Lewiston, Maine (December 14, 2016) -New England ayalwa (NEF) returns to the Androscoggin Bank Colisee onFebruary 11, 2017with its next mixed-martial-arts event, “NEF 27: RESURGENCE.” Ngasekuqaleni namuhla, 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 debutingKatie 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 at “NEF 17” against 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 futhi 2013, and has been a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for seven years, regularly taking part in local tournaments. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, 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,'” said 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” ithatha indawo Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 7 p.m. Amathikithi ukuqala at $25 futhi ukudayiswa manje www.TheColisee.com noma ngokuthi Colisee ibhokisi ehhovisi ngesikhathi 207.783.2009, extension 525.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter@nefightsand join the official Facebook group “New England ayalwa."
About New England ayalwa
New England ayalwa ("NEF") Yimpi izenzakalo ukukhushulwa inkampani. Mission NEF ukwakha esezingeni izenzakalo for fighters Maine kanye fans ngokufanayo. Executive team NEF has olutheni management combat ezemidlalo, izenzakalo production, ubudlelwane media, marketing, kwezomthetho kanye nokukhangisa.
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," kwenzeka kulo Friday, December 16at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
Shortly after her fight againstHelen 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 fightersSinead Kavanagh(3-0) futhi 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). Ngaphezu kwalokho, a pair of anticipated featherweight scraps will seeAnthony Taylor (1-1) look to quiet the crowd as he enters enemy territory to challenge Northern Ireland’sJames Gallagher (4-0) futhi, Ireland Brian Moore(9-4) take on the always-game Daniel Weichel (37-9).
Amathikithi for "Bellator 169: King Mo vs. Ishii”are on sale now and start at 35€ atBellator.com, Ticketmaster.ieand the 3Arena Box Office. The event can be seen free on SPIKE at9 p.m. KANYE/8 p.m. CT, and will be immediately followed by"Bellator sokulwa: Florence.”
Fighting out of Straight Blast Gym (SBG) in 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 seconds. 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.
At kuphela 18 iminyaka yobudala, 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 birthday. Kusuka lapho, the Greek fighter has gone 5-0, nge knockouts ezintathu. 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,” asTom Duquesnoy(13-1, 1 NC) futhi Alan Philpott(16-8) prepare to duke it out for the division gold. Lastly, the stacked event features a featherweight world title fight pitting former Bellator competitorsRonnie Mann(25-8-1) ngokumelene Martin Stapleton (18-4).
Qedela "Bellator 169: King Mo vs. Ishii” Main Card:
Heavyweight Main Event: Muhammed "INkosi 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)
Lewiston, Maine (October 6, 2016) – New England ayalwa (NEF) presents its next mixed-martial-arts event, “NEF 26: SUPREMACY,” ngomgqibelo, November 19 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.Ngasekuqaleni namuhla, NEF executives announced the addition of an amateur bantamweight women’s bout to the fight card. Jessica “The Black Widow” Borga(2-2) returns to Maine to take onBrianne Genschel (0-0) at a isisindo fight 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 at “NEF 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 onNovember 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 isethwe for 7 p.m. Amathikithi ukuqala at $25 futhi ayatholakala www.TheColisee.com noma ngokuthi Colisee ibhokisi ehhovisi ngesikhathi 207.783.2009, extension 525.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter@nefightsand join the official Facebook group “New England ayalwa."
About New England ayalwa
New England ayalwa ("NEF") Yimpi izenzakalo ukukhushulwa inkampani. Mission NEF ukwakha esezingeni izenzakalo for fighters Maine kanye fans ngokufanayo. Executive team NEF has olutheni management combat ezemidlalo, izenzakalo production, ubudlelwane media, marketing, kwezomthetho kanye nokukhangisa.
Uyekele NGOKUSHESHA: 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, on Saturday, September 10.
“I’ve had one fight, October odlule. 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 amakhilogremu, 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 aphinde,” Borga said “It was my own fault. I lost 25 amakhilogremu 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. Ungenzi, 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, bese (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 amakhilogremu.
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, Ngithe, ‘It’s now or never.’ I started training and developed really fast. My coaches said I had a knack for it.”
