friends tried to silence her, BASH HER ONLINE, and even blacklist her BOOK, alltför.

Do you remember the days when even Floyd Mayweather, Jr. thought you were cool, back when your daily driver was aneffingHonda, Dana? Floyd Remembers. He knew you long before you could afford to blow a normal person’s yearly pay on a single hand of poker.

You’re in a different place now, Danaeffing” Vit, and it’s a delusional place. Like on the distant planet you live on, people actually believe YOU really, ärligt, trulyeffingknow what it’s ACTUALLY like to be aneffing” kämpe? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?

REALLY?

Du vet what A FIGHTER is, don’t you, Dana? A fighter is a man or woman who has the courage to willingly step into unarmed combat against another actual man or woman instead of just criticizing up and down the guys and girls who do have the guts to actually stand across from another human being while knowing and internalizing that the accepted goal is to physically destroy each other.

A fighter, in more simple terms, är “one who fights.And let’s be clear about oneeffingthing, Danaeffing” Vit, I know fighters, och YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, Danaeffing” Vit, and you nevereffing” kommer vara. You are too weak, both physically and mentally. Until we see you go through a six-week training camp and then get into the cage against someone and kick his ass, we shouldn’t have to listen to one damncoulda,” “shoulda,” eller “wouldaout of your cornfed mouth about what you think of any particular fighter’s performance or decision making process. Those people have the guts to do what you will NEVER do yourself, and you ought to respect that.

FU Dana WhiteFor not recognizing Real Fighters Like Miesha Tate and Nate Diaz who keep at it no matter what and NEVER seem to earn your ULTIMATE RESPECT….

Nate Diaz stepped up to fight Conor McGregor for a reason. He had nothing to lose, and he wasn’t intimidated one bit. He famoulsy went on television with Fox Sports 1 on a split screen with Conor before that welterweight fight and quipped that his nemesis had already been choked out before, “by two lames.Diaz also had the perfect instinct to add humourously that McGregor’s choke losses happened, “like a week ago.

Diaz beat Conor in the shit-talk game long before he ever slapped him down and slipped that choke around his neck in the cage. The media created by that freakshow fight might have stopped the unchecked rise of your big, bold, six-headed dragon champion, but it created a new monster at the same time. And he’s a Reebok-hating, scowling, swearing, Stockton-slapping Mother-F$#king BEAST who doesn’t care what anyone else thinks about what he does or says.

You might think Diaz and his attitude arebad for business,” but I think his victory was the best thing that could ever happen to all you smug punks running the UFC. It just proves once and for all that you do not control the MMA universe.

Nate Diaz went without respect and credit for being an MMA pioneer and a good UFC soldier for far too long. The bitterness brewed and boiled within him, and I loved every second of him letting it pour out in post-fight interviews after he choked the shit out of Conor until the Irish bloke tapped theeffout and left Dana White drooling in a stupor at the thought of having to congratulate a man who’s become more of a mortal enemy than a member of the bigteam.

More power to Nate and all the crazy, abrasive, in-your-face Diaz brother types out there in the UFC who will fight DanaeffingWhite’s flamboyant fire with even more bravado and brash talk of their own. They can always say, “I learned it by watching you, Baldfather!”

As for Miesha Tate, she deserves true respect and admiration for being champ now after picking herself off the mat twice in the face of grueling losses to Rousey. Kudos to Tate for continuing her career and relentlessly focusing on getting by that Rousey armbar once and for all.

Though Miesha never did solve that Rousey submission dilemma, trying at all costs to get another crack at the belt paid dividends at UFC 196. Her never quit attitude led her to an opportunity of a lifetime, and she capitalized on it. Nu, Dana, you actually have to pay this young lady what most of her fans would say she was worth a long time ago.

And now you simply have to treat Tate with a bit of reverence and appreciation for once in your ungrateful life, Danaeffing” Vit. I know it must pain you so much to give this young lady the credit she’s worked so incredibly hard for, because maybe she touched a nerve when she called you out in the past for being the true clueless and disrespectful prick you really are. She was right, and you were wrong about how great she really is at fighting. Then again, weren’t you also WRONG about women fighting in the cage, period?

