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Spenninger kjører høy som tidligere Falcons Lagkameratene Forbered MMA Cage Battle

Lewiston, Maine (Januar 10, 2018) – Vokser opp i den samme blå-krage fellesskap, og som føres gjennom samme, etasjes sportsprogram ikke nødvendigvis gjør to mennene beste venner.

 

 

 

Tidligere Mountain Valley High School lagkamerater, og fremtidig New England Kamper mixed martial arts motstandere, Ryan Burgess og Nate Boucher er bevis på den gamle leveregel, “Kjennskap skaper forakt.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, og Boucher, 21, vil kjempe i en amatør fluevekt bout på “NEF 32: Super Lørdag"På Lørdag, Februar 3. Kampen på Androscoggin Bank Colisee vil avgjøre nummer én konkurrent i den 125 pund divisjon, og tjene vinneren en tittel skutt mot mester Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Det vil ha vært nesten et år siden Burgess, en tre-tiden Maine videregående skole bryting mester og tidligere NEF hjemmelshaver, gikk inn i buret. Han kalte NEF medeier og matchmaker Matt Peterson og spesifikt bedt om Boucher kampen.

 

 

 

Hvorfor? På den ene siden, det var en forretningsavgjørelse etter Boucher nære, split-avgjørelse tap for Witham i en November tittelen bout.

 

 

 

“Jeg har vært ute i et år. Jeg hadde håpet å hoppe rett tilbake inn en tittel kamp,”Burgess forklart. “Etter Nate kamp med Witham, Jeg visste at han ville ha umiddelbar omkamp. Når det ble klart at ikke kom til å skje før i april, Jeg spurte om vi kunne gjøre denne kampen i februar, og Nate tok den.”

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) Deretter lanserte en eller to sosiale medier granater som syntes å indikere en viss grad av fiendtlighet mot hans kamerat Falcon. Det er sannsynligvis mindre personlig enn taktisk; Burgess ante en mulighet til å utnytte det han ser som en av brønner i Boucher rustning.

 

 

 

“Nate, helt siden han var liten gutt, har en piss-dårlig holdning når han taper. Jeg håper å ydmyke ham litt og sørge for at han ikke trenger å bekymre deg for denne kampen får i hendene på dommerne,”Burgess sa. “Nate sannsynligvis kunne ha vært en to- eller-tre-tiden tilstand mester hvis han hadde gitt seg selv muligheten til å gjøre det. Hvis han fortsatt har den samme holdningen han hadde da, det kommer til å ende på samme måte.”

 

 

 

Burgess er en av bare fire tre-time staten vinnere i MVHS historie. Tilfeldigvis, Boucher bror, Ethan, også oppnås prestasjon.

 

 

 

Boucher, som allerede har tatt ut fire ganger Maine high school matte mester, og to-tiden New England finalist, Jeremia Barkac av Dexter i løpet av sin tid i NEF Hexagon, ser og høres ut som en annen karakter enn den som slet bort fra matten som tenåring.

 

 

 

Etter å ha vunnet sine to første kamper med letthet, Boucher (2-1) var ikke den eneste i bygningen som følte han hadde gjort nok til å tjene beltet i Portland.

 

 

 

“Jeg trodde jeg kontrollert de to første rundene av kampen. Alle tre, virkelig. De to første jeg hadde ganske mye (Witham) kvalte ut,”Boucher sa. “Det endte opp med å bli en lærerik opplevelse for meg at du ikke kan forlate kampen til dommerne. Det flotte amatør rekkene er, mens selvfølgelig jeg bryr meg om min rekord, på slutten av dagen er det en del av læringsprosessen for å gjøre deg til en bedre faglig.”

 

 

 

Som svar på Burgess’ volley på Facebook, Boucher avhørt den tidligere mesteren atferd etter å ha vunnet NEF troppen to kamper i sin karriere.

 

 

 

“Jeg er ikke mye for søppel diskusjon. Jeg bare nyte sporten. Jeg liker å slåss, og så bare gå hjem. Han gjør det litt for å bygge sitt ego jeg tror,”Boucher sa. “Han droppet beltet fordi han hadde problemer med å gjøre vekt, som er ganske respektløst, etter min mening. Han var ute for en stund, så nå er jeg foran seg, og han vet han må gå gjennom meg.”

 

 

 

Burgess sa han brukte som Permittering å fullføre sin utdannelse og utvikle sine akkreditiver som fysioterapeut assistent, indikerer at den medisinske profesjon er mer sannsynlig å være hans langsiktig karriere enn MMA.

 

 

 

Mens han fortsatte sin treningsopplegg i Rumford Community Center med Berserkers MMA, Burgess at det var mindre intens og strukturert før sin tap mot Witham og Dustin Veinott. Burgess tidligere beseiret både rivaler.