Ukuvulwa insimbi phezu September 10 isethwe for 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. Amathikithi ukuqala at $25 futhi ayatholakala www.TheColisee.com noma ngokuthi Colisee ibhokisi ehhovisi ngesikhathi 207.783.2009, extension 525.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."
Santa Monica, Calif. (May 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). Ngenxa yalokho, Alexis Dufresne (5-2) will take her place and challenge Coenen during the featured preliminary contest of"Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " at CenturyLink Arena e Boise, Idaho, on May 20.
The fight joins a card that already features a colossal Middleweight World Championship main event, lapho Rafael Carvalho (12-1) uvikela ibhande lakhe ngokumelene lomlilo Melvin "No Mercy" Manhoef (30-12-1). Ngaphezu kwalokho, former Bellator MMA featherweight titlistPat Curran (21-7) bayobuyela isinyathelo ngokokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-June, lapho ibhekene bakwazi ukubhekana nokuhlupheka Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1) mcimbi co-main ikhadi sika. The last two men to challenge forWill Brooks’lightweight title, Marcin Held (21-4) futhi Dave Jansen (20-3) Uyoba action. Rounding out the televised portion of the event will be two heavyweight fights, nini Dan Charles (10-3) ihlangana Augusto Sakai (9-0) futhi Joey Beltran (17-12) liba Chase Gormley (12-5).
Amathikithi for "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef " ukuqalisa nje $25 futhi ezisendalini manje Bellator.com, the CenturyLink Arena Box Office noma CenturyLinkArenaBoise.com. Lo mcimbi Akazikhukhumezi bukhoma futhi free on Spike at 9 p.m. KANYE/8 p.m. CT, while the can’t-miss preliminary card airs live onBellator.comfuthi I 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. Manje, 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 debutNgoLwesihlanu olulandelayoand hopes to get back to her winning ways when she fills in for the absent Julia Budd on short notice.
Qedela "Bellator 155: Carvalho vs. Manhoef "Ukulwa Card
Bellator MMA middleweight World Title Fight: Rafael Carvalho (12-1) vs. Melvin Manhoef (30-12-1)
Bellator MMA featherweight Co-Main Izinkundla: Pat Curran (21-7) vs. Georgi Karakhanyan (24-5-1)
Bellator MMA Heavyweight Isici Bout: Dan Charles (10-3) vs. Augusto Sakai (9-0)
Bellator MMA Isici uHlelo Bout: Dave Jansen (20-3) vs. Marcin Held (21-4)
Those who know me personally would all say I am a mellow individual, until you seriously cross me, like, for instance, if youbecome the subject of an investigative report I’m working on, noma sue me for $25 million. 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.
This week, 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 my “OPEN FU” to Dana “Effing” White.
I’m sure Mr. White will not take my calls or subject himself to a one on one interview with me. Ngakho, I will have to settle for a written FU…and a multi-tiered and multi-purpose FU.
FU, Dana “Effing” White… for many, many reasons…too many forone small blog postto do justice, but let’s just say Most of all FU….
For what you THINK you know about Holly Holm…
Hey, Dana, you wanna talk about your “effing” reality show “Looking For a Fight????” I was actuallylooking for a fightwhen I watched thatold reality “shit show”when you were supposed to box Tito Ortiz, but HEmagicallybacked out at the last minute.
Manje, you, DANA “EFFING” WHITE, are telling Holly Holm about a decisionYOU 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.
Boo “effing” hoo, buddy.
Welcome to how things don’t go as planned sometimes in the fight business, you ungrateful prick.
Holly Holm Was the Bantamweight Champion of the UFC when she allowed HER Manager (not Dana “effing” White) to negotiate the Tate fight on her behalf, and she knew (and her long-time manager knew, too) what she was doing and what she wanted. And guess “effing” what, Dana? She wanted to fight.
Uxolo, Dana “Effing” White, but Holly didn’t want to sit on an “effing” sideline waiting for Ronda Rousey to finish her “effing” ROADHOUSE REMAKE!
Holly wanted to go to work… but 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, class, dignity and grace.
And I think maybe she looks back a bit differently than you do, Dana, with no “effing” regrets 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, kunamandla, 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, anyway?
UNLIKE YOU, Dana “Effing” White, Holly actually respects Miesha Tate and thought it would be a challenge to fight her. Yeah, 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.
