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Напрежението се разгарят като Бивши Falcons съотборници се подготвят за MMA Cage Battle

Lewiston, Maine (Януари 10, 2018) – Израснал в същата синьо-яка общност и напредък през едни и същи, едноетажна спортна програма, не означава непременно да направи двама мъже добрите приятели.

 

 

 

Бивши съотборници Mountain Valley High School, и бъдещето на Нова Англия Битки смесени бойни изкуства опоненти, Райън Бърджис и Нейт Баучър са доказателство на старата максима, “познаване породи презрение.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, и Баучер, 21, ще се бият в Flyweight мач любител на "НЕФ 32: Супер Събота"Върху Събота, Февруари 3. Борбата в Androscoggin Bank Colisee ще определи номер едно претендент в разделението на 125-килограмова, и спечелете победителя заглавие прострелян срещу шампион Джъстин Уитам.

 

 

 

Тя ще да е почти една година, тъй като Burgess, трикратен Мейн гимназията шампион по борба и покрай NEF Титуляр, влезе в клетката. Той призова NEF съсобственик и сватовник Мат Питърсън и иска по-специално борбата Баучер.

 

 

 

Защо? От една страна, това е бизнес решение, след като близо Буше, загуба разделен решение за Уитам в заглавие мач ноември.

 

 

 

"Аз съм бил в продължение на една година. Надявах се да скочи обратно в борбата заглавие,"Бърджис обяснено. "След битка на Нейт с Уитам, Знаех, че той би искал непосредствена реванша. След като стана ясно, че няма да се случи до края на април, Попитах дали можем да направим тази борба през февруари, и Нейт го взе. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) впоследствие стартира една или две социални медии гранати, която се появи за да покаже някакво ниво на враждебност към колегата си Falcon. Много е вероятно по-малко лично от тактическа; Бърджис усети възможност да се възползват от това, което вижда като една от пукнатините в броня на Буше.

 

 

 

"Нейт, Оттогава той е бил дете, има пикня-лошо отношение, когато той губи. Надявам се да го смири малко и се уверете, че той не трябва да се притеснявате за тази борба все в ръцете на съдиите,", Каза Burgess. "Нейт вероятно биха могли да бъдат от два- или-трикратния шампион състояние, ако той самият е дадена възможност да направи това. Ако той все още има същото отношение той имаше тогава, че ще свърши по същия начин. "

 

 

 

Бърджис е една от само четири трикратните шампиони в историята на държавни MVHS. По стечение на обстоятелствата, брат на Буше, Итън, Също така извършва подвиг.

 

 

 

Буше, който вече е изваден четирикратен шампион Мейн гимназията мат, и два пъти финалист Нова Англия, Еремия Barkac на Декстър по време на престоя си в шестоъгълник NEF, изглежда и звучи като различен характер от този, който се бореше от тепиха като тийнейджър.

 

 

 

След като спечели първите си два двубоя с лекота, Буше (2-1) не беше единственият, в сградата, който смяташе, че е направил достатъчно, за да печелят на колана в Портланд.

 

 

 

"Мислех, че контролира първите два кръга от борбата. И трите, наистина. Първите две съм почти трябваше (Уитам) задавено,", Каза Баучър. "Това в крайна сметка е поучителен опит за мен, че не може да напусне борбата за съдиите. Най-хубавото на аматьорски редиците е, докато разбира се, че ми пука за запис, В края на деня, това е част от процеса на обучение, за да ви направи по-добър професионалист. "

 

 

 

В отговор на Burgess’ залпа на Facebook, Буше разпитан поведение на бившия шампион, след като печели каишката NEF две битки в кариерата си.

 

 

 

"Аз не съм много за разговори за боклук. Аз просто се наслаждавате на спорта. Харесва ми да се бият и след това просто да се прибера вкъщи. Той го прави малко, за да се изгради своя Аз мисля, че,", Каза Баучър. "Той се отказа от колана, защото той е проблеми при извършването на тегло, което е доста неуважително, според мен. Той е бил за известно време, така че сега съм пред него, и той знае, че трябва да мине през мен. "

 

 

 

Бърджис, каза той използва, че съкращения, за да завършите колежа си образование и развитие на акредитивните си писма като физическо асистент терапевт, което показва, че медицинската професия е по-вероятно да бъде негова дългосрочна кариера от ВМА.

