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NEW INGARANGI whawhai ka ta TE Tuhinga o NEF XX

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Lewiston, Maine (Whiringa 22, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, puritia tona hui hou, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” i runga i Rāhoroi po i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Some 2,500 Kikī te Colisée mo te hītori tuatahi-ake kākano whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) me te kāri mekemeke ngaio i roto i te Maine.

 

I roto i te hui matua mekemeke o te ahiahi, Brandon “Ko te Cannon” Berry (10-1) haere waru-rauna mo te wa tuatahi i roto i tona mahi, defeating gritty Mexican veteran Roberto Valenzuela (72-70-1) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu.

 

I runga i te ngaio MMA wahi o te kāri, Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington(12-8) ko te wikitoria i roto i te parururaa i te NEF MMA Ngaio Kōmāmā Championship ki Jimmy “Jimbo Poro” Davidson (7-2).

 

I tua atu, Faaite NEF tona hui muri, “Nef 21: TE Immortals” Ka tango i te wahi i runga i Hui-tanguru 6, 2016 i roto i te Lewiston. Another hybrid MMA-pro boxing event, “NEF 21” Ka ngā Hehe “Ko te Viking” Erickson (6-4) tango i runga i Devin Powell (4-1) in a lightweight contest. Already announced to be competing the boxing card are Brandon Berry and Joel “Ko te Baby Bull” Pihopa (0-0-1). Erin “Rahi Fun” LAMONTE, nei whakapai ake ki te 5-0 te po nei, ka hoki ki runga ki te runaruna MMA wahi o te February 6 kāri.

 

Ko te hua i Lewiston, Maine:

 

NGAIO BOXING

150 Brandon Berry def. Roberto Valenzuela mā te whakatau loto

155 Inihi Lewis def. Zenon Herrera mā TKO, tawhio 3

135 Josh Parker drew Elias Leland

Hopu Ernesto Ornelas def. Brandon Ali Garvin mā TKO, tawhio 2

NGAIO MMA

 

155*TITLE Bruce Boyington (c) DEF. Jimmy Davidson mā TKO, tawhio 3

Hao Jon Lemke def. Matt Denning mā TKO, tawhio 1

170 Matt Bordonaro whakamutunga. Crowsneck Boutin mā pae turi, tawhio 1

Hao Matt Andrikut def. Hehe Baughman mā TKO, tawhio 1

145 Damon Owens def. Derek Shorey mā Gogoplata, tawhio 1

 

AMATEUR MMA

 

125*TITLE Ryan Burgess def. Dustin Veinott (c) mā te whakatau unanimious

145*TITLE Arona Lacey DEF. Karepe Horner mā te whakatau loto

125 Justin Witham def. Brent Ouellette mā TKO, tawhio 2

155 Rafael Velado def. Ken Dunn mā Kimura, tawhio 1

155 CJ karaehe def. Jason Lachance mā te whakatau loto

S.HWT Nick Gulliver def. Jason Field mā TKO, tawhio 1

145 Karepe Hall def. Matt Tamayo mā armbar, tawhio 1

265 Mike Williams def. Joe Krech mā armbar, tawhio 1

200 Victor Irwin def. Anthony Spires mā TKO, tawhio 1

Hao Ricky Dexter DEF. Steve Bang mā KO, tawhio 1

140 Rawiri Thompson def. Richmond Pierce Wiegman mā TKO, tawhio 1

121 Erin Lamonte def. Randi Beth Boyington mā armbar, tawhio 1

185 Karepe Farrington def. Ruben Redman mā pororere, tawhio 2

265 Bryce Bamford def. Bryce Locke mā TKO, tawhio 1

170 Karepe Swoveland def. Taylor Carey mā ringa tapatoru, tawhio 2

155 Riwai Sewall def. Matt Hanning mā TKO, tawhio 2

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “Nef 21: TE Immortals,” e wahiRāhoroi, February 6, 2016 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF 21” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

Amateur MMA, whakauru toi hōia, MMA, New Ingarangi whawhai

KĀRI FIGHT EPIC Fanongonongo FOR taumata rua tekau NEF MAHINGA

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Lewiston, Maine (October 23, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” i runga i Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. I mua i teie mahana, kauwhautia te whakatairanga i te tonu kāri whawhai mo te hui.