Manje, why don’t you open your “effing” eyes, 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 due…on both sides of that fight? Why can’t you shut the “eff” up 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, noma, you dome-headed dimwit.
Fighters “effing” fight, Dana. That’s what they “effing” do, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be an “effing” manager of MMA fighters yourself. Yebo, 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 the “effing” paltry paychecks your organization pays out to most of them. Most fighters simply cannot afford to wait around for shit to happen or for someone “worthy” enough 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. Yourshitty Reebok dealmade 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 Umsebenzi. It’s not. Kuba “effing” hard work.
Ngakho, yeah, 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…futhi…konje…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.
Ngakho, 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 is “effing” cool to call the fact that Holly Holm had the guts to face Miesha Tate “a 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, isikhathi! 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 Ronda “effing” Rousey to be ready to appear at one of your precious shows.
Ngakho, 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, Dana “effing” White, 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 the “Zuffa Myth” while claiming credit for the UFC brass singlehandedly legitimizing the sport and getting it regulatedall by your “effing” selves?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?
You’re in a different place now, Dana “effing” White, and it’s a delusional place. Like on the distant planet you live on, people actually believe YOU really, ngokwethembeka, truly “effing” know what it’s ACTUALLY like to be an “effing” fighter? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?
REALLY?
Uyazi 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, kuba “one who fights.” And let’s be clear about one “effing” thing, Dana “effing” White, I know fighters, futhi YOUare no fighter.
You are nothing like a fighter, Dana “effing” White, and you never “effing” ngizo. 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 damn “coulda,” “shoulda,” noma “woulda” out 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 White…For 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 are “bad 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 the “eff” out 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 big “team.”
More power to Nate and all the crazy, abrasive, in-your-face Diaz brother types out there in the UFC who will fight Dana “effing” White’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. Manje, 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, Dana “effing” White. I know it must pain you so much to give this young lady the credit she’s worked so incredibly hard for, because maybeshe 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, isikhathi?
Ngakho, you DON’T wanna be a fighter, Mr. White? 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 the “eff” you’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 more “effing” questions for you Dana “effing” White…
1.) What makes you think you are really in any “effing” position 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?
KANYE…just in case after reading all this anyone STILL needs yet another reason to have beef with the Baldfather:
Lewiston, Maine (August 31, 2015) - New England ayalwa (NEF), America isibalo-one zesifunda fight ukukhuthazwa, izobamba exubile-karate-arts yayo nesishiyagalolunye (MMA) umcimbi, “NEF XIX,” ngomgqibelo, September 12, 2015 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature two amateur women’s bouts. Angela Young (0-0) MMA Young ngo Bangor kulindeleke ukuba enze DEBUT yakhe ngokumelene Rachel Reinheimer (1-0) from team Sityodtong. Young’s teammateKira Innocenti (0-0) ibuye kuhlelelwe ukwenza DEBUT yakhe ngokumelene Hannah Sparrell (0-0) kusukela First Class MMA e Brunswick.
Angela Young umfazi 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,” wathi Young, “hhayi kuphela yezinyoni ezeSeptember 12th, 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, kwaba kabanzi mayelana kokukhuthazelela ngokusebenzisa izithiyo futhi baphokophelele imikhawulo yami njengoba nathi ngendlela engazange ihlolwe. Kwakungaba okuyiso ngedwa, abaqeqeshi bami futhi nabalingani bami, ngizuze amanye ilungelo lami ukuba angenelele yezinyoni.”
Kukuphi abesifazane esidlule abaye limane lifakwe sideshow futhi eseyintsha izingxenye izenzakalo combat yezemidlalo, like boxing, yabesifazane MMA akuzange nje wayeyoba zokulingana kanye MMA zabantu, ine, kwezinye izindlela, 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, futhi athlete yayo esiphezulu ikhokhwe, kuyinto bantamweight iqhawe besifazane walo Ronda Rousey (12-0). The women competing on the September 12 ikhadi kuyoba iyahola ukunyakaza ukuze sandise amathuba kwabesifazane ezingeni lesifunda.