 

 

 

Докато той продължава обучението си график, при Читалище Rumford с берсеркерите ВМА, Бърджис каза, че е по-малко интензивен и структуриран преди загубите си срещу Уитам и Дъстин Veinott. Бърджис-рано победи и двете съперници.

 

 

 

"Физически аз все още трябва да ги бият, но психически не бях като получи, както трябваше да съм. Сега съм много по-фокусирани,", Каза Burgess. "По времето, когато аз бях завършил училище, работа на непълно работно време 20 към 30 часа на седмица и да ходят на училище за най-вероятно друг 40. Загубих две битки, където бях при тегло. Бях наддава, докато другите момчета бяха рязане тегло. Аз ще отида там на границата и те ще постави на 10 към 15 лири между тегленето и борбата. "

 

 

 

Буше разбира се никога не достига своя потенциал като гимназията борец. Той е последван от друг път Burgess, записване в Централна Мейн бразилско жиу-житцу - когато той все още тренира днес - годишна възраст 13.

 

 

 

"Имам някои от най-трудните и най-добри партньори за обучение в държавата,", Каза Баучър. "Моята жиу-житцу извървя дълъг път, почти на мястото, където той е преминал моята борба малко. Разбира се, борба е това, което винаги се връщам, когато имам нужда от него. Моето впечатление прави през нощта и деня. Беше ужасно за първата си битка. "

 

 

 

Той добави, че най-голямото му успех в ММА е дошъл, за сметка на бившите борци.

 

 

 

Бърджис разчита на Буше да подценяваме останалата част от репертоара си. Като човек, който заема по борба в средното училище младши играя за отбор в седми клас, той каза, че неговата история като бърз проучване е пренесена в сферата на джиу-джицу и бокса.

 

 

 

"Мисля, че той ще се изненадате. Той мисли, че знае какво доведе до масата,", Каза Burgess. "Всичко, което знае за мен е моята борба, но имам много повече от това да падне обратно на. Аз вече знам това, което той носи на масата. И той няма да се научи за два месеца това, което съм научил след две години."

 

 

 

камбаната на отваряне на Февруари 3 е определен за 7 p.m. Билетите са на разположение в www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

За New England Битки

 

 

New England Битки ("NEF") е борба събития промоции фирма. Мисията NEF е да създаде най-качествени събития за бойци и фенове на Мейн, така. Изпълнителен екип NEF има богат опит в управлението на бойни спортове, производство събития, Връзки с медиите, маркетинг, правна и реклама.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

Lewiston, Maine (Юни 15, 2016) – Fighting anyone, навсякъде, anytime and under any circumstances has become Mike Hansen’s calling card with New England Fights.

No surprise, след това, that the 30-year-old father of three from Rumford, ME will gladly entertain the idea of a mixed martial arts contest … against an opponent about whom he admittedly knows precious little … on the eve of Father’s Day.

Hansen (4-4) will take on Robert Laroski in a heavyweight clash at “NEF 24: Promised Land” on Събота, Юни 18 at Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston.

There is no fear of the unknown in a man who has carved out his reputation confronting substantially bigger foes since his days as a state champion wrestler at Mountain Valley High School. During his relatively short time in NEF, Hansen has fought as a middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight.

“When I took the fight (at NEF 23 in Massachusetts) against Brendan Battles, people were saying, ‘You’re crazy! He’s going to bust your head!’ I understand why the weight classes exist, and I respect that it’s about safety and all that, but I’ve always felt that a fighter should be ready to fight anybody, без значение какво,” Hansen said. “In high school, I would drink two gallons of water and put lead in my uniform just so I could get to the minimum weight for the unlimited class.”

That’s the attitude of a fighter whose skill and talent level far exceed his current record as a professional.

