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Tensiunile pe măsură ce se Foști Falcons colegii de echipă Pregătirea pentru MMA Cage Battle

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Lewiston, Maine (Ianuarie 10, 2018) – Crescând în aceeași comunitate albastru-guler și avansarea prin același, program sportiv la parter nu face neapărat doi oameni mai buni prieteni.

 

 

 

Foștii coechipieri Munte Valley High School, și viitorul New England lupte mixte adversarii de arte marțiale, Ryan Burgess și Nate Boucher sunt dovada vechea maximă, “familiaritate rase dispreț.”

 

 

 

Cetățean, 24, și Boucher, 21, va lupta într-un meci de amatori la muscă „NEF 32: Super Sâmbătă"Pe Sâmbătă, Februarie 3. Lupta de la Androscoggin Bank Colisee va determina numărul unu pretendent în divizia de 125 de lire, și să câștige câștigătorul un titlu de campion împușcat împotriva Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Acesta va fi fost aproape un an de la Burgess, trei ori campion Maine lupte de liceu și titular NEF rămas singur, a intrat în cușcă. El a numit NEF co-proprietar și pețitor Matt Peterson și a solicitat în mod specific lupta Boucher.

 

 

 

De ce? Pe de o parte, a fost o decizie de afaceri după aproape Boucher, pierderea split-decizie la Witham într-un titlu meci noiembrie.

 

 

 

„Am fost pentru un an. Am fost în speranța de a sări înapoi într-o luptă din titlu,“Burgess a explicat. „După lupta lui Nate cu Witham, Am știut că ar vrea revansa imediat. Odată ce a devenit evident că nu se va întâmpla până în aprilie, Am întrebat dacă am putea face această luptă în luna februarie, Nate și luat-o.“

 

 

 

Cetățean (2-2) a lansat, ulterior, una sau două grenade mass-media sociale care au apărut pentru a indica un anumit nivel de animozitate față de semenii lui Falcon. Este probabil mai puțin personal decât tactice; Burgess a simțit o oportunitate de a exploata ceea ce el vede ca fiind una dintre crăpături în armura lui Boucher.

 

 

 

„Nate, încă de când el a fost un copil, are o atitudine pișat săraci atunci când el pierde. Sper să-l umilească un pic și asigurați-vă că nu trebuie să vă faceți griji cu privire la această luptă obținerea în mâinile judecătorilor,“A spus Burgess. „Nate, probabil, ar fi fost de două- sau de trei ori campion de stat în cazul în care el însuși a oferit posibilitatea de a face acest lucru. Dacă el are în continuare aceeași atitudine a avut atunci, se va termina în același mod.“

 

 

 

Burgess este una din doar patru trei ori campioni de stat din istoria MVHS. Coincidenta, Fratele lui Boucher, Ethan, realizat, de asemenea, feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, care și-a luat deja de patru ori mat Maine de liceu campion, si de doua ori finalist New England, Jeremiah Barkac lui Dexter în timpul său în hexagon NEF, arată și sună ca un caracter diferit decât cel care a luptat departe de saltea ca un adolescent.

 

 

 

După ce a câștigat primele două lupte cu ușurință, Boucher (2-1) nu a fost singurul din clădire care a simțit că a făcut suficient pentru a câștiga centura în Portland.

 

 

 

„Am crezut că am controlat primele două runde ale luptei. Toate trei, într-adevăr. Primele două am avut destul de mult (Witham) sufocat,“, A declarat Boucher. „Acesta a ajuns să fie o experiență de învățare pentru mine, că nu poate părăsi lupta judecătorilor. Cea mai mare lucru despre rândurile amatori este, în timp ce, desigur, îmi pasă de recordul meu, la sfârșitul zilei este parte a procesului de învățare pentru a te face un profesionist mai bun.“

 

 

 

Ca răspuns la Burgess’ salve pe Facebook, Boucher a pus la îndoială comportamentul fostului campion după ce a câștigat cureaua NEF două lupte în cariera sa.

 

 

 

„Nu sunt de mult pentru gunoi vorbesc. Îmi place doar sportul. Îmi place să lupte și apoi doar du-te acasă. El o face un pic pentru a construi ego-ul lui cred,“, A declarat Boucher. „El a renuntat la centura, deoarece el avea probleme de luare în greutate, care este destul de lipsit de respect, în opinia mea. El a fost pentru o vreme, așa că acum sunt în fața lui, și el știe că trebuie să treacă prin mine „.

 

 

 

Burgess a spus că el a folosit pentru a finaliza educația de disponibilizare colegiu și de a dezvolta scrisorile de acreditare ca asistent terapeut fizic, indicând faptul că profesia de medic este mai probabil să fie cariera pe termen lung decât MMA.

 

 

 

În timp ce el a continuat programul său de formare la Rumford Centrul comunitar cu Berserkers MMA, Burgess a spus că a fost mai puțin intense și structurate înainte de pierderile sale împotriva Witham și Dustin Veinott. Burgess a învins anterior ambii rivali.

