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Mvutano Mbio High kama zamani Falcons wachezaji wenzake Andaa kwa MMA Cage vita

Lewiston, Maine (Januari 10, 2018) – Kupanda juu katika moja ya bluu-collar jamii na kuendeleza kwa njia hiyo hiyo, storied programu ya michezo ya si lazima kufanya watu wawili marafiki wakubwa.

 

 

 

Aliyekuwa wachezaji wenzake Mlima Valley High School, na baadaye New England Mapambano mchanganyiko karate wapinzani, Ryan Burgess na Nate Boucher ni ushahidi wa maxim zamani, “uzoefu breeds dharau.”

 

 

 

Burgess, 24, na Boucher, 21, itakuwa vita katika Amateur flyweight bout katika "NEF 32: Super Jumamosi"Juu ya Jumamosi, Februari 3. mapambano katika Androscoggin Bank Colisee itaonyesha mgombea namba moja katika mgawanyiko 125-pound, na kulipwa mshindi taji risasi dhidi bingwa Justin Witham.

 

 

 

Itakuwa kuwa karibu mwaka tangu Burgess, tatu ya wakati Maine shule ya sekondari mieleka bingwa na yaliyopita NEF titleholder, kutembea katika ngome. Alimwita NEF mmiliki mwenza na MatchMaker Matt Peterson na hasa aliomba Boucher mapambano.

 

 

 

Kwa nini? Kwa upande mmoja, ni uamuzi biashara baada ya karibu aitwaye Boucher, hasara mgawanyiko uamuzi wa Witham Novemba cheo bout.

 

 

 

"Nimekuwa nje kwa mwaka. Mimi nilikuwa na matumaini kuruka haki ya nyuma katika cheo kupambana,"Burgess alieleza. "Baada ya vita Nate pamoja Witham, Mimi nilijua angependa kucheza tena haraka. Kwa mara nyingine ikawa dhahiri kwamba alikuwa si kwenda kutokea hadi Aprili, Niliuliza kama sisi kufanya vita hii katika Februari, na Nate alichukua hivyo. "

 

 

 

Burgess (2-2) hatimaye ilizindua moja au mbili mitandao ya kijamii mabomu ambayo ilionekana zinaonyesha baadhi ya ngazi ya uadui wake Falcon wenzake. Kuna uwezekano kidogo binafsi ya tactical; Burgess nilihisi nafasi ya kutumia kile kinachoonekana kama moja ya chinks katika silaha aitwaye Boucher.

 

 

 

"Nate, tangu alipokuwa mtoto, ina mtazamo piss-maskini wakati hupoteza. Natumaini kujinyenyekeza kwake kidogo na kuhakikisha yeye hana kuwa na wasiwasi kuhusu vita hii ya kupata katika mikono ya majaji,"Burgess alisema. "Nate pengine wangeweza mbili- au tatu wakati hali bingwa kama alikuwa amewapa mwenyewe nafasi ya kufanya hivyo. Kama yeye bado ana mtizamo huo alikuwa wakati huo, ni kwenda mwisho njia hiyo. "

 

 

 

Burgess ni moja ya nne mara tatu wa hali mabingwa pekee katika historia MVHS. Kisadfa, kaka aitwaye Boucher, Ethan, pia kukamilika feat.

 

 

 

Boucher, ambao tayari kuchukuliwa nje mara nne kitanda Maine shule ya sekondari bingwa, na mara mbili wa New England finalist, Jeremiah Barkac ya Dexter wakati muda wake katika NEF hexagon, inaonekana na sauti kama tabia tofauti na yule Jihadi mbali kitanda akiwa kijana.

 

 

 

Baada ya kushinda kwanza vita zake wawili kwa urahisi, Boucher (2-1) mara moja tu katika jengo ambaye aliona alivyofanya kutosha ya kupata ukanda katika Portland.

