PRIMUS DE LIBERO: PORTLAND, Maine (November 3, 2017) - Pugnat New England (NEF) made its long-awaited debut in Portland, Maine on Saturdaynight before a sold-out crowd at Aura.
In consectetur vesperi, hometown favorite Paul Gorman (11-9) took on James Blair (5-2) in a 130-pound catchweight contest. The crowd was on the edge of its collective seat for a thrilling three-round war that will be a definite “pugna anni” candidate for 2017. Gorman pulled off the unanimous decision on the judges’ scorecards.
The ever-popular John “Prima classis” Ray (3-8) returned to the NEF cage after a three-year retirement. Raio faced a game Zenon Herrera (0-6) and came out with the win in the third round when Herrera tapped out to a guillotine choke.
Ex parte Card amateur, three new champions were crowned. Terrance Jean-Jacques (3-0) became the new NEF Amateur Heavyweight Champion with a unanimous decision victory over defending champion Nick Gulliver (4-1). Justin Wi (4-4) is the new flyweight titleholder after defeating Nate Boucher (2-1) per arbitrium split. Hilarie Rose (5-3) made history as the first women’s champion in promotion history by capturing the strawweight title against Alex Walker (4-2).
Two milestones were set early in the night as Jayda Bailey (1-0) became the youngest fighter to ever emerge victorious in the NEF cage, while Garry Carr (1-0) took the honor of the oldest fighter to ever win in the NEF cage. Bailey turned 18 just eight days prior to the event. Carr is 56 years young.
In addition to an evening of fights, fans were able to meet special guest Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (24-5). Souza is currently the number-four ranked middleweight in the UFC.
The results from Portland, Maine:
PERITUS
Paul Gorman def. James Blair via unanimous decision
John Raio def. Zenon Herrera via guillotine, undique 3
IMPERITUS
Hilarie Rose def. Alex Walker via TKO, undique 1
Justin Wi def. Nate Boucher via split decision
Terrance Jean-Jacques def. Nick Gulliver via unanimous decision
Carl Langston def. Henry Clark via unanimous decision
Mohammed al Kinani def. Phil Pearson via KO, undique 1
Isaac Therrien def. Chad Weymouth via TKO, undique 1
Francesca Morabito def. Carol Linn Powell via unanimous decision
Emmett Huber def. Will McCall via guillotine, undique 1
Bill Cole def. Nathan Pete via rear-naked choke, undique 2
Garry Carr def. David Hart via rear-naked choke, undique 1
Mark Gardner def. Carlton Charles via TKO, undique 2
Sarah Matulis def. Chelsea Elizabeth via TKO, undique 1
Jayda Bailey def. Danae Dostie via TKO, undique 1
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 32: Super Saturday,” et videbimus in turma eius reditus in in Androscoggin Bank Colisée Lewiston, Maine. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 3, 2018. Tickets are on-sale now online atwww.TheColisee.com.
PORTLAND, Maine (October 6, 2017) - Pugnat New England (NEF) faciet exspectati debut in Portland on Friday, November 3, 2017 apud Aura “NEF 31: Portus Vetus.” Superius hodie, the fight promotion announced the full fight card for the event featuring a full slate of professional and amateur mixed-martial-arts bouts.
Maine fan-favoritePaulus Gorman (10-9) is scheduled to take onJames “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” Blair (5-1) in the main event of the evening. Gorman, the former NEF bantamweight titleholder and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt out of the Academy in Portland, makes his return to the NEF cage after a three-year absence. Blair is a hot prospect from the world-renowned American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida where he trains alongside a veritable murderers’ row of current and former world champions like Mike Brown (26-9), Tyron Woodley (18-3-1), and Joanna Jędrzejczyk (14-0) just to name a few.