Så, you DON’T wanna be a fighter, Mr. Vit? Then step aside and let the people who DO wanna be fighters go to battle for you so you can ride around the world on your jet and act like you know what theeffyou’re talking about when you stand in front of a microphone to describe the sport’s true athletes and what they do to make a living in mixed martial arts.

The line from Dana that most stands out to me as comblete BS in this whole debacle is this one:

“He’s an old boxing guy who thinks he’s smart and he isn’t,” White said of Fresquez [Holm’s Manager]. “I feel bad for Holly because I don’t know if she really knows what she lost.”

I have only two moreeffingquestions for you Danaeffing” Vit…

1.) What makes you think you are really in anyeffingposition to EVER know or understand what Holly Holm lost the other night? Aside from a few bad poker hands and tons of respect, the only thing you ever lost is your mind.

2.) Doesn’t your backhanded quote about Holm’s manager describe your own shitty character a whole lot better than that of Mr. Fresquez?

OCH…just in case after reading all this anyone STILL needs yet another reason to have beef with the Baldfather:

KVINNOR HÄRSKAR MMA bur NEF XIX i Lewiston

 

Kira Innocenti (l) och Angela Young (r) Foto med tillstånd av Tracey McCue
Kira Innocenti (l) och Angela Young (r), Foto med tillstånd av Tracey McCue

Lewiston, Maine (Augusti 31, 2015) - New England Fights (NEF), USA: s nummer ett regionalt kamp främjande, kommer att hålla sin nittonde bland martial-arts (MMA) händelse, “NEF XIX,” på lördag, September 12, 2015 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature two amateur women’s bouts. Angela Unga (0-0) av Youngs MMA i Bangor är planerad att göra sin debut mot Rakel Reinheimer (1-0) from team Sityodtong. Young’s teammate Kira Innocenti (0-0) är också planerad att göra sin debut mot Hannah Sparrell (0-0) från First Class MMA i Brunswick.

 

Angela Young är gift med Chris Young – owner and founder of Young’s MMA. She views her debut fight as a way of testing herself.

 

It’s important for me to test myself,” sagd unge, “inte bara i buren komma12 sep, but also through the fight that’s happened the last eight weeks leading up to the NEF event. I feel the fight is essentially a showcase and representation of the grueling training sessions and endless hours in the gym that took place prior to fight night. Living the MMA lifestyle to me meant more than diet modifications and strict training schedules. Athletically, Det handlade mer om att uthärda genom hindren och skjuta mina gränser som en konkurrent på ett sätt som inte hade testats. Det handlade om att bevisa för mig själv, min tränare och mina lagkamrater som jag har förtjänat min rätt att kliva i buren.”

 

Var i de senaste kvinnor har förpassats till Sideshow och nyhet delar av strids sportevenemang, liknande boxning, kvinnors MMA har inte bara stigit till samma status som män MMA, det har, på vissa sätt, surpassed it. One has to look only to the highest level of the sport to see this trend. Women’s fights are now routinely present on the main cards of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The promotion’s top star, och dess högst betalda idrottsman, är dess kvinnors bantamvikt mästare Ronda Rousey (12-0). The women competing on the September 12 kort kommer att vara i frontlinjen för en rörelse för att utvidga möjligheterna för kvinnor på regional nivå.

 

“MMA för kvinnor är inte enormt annorlunda än det är för män,” angivna Unga. “Uppenbarligen, MMA är en övervägande manlig sport, but successful women in the MMA world are on the rise. Genom denna kamp läger har jag brottats, spar och brottades med Youngs MMA kamp laget och de har varit unrelentingly stödjande. Att vara en av de första kvinnliga fighters från Youngs har förvisso sina påtryckningar (samt att vara gift med Mr. Unga) but it’s also a spotlight I’m hoping will inspire other women who otherwise wouldn’t have pursued MMA. I would bet the women’s fights on September 12th won’t be unlike the others we’ve seen at prior NEF events. Jag förväntar kvinnorna att sätta på en stor show, därför att vi har något att bevisa. Jag har lagt blod, svett och tårar i utbildning och du bättre tror jag antar mina motståndare gjort samma sak. Med detta sagt, kvinnorna kommer att komma efter det att plantera sin insats i NEF buren.”