Hansen’s docket includes a stoppage win over former NEF “Fighter of the Year” Crowsneck Boutin. His record also includes TKO losses to Battles and Cody Anderson and a choke-out at the hands of Zach Elkins.

When he reflects upon his unique life story, Hansen, who fought twice for the World Fighting League as a 20-year-old college student, marvels that he ever got back into the cage at all.

“I started the winter of 2004-05. I started training because I had gone from 187 към 242 pounds in a few months. I was seeing stretch marks,” Hansen recalled. “I was pretty upset with myself for allowing that to happen. I started doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu two nights a week to get in shape. Then I went home for the summer and ended up with my first fight in August. My friends got me the fight without my coaches knowing about it. They told me it was a good thing I won, or they would have kicked my butt.”

Hansen kept a promise to his father to quit the sport after a knockout loss to Alexander Chianurashvili in 2006. He was studying at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, with intentions to enter the medical field.

He was stabbed and attacked with a baseball bat by three men in a case of mistaken identity not long thereafter. “I walked out of the hospital the next day, and all three of them were still in there from the beating I gave them in self-defense,” Hansen said proudly.

That dogged determination served Hansen well in the United States Army, where he studied in the elite Combatives program.

“They ask you ‘Who wins the fight?’ and the answer is, ‘Whoever’s buddy gets there first to help him clean up.’ That’s what Combatives taught me: How to survive that extra 30 към 60 секунди,” Hansen said. “Work ethic is what it taught me. It helped me grow and do things I might have questioned mentally whether or not I could do. Not many people find that extra little motivation. The Army taught me how to find it and utilize it.”

A few years later, Hansen found that inner fire again. Even as he returned to coaching wrestlers in his hometown, his own physical fitness suffered as work and fatherhood took precedence.

Hansen vividly describes sitting in a bean bag chair, eating snack food, watching TV at 2:11 А.М. when his phone rang. He assumed it was a friend in trouble.

“It was (NEF co-owner) Мат Питърсън. Our families grew up maybe 200 yards apart. My high school wrestling coach had called him, unbeknownst to me, to tell him he needed to get me back in the cage,” Hansen said.

Three weeks later и 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

В 15 months that have followed, Hansen has been instrumental in launching Berserkers MMA and building his reputation as both a fighter and an instructor.

Life is blossoming at home, also. Hansen is the father of two girls, възрасти 5 и 2, and a boy of four months. His older daughter, Kaydn, often accompanies Dad to the gym at Greater Rumford Community Center. He returns the favor by chaperoning field trips for her kindergarten class.

“She and her friends will be on the playground practicing boxing stances and stuff,” Hansen said. “Her teacher says it’s adorable. Hopefully she is learning to take care of herself so I don’t have to.”

Kaydn’s parents are making plans to take her to her first live NEF show after she turns 6. За сега, she is content to watch her Dad’s fights on YouTube.

“If we’re watching TV together,” Hansen said, “we have a thing where I get two shows and then she gets two shows. If I put in a fight tape, she’ll say, ‘Daddy, I know this doesn’t count as one of your shows, because this is your work.’”

камбаната на отваряне на Юни 18 е определен за 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 и са на разположение на www.TheColisee.com или като се обадите на боксофис Colisee в 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, моля посетете уеб сайта на промоцията на адрес www.NewEnglandFights.com. В допълнение, можете да гледате видеоклипове в NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, ги последват в Twitternefights и се присъедини към официалната Facebook група "New England битки."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (Април 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) Беше на player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did не want to end up facing from the other side of the pigskin. Standing over six feet tall and weighing 250-pounds, the nightmarish middle linebacker helped to build Mountain Valley (MV) into a modern day football dynasty by punishing ball carriers for four decorated years and leading MV to two state championships in the process. He bench pressed over 400 pounds in the weight room and was hell on wheels on the field making him a powerful two-way double-threat player on both offense and defense. His reputation is legendary in the River Valley area of Western Maine as a feared and respected athlete.

 

After graduating from Mountain Valley in 2007, Glover left football behind to go to work. He married his longtime girlfriend, Lindsey, and had a son. They bought a home together. Throughout the summer and fall seasons, he traveled the agricultural fair circuit in Maine with his pulling horses, a family tradition he had been brought up in from an early age.