 

 

 

„Fizic încă ar fi trebuit să-i bătut, dar mental nu am fost la fel de preparat așa cum aș fi fost. Acum sunt mult mai concentrat,“A spus Burgess. „La data am fost terminarea școlii, de lucru part-time 20 pentru 30 de ore pe săptămână și merge la școală pentru, probabil, un alt 40. Am pierdut două lupte în cazul în care am fost sub greutatea. Am fost crescut în greutate, în timp ce ceilalți au fost de a reduce greutatea. M-aș duce acolo la limita și le-ar pune pe 10 pentru 15 lire între cântarul și lupta.“

 

 

 

Boucher, desigur, niciodată nu a atins potențialul său ca un wrestler de liceu. El a urmat o altă cale decât Burgess, înscrierea la Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - în cazul în care el încă trenuri de azi - la vârsta 13.

 

 

 

„Am unele dintre cele mai dure și mai buni parteneri de antrenament în stat,“, A declarat Boucher. „My jiu-jitsu a parcurs un drum lung, aproape la punctul în care a trecut mi se luptă un pic. Desigur, wrestling este ceea ce mă duc întotdeauna la atunci când am nevoie de ea. izbitoare mea este noapte și zi. A fost groaznic pentru prima mea luptă.“

 

 

 

El a adăugat că cel mai mare succes lui în MMA a venit în detrimentul foștilor luptători.

 

 

 

Burgess se bazează pe Boucher să subestimeze restul repertoriul său. Ca cineva care a preluat lupte pe scoala medie echipa de juniori varsity în clasa a șaptea, el a spus că istoria sa ca un studiu rapid a transportat peste in taramul de jiu-jitsu și box.

 

 

 

„Cred că va fi surprins. El crede că știe ce aduce la masa,“A spus Burgess. „Tot ce știe despre mine este wrestling mea, dar am mult mai mult decât atât să cadă din nou pe. Știu deja ce el aduce la masa. Și nu o să învețe în două luni ce am învățat in doi ani."

 

 

 

Clopotul deschidere Februarie 3 este setat pentru 7 p.m. Biletele sunt disponibile la www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

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Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, apoi, 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 Sâmbătă, Iunie 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 pentru 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 pentru 60 secunde,” 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 și 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

In 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, vârstele 5 și 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. Pentru acum, 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.’”

Clopotul deschidere Iunie 18 este setat pentru 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 și sunt disponibile la www.TheColisee.com sau sunând la box-office Colisee la 207.783.2009, extensie 525.

Pentru mai multe informații despre evenimente și actualizări ale cărților de luptă, va rugam sa vizitati site-ul de promovare, la www.NewEnglandFights.com. În plus, puteți viziona clipuri video NEF la www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, urmați-le penefights Twitter și se alăture grupului de Facebook oficial "New England Lupte".

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MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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Lewiston, Maine (Aprilie 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) a fost the player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did nu 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.”

 

La începutul anului 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 secunde. 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). După victorie, 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. În plus,, 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 (OMS). 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. Câștiga sau pierde, 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, Clasa întâi 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 din primul tur de scrutin.

 

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 Sâmbătă noapte, 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.”

 

evenimentul următor Luptele New England ', "NEF 22: Toate drumurile duc AICI,” takes place this Sâmbătă, Aprilie 23, 2016 la Colisée Androscoggin Bank din Lewiston, Maine. Biletele pentru „NEF 22” încep de la doar $25 și sunt în vânzare acum la www.TheColisee.com sau sunând la box-office Colisée la 207.783.2009 x 525. Pentru mai multe informații cu privire la eveniment și de luptă actualizările de carduri, va rugam sa vizitati site-ul de promovare, la www.NewEnglandFights.com. În plus, puteți viziona clipuri video NEF la www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, urmați-le penefights Twitter și se alăture grupului de Facebook oficial "New England Lupte".

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BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 În Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (Martie 17, 2016) - Lupte New England (NEF), Numărul unu de promovare lupta regional Americii, va organiza urmatorul eveniment, “NEF 22: Toate drumurile duc AICI” pe Sâmbătă, Aprilie 23, 2016 la Colisée Androscoggin Bank din Lewiston, Maine. Cartea de luptă va conține un amestec de arte marțiale mixte (MMA) și lupte profesionale de box. Mai devreme astăzi, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” carte de lupta. Mike “Mustața” Hansen (3-3) a semnat la față Jesse “Barbarul” Baughman (0-1) la o greutate de 205 luptă-de lire sterline.

 

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) în ultima lună. He will look to rebound from that loss on Aprilie 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. Așa, 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 at “NEF 20” against Matt Andrikut (2-0).

 

“Pe 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 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.”

 

evenimentul următor Luptele New England ', "NEF 22: Toate drumurile duc AICI," are loc Sâmbătă, Aprilie 23, 2016 la Colisée Androscoggin Bank din Lewiston, Maine. Biletele pentru „NEF 22” încep de la doar $25 și sunt în vânzare acum la www.TheColisee.com sau sunând la box-office Colisée la 207.783.2009 x 525. Pentru mai multe informații cu privire la eveniment și de luptă actualizările de carduri, va rugam sa vizitati site-ul de promovare, la www.NewEnglandFights.com. În plus, puteți viziona clipuri video NEF la www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, urmați-le penefights Twitter și se alăture grupului de Facebook oficial "New England Lupte".