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Napetosti Running Visoka kot Nekdanji Falcons sotekmovalce Pripravite MMA Cage bitki

Lewiston, Maine (Januar 10, 2018) – Odraščanje v istem modro-ovratnikom skupnosti in napreduje skozi isto, kadjo športni program ne pomeni nujno, da dva človeka najboljše prijatelje.

 

 

 

Nekdanji Mountain Valley High School sotekmovalce, in prihodnost New England bori mešanih borilnih veščin nasprotnike, Ryan Burgess in Nate Boucher so dokazi starega maxim, “poznavanje pasme prezir.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, in Boucher, 21, se bodo zavzemali v Optimizacija učinkovitosti borbi amaterski na "NEF 32: Super Sobota"Na Sobota, Februar 3. Boj na ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée bo določil število en kandidat v delitev 125 funtov, in si prislužite zmagovalca naziv strel proti prvakom Justin Witham.

 

 

 

To se bo že skoraj leto dni, odkar Burgess, tri-čas Maine srednji šoli wrestling prvak in mimo NEF Šampion, stopil v kletko. Zavzel NEF solastnik in posrednika Matt Peterson in izrecno zahteval, Boucher boj.

 

 

 

Zakaj? Na eni roki, je bila poslovna odločitev po koncu Boucher je, Izguba split-odločitev za Witham v novembru naslov bout.

 

 

 

"Bil sem ven za eno leto. Upal sem, da skoči nazaj v naslovni boj,"Burgess je pojasnil. "Po boju Nate je s Witham, Vedel sem, da bi rad takojšnjo revanš. Ko je postalo jasno, da je ne bo zgodilo do aprila, Sem vprašal, če lahko to storimo boj v februarju, in Nate ga vzel. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) nato sprožila eno ali dve socialnih medijev granate, ki so bili videti kažejo na določeno stopnjo sovražnosti proti njegovi kolegi Falcon. Verjetno je manj osebna kot taktična; Burgess začutil priložnost, da izkoristijo, kar vidi kot enega izmed Kitajci v oklepu Boucher je.

 

 

 

"Nate, odkar je bil otrok, ima scat-slabo držo, ko je padel. Upam, da mu ponižni malo in se prepričajte, da ne bo treba skrbeti o tem boju dobili v rokah sodnikov,"Je dejal Burgess. "Nate verjetno bi bila dva- ali trikratni državni prvak, če bi bil sam dal priložnost, da da. Če ima še vedno enak odnos je imel takrat, da se bo na koncu na enak način. "

 

 

 

Burgess je ena od le štirih državnih prvakov, tri delovnim časom v MVHS zgodovini. Po naključju, Boucher brat, Ethan, doseči tudi feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, ki se je že od štiri času Maine visoka šola mat prvak, in dvakratni New England finalist, Jeremiah Barkac Dexter času svojega časa v NEF šesterokotnika, izgleda in zveni kot druge vrste, kot tisti, ki boril od mat kot najstnik.

 

 

 

Po zmagi svoj prvi dve borbi z lahkoto, Boucher (2-1) ni bil edini v stavbi, ki čutil, da je naredil dovolj, da bi zaslužil pas v Portland.

 

 

 

"Mislil sem, da je imela prva dva kroga boja. vse tri, res. Prvi dve sem precej imel (Witham) davila ven,"Je dejal Boucher. "To končal pa učenje izkušnja zame, da ne more zapustiti boj sodnikom. Velika stvar o ljubiteljskih vrstah je, pa seveda mi je mar moj zapis, Na koncu dneva je del učnega procesa, da se boste bolje strokovno. "

 

 

 

V odgovor na Burgess’ volleys na Facebooku, Boucher dvom ravnanje nekdanjega prvaka po zmagi NEF trak dve borbi v svoji karieri.

 

 

 

"Nisem toliko za smeti pogovor. Pravkar sem uživati ​​v športu. Všeč mi je, da boj in potem pojdi domov. On ji pa malo zgraditi svoj ego mislim,"Je dejal Boucher. "On je padel jermen, ker je bil ob težave, ki težo, kar je zelo nespoštljivo, po mojem mnenju. Bil je za nekaj časa, tako da zdaj sem pred njim, in on ve, da mora iti skozi mene. "

 

 

 

Burgess je dejal, da uporablja to layoff za dokončanje svojega strokovnega izobraževanja in razvijajo svoje poverilnice kot terapevt pomočnik fizično, kaže, da je medicinska stroka bolj verjetno, da bo njegov dolgoročni kariero kot MMA.

 

 

 

Medtem ko se je nadaljeval svoj urnik usposabljanja na Rumford skupnosti Center s Berserkers MMA, Burgess je dejal, da je bilo manj intenzivno in strukturirano pred njegovimi izgubami proti Witham in Dustin Veinott. Burgess že premagali oba tekmeca.