 

“My family has been competing in horse pulling since I was a kid,” Glover explained. “It takes up a lot of time and it keeps my dad young. I get up early every morning to exercise my horse teams before I go into work at night. Between my dad, my wife and I, we have 11 draft horses. We bale our own hay for all of them. I love backing them up to the drag and watching them dig.”

 

But despite the fullness of his life, the call of competition still beckoned to him and left him with a sense of longing. “I would have killed to have had that same feeling again,” Glover recalled. “And then I stepped into the cage.”

 

В началото 2015, Matt’s younger brother, Ryan—another Mountain Valley football standout—made his mixed martial arts (MMA) debut at “NEF 16.” Ryan swarmed his opponent in his first fight and stopped him in a blistering 12 секунди. Matt was in attendance that night and found his curiosity piqued at the prospect of competing in a different kind of contact sport.

 

По-късно в 2015, Ryan competed for the inaugural NEF Amateur Heavyweight Championship. He dropped a decision that night to current title holder, Billy “Bigfoot” Leahy (3-1). След победата, the trash talk quickly escalated between Leahy and members of Berserkers MMA, based out of Rumford and led by head coaches Gary Dolloff and Mike Hansen (3-3). “When Billy Leahy called out all of the guys at Berserkers after he beat my brother, then it was game-on,” recalled Matt.

 

Matt began training closely with members of the Berserkers coaching staff, including Hansen and others, who he credits for his accelerated learning curve in the sport. Допълнително, Matt sparred extensively with brother Ryan, who was preparing for a fight of his own on the same night that Matt was scheduled to make his MMA debut. “My brother and I are not like other brothers,” Matt explained. “We go into the gym and beat the hell out of each other and then ride home in the same truck—that’s just how we have always been. Push, push, push—everything is competition with us. From the first one to get to the next hay bale in the hay field to the first one to get to the supper table—it’s just how we operate.”

 

“Matt’s a real competitive person,” his wife, Lindsey, потвърди. “Everything is a competition with him. I knew that cagefighting would feed that competitive hunger that he feels all the time when he’s not pulling his horses.”

 

Matt officially made his MMA debut back in February at “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS” against durable veteran Gravin Guillen (2-5). Matt exceeded debut expectations by finishing Guillen in just 1:30 of the first round by technical knockout (СЗО). When the ref cleared the scene, Guillen’s face showed the effects of Glover’s record-breaking exploits in the weight room. Glover’s Rumford fans that were in attendance in heavy numbers that night, voiced their approval in thunderous applause. "Първо, I had butterflies,” Glover remembered, “but once I heard all the people cheering, all it did was pump me up. I was ready to fight. Печелят или губят, I knew they had my back and more.”

 

This weekend, Glover is poised to make his second appearance in the NEF cage when he takes on 6’6” Ras Hylton (1-0) from rival gym, First Class MMA. Hylton made his debut on the same night as Glover and, like his challenger this weekend, made quick work of his opponent by earning a TKO victory at 1:21 на първия кръг.

 

Berserkers MMA Founder and Head Coach, Mike Hansen, predicts a dominant night for Glover. “Matt happens to be much stronger than he even appears, which is incredible if you have ever seen him,” Hansen stated. “A guy of his size normally struggles with agility, but Matt doesn’t. He is a super athlete and easy to coach. Matt improves daily and will be a juggernaut in the heavyweight amateur division.

 

“Ras is used to being the bigger guy in all of his fights. That will not be the case on Saturday night. Matt will put his hands on Hylton in a way he’s never been touched before. I don’t see Ras walking away from this fight with his hand held high. He should consider it a win if he can walk away at all when Matt’s done with him.”

 

Going into Събота нощ, Glover feels well prepared to continue building on his success in the sport of MMA that he started to create back in February. If his athletic history is any indicator, he should be confident in the future. „Готов съм за тази битка,” Glover stated. “In this fight, I’m more relaxed because my brother’s not fighting and I can just focus on my fight… After that first win, I knew I was hooked because there’s no better feeling.”

