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Tensyon pagdagan Hataas ingon kanhi Falcons teammates Pag-andam alang sa MMA sa halwa nga Gubat

Lewiston, Maine (Enero 10, 2018) – Nagtubo sa samang asul nga-kulyar sa komunidad ug sa pagpaasdang sa samang, nailhan nga sports nga programa dili kinahanglan nga sa paghimo sa duha ka tawo nga labing maayo nga mga higala.

 

 

 

Ang kanhi teammates Mountain Valley High School, ug sa umaabot nga Bag-ong England away mixed martial arts mga kaaway, Ryan Burgess ug Nate Boucher mga ebidensiya sa mga daan nga panultihon, “pamilyar liwat pagtamay.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, ug Boucher, 21, ang pagpakig-away sa usa ka amateur flyweight bout sa "NEF 32: Super Sabado"Sa Sabado, Pebrero 3. Ang away sa Androscoggin Bank Colisee ang pagtino sa gidaghanon sa usa ka contender sa 125-pound division, ug maangkon ang mananaog sa usa ka titulo gipusil batok sa champion Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Kini nga hapit sa usa ka tuig sukad sa Burgess, sa usa ka tulo-ka-higayon nga Maine high school wrestling champion ug sa nangagi nga NEF champion, naglakaw ngadto sa halwa. gitawag niya ang NEF co-tag-iya ug matchmaker Mat Peterson ug ilabi mihangyo sa Boucher away.

 

 

 

Nganong? Sa usa ka kamot, kini mao ang usa ka negosyo nga desisyon human ni Boucher suod, split-decision sa Witham sa usa ka Nobyembre title bout.

 

 

 

"Ako na gikan sa usa ka tuig. Ako naglaum nga moambak sa matarung balik ngadto sa usa ka away titulo,"Burgess mipasabut. "Human ni Nate away uban sa Witham, ako nasayud nga siya gusto sa diha-diha nga rematch. Sa higayon nga kini nahimong klaro nga dili mahitabo hangtud sa Abril, nangutana ako kon kita mobuhat niini nga away sa Pebrero, ug Nate gikuha kini. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) sunod nga gilunsad sa usa o duha ka mga social granada media nga nagpakita sa nagpakita sa pipila ka ang-ang sa kayugot ngadto sa iyang mga kauban sa Falcon. Kini mao ang lagmit nga dili kaayo personal kay sa mga taktikal nga; Burgess nakamatikod sa usa ka oportunidad sa pagpahimulos sa unsay makita siya ingon nga usa sa mga chinks ni Boucher hinagiban.

 

 

 

"Nate, sa walay katapusan tungod kay siya mao ang usa ka nating kanding, adunay usa ka tubig-kabus nga kinaiya sa dihang siya mawad-an sa. Manghinaut ko sa pagpaubos sa kaniya sa usa ka gamay ug sa pagsiguro nga siya dili kinahanglan nga mabalaka mahitungod sa niini nga away sa pagkuha sa sa mga kamot sa mga maghuhukom,"Burgess miingon. "Nate tingali mahimo nga usa ka duha ka- o-tulo ka-higayon nga estado champion kon siya gihatag sa iyang kaugalingon sa mga oportunidad sa pagbuhat sa nga. Kon siya pa ang sama nga kinaiya siya balik unya, kini ni-adto sa pagtapos sa samang paagi. "

 

 

 

Burgess mao ang usa sa upat lamang ka tulo-ka-panahon champions estado sa MVHS kasaysayan. Naatol, igsoon nga lalake ni Boucher, Ethan, usab nahimo sa kalampusan.

 

 

 

Boucher, nga na gikuha gikan sa upat ka-time Maine high school mat champion, ug duha ka-panahon sa Bag-ong England finalist, Jeremias Barkac sa Dexter sa panahon sa iyang panahon diha sa NEF heksagon, tan-awon ug paminawon sama sa usa ka lain-laing mga kinaiya kay sa usa nga nakigbisog gikan sa higdaanan nga ingon sa usa ka tin-edyer.

 

 

 

Human sa kadaugan sa iyang unang duha ka mga away uban sa kasayon, Boucher (2-1) dili lamang ang usa sa mga building nga gibati sa iyang gibuhat igo sa pag-angkon sa mga bakus sa Portland.