 

Både Youngs lagkamrat, Kira Innocenti, samt har sin motståndare “NEF XIX,” Rakel Reinheimer, verkar instämma med Young syn på den snabba tillväxten av kvinnors MMA.

 

“Kvinnors MMA är på uppgång,” Said Innocenti. “Varje disciplin lär en kvinna något hon inte vet om sig själv. Jag har sett det bygga upp förtroendet för mig och många andra. Ju fler kvinnor på mattorna, desto bättre. Fans can expect my teammate, Angie, och jag själv att ge det vårt allt och gå i krig precis som de manliga krigare på Youngs MMA göra. Vi har arbetat hårt för att representera vårt gym. Vi kommer att kämpa med stolthet, passionen, och med de starkaste hörn ser ut för oss. Jag kan försäkra er om att kvinnornas skjutningarna kommer att bli oförglömlig.”

 

“Kvinnors MMA är en sport precis som alla andra,” uppgav Reinheimer i Everett, Massachusetts. “Det är inte en actionfilm där hjälten rinner ut i skogen i tre dagar för att träna med en kampsport mästare och sedan besegrar en hel armé. Det är inte en bar bråk. Det är inte en tillbaka gränd bakhåll. Dessa kvinnor är seriösa idrottare som tränar flitigt för år med den bästa utbildningen, utrustning och resurser som finns tillgängliga. Kvinnor som tävlar i kampsporter spendera tusentals timmar av blod, svett och tårar finslipa sin sport. De gör uppoffringar. Vidare, det finns regler och tidsgränser och säkerhetsåtgärder. När någon är obekant med tanken på kvinnors MMA, Jag jämför det med boxning eller fäktning, something else that people are more familiar with. The pool of women fighters in New England is deepening fast and the fact that there are more women’s bouts on fight cards reflects that. Min motståndare och jag är båda från allvarliga, hårt läger. Vi är både mödrar och det tar en hel del beslutsamhet och handlingskraft för att göra den här sporten medan jonglering arbete och barn. Jag har arbetat outtröttligt med mitt team sedan min sista match för att förbättra mitt spel i varje aspekt. Jag är så tacksam för den fantastiska utbildning och lagkamrater på Sityodtong som skjuta mig så hårt. På September 12, du kan förvänta dig ett krig.”

 

De flesta individer, både män och kvinnor, who join MMA gyms do not do so initially intending to become an active cage fighter. On any given day, one can walk into any MMA gym and find a diverse population of trainees. Men and women, gamla och unga, blå krage och vit krage, all train side by side. Most will never step foot in a cage in front of thousands of screaming fans. Most are there to get in shape or learn self-defense. Some, emellertid, är biten av konkurrens bug.

 

“Jag blev introducerad för MMA världen efter undertecknandet min dotter för Jiu Jitsu klasser tänker det skulle vara fördelaktigt för henne för självförsvar aspekten inblandade i sporten,” erinras Hanna Sparrell. “Jag tittade på när hon blev kär i spelet, få styrka och självförtroende, and was quick to decide that it was something I needed to be doing too. It didn’t take long before I fell in love with Jiu Jitsu myself, och sedan slutligen ville utforska andra aspekter av MMA världen. Att vara i gymmet har blivit ett andra hem för mig och min dotter, mina träningspartners, a second family. Every day I walk through the doors of the gym is a test, Det är ett test av idrottens, samt ett test av mental och känslomässig enhet. Sedan införs den blandade kampsporter världen jag har lagt min kropp, hjärta, och själ i utbildning, och tävlar i denna match är viktigt för mig av många skäl, inte bara för att representera mig själv och mitt hårda arbete, men också för att representera allt det hårda arbete, engagemang, och uppmuntran jag har fått från mina vänner, instruktörer, utbildningspartner, and fellow fighters along the way. I think MMA training for woman is a great outlet for many reasons, det fysiskt är en bra träning, och är också en bra form av "terapi" i slutet av en eventuellt stressig dag. Jag har många kvinnor som jag tränar med, inte alla av dem planerar att slåss, men fördelarna med sporten finns kvar, och de älskar det precis samma.”