Reigning NEF Professional Middleweight ChampionCJ Ewer (3-0) will be in action when he takes onCrowsneck Boutin (2-3) in a non-title affair. Ewer captured the 185-pound title over the summer when he submitted Mike Hansen (5-6) at “NEF 30: Murmure in Bangor.” Boutin will be coming off a year-long layoff from competition.
“Blackpool Ripper” Matt Probin (0-0) makes his pro MMA debut against rugged veteranJosh Parker (6-9). Both Probin and Parker have extensive backgrounds as professional boxers. Probin has trained and competed in Muay Thai in Thailand. Parker is the founder of Ruthless MMA & Boxing of Waterville, Maine.
John “Prima classis” Ray (2-8) will come out of retirement to faceRochi “K-Bar” Herrera (0-5). Raio last fought in the summer of 2015. He is the head coach of First Class MMA based in Brunswick, Maine. Herrera, a veteran of both the United States Army and Marine Corps, is looking for his first win since joining the professional ranks two years ago.
The amateur side of the card will feature a total of three title fights. NEF Amateur Heavyweight ChampionNick “The Guardian” Gulliver (4-0) will defend his strap against WWE signeeTerrance Jean-Jacques(2-0), dum Nate Boucher (2-0) atque Justin Wi (3-4) square off for the vacant flyweight title. Alex Walker (4-1) atque Hilarie Rose(4-3) will make history when they battle for the first-ever NEF women’s championship in the strawweight division.
The Walker-Rose fight will be one of four female bouts featured on the “NEF 31” amateur card. Carol Linn Powell(0-0), wife of former NEF Professional Lightweight Champion and current UFC competitor Devin Powell (8-3), is scheduled to make her cage debut againstFrancesca Morabito(0-0). Jayda “Song: Jenny” Bailey (0-0) makes her debut just eight days after her 18th birthday, the legal minimum age for competing in MMA in Maine, in a bantamweight bout withDanae Dostie(0-0) dum Sarah Matulis(0-0) atque Chelsea Elizabeth(0-0) face off in yet another double amateur debut.
plenum “NEF 31” pugna card (Certamina ludis auctoritate et assensu mutatur Maine):
PROFESSIONAL MMA
180 CJ Ewer 3-0 (Young scriptor MMA) vs Crowsneck Boutin 2-3 (Independens)
150 John Ray 2-8 (Prima classis MMA) vs Rochi Herrera 0-5 (Independens)
145 Josh Parker 6-9 (Et crudelissimi nationum MMA & Boxing) vs Matt Probin 0-0 (CMBJJ/Young’s MMA)
135 Paulus Gorman 10-9 (Instaret Academia,) vs James Blair 5-1 (American Top Team)
AMATEUR MMA
265*TITULUS Nick Guilliver 4-0 (c) (First Class /Foundry) vs Terrance Jean-Jacques 2-0 (Team Link)
115 *TITULUS Alex Walker 4-1 (Kaze) vs Hilarie Rose 4-3 (USMMA)
265 Matt Glover 1-1 (Nani MMA) vs Field 0-2 (Kenney MMA)
175 Carlton Carolus 1-0 (Carolus Genus Pugnans/Ignis&Athletics ferrum) vs Nate Evans 0-0
170 Mohammed al Kinani 0-0 (Evolution Athletix) vs Phil Pearson 0-1 (Prima classis MMA)
170 David Grant 0-0 (Evolution Athletix) vs Tom Rials 0-0 (Nostos)
155 Will McCall 1-2 (Evolution Athletix) vs Chad Pierce 1-0 (Instaret Academia,)
155 Nick Banks 0-0 (Choi Institute) Huber vs Emmett 0-1 (Instaret Academia,)
155 Garry Carr 0-0 (CMBJJ) vs David Hart 0-1 (Kenney MMA)
135 Sarah Matulis 0-0 (Certamina Shatterproof Club) vs Chelsea Elizabeth 0-0 (Prima classis MMA)
135 Danae Dostie 0-0 (Kenney MMA) vs Jayda Bailey 0-0 (Young scriptor MMA)
135 Carl Langston 6-9 (Young scriptor MMA) vs Henry Clark 3-3 (Choi Institute)
135 Kam Arnold 1-0 (CMBJJ) vs Caleb Costello 3-4 (Young scriptor MMA)
135 Carol Linn Hawkins 0-0 (Nostos) vs Francesca Morabito 0-0 (Choi Institute)
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” comitatu videbunt debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras sunt in sale iam www.auramaine.com.
