Lewiston, Maine (April 12, 2015) - New England Fights (NEF), USA: s nummer ett regionalt kamp främjande, held its seventeenth mixed-martial-arts event, “NEF XVII,” Lördag natt på Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. A crowd of more than 2,000 was on hand to take in the action.
The co-main event of the evening saw Dennis “The hot” Olson (13-7) win a split decision victory over Jarod “Sista-minuten” Lawton (4-2). Jamie Harrison (6-1) stopped NEF MMA Lightweight Champion Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-8) via first-round submission in a non-title bout in the card’s main event. In a women’s amateur bout earlier in the evening, Boyington hustru Randi Beth Knowles (1-0) besegrade Alex Walker (0-1) via unanimous decision in a thrilling back-and-forth contest.
Dessutom, NEF announced that the promotion’s next MMA event would take place at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Juni 13, 2015. The event is titled “NEF XVIII: Made in America” and it will feature the professional debut of Crowsneck Boutin (6-7 amatör) as he meets “Skroten Dog” Ryan Cowette (3-2) in a middleweight contest. It was further announced that Ryan Glover(1-0) och Billy Leahy (2-1) will fight for the first ever NEF MMA amateur title in the heavyweight division on Juni 13.
The full results from Lewiston, Maine:
PROFESSIONELL
CATCH Jamie Harrison def. Bruce Boyington via rear-naked choke, runda 1
170 Dennis Olson def. Jarod Lawton via split decision
CATCH Kaline Medeiros def. Calie Cutler via unanimous decision
150 Derek Shorey def. John Raio via TKO, runda 1
CATCH Jesse Erickson def. Mark Deford via KO, runda 1
CATCH Jay Perrin def. Elias Leland via TKO, runda 2
AMATÖR
CATCH Norman Fox def. Dave Brown via guillotine choke submission, runda 1
165 Connor Barry def. CJ Ewer via triangle choke submission, runda 1
155 Matthew Hanning def. Rick Matthews via KO, runda 1
S.HWT Dave Smith def. Ora Spratt IV via TKO, runda 1
185 Heath Hanson def. Brandon Russell via TKO, runda 1
CATCH Caleb Serra def. Clifford Redman via armbar submission, runda 3
135 Sheldon Bang def. Mike Crespo via unanimous decision
115 Randi Beth Knowles def. Alex Walker via unanimous decision
155 Ricky Dexter def. Zenon Herrera via Kimura submission, runda 1
185 Chris Rideout def. Ruben Redman via enhälligt beslut
185 Chris Smith def. Dan Meuse via TKO, runda 1
135 Caleb Costello def. Wilmer Carrero via guillotine choke submission, runda 1
150 Alex Johnson def. Dustin Shorey via guillotine choke submission, runda 1
NEF nästa MMA event, “NEF XVIII: Made in America” will originate from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine on June 13, 2015. Biljetter till “NEF XVIII” startar vid bara $25 och finns det erbjudanden nu på www.TheColisee.com eller genom att ringa Colisee biljettkassan på207.783.2009 x 525. För mer information om evenemanget och kamp kort uppdateringar, besök Promotions hemsida www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dessutom, du kan titta NEF videor på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, följa dem på Twitternefights och gå med den officiella Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."
Om New England Fights
New England Fights ("NEF") är en kamp evenemang kampanjer företag. NEF: s mission är att skapa högsta kvalitet händelser för Maine fighters och fans. NEF: s ledningsgrupp har lång erfarenhet av kampsporter hantering, händelser produktion, medierelationer, marknadsföring, juridiska och reklam.