 

Ka headlined te wahi mekemeke ngaio o te kāri e apato'erau Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “Ko te Cannon” Berry (9-1) in an eight-round bout against former Mexican Pacific Coast Super Featherweight Champion Roberto “Ko te Old” Valenzuela (73-69-2, 56 Koó). Berry triumphantly returned to action last summer after suffering a severe shoulder injury in a November 2014 mutunga.

 

He nui rawa te matekai Josh Parker (0-1) hoki ki te mowhiti ki te kanohi Iraia “Danger Kiore” Leland (0-0) in a four-rounder. Parker and Leland are well known to NEF fans as regulars on the promotion’s MMA events. Parker is the founder and head coach of Ruthless MMA & Mekemeke i Benton, Maine. Leland is a member of Jay Jack and Amanda Buckner’s Academy of MMA in Portland, Maine.

 

I tua atu, Ernesto Ornelas (0-0), he toa ngaio MMA i te Choi Institute i Portland, returns to his boxing roots in his pro ring debut against Brandon Ali Garvin (0-4). Ornelas was a multiple time Golden Gloves champion as an amateur boxer in his native state of California.

 

Middleweights Tollison Lewis (1-0) a Zenon “Ka'Bar” Herrera (0-0) will round out the boxing card. Lewis won his pro boxing debut in the first NEF boxing event in October 2014 i runga i hōia John Webster (8-7-1), i Herrera, he toa, me te meke MMA mātanga, Ko te hōia-tau iwa o te hōia US, ia oti haere te maha o te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti i reira ka kite ia i whawhai i roto i te Pakanga o Fallujah i Iraq.

 

I runga i te ngaio MMA wahi o te kāri whawhai, Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (11-8) ka tiakina e te NEF MMA Ngaio Kōmāmā Taitara i roto i te a'ee rima-a tawhio noa ki te wero o Jimmy “Jimbo Poro” Davidson (7-1). Boyington is coming off a huge win last weekend against Rodrigo Almeida (12-3) i runga i te undercard o te Series Ao o te Fighting (WSOF) nationally-televised event. The challenger Davidson is no stranger to gold, having captured other MMA titles in the New England region. He represents world-renown Muay Thai team Sityodtong.

 

I roto i tetahi o te tino tino tūmanako MMA whawhai i roto i te hītori New England, mua NEF MMA Ngaio mā whitu Champion Ray “Pakihi katoa” Wood (6-1) e i runga i Vovk “KGB” Clay (3-0). Recognized as two of the most promising prospects in the area, Wood, me te Clay e tohu e rua e te pundits ki hei kaitono kaha'ú mo te tino Rōpū o te hākinakina.

 

Crowsneck Boutin (1-1) ka titiro ki te fakaakeake i tona mate ngaio tuatahi whakamutunga marama, ina tutaki ia Matt Bordonaro (2-0). The bout will be a rematch from their amateur days when Bordonaro defeated Boutin by submission at “NEF IX” i roto i te Biddeford, Maine. It will also be Boutin’s debut in the 170-pound welterweight division.

 

E rua taitara te runaruna MMA wahi o te pāngia e kupu matua “NEF XX” kāri whawhai. Dustin Veinott (4-3) tohe te Ingoa NEF MMA Amateur mā ki Ryan Burgess (1-0), ia Arona “He whakangungu” Lacey (5-1) e whawhai ki Karepe Horner (6-2) to crown an inaugural NEF MMA Amateur Featherweight Champion. A women’s strawweight fight will feature Randi Beth Boyington (1-1) e anga Erin “Rahi Fun” LAMONTE (3-0).

 

“Tenei kāri nei te tahi mea no te katoa,” said NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Rite koe MMA? We got it. You like boxing? We got it. You like the heavyweights? We got ’em. You like women’s fights? We got ’em. This is like the Super Bowl of NEF events. This is the one event you simply cannot afford to miss.”

 

Atu faaara whakahaere Whakatairanga e te “NEF XX” Ka hui e whakatapua ki te mahara o te mema kaimahi NEF Susan Isham, 47, nei ngaro tona ora i roto i te hoê ati purumu fakamamahi wiki whakamutunga i roto i Peteere, Maine. Susan had worked backstage for the promotion beginning in 2013, handling check-ins at the backdoor of the Colisée. She was a beloved mother and grandmother, mohio hoki te mahi tona matatika pakeke me ahakoa, upbeat personality. Susan was involved in many causes in the Bethel community.