 

Innocenti, liksom många, engagerade sig i kampen idrott som ett sätt att få in, och bo i, shape. Little did she know when her journey started some two years ago that it would take her into an MMA cage with thousands watching her compete.

 

“Testa själv i en mixed martial arts bout är viktigt för mig i många avseenden. Två år sedan, Jag var överviktig och kämpar för att hitta en hälsosam, uppfyllande bana. En dag, Jag vaknade och tog livet av härskar och ett halvt år, förlorat sextio pounds på min egen. Jag välkomnade denna utmaning, lyckats, och ville ha en annan. Aron “Relentless” Lacey berättade om Youngs MMA och jag var tvungen att checka ut. Efter att ha trampat genom dörrarna, prova alla klasser, och träffa familjen som gjorde det så speciellt, Jag var hooked. Jag gjorde det ett mål att vara ett av de första kvinnliga fighters på utan tvekan mest framträdande kampen laget i New England. Jag har alltid varit en konkurrent. Jag tycker om att utmana mig själv och driver gränser som tros vara omöjligt att uppnå. Living the mixed martial arts livsstil är tufft. Det krävs mer engagemang än jag någonsin trott var möjligt. Det bryter dig och bygger du säkerhetskopierar till den person som du verkligen är. Denna kamp är viktigt eftersom jag har varit bortskämda med en fantastisk grupp vid min sida som lärs ut av de mest motiverande och uppmuntrande tränare. Jag är fast besluten att göra dem stolta och tacka dem med min hand höjs.”

 

“Mixed Martial Arts är det ultimata testet av den mänskliga anden på varje nivå: fysiskt, mentalt, och känslomässigt,” nämnda Reinheimer. “Jag har en brinnande önskan att få veta hur långt jag kan gå. I like exceeding expectations and pushing my limits and that’s MMA in a nutshell. Since I started training in martial arts, mitt liv har blivit gränslösa. Mitt liv på mattan har förbättrat mitt liv utanför mattan och vice versa. Det skalas bort alla onödiga distraktioner och destillerades mitt liv till vad som verkligen betyder något, in och ut ur ringen. Jag tycker det har hjälpt mig att bli mycket närmare mitt autentiska själv. Det är det bästa av gamla kampsporter och det moderna livet.”

 

Av de fyra kvinnorna som kämpar på “NEF XIX” kort, only Reinheimer has actively competed in the past. She dominated her opponent this past spring on her way to a unanimous decision victory in her debut. All of the women fighting on September 12 i Lewiston är glada för möjligheten.

 

“NEF är en solid marknadsföring med ett gott rykte,” nämnda Reinheimer. “I was a spectator at their very first fight card back in 2012. I love Maine and the crowd is awesome there. Jag kan inte vänta!”

 

“Jag tror att fansen kan förvänta sig en stor show faktiskt,” utbrast Sparrell. “Oftare än inte kvinnornas slagsmål har visat sig vara mycket underhållande, vi naturligtvis vill visa oss värdiga detta tydligt mansdominerad sport. Detta är debuten för tre av fyra av kvinnorna på detta kort, så jag vet att det kommer att bli en hel del hjärta och beslutsamhet kastas in i dessa slagsmål. Jag vet, personligen, Jag är mycket glada över att representera! I couldn’t be more excited to be making my MMA debut in the NEF cage; Jag har sett så många av de stridande jag idolize och ser upp till i denna sport från läktaren i Androscoggin Bank Colisée, ha möjlighet att nu vara ute med dem verkligen är en sann ära.”

 

“Som 12 september närmar sig snabbt, Jag blir mer upphetsad och redo att få i buren,” sagd unge. “Det har varit en hel resa och jag är tacksam för möjligheten att göra min amatör MMA-debut med NEF.”

 

“Jag är extatisk att göra min MMA debut med NEF den 12 september,” Said Innocenti. “Jag har arbetat outtröttligt för att få denna möjlighet och jag ser fram emot att det är dags.”