 

 

 

"Fizično sem še vedno bi morali jih pretepli, ampak psihično nisem bil tako pripravljen, kot bi moral sem bil. Zdaj sem bolj osredotočena,"Je dejal Burgess. "V času, ko sem bil končani šoli, delo s krajšim delovnim časom 20 da 30 ur na teden in gre v šolo verjetno drugo 40. Izgubil sem dve borbi, kjer sem bil pod težo. Sem bil pridobivanje teže, medtem ko so ostali fantje so se rezanje teže. Jaz bi šel tja na meji in bi dal na 10 da 15 funtov med tehtanje in boja. "

 

 

 

Boucher sicer ni nikoli dosegla svojega potenciala kot visoke šole rokoborec v. On je v drugačni smeri kot Burgess, vpisom v centralni Maine brazilski Jiu-Jitsu - kjer je še vedno izobražuje danes - v starosti 13.

 

 

 

"Imam nekaj najtežjih in najbolj partnerji usposabljanja v državi,"Je dejal Boucher. "Moja jiu-jitsu je prišel dolgo pot, Skoraj je točka, kjer je opravil moj rokoborbo malo. Seveda, wrestling je tisto, kar sem vedno iti nazaj, ko sem jo potrebujejo. Moj presenetljivo je ponoči in dan. Bilo je grozno za moj prvi boj. "

 

 

 

Dodal je, da je njegov največji uspeh v MMA na račun nekdanjih rokoborcev.

 

 

 

Burgess je Računam na Boucher podcenjevati preostanek svojega repertoarja. Kot nekdo, ki je pripravljen rokoborbo na srednji šoli junior Universitet ekipa v sedmem razredu, je dejal, da je njegova zgodovina, kakor hitro študije, ki se prenesejo v sfero jiu-jitsu in boks.

 

 

 

"Mislim, da bo presenečen. On misli, da ve, kaj sem prinesla na mizo,"Je dejal Burgess. "Vse ve o meni, je moj rokoborba, ampak imam veliko več kot to, da pade nazaj na. Jaz že vem, kaj prinaša na mizo. In on ne bo, da se naučijo v dveh mesecih kar sem se naučil v dveh letih

 

 

 

Odprtje zvonec na Februar 3 je določen za 7 p.m. Vstopnice so na voljo na www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

O New England Fights

 

 

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MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, potem, 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: Obljubljena dežela «dne Sobota, Junij 18 pri banki Androscoggin Bank Colisee v Lewistonu.

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 da 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 da 60 sekund,” 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 in 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

V 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, starosti 5 in 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. Za zdaj, 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.’”

Odprtje zvonec na Junij 18 je določen za 7 p.m. Vstopnice za “NEF 24: Obljubljena dežela «začetek ob $25 in so na voljo na www.TheColisee.com ali s klicem blagajni Colisée na 207.783.2009, podaljšanje 525.

Za več informacij o dogodkih in posodobitvah borbenih kart, obiščite spletno stran promocijo na naslovu www.NewEnglandFights.com. Poleg tega, si lahko ogledate video posnetke na NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jim sledite na Twitterjunefights in se pridružite na uradni Facebook skupina "New England bojev."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

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

 

V začetku leta 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 sekund. 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). Po zmagi, 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. Poleg tega, 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. Zmaga ali poraz, 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 prvega kroga.

 

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 Sobota noč, 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.”

 

Naslednji dogodek New England bori ", "NEF 22: Vse poti vodijo TUKAJ,” takes place this Sobota, April 23, 2016 na ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 in so v prodaji zdaj www.TheColisee.com ali s klicem blagajni Colisée na 207.783.2009 x 525. Za več informacij o posodobitvah dogodkov in boj kartic, obiščite spletno stran promocijo na naslovu www.NewEnglandFights.com. Poleg tega, si lahko ogledate video posnetke na NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jim sledite na Twitterjunefights in se pridružite na uradni Facebook skupina "New England bojev."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 V LEWISTON

Lewiston, Maine (Marec 17, 2016) - New England Fights (NEF), Ameriški številka ena regionalna promocija boj, bo imela svoj naslednji dogodek, “NEF 22: Vse poti vodijo TUKAJ” na Sobota, April 23, 2016 na ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) in strokovnih boks napadi. Že danes, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” Boj kartice. Mike “Brki” Hansen (3-3) je podpisala za obraz Jesse “The Barbarian” Baughman (0-1) pri teži, boj za 205-funtov.

 

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) Prejšnji mesec. 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. Torej, 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).

 

“On 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.

 

Naslednji dogodek New England bori ", "NEF 22: Vse poti vodijo TUKAJ,"Poteka Sobota, April 23, 2016 na ANDROSCOGGIN Bank Colisée v Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 in so v prodaji zdaj www.TheColisee.com ali s klicem blagajni Colisée na 207.783.2009 x 525. Za več informacij o posodobitvah dogodkov in boj kartic, obiščite spletno stran promocijo na naslovu www.NewEnglandFights.com. Poleg tega, si lahko ogledate video posnetke na NEF www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, jim sledite na Twitterjunefights in se pridružite na uradni Facebook skupina "New England bojev."