 

 

 

"Mimi nilifikiri kudhibitiwa raundi miwili ya kwanza ya kupambana. zote tatu, kweli. miwili ya kwanza mimi pretty much alikuwa (Witham) kuzisonga nje,"Boucher alisema. "Ni kuishia kuwa uzoefu kujifunza kwa ajili yangu kwamba huwezi kuondoka mapambano kwa majaji. Jambo kubwa juu ya safu Amateur ni, wakati kwa kweli mimi huduma kuhusu rekodi yangu, mwisho wa siku ni sehemu ya kujifunza kwa kufanya mtaalamu vizuri. "

 

 

 

Katika kukabiliana na Burgess’ volleys kwenye Facebook, Boucher alihoji tabia bingwa wa zamani wa baada ya kushinda NEF kamba vita mbili katika kazi yake.

 

 

 

"Mimi si sana kwa majadiliano takataka. I just kufurahia michezo. Napenda kupambana na kisha kwenda nyumbani. Naye hufanya kidogo kujenga ego yake nadhani,"Boucher alisema. "Yeye imeshuka mkanda kwa sababu alikuwa na tatizo la kufanya uzito, ambayo ni pretty heshima, kwa maoni yangu. Alikuwa nje kwa muda, hivyo sasa mimi nina mbele yake, na anajua yeye ana kwenda kwa njia ya mimi. "

 

 

 

Burgess alisema alitumia kwamba layoff kukamilisha elimu ya chuo yake na kuendeleza sifa yake kama kimwili mtaalamu msaidizi, kuonyesha kwamba taaluma ya matibabu ni zaidi uwezekano wa kuwa na kazi yake ya muda mrefu ya MMA.

 

 

 

Wakati aliendelea mafunzo ratiba yake katika Rumford Community Centre kupitia Berserkers MMA, Burgess alisema ni chini ya makali na muundo kabla ya hasara yake dhidi ya Witham na Dustin Veinott. Burgess awali kushindwa wapinzani wote.

 

 

 

"Kimwili Bado unapaswa kuwa na kupigwa nao, lakini kiakili sikuwa kama tayari kama ningeli kuwa. Sasa mimi nina kuwa na malengo zaidi,"Burgess alisema. "Wakati huo nilikuwa kumaliza shule, kazi ya muda 20 kwa 30 masaa kwa wiki na kwenda shule kwa pengine mwingine 40. Nimepoteza mapambano mbili ambapo mimi ilikuwa chini ya uzito. Nilikuwa kupata uzito wakati wavulana wengine wakakata uzito. Ningependa kwenda huko katika kikomo na wangeweza kuvaa 10 kwa 15 paundi kati uzito wa kuingia na kupambana. "

 

 

 

Boucher admittedly kamwe kufikiwa uwezo wake kama wrestler shule ya sekondari. Yeye ikifuatiwa njia tofauti na Burgess, kujiandikisha katika Central Maine Brazil Jiu-Jitsu - ambapo yeye bado treni leo - katika umri 13.

 

 

 

"Mimi na baadhi ya washirika toughest na bora mafunzo katika hali,"Boucher alisema. "My jiu-jitsu umetoka mbali, karibu mahali ambapo ni kupita kumenyana yangu kidogo. Bila shaka, mieleka ni kile daima kurudi nyuma na wakati mimi unahitaji yake. kushangaza langu ni usiku na mchana. Ilikuwa kubwa kwa mapambano yangu ya kwanza. "

 

 

 

Aliongeza kuwa mafanikio yake kubwa katika MMA amekuja kwa gharama ya wrestlers zamani.

 

 

 

Burgess ni kuhesabu juu Boucher kwa kuwadharau wengine wa mkusanyiko wake. Kama mtu ambaye alichukua kumenyana na kati ya shule junior varsity timu katika darasa la saba, alisema kuwa historia yake kama utafiti wa haraka imefanya zaidi ndani ya eneo la jiu-jitsu na ndondi.

 

 

 

"Nadhani yeye kwenda kushangaa. Anadhani anajua kile kuleta kwa meza,"Burgess alisema. "All anajua kuhusu mimi ni mieleka yangu, lakini nina mengi zaidi kuliko hiyo ya kuanguka nyuma. Tayari kujua nini yeye huleta meza. Na yeye si kwenda kujifunza katika miezi miwili nini nimejifunza katika miaka miwili."

 

 

 

ufunguzi kengele juu ya Februari 3 ni kuweka kwa 7 p.m. Tiketi zinapatikana katika www.TheColisee.com.