PRIMUS DE LIBERO: PORTLAND, Maine (September 12, 2017) Pugnat coluerunt Angliam (NEF) faciet exspectati debut in Portland on Friday, November 3, 2017 apud Aura “NEF 31: Portus Vetus.” Superius hodie, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur mixed-martial-arts bout to the card. Carol Linn Powell(0-0) is scheduled to take onFrancesca Morabito(0-0) in a women’s bantamweight contest.
Carol Linn is the wife of former NEF Lightweight Champion, and current UFC fighter, Devin Powell (8-3). Devin earned a contract with the UFC after impressing the company’s president, Dana White, on his web seriesDana White: Lookin’ pro pugnaat an event promoted by NEF in Bangor, Maine last year. Simul, the Powells own and operate Nostos MMA & Conditioning Facility in Somersworth, New Hampshire. Ultimum mensis, they were awarded the “Best Martial Arts Gym” at the “2017 Best of the Seacoast” awards.
“Fighting has been something I’ve fantasized about for a few years and now that it is finally happening, I couldn’t be more excited,” said Carol Linn when reached for comment. “I was supposed to have my first fight in June and it ended up falling through, and I think this fight is a much better match up and is in one of my very favorite towns. Francesca and I have trained together a few times and we were really excited to be a part of each other’s camps, but after realizing what a good matchup we are, we decided to put our friendship aside and both get in there for our first fights. We are very similar, and I’m excited to put a great show on for everyone.”
“I am very excited for my wife to make her debut,” noted Devin. “She’s been around the sport for almost half a decade, but is just recently getting into hard training and the competitive aspect of it. I never told her to fight or said I thought she should. She was very independent in this choice and when somebody chooses to do something on their own and they commit all of themselves to it, I think that is a great equation for a successful person in anything they do. She is going to find out a lot about herself on the 3rd. Happy to have a cage-side seat for it.”
Francesca Morabito trains at the Choi Institute in Portland, Maine. Her true passion lies in her work with non-profit organization Speak About It. Morabito has toured the world as a theatre artist with the Portland-based group, educating high school and college students on affirmative consent, healthy relationships, and sexual assault prevention.
“It is such an honor to make my debut just a couple blocks from where I’ve been training for the past two years,” said Morabito. “I’m elated to fight in my hometown – on the same street where I’ve trudged home on countless Maine winter nights, with my gym bag slung over my shoulder and my wet hair freezing solid underneath my Choi hoodie. Tempus meum venit. And I came to win.”
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” comitatu videbunt debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras sunt in sale iam www.auramaine.com.
PORTLAND, Maine (August 31, 2017) Pugnat coluerunt Angliam (NEF) faciet exspectati debut in Portland onFriday, November 3, 2017 apud Aura “NEF 31: Portus Vetus.” Superius hodie, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur mixed-martial-arts bout to the card. Carlton Carolus (1-0) capietis Nate Evans (0-0) at a catchweight of 175-pounds.
Carlton Charles shocked the Maine MMA community earlier this month with his stunning first-round technical knockout of Josh Jones (2-1) at “NEF 30” in Bangor. Jones had looked indestructible to that point, only needing 24-seconds to finish his first two opponents combined. Rursus, it took Charles only 23-seconds to polish off Jones in his amateur debut. Erat, quidem, one of the most impressive debuts in NEF history.