 

New England Fights’ nästa händelse, “NEF XIX,” sker på lördag, September 12, 2015 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Biljetter till “NEF XIX” startar vid bara $25 och finns det erbjudanden nu på www.TheColisee.com eller genom att ringa Colisée biljettintäkterna på 207.783.2009 x 525. För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, följa dem på Twitternefights och gå med den officiella Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."

 

Om New England Fights

 

New England Fights ("NEF") är en kamp evenemang kampanjer företag. NEF: s mission är att skapa högsta kvalitet händelser för Maine fighters och fans. NEF: s ledningsgrupp har lång erfarenhet av kampsporter hantering, händelser produktion, medierelationer, marknadsföring, juridiska och reklam.

Champion Två världsmästare, kvinnlig boxare Amanda Serrano blaster Ronda Rousey tränare, och gör utmaning

Serrano with the WBO title
Champion Två världsmästare, Amanda Serrano (24-1-1, 18 KO: s) från Puerto Rico, och hennes tränare / chef, Jordan Maldonado anser att det är väldigt respektlöst för boxning samfundet, de synpunkter som framförts av Edmond Tarverdyan, tränare för UFC världsmästare, Ronda Rousey i www.mmafighting.com.
“Jag vet att hon kan göra det,” Tarverdyan berättade MMA Fighting, “Jag vet att hon kan vinna boxning VM-titel. Ronda balkar med boxning världsmästare som punch sätt hårdare än Cyborg,”, Tarverdyan tillade också att, “Ronda har aldrig förlorat en runda på gymmet. En rund. Med boxning världsmästare”.
“Definitivt Rousey tränare inte har någon kunskap om sporten i boxning. Hon är en mycket bra fighter i Octagon, och jag gratulerar henne verkligen för allt hon har gjort. Hennes motståndare kan inte rutan och det är lätt att se bra ut, men när man står inför en hög kvalitet boxare med slagstyrka som jag själv, tro mig, saker är gonna förändring. I en boxningsringen, duken kommer att vara din komfortzon”.
Om Rousey kamp i lördags, där hon besegrade Bethe Correia i 34 sekunder, Serrano sa, “Som en boxnings synvinkel, Hon såg ut som en rookie amatör fighter, kasta mycket breda slag utan cordination. Jag hörde att Cyborg är inte villig att komma ner till den lätta divisionen att bekämpa Ronda, men jag kan gå upp till 135, och vi kan lösa en boxningsmatch så jag kan bevisa sin tränare fel. Jag gick en gång upp till den lätta divisionen, och reste till Argentina för en VM-titel kamp. I slutet, Resultaten var att jag blev den första någonsin puertoricansk kvinnliga boxare till fångat en VM-titel i två viktklasser”.
Serrano manager och tränare, Jordan Maldonado påpekade att “vi inte utmana andra kampstilar. Vi representerar boxning och vi vill få lite respekt. Vi är tillgängliga för alla sparring de kanske vill eller en boxningsmatch, så att vi kan visa Edmond Tarverdyan hur fel han är om boxning”.
På Augusti 15, 2014, Serrano reste till Argentina för att möta WBO Lätt världsmästare Maria "tily’ Maderna, som vid den tidpunkten, hade tre framgångsrika titel försvar, men kunde inte hantera aggressivitet puertoricansk makt hålslag, som avslutade kampen i den sjätte omgången genom knockout.
Med denna seger, Serrano blev den första Puerto Rican kvinnliga boxare att vinna världen titlar i två divisioner (130-135).
Serrano första titel regeringstid kom i september 2011 när hon slog ut Kimberly Connor i den första omgången att bli IBF världsmästare i super fjäderlätta division.

BELLATOR MMA SIGNS KERI ANNE TAYLOR-MELENDEZ TO AN EXCLUSIVE, MULTI-FIGHT KICKBOXING & MMA CONTRACT

 

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Juli 24, 2015) – Bellator MMA is pleased to announce the signing of Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez till en exklusiv, multi-fight deal. The 31-year-old has previously competed in kickboxing and muay Thai, but fully intends on transitioning to the sport of mixed martial arts in the future.