 

 

 

"Naghunahuna ko nga ako kontrolado sa unang duha ka rounds sa away. Tanan tulo, tinuod nga. Ang unang duha ka ako pretty daghan (Witham) milumos sa,"Boucher miingon. "Kini natapos sa ingon nga usa ka pagkat-on nga kasinatian alang kanako nga kamo dili mobiya sa away sa mga maghuhukom. Ang dakung butang mahitungod sa amateur han-ay mao ang, samtang sa dalan sa pag-atiman ko bahin sa akong talaan, sa katapusan sa adlaw kini nga bahin sa proseso sa pagkat-on sa paghimo sa kanimo nga usa ka mas maayo nga propesyonal nga. "

 

 

 

Sa tubag sa Burgess’ volleys sa Facebook, Boucher nangutana kinaiya sa kanhi champion human sa pagdaug sa NEF higot sa duha ka mga away sa iyang career.

 

 

 

"Ako dili sa daghan nga alang sa basura pakigpulong. Ako lang nga makatagamtam sa mga sport. Ganahan ko sa pagpakig-away, ug unya moadto lang sa balay. Siya nagabuhat kini nga usa ka gamay nga sa pagtukod sa iyang kaugalingon sa akong hunahuna,"Boucher miingon. "Siya nagatulo ang bakus tungod kay siya may kasamok sa paghimo sa gibug-aton, nga mao ang pretty pagtahod, sa akong opinyon. Siya mao ang alang sa usa ka samtang, busa karon ako una kaniya, ug siya nahibalo nga siya adunay sa pag-adto pinaagi kanako. "

 

 

 

Burgess siya miingon gigamit nga pagkatangtang sa trabaho milungtad sa pagkompleto sa iyang edukasyon sa kolehiyo ug pagpalambo sa iyang mga credentials ingon sa usa ka pisikal nga therapist assistant, nga nagpakita nga ang mga medikal nga propesyon mao ang mas lagmit nga sa iyang hataas-nga-termino career kay sa MMA.

 

 

 

Samtang siya nagpadayon sa iyang eskedyul sa pagbansay sa Rumford Community Center uban sa berserkers MMA, Burgess miingon nga kini mao ang dili kaayo grabe ug estraktura sa wala pa sa iyang mga kapildihan batok sa Witham ug Dustin Veinott. Burgess kaniadto napildi sa duha kaatbang.

 

 

 

"Pisikal gihapon ko unta pinikpik nga sila, apan sa hunahuna ako sa dili ingon nga giandam ingon nga ako unta. Karon ako labi pa nga naka-focus,"Burgess miingon. "Sa panahon nga ako mahuman sa eskwelahan, nagtrabaho nga bahin-panahon 20 sa 30 oras sa usa ka semana ug moadto sa eskwelahan alang sa tingali sa laing 40. nawad-an sa akong duha ka mga away diin ako ubos sa gibug-aton. Ako pag-angkon og gibug-aton samtang ang uban nga mga guys nga pagputol sa gibug-aton. ako moadto didto sa utlanan ug ilang gibutang sa ibabaw sa 10 sa 15 libra sa taliwala sa mga weigh-in ug sa pagpakig-away. "

 

 

 

Boucher tinuod wala gayud-abot sa iyang potensyal ingon sa usa ka high school wrestler. Siya misunod sa usa ka lain-laing mga dalan kay sa Burgess, enroll sa Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - diin siya pa gihapon nagbansay karon - sa edad nga 13.

 

 

 

"Ako adunay pipila sa mga lisud ug labing maayo nga kauban nga pagbansay sa estado sa,"Boucher miingon. "Ang akong Jiu-jitsu miabut ang usa ka taas nga nga paagi, hapit sa punto diin kini milabay sa akong nakigbisog sa usa ka gamay nga. Siyempre, wrestling mao ang akong kanunay nga mobalik sa diha nga gikinahanglan ko kini. Ang akong talagsaong mao ang gabii-ug-adlaw nga. Kini mao ang makalilisang nga alang sa akong unang away. "

 

 

 

Dugang pa niya nga ang iyang labing dako nga kalampusan sa MMA miabut sa gasto sa kanhi wrestlers.