Charles’ athleticism comes as no surprise, tamen, to those who know him. He excelled in football for Windham High School. As an assistant coach, Charles later lead Windham to a Class A state championship. He went on to play for the NCAA Division I University of Maine Black Bears. Currently, Charles trains MMA with Charles Family Fighting alongside his older brother, and seven-fight NEF veteran, Nate Charles.
“I’m real excited about the opportunity to fight in Portland,” said Charles. “Not often have we seen MMA in Portland, so it’s definitely going to get a lot of attention. It’s a bit closer to home than Bangor was, so I feel like I’ll have a lot of support there. I hope to put on a good show and look to build on the success of my first fight. I know my opponent will be tough so I am training hard to be prepared.”
Nate Evans will be making his debut on3° Novembris. Like Charles, Evans’ background is in football. He was a star quarterback for Sumter Central High School in Livingston, Alabama. Also like Charles, Evans has begun training and combat sports and is hoping to make a successful transition from the gridiron to the MMA cage.
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” comitatu videbunt debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras sunt in sale iam www.auramaine.com.
PRIMUS DE LIBERO: PORTLAND, Maine (August 29, 2017) Pugnat coluerunt Angliam (NEF) faciet exspectati debut in Portland onFriday, November 3, 2017 apud Aura “NEF 31: Portus Vetus.” Superius hodie, pugna promotionem denuntiavit addito professionali mixto-martiali-artes IRCA ad card. Josh Parker (6-9) Occurram “Blackpool Ripper” Matt Probin (0-0) in tenui matchup ".
Josh Parker est auctor et caput raeda crudelis MMA & Boxing. A duos ludos athletae, Parker suum curriculum professionalem inter caveam MMA et anulum pugilatum scindit. Duos ex tribus ultimis pugnas pro NEF vicit, recentissime dominans Andre Belcarris (0-2) per tres vias ut unanimes victoriae in June. Parker spectabit pergere blandientem cum convenit Probin on 3° Novembris.
“Volo gratias agere NEF pro hac pugna,” dixit Parker cum pervenit ad comment. “Illic excitatur ut rursus in me. Improbus nuper dilatati sumus et ad novum locum venimus. Bigas nostra servat crescit et cotidie me propellunt. Exspecto induti speciem 3° Novembris.”
Primum ex Blackpool, Anglia et nunc Maine residentis, Matt Probin suam disciplinam inter Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu et MMA Young Young dividit. Probin abiit 6-2 amateur MMA cursu suo. Dum Probin non plus quam tres annos certauit in MMA, Fuit active pro professionalem pugilem et kickboxer in annis. In 2016, Probin in Thailand Muay Thai inexpedita disciplina habuit ubi certavit in mundo clarissimo Bangla pugilatu Stadium – una pugna veneranda est Thailandia venues.
“Ego hanc pugnam exantlaretur,” declaravit Probin. “Non puto me unquam ante aliquem pugnando commotum fuisse. Gratias NEF pro eo fieri. Ego hanc pugnam non procul. Vereor ludum et experientiam, sed id est. Ego venio cum mala voluntate. Non connivebunt!”
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” comitatu videbunt debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras sunt in sale iam www.auramaine.com.
PRIMUS DE LIBERO: PORTLAND, Maine (August 25, 2017) Pugnat coluerunt Angliam (NEF) faciet exspectati debut in Portland onFriday, November 3, 2017 apud Aura “NEF 31: Portus Vetus.” Superius hodie, pugna promotionem denuntiavit addito professionali mixto-martiali-artes IRCA ad card. John “Prima classis” Ray (2-8) Occurram Rochi “K-Bar” Herrera (0-5) at a catchweight of 150-pounds.