 

Taylor-Melendez will debut as a kickboxer in front of her home town on Juni 19 at the highly anticipated "Bellator: Dynamite”show in San Jose, Calif. An opponent for Taylor-Melendez has yet to be decided upon.

 

Maken till tidigare WEC och Strikeforce mästare Gilbert Melendez och delägare i El Nino Training Center i San Francisco, Taylor-Melendez tog först upp kampsporter nära 10 år sedan, making a name for herself on unsanctioned cards held in the Bay Area. Efter omdragning upp en 4-1 amatör rekord, hon tog sina talanger till den professionella kretsen, där hon för närvarande har en 2-1 kickboxning rekord.

 

“I’m very honored for the opportunity to fight on such a big stage with a great promotion and promoter. I actually fought for Scott Coker before Gilbert and we both have a great relationship with him, so I feel very comfortable with this situation,” Taylor-Melendez said. “Even though I haven’t been super active as a fighter I have never really stopped training and look forward to testing my skills as a muay Thai fighter and a mixed martial artist. My goal is to go out there and do my best and make my daughter, my family and team proud.”

Kamp kort annonserats för april 11 NEF MMA EVENT i Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Mars 18, 2015) - New England Fights (NEF), USA: s nummer ett regionalt kamp främjande, återgår till Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine den April 11, 2015 med dess sjuttonde blandade-martial-arts (MMA) händelse. Tidigare idag, Bolaget meddelade fullt kampen kort för händelsen. Kortet är planerad att presentera en fullständig skiffer av både professionella och amatörer skjutningarna. NEF chefer rapporterar att fläkt reaktion på matchups redan aviserade har varit överväldigande positiva.

 

“Jag kan inte minnas att ha denna typ av svar på en kamp kort innan,” sade NEF delägare och promotorn Nick DiSalvo. “Det har varit så mycket spänning över varje kamp som vi har meddelat. Vi sålde slut på alla buren sidan biljetter fyra veckor före evenemanget, och den allmänna antagning är mycket nära att bli borta. Vi har aldrig sett det hända så tidigt innan. Den säger verkligen något om kvaliteten på produkten vi sätter på här i Lewiston. Det är ingen tvekan om NEF är den hetaste biljetten i stan.”

 

I huvud händelse av kvällen, Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington(10-7) försvarar NEF MMA Lätt titel mot nummer ett utmanare Jamie Harrison (5-1). Matchen gjordes i timmarna efter “NEF XV” i november förra året då Boyington framgångsrikt försvarat titeln mot Jesse Erickson (3-4) och Harrison manhandled Tollison Lewis (0-4) på väg till en snabb underkastelse seger. Kampen blir Boyington andra försvar av titeln sedan vinna den september förra.

 

Co-main event av kvällen kommer att innehålla ett mycket väntat weltervikt bout mellan Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) svart bälte Jarod “Sista-minuten” Lawton (4-1) och Bellator veteran Dennis “The hot” Olson (12-7). Under de senaste veckorna, Lawton och Olson har bedrivit ett ordkrig om sociala medier, som såg både idrottare’ respektive supportrar hoppa i striden.

 

“Okrossbart 2,0” Derek Shorey (1-1), utkommit underteckna ett nytt fler kampen kontrakt med NEF, kommer att träffa John “Första klass” Ray (2-6) i en “gummi match.” Rivaliteten har sett varje fighter vinna en match mot den andra. Den April 11 slagsmål, planerad att äga rum vid en catchweight på 150-pounds, kommer att avgöra en slutgiltig segrare i rivaliteten.

 

Kaline “The Dark Angel” Medeiros (3-4) och obesegrad Calie “Den Honey Badger” Cutler (3-0) kommer att göra historia när de bestrider de första professionella kvinnors MMA slagsmål på regional kort i Maine. Det kommer inte att vara första gången Medeiros har varit en del av historien. Hon tävlade i den första kvinnliga kamp i Rhode Island för två år sedan.

 

Också i aktion på den professionella sidan av kortet kommer att vara populära NEF MMA stam Jesse “Viking” Erickson (3-4), “Skroten Dog” Ryan Cowette (2-2), Elias “Danger Mouse” Leland (2-0) och Mike “den Mustasch” Hansen (2-1), bl.

