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As tensións ao rubro como o ex Falcons Teammates Prepare-se a MMA gaiola Batalla

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Lewiston, Maine (Xaneiro 10, 2018) – Crecer na mesma comunidade de colo azul e avanzando a través da mesma, programa de deportes contado non necesariamente sexa dous homes mellores amigos.

 

 

 

Antigos compañeiros de equipo Montaña Valley High School, e futuro New England Loitas mixtos adversarios artes marciais, Ryan Burgess e Nate Boucher son a proba da vella máxima, “familiaridade xera desprezo.”

 

 

 

Cidadán, 24, e Boucher, 21, loitará nun ataque flyweight afeccionado en "NEF 32: Super Sábado"Sobre Sábado, Febreiro 3. A loita polo Androscoggin Banco Colisee ha determinar o candidato número un na división de 125 libras, e gañar o gañador dunha disputa de título contra o campión Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Foi case un ano desde Burgess, un tres veces campión Maine ensino medio wrestling e titular NEF pasado, entrou na gaiola. Chamou co-propietario e matchmaker NEF Matt Peterson e especificamente solicitado a loita Boucher.

 

 

 

Por? Por unha banda, foi unha decisión de negocio tras o peche de Boucher, perda decisión dividida para Witham nun ataque de título en novembro.

 

 

 

"Eu estiven fóra por un ano. Eu estaba esperando para saltar de volta a unha loita polo título,"Burgess explicou. "Tras a loita de Nate con Witham, Eu sabía que ía querer o desquite inmediata. Xa que se fixo evidente que non ía acontecer ata abril, Eu preguntei se poderiamos facer esa loita en febreiro, e Nate colleu. "

 

 

 

Cidadán (2-2) posteriormente lanzou unha ou dúas granadas de comunicación social que parecían indicar algún nivel de animosidade contra o seu compañeiro Falcon. É probable menos persoal do que táctico; Burgess sentiu unha oportunidade de explorar o que el ve como unha das fendas na armadura de Boucher.

 

 

 

"Nate, dende que era neno, ten unha actitude mijo-pobre cando perde. Espero humillalo lo un pouco e que seguro que non se preocupe con esta loita quedando en mans dos xuíces,"Burgess dixo. "Nate probablemente podería ser un dous- ou tres veces campión do estado se el mesmo deu a oportunidade de facelo. Se aínda ten a mesma actitude que tivo naquela época, vai acabar da mesma maneira. "

 

 

 

Burgess é un dos únicos catro campións estatais de tres vez na historia MVHS. Coincidentemente, O irmán de Boucher, Ethan, Tamén realizou o feito.

 

 

 

Boucher, que xa tirado catro veces campión mat Maine ensino medio, e dúas veces New England finalista, Xeremías Barkac de Dexter durante o seu tempo no hexágono NEF, parece e soa como un personaxe diferente do que o que loitou lonxe da alfombra como un adolescente.

 

 

 

Tras gañar as súas dúas primeiras loitas con facilidade, Boucher (2-1) Non era o único no edificio que sentiu que fixera o suficiente para gañar o cinto en Portland.

 

 

 

"Eu penso que eu controlaba os dous primeiros rounds da loita. os tres, realmente. Os dous primeiros eu practicamente tiven (Witham) sufocou,"Boucher dixo. "Acabou sendo unha experiencia de aprendizaxe para min que non pode deixar a loita para os xuíces. A gran cousa sobre as fileiras de afeccionados e, mentres está claro que eu me importa o meu record, ao final do día é parte do proceso de aprendizaxe para facelo un profesional mellor. "

 

 

 

En resposta a Burgess’ volleys en Facebook, Boucher cuestionou o comportamento do ex-campión tras vencer a correa NEF dúas loitas na súa carreira.

 

 

 

"Eu non son moito para a conversa do lixo. Só gozar do deporte. Eu gusto de loitar e, a continuación, ir a casa. El fai iso un pouco para construír o seu ego creo,"Boucher dixo. "El deixou caer o cinto porque estaba a ter problemas para facer peso, o que é moi irrespetuoso, Na miña opinión. Estaba fóra por un tempo, Entón agora eu estou á fronte del, e el sabe que ten que pasar por min ".

 

 

 

Burgess dixo usou esa dispensa para completar a súa educación universitaria e desenvolver as súas credenciais como un asistente de fisioterapeuta, indicando que a profesión médica é máis probable que sexa a súa carreira a longo prazo do que o MMA.