For John Raio, the bout will mark his return to the cage after more than two years. Raio retired following his rematch with Bruce Boyington (13-11) in June 2015. He has decided to make one more run at competing. Competition has been in Raio’s blood since his youth. He won a Maine state championship wrestling for Gardiner Area High School in 1995, and he went on to wrestle for Plymouth State University and the University of Southern Maine. While working for the United States Postal Service, Raio began competing in MMA in 2012. Since his retirement, Raio has concentrated on training fighters at his gym First Class MMA in Brunswick, Maine. He has led several to championship gold in the NEF cage while working full-time at his current position with Bath Iron Works (BIW).
“I’m excited to get back into the cage,” Said Ray. “Two years is a long time after fighting 14 times in tribus annis,. I’ve learned a lot about the sport in that time. Our team’s success has motivated me a lot. We have amazing fighters and instructors at our gym. The opportunity to fight in Portland, where I delivered mail for eight years, was too hard to pass up.”
Zenon Herrera last competed in the NEF cage in August 2016. He has split his professional career between boxing and MMA. Herrera is a military veteran, having served four years in the United States Army and five years in the United States Marine Corps. On 3° Novembris, Herrera will look to score his first win since his amateur days on the Florida MMA circuit.
“It’s been a long time since last in the NEF cage for both myself and John Raio,” dicta Herrera. “This will be a great way for both of us to make a return, and I’m very much looking forward to going in with such a well classed person. John and I are both the type who will come forward and never back down. I really think this is going to be a great match that will be enjoyed by all involved.”
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” comitatu videbunt debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras sunt in sale iam www.auramaine.com.
PRIMUS DE LIBERO: PORTLAND, Maine (August 24, 2017) Pugnat coluerunt Angliam (NEF) faciet exspectati debut in Portland onFriday, November 3, 2017 apud Aura “NEF 31: Portus Vetus.” Superius hodie, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur mixed-martial-arts bantamweight bout to the card. Henricus Clark (3-3) est scheduled ad faciem Carl Langston (6-9) Et pugna ad pondus librarum CXXXV-.
Henry Clark is a member of the Choi Institute based in Portland. Since his debut in the fall of 2014, Clark has been known for producing exciting moments in the NEF cage. In a memorable bout with Langston’s Young’s MMA teammate, and current NEF MMA Amateur Bantamweight Champion, Fred Lear (6-2), Clark held onto a triangle choke while Lear viciously slammed him not once but twice. He will look to break a two-fight losing streak with what Clark predicts to be a dominant performance against Langston in front of his hometown fans.
“Portland is my town,” declared Clark. “On 3° Novembris, I’m showing up to prove that. I’ve got a great opponent in Carl who always shows up to fight, but I’m planning on keeping it a dominant, one-sided affair. Truly my only desire is that of violence, my only intention is victory. Both will be achieved.”
Like Clark, Carl Langston calls Portland home. With a background in Taekwondo, Langston has thrilled NEF fans on numerous occasions with his prolific striking abilities. He knocked out Alex Johnson (2-3) with a series of violent kicks to the body in Langston’s last NEF appearance. Langston says this will be his last amateur fight before turning professional.
“This will be my last amateur fight and there isn’t any better way to go out fighting for NEF’s first card in my hometown in Portland,” stated Langston. “I’m super pumped to be part of this card! Quantum adversario meo, he’s a good guy and I have nothing bad to say about him, but come fight time, I’m going to walk through him. He won’t make it out of the second round. He has nothing to offer me.”
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” comitatu videbunt debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras sunt in sale iam www.auramaine.com.
PRIMUS DE LIBERO: PORTLAND, Maine (August 22, 2017) - Pugnat New England (NEF) will make its debut in Portland onFriday, November 3, 2017 apud Aura “NEF 31: Portus Vetus.” Superius hodie, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur mixed-martial-arts title bout to the card. Nick Gulliver(4-0) will defend the NEF MMA Amateur Heavyweight Title againstTerrance Jean-Jacques(1-0).