“MMA kwabesifazane akuyona sezithandwa ezahlukene kunalokho kungenxa amadoda,” washo Young. “Ngokusobala, MMA wumdlalo ogxile wesilisa, but successful women in the MMA world are on the rise. Ngalesi ekamu mpi engiye wabambana, sparred futhi belwa MMA mpi team the Young kanye baye unrelentingly supportive. Ukuba omunye fighters female wokuqala out of Young ngokuqinisekile has izingcindezi zayo (kanye kokuba ushade Mr. Young) 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. Ngilindele ukuba abesifazane abukisa enkulu ngoba asinaye okuthile ukufakazela. Ngibeke igazi, ujuluke futhi izinyembezi ukuqeqesha kanye ukholwa kangcono Ngithathe uzitshela labamelene nami kwenziwe okufanayo. Lokho okushiwo, abesifazane bazoya ukuza emva kwalo ukutshala esigxotsheni yabo yezinyoni NEF.”
Enibambisene Kokubili Young, Kira Innocenti, has kanye abaphikisi wakhe ngesikhathi “NEF XIX,” Rachel Reinheimer, babonakale bayahambisana imibono Young ekwandeni okusheshayo MMA yabesifazane.
“Yabesifazane MMA kuyanda,” Said Innocenti. “Isiyalo ngamunye lifundisa into owesifazane yena akazi ngaye. Ngikubone nokuzethemba mina nabanye abaningi. Abesifazane more on the amacansi, ngcono. Fans can expect my teammate, Angie, futhi mina ngokwami ukuze ulinike yethu yonke futhi uye impi nje like the amaqhawe wesilisa ngesikhathi MMA Young benze. Sisebenze kanzima ukumela gym yethu. Sizolwa ngokuziqhenya, passion, futhi kanye emagumbini eziqine ngifuna out for us. Angikwazi ukukuqinisekisa ukuthi iziqubu labesifazane kuyoba ongenakulibaleka.”
“Yabesifazane MMA wumdlalo nje uthanda yimuphi omunye,” washo Reinheimer of Everett, Massachusetts. “Akukona isenzo movie lapho hero siphela ehlathini izinsuku ezintathu ukuqeqesha nge karate master bese linqoba ibutho lonke. Akukona a sekusuke isidumo bar. Akusiwona emuva alley Abaqamekeli. Laba besifazane abasubathi sína ngubani ukuqeqesha ngenkuthalo iminyaka usebenzisa ukuqeqeshwa umhlabeleli, imishini kanye izinsiza ezikhona. Abesifazane ngubani ukuncintisana empini ezemidlalo ezichitha izinkulungwane amahora igazi, ujuluke futhi izinyembezi ephelelisa umdlalo wabo. Benza imihlatshelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunemithetho futhi sikhatsi lesitsite futhi izindlela zokuphepha. Uma othile engayazi umqondo MMA yabesifazane, I ukufanise boxing noma uthango, 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. Futhi abaphikisi wami bavela sína, okuhlushwa azikhandlayo. Singabantu nomama kuthatha eziningi ukuzimisela kanye drive ukwenza lokhu sport ngenkathi Juggling umsebenzi nezingane. Bengisebenza ngokuzikhandla nethimba lami kusukela impi yami last ukuthuthukisa umdlalo yami kuzo zonke izici. Angive ngijabula ngokuba ukuqeqeshwa amazing kanye nabalingani ngaso Sityodtong ukuthi ibenze kimi kanzima kangaka. On September 12, ungalindela impi.”
Iningi labantu, kokubili amadoda nabesifazane, 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, amasha namadala, collar blue and collar white, 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, Nokho, basuke yenhlwathi bug mncintiswano.