 

 

 

“Fysisk jeg fortsatt burde ha slått dem, men mentalt jeg var ikke så forberedt som jeg burde ha vært. Nå er jeg mye mer fokusert,”Burgess sa. “På den tiden jeg var ferdig på skolen, jobber deltid 20 til 30 timer i uken og gå på skolen for sannsynligvis en annen 40. Jeg mistet to kamper hvor jeg var under vekten. Jeg var å få vekt mens de andre gutta var kutte vekt. Jeg vil gå der på grensen, og de ville sette på 10 til 15 pounds mellom innveiing og kampen.”

 

 

 

Boucher riktignok aldri nådd sitt potensial som en high school fotballspiller. Han har fulgt en annen vei enn Burgess, melde deg på Central Maine brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu - hvor han fortsatt trener i dag - i en alder av 13.

 

 

 

“Jeg har noen av de tøffeste og beste treningspartnere i staten,”Boucher sa. "Min jiu-jitsu har kommet en lang vei, nesten et punkt der det har gått min bryting litt. Selvfølgelig, wrestling er det jeg alltid gå tilbake til når jeg trenger det. Min slående er natt-og-dag. Det var forferdelig for min første kamp.”

 

 

 

Han la til at hans største suksess i MMA har kommet på bekostning av tidligere brytere.

 

 

 

Burgess regner med Boucher å undervurdere resten av sitt repertoar. Som noen som tok opp bryting på ungdomsskole junior Varsity laget i syvende klasse, Han sa at hans historie som en rask studie har gjennomført over i riket av jiu-jitsu og boksing.

 

 

 

“Jeg tror han kommer til å bli overrasket. Han tror han vet hva jeg bringer til bordet,”Burgess sa. “Alt han vet om meg er min bryting, men jeg har mye mer enn det å falle tilbake på. Jeg vet allerede hva han bringer til bordet. Og han kommer ikke til å lære i to måneder hva jeg har lært om to år."

 

 

 

Åpningen bjelle på Februar 3 er innstilt for 7 pm. Billetter kan kjøpes på www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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New England Fights ("NEF") er en kamp hendelser kampanjer selskap. NEF oppgave er å skape den høyeste kvalitet arrangementer for Maines jagerfly og fans. NEF utøvende team har lang erfaring i kampsport administrasjon, hendelser produksjon, medierelasjoner, markedsføring, juridiske og reklame.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, deretter, 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 Lørdag, Juni 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 til 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 til 60 sekunder,” 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 og 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

I 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, aldre 5 og 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. For nå, 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.’”

Åpningen bjelle på Juni 18 er innstilt for 7 pm. Billetter til «NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 og er tilgjengelig på www.TheColisee.com eller ved å ringe Colisee billettkontoret på 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, vennligst besøk forfremmelse hjemmeside www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tillegg, du kan se NEF-videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og bli den offisielle Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (April 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) var den player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did ikke 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.”

 

Tidlig 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 sekunder. 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). Etter seieren, 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. Dess, 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 (WHO). 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. Vinner eller taper, 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 fra den første runden.

 

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 Lørdag natt, 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.”

 

New England Fights 'neste arrangement, "NEF 22: Alle veier fører HER,” takes place this Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 og er i salg nå på www.TheColisee.com eller ved å ringe Colisée billettkontoret på 207.783.2009 x 525. For mer informasjon om arrangementet og kampen kortoppdateringer, vennligst besøk forfremmelse hjemmeside www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tillegg, du kan se NEF-videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og bli den offisielle Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 I Lewiston

Lewiston, Maine (Mars 17, 2016) - New England Fights (NEF), USAs nummer-én regional kamp forfremmelse, avholder sitt neste arrangement, “NEF 22: Alle veier fører HER” på Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Tidligere i dag, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” fight card. Mike “Den Mustache” Hansen (3-3) har signert til ansikt Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) på en kamp vekt på 205-pounds.

 

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) siste måned. He will look to rebound from that loss on April 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. Så, 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).

 

“På April 23rd, I’m looking forward to getting back in there and putting on a show,” Said 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.

 

New England Fights 'neste arrangement, "NEF 22: Alle veier fører HER," tar plass Lørdag, April 23, 2016 på Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 og er i salg nå på www.TheColisee.com eller ved å ringe Colisée billettkontoret på 207.783.2009 x 525. For mer informasjon om arrangementet og kampen kortoppdateringer, vennligst besøk forfremmelse hjemmeside www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tillegg, du kan se NEF-videoer på www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, følge dem på Twitternefights og bli den offisielle Facebook-gruppen "New England Fights."