“NEF is an amazing organization and I love fighting for them,” said Gulliver. “This will be my fifth fight for NEF and to me, this fight is different. During my fighting career I’ve always been fighting for someone, or something, and I’ve never really had time or the energy to really enjoy it. This fight I’m fighting to prove to myself that I’m good enough to be the heavyweight champion. People tell me every day after sparring or training that I’m good, but I don’t see it yet. I don’t see what others see and this is a time for me to see and believe. This camp I’m going to work and find myself in the process.”
Gulliver, a product of First Class MMA and the Foundry BJJ, has been nothing short of perfect over the course of his amateur career with NEF. “The Guardian,” as he is known amongst his fans and teammates, has finished all four of his previous opponents, including a third-round technical knockout of Yorgan DeCastro (2-4) last fall to claim the title belt. DeCastro is the first, and only, opponent to date to make it out of the first round with Gulliver.
“I have a lot to prove to myself and I’m going to look into the mirror on3° Novembrisand see the man I’ve wanted to be in the cage and out,” continued Gulliver. “I’m going to work as much as I can and never give up. Something I always repeat to myself is ‘cowards never start, the weak never finish, winners never quit,’ and I’m not quitting on November 3rd.”
Terrance Jean-Jacques brings a solid amateur wrestling background with him to the NEF cage. The Haverhill, Massachusetts native put together an impressive 22-6 record as the starting heavyweight for the NCAA Division I Iowa Hawkeyes as a freshman. He later transferred to Rhode Island College and was a runner-up at the 2015 Division III wrestling championships. Jean-Jacques signed a developmental deal with the WWE in the spring of 2016 to train at their performance center in Florida.
“Everybody fights for different things,” remarked Jean-Jacques. “Mea est, I’m not doing this for anyone else but my daughter and myself. It’s much bigger than this fight. I’m reinventing myself and it’s kill or be killed. This will be the best version of myself to date. I have goals that I’m charging at in an unstoppable manner and I’m coming to get it. This is my destiny.”
“I want to thank my training partners and my family,” said Gulliver in closing. “I want to thank FirstClass MMA and The Foundry BJJ for everything they have given me. I’ve been training with FirstClass MMA and John Raio for almost three years now and I’ve been training with The Foundry BJJ going on eight years now. I appreciate all they do for me. I can name over 100 people that I train with every week that help push me, day in and day out, and I can’t thank them enough for it.
“Hoc bellum illud erit a bello. If you put me and my opponent, Terrance, side by side and took bets, I’d be the loser all day. Shit, even I would bet against me if it was about size and looks. But this fight will be won by one thing and one thing only and anyone that knows me knows what I’m about to say. This fight will be won with heart. I’m not great at anything I do. I fail at most things, but I have a lot of heart and I push. Sometimes in life heart is what people need most. I’m looking to see what I’ve got on3° Novembrisand I’m looking forward toNovember 4thwhen I can wake up and see that I had enough heart and that I am the still the champ. Thank you to everyone involved in my life and thanks again for this fight I greatly appreciate it. Thank you to Terrance Jean-Jacques for coming to Portland to fight. Also, just a quick thank you to my friend Josh Jones, who made me remember the fun in this game again. He got me motivated to fight in this one. I’m hoping this fight is just like watching fireworks at a baseball game. If you’ve never seen fireworks at a baseball game come to this fight and I’ll show you the feeling.”
Artibus mixtus: re-proximo bello NEF, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” videbunt societatem facere exspectati debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras sunt in sale iam www.auramaine.com.
Bangor, Maine (August 6, 2017) -Nulla fuit similis domus Saturday nocte C.J *. Ewer, Ryan Sanders et Fred Lear de Young's MMA in Bangor.
Pugnans ante ballroom soldos iactus iactus est ex praetorio suo, tres pugnatores super card in "NEF XXX" murmure in Bangorensi "omnia missae infigo victorias apud Cross Insurance Center.