“Bangixhumanisa emhlabeni MMA ngemuva kokusayina indodakazi yami up for Jiu Jitsu amakilasi becabanga kungasiza kuye for the isici ezama ukuzivikela ezihilelekile mdlalo,” wakhumbula Hanna Sparrell. “Ngabukela yena wathandana the game, ukuzuza amandla nokuzethemba, 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, bese ekugcineni wayefuna ukuhlola ezinye izici zezwe MMA. Ukuba ejimini isibe ikhaya lesibili for me nendodakazi yami, ukuqeqeshwa partners yami, a second family. Every day I walk through the doors of the gym is a test, kungcono test of nawemidlalo, kanye test of drive ezingokwengqondo nezingokomzwelo. Kusukela isilethwa exubile karate emhlabeni ngibekile umzimba wami, Inhliziyo, futhi umphefumulo ukuqeqesha, futhi ukuncintisana kule iziqubu kubalulekile kimi ngenxa yezizathu eziningi, hhayi kuphela ukumela ngedwa futhi umsebenzi wami onzima, kodwa futhi ukumela wonke umsebenzi onzima, ukunikela, nesikhuthazo mina osithole kubangane bami, abafundisi, ukuqeqeshwa partners, and fellow fighters along the way. I think MMA training for woman is a great outlet for many reasons, kube ngokomzimba kuba Amazing enkulu, futhi ifomu ezinhle "Ukwelashwa" ekupheleni kosuku okungenzeka esicindezelayo. I abesifazane abaningi I ukuqeqeshwa, hhayi bonke uhlela on fighting, kodwa izinzuzo mdlalo zisuke zisekhona, futhi athande it nje okufanayo.”
Innocenti, like abaningi, yazihlanganisa mpi kwezemidlalo njengoba indlela ukuze uthole in, futhi uhlale, 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.
“Ukuhlola ngokwami in a okuxubile karate iziqubu kubalulekile kimi Mayelana eziningi. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, Ngangikhuluphele futhi ofunana enempilo, indlela owanelisa. Usuku olulodwa, Ngavuka wathatha ukuphila by the nokubusa kanye ngesigamu ngonyaka, lost amakhilogremu ayisithupha ngingedwa. I yamukele inselele, baphumelela, futhi wayefuna omunye. Aaron “Ukwanda” Lacey wangitshela mayelana MMA Young kanye ngaphoqeleka ukuba kuhlole. Emva sandise ngokusebenzisa iminyango, izama yonke amakilasi, nokuhlangana umndeni owenza ekhethekile kangaka, Ngase wezithombe. Ngafika kahle umgomo ukuba omunye fighters lokuqala female on the kunjalo eliphawuleka kakhulu impi team in New England. I bezilokhu nesincintisana. Ngiyakujabulela inselele ngedwa futhi baphokophelele imikhawulo ukuthi kucatshangwa ukuthi akunakwenzeka ukuba kuzuzwe. Ukuphila exubile karate yokuphila kunzima. Kudinga nokuzinikela ngaphezu I wake wacabanga kungenzeka. It iphula wena akhele wena emuva phezulu umuntu ngempela. Le mpi kubalulekile ngoba Bengilokhu baphanga nge team amazing wangisekela ukuthi babefundisa abaqeqeshi kukhuthaza kakhulu futhi ekhuthazayo. Ngizimisele ukwenza kubo uyaziqhenya futhi ibabonge ngesandla sami esevusiwe.”
“Mixed Martial Arts kuyinto esizidlula umoya womuntu on wonke amazinga: emzimbeni, ngokwengqondo, nangokomzwelo,” wathi Reinheimer. “I abe nesifiso esivuthayo ukwazi kude kangakanani Ngingaya. I like exceeding expectations and pushing my limits and that’s MMA in a nutshell. Since I started training in martial arts, ukuphila kwami uye umngcele-kancane. Ukuphila kwami phezu mat lithuthukile ukuphila kwami off mat noHezekeli. Ukuthi Walahla kude bonke iziphazamiso ezingadingekile futhi esinamandla ukuphila kwami phansi lokho okubalulekile ngempela, futhi uphume esiyingini. Ngizizwa sengathi kwangisiza kusisondeza kakhulu ukuba self yami eyiqiniso. Kuyinto the best of karate wasendulo nokuphila zanamuhla.”
Of the abesifazane abane ibambene ngezihluthu “NEF XIX” ikhadi, 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 e Lewiston bajabula for the ithuba.
“NEF iyinhlangano ukukhuthazwa obuqinile idumela elikhulu,” wathi Reinheimer. “I was a spectator at their very first fight card back in 2012. I love Maine and the crowd is awesome there. Angikwazi ukulinda!”