 

“Tatou kei tonu katoa i roto i te ru i poheraa ohorere a Susan Paraire whakamutunga,"Ka mea tahi-rangatira NEF me matchmaker Matt Peterson. “Ko ia he mema uara o te kapa NEF, he hoa pai, me te ahua, charitable person. She will be missed by all who knew her. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time. ‘NEF XX’ Ka kia whakapehapeha whakatapua ki tona mahara.”

 

Te “NEF XX” kāri whawhai (kaupapa ki te huri i me te whakaaetanga o te aro Hākinakina Mana o Maine):

 

NGAIO BOXING

 

140 Brandon Berry 9-1 (Te Hau-ā-uru Forks) vs Roberto Valenzuela 73-69-2 (Romanza Faleva'inga)

155 Tollison Lewis 1-0 (CMBJJ) vs Zenon Herrera 0-0 (Independent)

140 Josh Parker 0-1 (Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke) vs Iraia Leland 0-0 (ENGARI)

118 Ernesto Ornelas 0-0 (Choi Institute) vs Brandon Ali Garvin 0-4 (Frazier o)

 

NGAIO MMA

 

155*TITLE Bruce Boyington 10-8 (c) (TKD o Boyington) vs Jimmy Davidson 7-1 (Sityodtong)

205 Matt Andrikut 1-0 (Tuipau MMA) vs Hehe Baughman 0-0 (Hono Team)

170 Crowsneck Boutin 1-1 (Choi Institute) vs. Matt Bordonaro 2-0 (Victory MMA)

150 Jon Lemke 4-3 (Team Irish) vs Matt Denning 2-0 (CMBJJ)

145 Ray Wood 5-1 (MMA o Young) vs Vovka Clay 3-0 (Boston BJJ NH)

145 Derek Shorey 3-2 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Damon Owens 2-0 (MMA o Young)

125 Kevin Barrett 0-0 (MMA o Young) vs James Alexander 1-10 (F2 Arena)

 

AMATEUR MMA

 

145 *TITLE Arona Lacey 5-1 (MMA o Young) vs Karepe Horner 6-2 (F2 Arena)

125 *TITLE Dustin Veinott 4-3 (c) (CMBJJ) vs Ryan Burgess 1-0 (Berserkers MMA)

265 Bryce Bamford 0-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA) vs Bryce Locke 0-0 (Independent)

200 Hakopa Cameron 1-5 (Independent) vs Victor Irwin 0-0 (MMA o Young)

225 Joe Krech 0-0 (Independent) vs Mike Williams 0-0 (CMBJJ)

185 Ruben Redman 1-3 (Mass Pānga MMA) vs Karepe Farrington 2-0 (Team NEW)

185 Dominique Bailey 0-1 (Independent) vs Anthony Spires 0-0 (Independent)

175 Karepe Swoveland 0-0 (Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke) vs TBD

155 Ricky Dexter 3-2 (Team Irish) vs Steve Bang 3-3 (CMBJJ)

155 Rafael Velado 1-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA) vs Ken Dunn 0-2 (Maine Kyokushin Karate)

155 CJ tiaka 4-2 (MMA o Young) vs Jason Lachance 2-2 (MMA Athletix)

155 Matt Hanning 1-1 (Independent) vs Riwai Sewall 0-0 (MMA o Young)

145 Karepe Hall 5-3 (Choi Institute) vs Matt Tamayo 0-0 (F2 Arena)

140 Rawiri Thompson 0-1 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs. Pierce Wiegman 0-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA)

125 Justin Witham 0-3 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Brent Ouellette 0-0 (CMBJJ)

115 Erin LaMonte 3-0 (Gracie Fitness) vs Randi Beth Boyington 1-1 (TKD o Boyington)

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” e wahi i runga i Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tikiti hoki “NEF XX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

Amateur MMA, mekemeke, whakauru toi hōia, New Ingarangi whawhai

Mua TOA aika TEST Berry ON NOVEMA 21 IN LEWISTON

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Lewiston, Maine (October 14, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” i runga i Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the main event of the boxing portion of the fight card. Reigning Northeast Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “Ko te Cannon” Berry (9-1, 6 Koó) Ka fehangahangai Roberto “Ko te Old” Valenzuela (73-69-2, 56 Koó) i roto i te Welterweight whakataetae waru-a tawhio noa.

