Tūtohu Archives: Jason LaChance

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Jason LACHANCE: “NA'E manaakitia ahau WITH AN FAINgAMāLIe AMAZING”

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Lewiston, Maine (Whiringa 16, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” tenei 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. In a featured lightweight amateur MMA bout, Jason “2nd Chance” Lachance (2-2) Ka tangohia i runga i CJ tiaka (4-2) i te taimaha o te 155-pauna whawhai.

 

Lachance kei te haere mai atu te wikitoria tāpaetanga tuatahi-a tawhio noa ki runga ki a Rawiri Thompson (0-1) i “NEF XIX” this past September. He is confident in his abilities and predicts victory over Ewer when they meet this weekend. While Lachance’s future in the sport appears brighter every day, taurangi ia e kore e ki te kaitirotiro i te mahi i te ringa me te ki kia ārahi ia tona whakapono Karaitiana i roto i tona mahi.

 

“Ka whiua e ahau CJ i taea tetahi ara,” Na ka mea a Lachance. “MMA is a sport where anything can happen. I am fully prepared for whatever may come on the 21st. I will focus on my next opponent when this fight is out of my way. E kore e whakarere noa iho i ahau toku hoa tauwhainga. Te Atua ka whakaturia ake te heke mai hoki ki ahau, rite nei te kupu tae noa ia.”

 

Lachance credits his faith and the sport of MMA with helping him conquer his much-publicized addiction to heroin. He began training over two years ago at MMA Athletix in Bath, Maine, te wahi piri ano e ia te Victory Ekalesia taviniraa o reira-rangatira o te omaoma Ryan Cowette (2-3).

 

“I manaakitia ahau ha faingamālie whakamiharo ki, and I couldn’t be more grateful. The fight game is the highest of highs and lowest of lows. Kihai i tae mai te taime tino tohu o toku mahi poto i roto i te whare herehere, engari i te ako me te tipu ra ki te ra ano he tangata, me te rite te toa.”

 

Aita i maoro a'e, Lachance me hoa tākaro i Norman Fox (4-2) purchased the MMA Athletix gym from Cowette after Cowette decided to redirect his focus to his roofing business. When the challenges of small business ownership reared its head, Lachance taea kotahi ano ārahi tona whakapono ia.

 

“Hoko i te omaoma i te taime nui hoki e rua Norman me ahau,” kī Lachance. “I matou ki te noho hoki a te aromātai tino ta tatou i hinaaro i roto i to tatou mahi, and also out of our business. We quickly realized that with full time jobs, e kore matou e whai wā ki te hei kaiako, kaiwhakangungu, fighters and business owners and still expect to succeed. We prayed on it and God sent us the perfect team of coaches and trainers, me te rōpū hou o te whawhai ki runga, me te haere mai.

 

“MMA kua puta ke kē toku ora i roto i te ara maha. Titau ahau ki te tango i te reira ki te tihi, ano he rangatira pakihi, me te rite te toa. Homai e te Atua, kua te whai wāhi ki te ora toku moe ahau, ra i muri i te ra.”

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” tu'asino tuu tenei Rāhoroi, 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 i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i207.783.2009 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."

 

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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.

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Karaehe ME LACHANCE KI RAKA haona AT NEF XX

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Lewiston, Maine (Mahuru 29, 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 addition of an amateur lightweight bout to the MMA portion of the fight card. CJ tiaka (4-2) Kei te whakaritea ki te kanohi Jason “Tuarua Chance” Lachance (2-2) i te taimaha o te 155-pauna whawhai.

 

CJ Ewer is a veteran of the United States Air Force security forces. He is a product of Young’s MMA in Bangor, Maine where he has honed his craft under coach Chris Young. Ewer had one of the most explosive starts to a career in NEF history, winning his first three amateur bouts in a matter of just ten weeks. Earlier this month at “NEF XIX,” Whawhai karaehe a patua he tino uaua Ricky Dexter (3-2). All of Ewer’s fights to date have been in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. The cut to 155-pounds will be a first for Ewer.

 

“I muri i te mātakitaki ataata o Lachance, te mahino mai ia ki te whare herehere pai rite,” tuhia karaehe o te hoariri i tana. “Te ngaro anake ia ki Jarod Tyler me Dom Cofone, who are both hardcore fighters, and his win against Steve Bang shows that he has a lot of different skills and drive. It’ll be a great opportunity to show how I can compete at 155.”

 

Jason Lachance Ko te mema o MMA Athletix e hāngai ana i roto i te Patehepa, Maine. He has faced stiff competition in the first several fights of his career, rite karaehe tuhia, so Lachance is accustomed to standing across the cage from the cream of the crop. He is coming off a first round submission victory over David Thompson (0-1) mua i tenei marama, i “NEF XIX.” Lachance will look to continue his winning ways when he meets Ewer at “NEF XX” i runga i Noema 21.

 

“Oaoa nei au no ki tetahi faingamālie tiki i roto i te whare herehere,” Na ka mea a Lachance. “I expect an exciting fight no matter where it ends up. Ewer is tough competition. I am looking forward to this one.”

 

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."

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MMA ATHLETIX PROSPECT TO MEET RETURNING FAN FAVORITE AT NEF XVIII

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Lewiston, Maine (April 28, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma waru whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XVIII: Made in America,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Pipiri 13, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of an amateur lightweight bout to the fight card. That bout will feature Jason “Tuarua Chance” Lachance (1-1) taking on the returning “Dangerous” Dom “Hands of Stone” Cofone (5-5) i te taimaha o te 155-pauna whawhai.

 

Jason Lachance of Brunswick, Maine made his MMA debut in May of 2014 i “XIII nef.” He dropped a decision that night, but Lachance impressed many with his performance against the more-experienced Jarrod Tyler (3-1). He would return to the NEF cage this past February with a victory over Steve Bang, JR. (3-3) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu. Lachance is a product of Ryan Cowette’s (2-2) MMA Athletix gym and Victory Church ministry, both located in Bath, Maine.

 

“God has blessed me with another opportunity to step inside the NEF cage and do what I love to do,” Na ka mea a Lachance. “An opportunity I am truly grateful for. I am focused on the task at hand and on June 13th, I will be ready for whatever comes my way.”

 

A true veteran of the NEF amateur ranks, Dom Cofone has produced many memorable moments in the promotion’s cage over the years. Cofone won a Class A State Championship in 2001 wrestling for Westbrook High School in Westbrook, Maine. He put together a stellar record of 117-28 during his high school wrestling career. Cofone has taken the last few months off from MMA competition to concentrate on coaching the Westbrook youth wrestling team. With his previous gym, Balanced Ground MMA, on hiatus, Cofone has recently begun training at Jay Jack (12-7) and Amanda Buckner’s (11-5) Academy of MMA in Portland, Maine.

 

“I took some time off to help coach my son’s youth wrestling team – shout out to all the Westbrook Wolfpack kids,” said Cofone. “I also needed to heal up a bit from a very active two years in and out of the cage. I’m feeling rejuvenated. I just started training back at the Academy and am super excited to learn as much as I can from such a great team. I’ve met Jason before – he seems like a really great guy. I was at both of his fights, so I know he’s going to be a tough-as-nails, game opponent. I was in the stands for the last NEF event and it just didn’t seem right without ‘Dominick The Donkey’ ringing out of the speakers. This is a great match-up for the fans and I hope to see the Androscoggin Bank Colisee packed. Thank you to everyone who comes out to support local MMA.”

Hui muri MMA o nef, “NEF XVIII: Made in America” will originate from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine on June 13, 2015. Tikiti hoki “NEF XVIII” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i207.783.2009 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.