 

 

 

Mentres el continuou a súa programación de formación en Rumford Centro Comunitario con Berserkers MMA, Burgess dixo que era menos intensa e estruturada antes das súas perdas contra Witham e Dustin Veinott. Burgess derrotado anteriormente ambos os rivais.

 

 

 

"Fisicamente eu debería vencer, pero mentalmente non estaba tan preparada como eu debería ser. Agora estou máis centrado,"Burgess dixo. "Na época, eu estaba rematando a escola, Traballo a tempo parcial 20 para 30 horas por semana e ir á escola para, probablemente, outra 40. Perdín dúas loitas onde estaba baixo o peso. Eu estaba gañando peso, mentres que os outros caras estaban cortando peso. Eu ía alí no límite e que ía poñer en 10 para 15 libras entre a pesaxe e loita ".

 

 

 

Boucher reconhecidamente nunca alcanzou o seu potencial como un loitador do ensino medio. El seguiu un camiño distinto do que Burgess, matricularse no Centro Maine Galician Jiu-Jitsu - onde aínda adestra hoxe - na idade 13.

 

 

 

"Eu teño algúns dos socios máis difíciles e mellores formación no Estado,"Boucher dixo. "O meu jiu-jitsu percorrer un longo camiño, case ao punto no que xa pasou o meu wrestling algo. Claro, wrestling é o que eu sempre volver cando precisa del. Meu impresionante é noite e día. Foi terrible para a miña primeira loita ".

 

 

 

Engadiu que o seu maior éxito no MMA veu a costa de ex loitadores.

 

 

 

Burgess está contando con Boucher subestimar o resto do seu repertorio. Como alguén que colleu loitando na escola media equipo da escola Júnior na sétima serie, El dixo que a súa historia como un estudo rápido ten transitado en reino do jiu-jitsu e boxeo.

 

 

 

"Eu creo que vai ser sorprendido. El pensa que sabe o que eu traio á mesa,"Burgess dixo. "Todo o que sabe sobre min é a miña loita libre, pero eu teño unha morea máis que iso para volver a caer. Eu xa sei que el trae para a mesa. E non vai aprender en dous meses o que eu aprendín en dous anos."

 

 

 

A campá de apertura sobre Febreiro 3 defínese por 7 p.m. Os billetes están dispoñibles no www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, logo, 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 Sábado, Xuño 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 para 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 para 60 segundos,” 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 a.m. 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 e 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

No 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, idade 5 e 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. Polo de agora, 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.’”

A campá de apertura sobre Xuño 18 defínese por 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 e están dispoñibles en www.TheColisee.com ou chamando ao taquilla en Colisee 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. Alén, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, seguilos no Twitternefights e xuntarse ao grupo en Facebook oficial "New England Loitas".

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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

 

A principios de 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 segundos. 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). Tras a vitoria, 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. Adicionalmente, 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, confirmed. “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 (QUEN). 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. Gañar ou perder, 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 da primeira quenda.

 

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 Sábado noite, 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.”

 

seguinte evento 'New England Fights, "NEF 22: TODAS AS ESTRADAS conducen AQUÍ,” takes place this Sábado, Abril 23, 2016 no Colisée Androscoggin Bank en Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 e xa están á venda no www.TheColisee.com ou chamando ao taquilla en Colisée 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. Alén, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, seguilos no Twitternefights e xuntarse ao grupo en Facebook oficial "New England Loitas".

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 En Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (Marzo 17, 2016) - Fights Nova Inglaterra (NEF), Número un promoción loita rexional de América, realizará o seu próximo evento, “NEF 22: TODAS AS ESTRADAS conducen AQUÍ” en Sábado, Abril 23, 2016 no Colisée Androscoggin Bank en Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. hoxe cedo, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” tarxeta da loita. Micrófono “O Bigode” Hansen (3-3) asinou a cara Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) cun peso de combate de 205 libras-.

 

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) mes pasado. 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 fighter – and he seems like a guy I could get along with. Así, 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, Nova 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 at “NEF 20” against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“En April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Dixo Baughman. “My fans from New Hampshire want to see a war – and 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.”

 

seguinte evento 'New England Fights, "NEF 22: TODAS AS ESTRADAS conducen AQUÍ," ten lugar Sábado, Abril 23, 2016 no Colisée Androscoggin Bank en Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 e xa están á venda no www.TheColisee.com ou chamando ao taquilla en Colisée 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. Alén, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, seguilos no Twitternefights e xuntarse ao grupo en Facebook oficial "New England Loitas".