Ewer vicit Mike "Mustache" Hansen per obsequium 1:46 primi circum ad capiendam vacantem NEF pro title. Lear exposuit NEF amateur bantamweight belt, dum Sanders manum in Nova Anglia pro leve scaena in triumpho non titulo constringebat.
Fuit secundus continuos August sellout in urbe regina, instituisse coepit "NEF munera Dana Alba": Lookin’ Ad proelium "ultima aestate".
Post duram dimicationem multum iter Jay Elias conciliavit, NEF pro leve champion Sanders, No praeferebantur. 1 negotientur in terra,, servavit commentarios suos breves et dulces, dum exclamans memoratum Ultimam Pugnans Championship (UFC) praeses.
"Tu tulit malum guy ultimo anno"," Cicero dixit ". "Age me nunc."
Sanders (15-8) non facilem iter contra Ellis, veteranus plus 80 pro daret. Elias Sanders maximam pugnae potestatem in se habuit sed vulnerabilem in triangulo se reliquit 2:34 primi circuitu.
Ewer Hansen missum simili timeret.
"Magnum est affectum vincere ante turbam domesticam","Ewer dixit". "Dum sicut laboraverunt" (in disciplina castra), Non putabam me aliquid posse prohibere."
Repens finis vastavit Hansen spem capiendi titulum primum in suo 13-anno mixtis artibus militaribus curriculo..
"Hoc fuit longe optima disciplina castra me semper habuit. Nos iustus questus foverentur,"Hansen dixit. "Ego quoque multum plus dare", et certus sum C.J. multum plus dare. Sed heus, facere potuimus iterum ".
Lear illustravit amateur pars card auctoritate secunda circum knockout Walt Shea.
Tantum campana Shea ab impetu Lear in fine capituli aperti servavit. Lear proficit cum calce ad caput per medium rotundum. Post paene obfirmatis in bracchio qui pugnam finire potuit, Lear cruentatus antea invicto Shea ferit serie.
Finis inevitabilis apparuit cum Shea Lear's auxilium suum invenire inter gyrum angulum inveniret, alius interrupit impetus metam only 14 secundis post.
Motus Lear laudavit raeda, Chris Young of Young's MMA, antequam cingulum circum alvo magistri.
"Multus of populus hic circum nomen suum novimus, sed hominem non noverunt,"Lear dixit". "primus guy est in gymnasio mane et ultimus nocte exeundi". Hic est causa, omnes hic sumus. Ipse est causa felix sumus. Causa est nonnullorum nostrum in carcere non sunt."
In primis duabus proeliis Jos Jones’ amateur MMA vitae, Jones suos adversarios uno ferrum knockout in summa 24 seconds. Carlton Charles unum horologii pauciores ricinum cepit ut Jones in conclusione attonitus tolleret ad tangulam toutatam athletae collegiati prioris stellae..
Charles, producto programmatis Universitatis Cenomannensis eu ad NEF caveam suam initialem ambulationem capiens, conversus ad tabulas Jones (2-1) in FRAGMENTUM middleweight. Jones iterum profectus est in primis sistendum cum par looping ictus, sed eos placide Carolus ante portum unum ex suis emisit et ad mat?.
"Ego iustus amo competition"," Carolus dixit ". "In facie sic in eu campo non tangis."
Cum resumptis pedibus, Carolus adiuvit Jones contra caveam et duas dextras manus ad maxillas exposuit. Iones omiserunt unum genu et absorpsit acutum relictum in capite. Id referendarius persuasit ut gradum in pugna prohiberet, sententiam reliquit Jones et MMA I Classis castra visibiliter movet.
Charles erat’ lusus pugna secunda secundae pugnae in tempore hebdomadis. Antea primum circum TKO in pugilatu amateur anulum tradidit. Jones suam primam cladem passus est quia transitus ex basketball, quem munere suo in Europa lusit postquam in Universitate Bangorensi Husson.