 

 

 

Burgess ang pag-ihap sa Boucher nga mibaliwala sa uban sa iyang koleksyon. Ingon sa usa ka tawo nga mikuha sa nakigbisog sa tunga-tunga sa eskwelahan junior varsity team sa ikapito nga grado, siya miingon nga ang iyang kasaysayan nga ingon sa usa ka dali nga pagtuon nga gidala ngadto sa gingharian sa Jiu-jitsu ug boxing.

 

 

 

"Sa akong hunahuna siya ni-adto sa mahimo nga natingala. Siya naghunahuna nga siya nahibalo kon unsa ang dad-on ko ngadto sa lamesa,"Burgess miingon. "Ang tanan nahibalo siya mahitungod kanako mao ang akong wrestling, apan ako adunay usa ka daghan labaw pa kay sa niana nga sa mahulog balik sa. Ako na masayud kon unsa ang iyang nagdala sa lamesa. Ug dili siya ni-adto sa pagkat-on sa duha ka bulan akong nakat-unan sa duha ka tuig."

 

 

 

Ang pag-abli kampana sa Pebrero 3 ang alang sa 7 sa gabii. Ang mga tiket anaa sa www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, unya, 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 Sabado, Hunyo 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, no matter what,” 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 sa 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 sa 60 seconds,” 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 am. when his phone rang. He assumed it was a friend in trouble.

“It was (NEF co-owner) Matt Peterson. 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 ug 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Sa 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, katuigan 5 ug 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. Kay karon, 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.’”

Ang pag-abli kampana sa Hunyo 18 ang alang sa 7 sa gabii. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 ug ang mga anaa sa www.TheColisee.com o pinaagi sa pagtawag sa Colisee box office sa 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, palihug sa pagbisita sa promosyon sa website sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dugang pa, nga imong mahimo sa pagtan-aw NEF videos sa www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mosunod sila sa Twitternefights ug apil sa mga opisyal nga Facebook grupo "New England away."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (Abril 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) mao ang player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did dili 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.”

 

Sa sayong bahin sa 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 seconds. Matt was in attendance that night and found his curiosity piqued at the prospect of competing in a different kind of contact sport.

 

Later in 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). Human sa kadaugan, 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. Dugang pa, 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, gipamatud-an. “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 (KINSA). 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. “At first, 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. Modaog o mawad-an sa, 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 sa unang round.

 

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 Sabado sa gabii, 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. “I’m ready for this fight,” 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.”

 

Bag-ong England away 'sa sunod nga panghitabo, "NEF 22: Tanang Dalan HERE,” takes place this Sabado, Abril 23, 2016 sa Androscoggin Bank Colisée sa Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ug sa sale karon sa www.TheColisee.com o pinaagi sa pagtawag sa mga Colisée box office sa 207.783.2009 x 525. Alang sa dugang nga impormasyon sa panghitabo ug away card updates, palihug sa pagbisita sa promosyon sa website sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dugang pa, nga imong mahimo sa pagtan-aw NEF videos sa www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mosunod sila sa Twitternefights ug apil sa mga opisyal nga Facebook grupo "New England away."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 SA Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Marso 17, 2016) - New England away (Kaha), America ang numero-usa ka regional away promotion, mopahigayon sa iyang mga sunod nga panghitabo, “Kaha 22: Tanang Dalan HERE” sa Sabado, Abril 23, 2016 sa Androscoggin Bank Colisée sa Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Earlier today, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” away card. Mike “Ang mustache” Hansen (3-3) mipirma sa nawong Jesse “Ang luog” Baughman (0-1) sa usa ka away gibug-aton sa 205-libra.

 

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) sa miaging bulan. He will look to rebound from that loss on Abril 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. Busa, 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).

 

“Sa April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Miingon 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, Kevin Haley, Brett Trahan and Rob Belliveau.

 

Bag-ong England away 'sa sunod nga panghitabo, "NEF 22: Tanang Dalan HERE,"Mahitabo Sabado, Abril 23, 2016 sa Androscoggin Bank Colisée sa Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 ug sa sale karon sa www.TheColisee.com o pinaagi sa pagtawag sa mga Colisée box office sa 207.783.2009 x 525. Alang sa dugang nga impormasyon sa panghitabo ug away card updates, palihug sa pagbisita sa promosyon sa website sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dugang pa, nga imong mahimo sa pagtan-aw NEF videos sa www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mosunod sila sa Twitternefights ug apil sa mga opisyal nga Facebook grupo "New England away."