 

Berry riro te apato'erau Junior Welterweight Taitara kotahi tau i mua i roto i te Lewiston ki te wikitoria whakatau loto mo Eric Palmer (6-8-3, 1 KO). The title was the first in the professional career of the standout from West Forks, Maine. Berry would, noa te marama i muri mai, suffer his first loss in a bout in which he severely injured his shoulder early on. Following a successful surgery and months of rehab, Hoki Berry ikuna ki te mowhiti tenei raumati mua ki te knockout hangarau tuarua-a tawhio noa (WHO) riro i roto i te Skowhegan, Maine.

 

“Ko ahau rawa manukanuka rite tonu ki te manga hoki ki te mowhiti mekemeke i runga i Whiringa 21i roto i te Lewiston,” Berry i kīia. “Ko te whakaongaonga ki te whawhai mo toku wikitoria ngaio whakatekau. I’m honored to have been invited back to the Colisee to headline another Pro Boxing card. I want to thank NEF for making this possible for me, a e tumanakohia ki kua i tetahi atu mahi Kikī, competitive fight like we had in October 2014. A lot has changed for me in my boxing career, a ka titiro atu ahau ki te whakaatu i toku whakapainga katoa o toku pā hanga. Pera i te matara toku hoa tauwhainga, te kotahi tino mātanga ki te rā, Roberto Valenzuela, ka waiho hei whakamātautau pai hoki ki ahau i te hoatu ake te rahi me te wheako. Ua tamata matou ki te hanga i te whawhai ki o rerekē eé i te rohe i te tokorua, engari i taea ki te. Ko taku mahi he ki te whakangungu pakeke, me te kia rite hoki te tangata i hoatu e ratou i runga i te tahi atu taha o te whakakai, kotahi a tawhio noa i te wa.”

 

Valenzuela is about as much of a veteran as one will find in a boxing ring. Having begun his professional career in early 1992, Valenzuela ka atu ki te mīharo 14-0 tīmatanga, whakataetae a tawhio noa kāwanatanga tona whare o Sonora, Mexico. Among the opponents Valenzuela has faced in his career are the likes of former world champions Andre Berto (30-4, 23 Koó) ko Steve Forbes (35-14, 11 Koó) me te toa o nāianei ao Zahir Raheem (35-3, 21 Koó). Valenzuela fought former lightweight world champion Jose Luis Castillo (66-13-1, 57 Koó) i runga i te undercard o te 1996 Joey Gamache (55-4, 38 Koó) ko Julio Hiha Chavez (107-6-2, 86 Koó) a'ee i roto i Anaheim, California. I tua atu, Puritia Valenzuela te Ingoa Mexican Pacific Coast Super mā whitu i 2003 ki 2007. He has the strongest pedigree of any opponent Berry has faced to date.

 

“Kua ahau i whawhai katoa i runga i te United States, engari e kore i roto i te Maine, na oaoa vau ahau ki te haere vahi kore kua ahau kua,” ka mea a Valenzuela i roto i te translator. “Kua kua ahau te mahi tenei mai ko ia he PUP. Kua korerotia e ahau e ia rïpene Cut o etahi o oku whawhai i ētahi kāri mauherea ia i runga i TV ka ko ia ia te koati (kata). Thankfully, Kua hokona e ahau ataata o ia atu tata i runga i Youtube. Kahore te ia kihai ahau i kite i te aroaro o roto i te whawhai ranei i roto i te mākutu. Ka waiho e ahau rite.”

 

“A, no te hainatia Brandon i runga ki te 'NEF XX’ kāri whawhai, ko ia rawa mārama e hinaaro ia tatou ki te kitea ia i te hoariri kua nei ngā roto i te whakakai me te pai,” recalled NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Roberto presents a challenge unlike any other Brandon has faced to date. He has actively competed as a professional for nearly a quarter of a century. He hasn’t sat on a shelf either. He just fought this past spring and summer. Brandon Berry e kia whakamatauria i runga iWhiringa 21, make no mistake about it. But Brandon has recently been sparring several times a week all over New England with top-notch partners. He is coming into this bout as a whole new Brandon Berry, takoto ki te hanga i tona tohu i roto i te ao mekemeke.”

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” e wahi i runga i Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tikiti hoki “NEF XX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.