 

 

 

Kuhusu New England mapambano

 

 

New England mapambano ("NEF") ni kupambana promotions matukio kampuni. Ujumbe NEF ni kujenga matukio bora zaidi kwa ajili ya wapiganaji Maine na mashabiki sawa. NEF timu ya mtendaji ana uzoefu mkubwa katika usimamizi kupambana michezo, matukio uzalishaji, mahusiano ya vyombo vya habari, masoko, kisheria na matangazo.

MIKE HANSEN: FACING FEAR HEADFIRST

Mike Hansen

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

No surprise, basi, 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 Jumamosi, 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 kwa 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 kwa 60 sekunde,” 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 na 20 pounds lighter, Hansen dispatched super heavyweight fixture Artie Mullen at “NEF 16: New Blood Rising,” and the comeback was on.

Katika 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, umri 5 na 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. Kwa sasa, 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.’”

ufunguzi kengele juu ya Juni 18 ni kuweka kwa 7 p.m. Tickets for “NEF 24: Promised Land” start at $25 na zinapatikana katika www.TheColisee.com au kwa kupiga Colisee sanduku ofisi katika 207.783.2009, extension 525.

For more information on the events and fight card updates, tafadhali tembelea tovuti ya kukuza ya saa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Aidha, unaweza kuangalia NEF videos katika www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, kufuata yao juu yanefights Twitter na kujiunga rasmi Facebook kundi "New England mapambano."

MATT GLOVER FINDS FUTURE IN FIGHTING AFTER FOOTBALL

Lewiston, Maine (Aprili 22, 2016) – During the years 2003-2006, Matt Glover (1-0) Ilikuwa akaonekana player from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine that you did si 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.”

 

Mapema mwezi 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 sekunde. 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). Baada ya ushindi wa, 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. Zaidi ya hayo, 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. Kushinda au kupoteza, 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, Hatari ya kwanza 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 ya raundi ya kwanza.

 

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 Jumamosi usiku, 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 Mapambano 'tukio la pili, "NEF 22: Barabara kusababisha HERE,” takes place this Jumamosi, Aprili 23, 2016 katika Androscoggin Benki Colisée katika Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 na ni juu ya kuuza sasa katika www.TheColisee.com au kwa kupiga Colisée sanduku ofisi katika 207.783.2009 x 525. Kwa habari zaidi juu ya tukio hilo na mapambano kadi updates, tafadhali tembelea tovuti ya kukuza ya saa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Aidha, unaweza kuangalia NEF videos katika www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, kufuata yao juu yanefights Twitter na kujiunga rasmi Facebook kundi "New England mapambano."

BARBARIAN VERSUS BERSERKER ON APRIL 23 KATIKA LEWISTON

Lewiston, Maine (Machi 17, 2016) - New England mapambano (NEF), Namba moja kikanda kukuza Amerika ya kupambana, kushikilia tukio yake ya pili, “NEF 22: Barabara kusababisha HERE” juu ya Jumamosi, Aprili 23, 2016 katika Androscoggin Benki Colisée katika Lewiston, Maine. The fight card will feature a mix of mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts. Mapema leo, NEF announced the addition of a professional light-heavyweight bout to the MMA portion of the “NEF 22” mapambano kadi. Mike “Masharubu” Hansen (3-3) ina saini kwa uso Jesse “Msomi” Baughman (0-1) katika mapambano ya uzito wa 205-paundi.

 

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) mwezi uliopita. He will look to rebound from that loss on Aprili 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. Hivyo, 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,” Alisema 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 Mapambano 'tukio la pili, "NEF 22: Barabara kusababisha HERE,"Unafanyika Jumamosi, Aprili 23, 2016 katika Androscoggin Benki Colisée katika Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 na ni juu ya kuuza sasa katika www.TheColisee.com au kwa kupiga Colisée sanduku ofisi katika 207.783.2009 x 525. Kwa habari zaidi juu ya tukio hilo na mapambano kadi updates, tafadhali tembelea tovuti ya kukuza ya saa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Aidha, unaweza kuangalia NEF videos katika www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, kufuata yao juu yanefights Twitter na kujiunga rasmi Facebook kundi "New England mapambano."