Bangor, Maine (Septembre 9, 2018) - Combats Nouvelle-Angleterre (NEF) held its latest mixed-martial-arts event, “NEF 35: Wicked Season,” on Saturday night at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. It was the third time in as many years that the fight promotion visited the Queen City and sold out the venue.

The main event featured a bout hailed as the “Battle of Bangor” as popular locals Aaron “Implacable” Lacey (6-2) et Jon Lemke (7-9) squared off. Lacey submitted Lemke in the first round with a rear-naked choke.

Favori ville natale “Le” Ryan Sanders (17-9) took on Mando “Big Chino” Montoya (10-7) en cas de co-principal. Au 4:10 marque de la première ronde, Ponceuses, the reigning NEF Professional Lightweight Champion, forced Montoya to tap to a guillotine choke.

It was a successful night for the Choi Institute of Portland, Maine as Caleb salle (2-0) et Ernesto Ornelas (4-7) were both victorious via stoppages in their respective bouts.

In the amateur headliner, Maine Amateur Wrestling Hall of Famer, 54-ans Pat Kelly (4-1) put his lightweight title on the line against Massachusetts’ Ed Forlenza (3-2) in what Kelly vowed would be his final MMA fight. Forlenza was able to score a technical knockout via referee stoppage due to strikes to capture the title. Après le combat, Kelly gave an impassioned speech, thanking his coaches at Young’s MMA in Bangor as the capacity crowd gave him a standing ovation.

Nostos MMA also shined on the amateur portion of the card. The Somersworth, New Hampshire-based team went 2-0 comme Zac Richard (2-0) et Andrew Brown (1-0) picked up wins under the guidance of Nostos head coach, et combattant actuel de l'UFC, Devin Powell.

NEF announced its return to Portland, scheduled to take place at Aura on Saturday, Novembre 17. L'événement est intitulé “NEF 36: Battle for the Gold.” It will be the final NEF event of 2018.

The full results of from Bangor, Maine:

PROFESSIONNEL MMA

Jon Lemke def. Aaron Lacey via rear-naked choke submission, tour 1

Ryan Sanders déf. Armando Montoya via guillotine choke submission, tour 1

Caleb salle def. CJ Ewer via D’Arce choke submission, tour 1

Josh Harvey def. Jay Ellis via triangle choke submission, tour 1

Ernesto Ornelas def. Zenon Herrera via guillotine choke submission, tour 3

AMATEUR MMA

Ed Forlenza def. Pat Kelly via TKO, tour 1

Christian Barrett def. David Hart via TKO, tour 1

Zac Richard def. Clifford Redman par TKO, tour 1

Taylor Bartlett fought Jacob Deppmeyer to a draw

Shawn Costigan def. David Hills via TKO, tour 1

Jordan Young def. Joe Howard via rear-naked choke submission, tour 2

Andrew Brown def. Chris Lachcik via armbar submission, tour 1

prochain événement mixte arts martiaux de NEF, “NEF 36: Bataille pour l'or,” verra la société faire son retour à Aura à Portland, Maine. L'événement devrait avoir lieu le samedi, Novembre 17, 2018 avec un temps de cloche 7 h. La pré-vente de billets se produit maintenant www.AuraMaine.com avec le code promo “NEF.” Les billets seront en vente au grand public le lundi, Septembre 10 à 9:00 a.m. EDT.