 

“When people first started speaking to Matt about competing in MMA, I was completely against it 110%,” Lindsey stated. “But after watching him train so hard with the guys in the gym and seeing that he has the same passion for that as he does for his horse pulling, I felt more at ease and decided that if this was something he wanted to pursue, I would support him in any way that I possibly could.

 

“The Glover brothers fighting in MMA is a big thing for Rumford,” Lindsey stated in closing. “Every time it’s getting close to fight night, this town comes alive. No matter where he goes within the sport, this town and his family support him.”

 

следващо събитие New England Битки ", "NEF 22: Всички пътища водят ТУК,” takes place this Събота, Април 23, 2016 най Androscoggin Bank Colisée в Lewiston на, Maine. Билетите за „NEF 22“ започват от само $25 и са в продажба сега в www.TheColisee.com или като се обадите на бокс офиса Colisée в 207.783.2009 х 525. За повече информация за актуализациите на събитието и да се борят с карти, моля посетете уеб сайта на промоцията на адрес www.NewEnglandFights.com. В допълнение, можете да гледате видеоклипове в NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, ги последват в Twitternefights и се присъедини към официалната Facebook група "New England битки."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 IN LEWISTON

Lewiston, Maine (Март 17, 2016) - New England Битки (NEF), Номер едно регионално промоция борбата на Америка, ще проведе следващото си събитие, “NEF 22: Всички пътища водят ТУК” на Събота, Април 23, 2016 най Androscoggin Bank Colisée в Lewiston на, Maine. Бойната карта ще включва комбинация от смесени бойни изкуства (MMA) и професионални боксови мачове. По-рано днес, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” борбата карта. Микрофон “Мустаците” Hansen (3-3) подписа на лицето Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) в бой тегло от 205 паунда.

 

Mike Hansen is the founding member of Berserkers MMA based out of Rumford, Maine. He is an alumni of Mountain Valley High School (MVHS) where he won a state championship wrestling as a heavyweight in 2004. Hansen made his MMA debut shortly after graduating from high school, only to step away from the sport for a decade in order to serve his country as a combat engineer in the United States Army. He returned to the MMA cage in 2015 as a member of the NEF roster. After restarting his career with a record of 2-1, Hansen dropped his first bout of 2016 to Zach Elkins (1-1) миналия месец. He will look to rebound from that loss on Април 23.

 

I’m looking forward to getting back in the cage fast coming off this loss,” said Hansen. “I wasn’t mentally in that fight, so this time around with Baughman, I’m going to be mentally focused. Jesse is a big guy and a tough fighterand he seems like a guy I could get along with. Така, when we are done smashing each other up, hopefully we can get a drink.

 

Like Hansen, Baughman is a United States military veteran, where he served in a recon unit of the special forces and earned a level-three certification in Army combatives. He is currently a member of Team Link based out of Hooksett, New Hampshire. As an amateur MMA fighter, Baughman put together a perfect record of 5-0 and was the number-one ranked light-heavyweight in the northeast region prior to turning professional. Baughman made his pro debut last November atNEF 20against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“На 23 април, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Саид Baughman. “My fans from New Hampshire want to see a warand best believe they will! Mike Hansen is a worthy opponent. He knows going in, this will be a bloody battle till the end. I have the best guys around preparing me for this matchup. Big thanks to Taylor Trahan, Кевин Хейли, Brett Trahan and Rob Belliveau.

 

следващо събитие New England Битки ", "NEF 22: Всички пътища водят ТУК,"Протича Събота, Април 23, 2016 най Androscoggin Bank Colisée в Lewiston на, Maine. Билетите за „NEF 22“ започват от само $25 и са в продажба сега в www.TheColisee.com или като се обадите на бокс офиса Colisée в 207.783.2009 х 525. За повече информация за актуализациите на събитието и да се борят с карти, моля посетете уеб сайта на промоцията на адрес www.NewEnglandFights.com. В допълнение, можете да гледате видеоклипове в NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, ги последват в Twitternefights и се присъедини към официалната Facebook група "New England битки."