“Ngicabanga abalandeli bangalindela a show enkulu ngempela,” kubabaza Sparrell. “Ngokuvamile ukulwa yabesifazane zikufakazela ukuba bezijabulisa ngokwedlulele, thina Yebo ufuna sikufanelekela kulo mdlalo evelele abesilisa elibuswa. Lona DEBUT for amathathu ezine wabesifazane ikhadi, kanjalo Ngiyazi lapho kuzoba eziningi inhliziyo nokuzimisela uphonswe lezi ukulwa. Ngiyazi, uqobo, Ngijabule kakhulu ukumela! I couldn’t be more excited to be making my MMA debut in the NEF cage; Ngiye ngabona abaningi fighters I idolize futhi bheka kuze kulo mdlalo kusukela zezitsha of the Androscoggin Bank Colisée, ngokuthola ithuba manje laphaya nabo ngempela udumo weqiniso.”
New England ayalwa’ umcimbi olandelayo, “NEF XIX,” lwenzeka ngoMgqibelo, September 12, 2015 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée e Lewiston, Maine. Amathikithi for “NEF XIX” ukuqalisa nje $25 futhi ukudayiswa manje www.TheColisee.com noma ngokumemeza Colisée box office at 207.783.2009 x 525. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mcimbi fight updates ikhadi, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ukukhuthazwa sika at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakwazi watch NEF imiqophi at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, landela them on Twitternefights futhi ukuhamba neqembu Facebook esemthethweni "New England Ilwisana."
About New England ayalwa
New England ayalwa ("NEF") Yimpi izenzakalo ukukhushulwa inkampani. Mission NEF ukwakha esezingeni izenzakalo for fighters Maine kanye fans ngokufanayo. Executive team NEF has olutheni management combat ezemidlalo, izenzakalo production, ubudlelwane media, marketing, kwezomthetho kanye nokukhangisa.
On August 15, 2014, Serrano baya Argentina ukuba abhekane WBO uHlelo World Champion Maria 'Tily’ Maderna, ngaleso sikhathi, kwadingeka emithathu eyaphumelela isihloko izivikelo, kodwa akakwazanga ukusingatha ulaka of the puerto rican power puncher, ngubani baphela ukulwa kule nxazonke yesithupha ngendlela Knockout.
With lokhu kunqoba, Serrano waba Puerto Rican boxer kuqala female ukuwina izihloko emhlabeni ngezigaba ezimbili (130-135).
Isihloko wokubusa lokuqala Serrano weza ngo September 2011 lapho yena akhishwe Kimberly Connor in emzuliswaneni wokuqala ukuba ilowo IBF World Champion at the super featherweight division.
Santa Monica, Calif. (July 24, 2015) – Bellator MMA is pleased to announce the signing ofKeri Anne Taylor-Meléndez i okukhethekile, multi-impi 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 onJune 19at the highly anticipated"Bellator: Dynamite”show in San Jose, Calif. An opponent for Taylor-Melendez has yet to be decided upon.
Umlingani we Wec zangaphambili futhi Strikeforce Champion Gilbert Meléndez and co-umnikazi El Nino Training Center e San Francisco, Taylor-Meléndez lokuqala bathatha combat ezemidlalo eduze 10 iminyaka edlule, making a name for herself on unsanctioned cards held in the Bay Area. Emva zokusesha ezethusayo up a 4-1 irekhodi amateur, wamthatha namatalenta wakhe circuit professional, lapho okwamanje yena lisiphatheleni 2-1 irekhodi Kickboxing.
“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.”
In the umcimbi main of the kusihlwa, Bruce “Umfana Omuhle” Boyington(10-7) uvikela NEF MMA Title Esilula ngokumelene inombolo-one Olwa Jamie Harrison (5-1). The iziqubu wenziwa amahora elandelayo “NEF XV” November odlule lapho Boyington bavikela ngempumelelo isihloko ngokumelene Jesse Erickson (3-4) futhi Harrison manhandled Tollison Lewis (0-4) endleleni eya okusheshayo ukuzithoba ukunqoba. Le mpi ngeke ibe sokuzivikela wesibili isihloko Boyington kusukela ngokuwina kube September odlule.
