Портланд, Мејн (Октобар 6, 2017) - Нев Енгланд Фигхтс (НЕФ) will make its long-awaited debut in Portland on Петак, Новембар 3, 2017 at Aura with “НЕФ 31: The Old Port.” Раније данас, the fight promotion announced the full fight card for the event featuring a full slate of professional and amateur mixed-martial-arts bouts.
Maine fan-favorite Paul Gorman (10-9) is scheduled to take on Џејмс “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” Blair (5-1) in the main event of the evening. Gorman, the former NEF bantamweight titleholder and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt out of the Academy in Portland, makes his return to the NEF cage after a three-year absence. Blair is a hot prospect from the world-renowned American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida where he trains alongside a veritable murderers’ row of current and former world champions like Mike Brown (26-9), Tyron Woodley (18-3-1), and Joanna Jędrzejczyk (14-0) само да поменемо само неке.
Reigning NEF Professional Middleweight Champion ЦЈ Евер (3-0) ће бити у акцији, када је преузима Цровснецк Боутин (2-3) in a non-title affair. Ewer captured the 185-pound title over the summer when he submitted Mike Hansen (5-6) у “НЕФ 30: Rumble in Bangor.” Boutin will be coming off a year-long layoff from competition.
“The Blackpool Ripper” Matt Probin (0-0) makes his pro MMA debut against rugged veteranЏош Паркер (6-9). Both Probin and Parker have extensive backgrounds as professional boxers. Probin has trained and competed in Muay Thai in Thailand. Parker is the founder of Ruthless MMA & Boxing of Waterville, Мејн.
Јохн “Прва класа” Зрак (2-8) will come out of retirement to face Зенон “K-Bar” Херрера (0-5). Raio last fought in the summer of 2015. He is the head coach of First Class MMA based in Brunswick, Мејн. Херрера, a veteran of both the United States Army and Marine Corps, is looking for his first win since joining the professional ranks two years ago.
The amateur side of the card will feature a total of three title fights. NEF Amateur Heavyweight Champion Ницк “The Guardian” Гуливер (4-0) will defend his strap against WWE signeeTerrance Jean-Jacques (2-0), док Нате Боуцхер (2-0) и Џастин Витхам (3-4) square off for the vacant flyweight title. Алек Валкер (4-1) и Hilarie Rose (4-3) will make history when they battle for the first-ever NEF women’s championship in the strawweight division.
The Walker-Rose fight will be one of four female bouts featured on the “NEF 31” amateur card. Carol Linn Powell (0-0), wife of former NEF Professional Lightweight Champion and current UFC competitor Devin Powell (8-3), is scheduled to make her cage debut against Francesca Morabito (0-0). Jayda “Lil Killah” Бејли (0-0) makes her debut just eight days after her 18th birthday, the legal minimum age for competing in MMA in Maine, in a bantamweight bout with Danae Dostie (0-0) док Sarah Matulis (0-0) и Chelsea Elizabeth(0-0) face off in yet another double amateur debut.
The full “NEF 31” Борба картица (подложне променама и усвајање Борилачки спортови органа Мејн):
ПРОФЕСИОНАЛНА ВМА
180 ЦЈ Евер 3-0 (Јунгов ВМА) вс Цровснецк Боутин 2-3 (Независан)
150 Јохн Раи 2-8 (Прва класа ВМА) вс Зенон Херрера 0-5 (Независан)
145 Џош Паркер 6-9 (Немилосрдан ВМА & Бокс) vs Matt Probin 0-0 (CMBJJ/Young’s MMA)
135 Paul Gorman 10-9 (Академија) vs James Blair 5-1 (Америцан Топ Теам)
АМАТЕРСКИ ВМА
265*НАСЛОВ Nick Guilliver 4-0 (ц) (First Class /Foundry) vs Terrance Jean-Jacques 2-0 (Тим Линк)
125*НАСЛОВ Нате Боуцхер 2-0 (ЦМБЈЈ) vs Justin Witham 3-4 (Нераспрскавајуће Цомбат Цлуб)
115 *НАСЛОВ Алек Валкер 4-1 (Kaze) vs Hilarie Rose 4-3 (USMMA)
265 Matt Glover 1-1 (Берсеркерс ВМА) вс Јасон Фиелд 0-2 (Kenney’s MMA)
175 Carlton Charles 1-0 (Charles Family Fighting/Fire&Iron Athletics) vs Nate Evans 0-0
170 Mohammed al Kinani 0-0 (Evolution Athletix) вс Фил Пеарсон 0-1 (Прва класа ВМА)
170 David Grant 0-0 (Evolution Athletix) vs Tom Rials 0-0 (Nostos)
155 Will McCall 1-2 (Evolution Athletix) vs Chad Pierce 1-0 (Академија)
155 Nick Banks 0-0 (Чои Институт) вс Емметт Хубер 0-1 (Академија)
155 Garry Carr 0-0 (ЦМБЈЈ) vs David Hart 0-1 (Kenney’s MMA)
135 Sarah Matulis 0-0 (Нераспрскавајуће Цомбат Цлуб) vs Chelsea Elizabeth 0-0 (Прва класа ВМА)
135 Danae Dostie 0-0 (Kenney’s MMA) vs Jayda Bailey 0-0 (Јунгов ВМА)
135 Карл Лангстон 6-9 (Јунгов ВМА) вс Хенри Кларк 3-3 (Чои Институт)
135 Дошао је Арнолд 1-0 (ЦМБЈЈ) vs Caleb Costello 3-4 (Јунгов ВМА)
135 Carol Linn Hawkins 0-0 (Nostos) vs Francesca Morabito 0-0 (Чои Институт)
Неф следећи мешовите борилачки догађај, “НЕФ 31: The Old Port,” will see the company debut in Portland, Maine at the brand new, state-of-the-art venue Aura. The event is scheduled to take place on Петак, Новембар 3, 2017. Улазнице су у продаји сада на ввв.аурамаине.цом.