 

Den amatördelen av kortet kommer att rubricerade med “Sömnig” Norman Fox (3-1) och “Down” Dave Brown (1-2) i en Mellanvikt tävling. Fox är obesegrad på Maine mark och är idag nummer-tre rankad amatör Mellanvikt i nordöst. Brown brottades för Plymouth State University där han var en fyra-tiden All-New England vinnare.

 

Den amatör kortet kommer också att finnas en lätt match mellanRicky Dexter (2-0) från Marcus Davis’ Team irländsk och Steven Bang (3-3) från Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) – Team New England (NY). Dexters lagkamrat Jeremy Tyler (4-3) fyrkanter av med Alex Johnson (1-1) av Ruthless MMA & Boxning i en fjäderlätt bout. Och Bruce Boyington hustru, Randi Beth Knowles (0-0), kommer att träffa Alex Walker (0-0) i en dubbel-debut strawweight kampen.

 

Den fullständiga kamp kort för “NEF XVII” (ändras och godkännande av Combat Sports Authority of Maine):

 

PROFESSIONELL

 

155*TITEL Bruce Boyington 10-7 (Youngs MMA) vs Jamie Harrison 5-1 (First Coast Full Contact)

170 Jarod Lawton 4-1 (Team NYTT) vs Dennis Olson 12-7 (Boston BJJ / Team Triumph)

265 Brent Dillingham 1-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Mike Hansen 2-1 (BerzerkersMMA)

185 Ryan Cowette 2-2 (MMA Athletix) vs John Daniels 2-3 (Rock City MMA)

155 Jesse Erickson 3-4 (Team NYTT - CMBJJ) vs Mark DEFORD 0-3 (F2 Arena)

150 John Ray 2-6 (First Class MMA) vs Derek Shorey 1-1 (Okrossbart Combat Club)

135 Elias Leland 2-0 (Akademin) vs Jay Perrin 1-0 (Boston BJJ / Team Triumph)

115 Kaline Medeiros 3-4 (Gracie Fitness) vs Calie Cutler 3-0 (Jacked N Tan Fight Team)

 

AMATÖR

 

125 Norman Fox 3-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Dave Brown 1-2 (Plymouth Fight Club)

265 Ryan Glover 1-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs Jason Field 0-0 (Oberoende)

265 Dave Smith 0-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs Dan Marley 0-0 (Oberoende)

185 Ruben Redman 0-1 (Oberoende) vs Chris Rideout 0-0 (Oberoende)

185 Chris Smith 0-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs Nash Roy 2-1 (Youngs MMA)

185 Heath Hanson 0-2 (3Ronin Friidrott) vs Brandon Russell 0-1 (Team Nitemare)

155 Ricky Dexter 2-0 (Team Irish) vs Steve Bang Jr. 3-3 (Team NYTT – CMBJJ)

155 Rick Matthews 1-1 (Team Irish) vs Matthew Hanning 0-1 (Oberoende)

155 Jason Lachance 1-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Jesse Herrick 1-0 (Akademin)

145 Clifford Redman 0-1 (Oberoende) vs Caleb Serra 0-1 (Team Kaze)

145 Jeremy Tyler 4-3 (Team Irish) vs Alex Johnson 1-1 (Hänsynslösa MMA & Boxning)

135 Mike Crespo 2-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Sheldon Bang 1-2 (Team NYTT – CMBJJ)

115 Randibeth Knowles 0-0 (Boyington s TKD / Youngs MMA) vs Alex Walker 0-0 (Team Kaze)

 

 

Biljetter till “NEF XVII” startar vid bara $25 och finns det erbjudanden nu påwww.TheColisee.com eller genom att ringa Colisée biljettintäkterna på207.783.2009 x 525. För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, följa dem på Twitternefights och gå med den officiella Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."

 

Om New England Fights

 

New England Fights ("NEF") är en kamp evenemang kampanjer företag. NEF: s mission är att skapa högsta kvalitet händelser för Maine fighters och fans. NEF: s ledningsgrupp har lång erfarenhet av kampsporter hantering, händelser produktion, medierelationer, marknadsföring, juridiska och reklam.