Lo mcimbi co-main of the kusihlwa izoba a kakhulu-kulindelwe welterweight iziqubu phakathi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) black ibhande Jarod “Minute Last” Lawton (4-1) futhi Bellator veteran Dennis “The Menace” Olson (12-7). Emasontweni yamuva, Lawton and Olson abaye benza impi yamazwi on media social obonile zombili abasubathi’ abasekeli abafanele sifinyelele ku ebesengenile.
“Shatterproof 2.0” Derek Shorey (1-1), fresh off asayine inkontileka multi-fight with new NEF, ziyohlangana John “Class First” Ray (2-6) phakathi ku “enjoloba match.” Umbango oboné fighter yilowo anqobe eyodwa iziqubu ngokumelene ezinye. The April 11 fight, ihlelelwe ukuba zenzeke ngesikhathi catchweight 150 pounds-, eyonquma a victor okuyiqiniso in the kubangiswa.
Kaline “The Dark Angel” Medeiros (3-4) futhi Ezingakanqotshwa Calie “The Honey Badger” Cutler (3-0) uyokwenza umlando lapho azongenela abesifazane kuqala professional sika MMA mpi ikhadi lesifunda Maine. Ngeke kube okokuqala Medeiros bekulokhu kuyingxenye umlando. Yena ligcwaliswe ekulweni zokuqala besifazane Rhode Island eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Futhi in action ohlangothini professional of the ikhadi kuyoba popular NEF MMA Ezivamile Jesse “The Viking” Erickson (3-4), “The Dog Junkyard” Ryan Cowette (2-2), Elias “Danger Mouse” Leland (2-0) futhi Mike “the Mustache” Hansen (2-1), phakathi kwabanye.
Ingxenye amateur of the ikhadi kuyobe kusho isihloko esikhulu se by “Sleepy” Norman Fox (3-1) futhi “Downtown” Dave Brown (1-2) emncintiswaneni flyweight. Impungushe iphakathi Ezingakanqotshwa on Maine kwenhlabathi futhi okwamanje inombolo nantathu zibalwa amateur flyweight mpumalanga. Brown ebambana for Plymouth State University lapho kwaba ezine-time All-New England winner.
Ikhadi amateur ngeke sifake iziqubu engasindi phakathiRicky Dexter (2-0) kusukela Marcus Davis’ Team Irish futhi Steven Bang (3-3) kusukela Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) – Team New England United (NEW). Enibambisene Dexter sika Jeremy Tyler (4-3) tikwele off with Alex Johnson (1-1) MMA of Ruthless & Boxing in a iziqubu featherweight. Umkakhe Bruce Boyington sika, Randi Beth Knowles (0-0), ziyohlangana Alex Walker (0-0) in a double-DEBUT strawweight fight.
Ikhadi full fight for “NEF xvii” (isihloko ukushintsha nokwamukelwa Combat Sports Authority of Maine):
PROFESSIONAL
155*TITLE Bruce Boyington 10-7 (MMA Young sika) vs Jamie Harrison 5-1 (First Coast Full Contact)
170 Jarod Lawton 4-1 (Team NEW) 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 NEW - CMBJJ) vs. Mark DEFORD 0-3 (F2 Arena)
150 John Ray 2-6 (First Class MMA) vs Derek Shorey 1-1 (Shatterproof Combat Club)
135 Elias Leland 2-0 (The Academy) Jay Perrin vs 1-0 (Boston BJJ / Team Triumph)
115 Kaline Medeiros 3-4 (Gracie Fitness) vs Calie Cutler 3-0 (Jacked N Tan Fight Team)
Amateur
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 (Independent)
265 Dave Smith 0-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs. Dan Marley 0-0 (Independent)
185 Ruben Redman 0-1 (Independent) vs Chris Rideout 0-0 (Independent)
185 Chris Smith 0-0 (BerzerkersMMA) vs Nash Roy 2-1 (MMA Young sika)
185 Heath Hanson 0-2 (3Ronin Athletics) vs Brandon Russell 0-1 (Team Nitemare)
155 Ricky Dexter 2-0 (Team Irish) vs Steve Bang Jr. 3-3 (Team NEW – CMBJJ)
155 Rick Matthews 1-1 (Team Irish) vs. Mathewu Hanning 0-1 (Independent)
155 Jason Lachance 1-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Jesse Herrick 1-0 (The Academy)