Unus vultus in Tuesday scriptor officialis ponderis in suggessit IRCA inter Rogerum Ewer (251 libras) et Dustin Freeman (220) ut sit amet sto-up, slug-it-e heavyweight negotium. Instead, versa est in casu et libra showcase rectum in wheelhouse Ewer. frater maior C.J, dum debut in NEF exagonum at 44 annorum, cudit per totum commodum et meruit per TKO percutit acrem 2:31 secundae stantiae.
Nate Boucher emendavit to 2-0 Ieremias Barkac cum primo circum sistendum, qui caveam faceret debut. Barkac in praedura bantamweight lucratus est in primis cum verberare verberare, sed Boucherius callide assecutus est pressionibus cruribus et inclusit in triangulo suffocat.
Vincere aut amittere,, Bangor's Angela Young denuntiavit eius pugnam cum Jessica "The Black Widow" Borga ultimam pugnam vitae suae fore.. Stipendium (6-3) deleri spem omnem Hollywood ending cum decretorio TKO at 2:16 foramen rotundum. Iuvenes (2-3), uxor Chris, numquam minus spatii in aliquo priori vincit aut damna.
In mutua NEF et MMA debut, Zach Faulkner suam turbam domum suam delectavit cum secunda circa victoriam de David Hart via nudam agminis suffocationem. Et non pervenerunt usque ad finem 1:42.
Jesse Hutchinsonus etiam triumphans debut in amateur ordinibus fruebatur. Antonius Lapointe constitit at 2:43 primi undique in welterweight proelio.
NEF etiam denuntiavit promotionem proximam artium mixtarum-martialium eventum, “NEF 31: Portus Vetus,” videbunt societatem facere exspectati debut in Portland, Maine ad novam, statu-of-the arte visneti Aura. Eventus venturus est ad locum Friday, November 3, 2017. Tesseras ibit venditionis hoc Mercurii, August 9 at www.auramaine.com.
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Matt Andrikut v Mike Hansen square off in MMA action from NEF 25.
PRIMUS DE LIBERO: Rumford, Maine (August 3, 2017) – New Mike Hansen’s dreams of becoming a mixed martial arts (MMA) champion were admittedly premature. Then they were derailed for nearly a decade by a combination of injuries, service to his country and fatherhood.
The teenage ambition that made Hansen believe he could conquer the world, or at least his little corner of it, never went away, quamquam.
Twenty-nine months after resurrecting his career with New England Fights, Rumford’s Hansen (5-5) finally gets that coveted title shot. He will battle hometown favorite C.J. Ewer (2-0) apud "NEF" 30: Rumble in Bangor” thisSaturday, August 5at Cross Insurance Center for the organization’s vacant middleweight title. The card starts at7 p.m.
Hansen, uersusque 32 on July 21, says the opportunity fulfills an early goal while living and fighting in Massachusetts back in 2005.
“I was 19 years old and thought I had a great head on my shoulders, so I called out the (World Fighting League) champion at the time, who was John “Doomsday” Howard,"Hansen dixit. “I said that I wanted that belt and that I was coming after him. Knowing what I know now, he probably would have whipped the (crap) out of me.”
Howard went on to compete at the highest level with Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) and is now a veteran of 37 journeys into the cage. Hansen’s career path had many more stops, starts and detours.
He started with six amateur wins out of the gate and won his initial professional foray with ease. The title fight will take place on the eve of the 12thanniversary of that pro debut.
“Being 19 annorum, I was kind of cocky. I remember telling my dad nobody could compete with my wrestling,"Hansen dixit. “Back then, MMA hadn’t really evolved. The wrestler had the advantage over the jiu-jitsu guy. You could just hold a guy down and snuggle and hug and sweat out a win.”
After his first knockout loss, Hansen promised his father he would quit the sport. But he had already caught the fever, and his confidence was sky high.
Hansen was training for a bout at Laconia, New Hampshire’s bike week when he suffered a broken ankle two weeks before the weigh-in. He recovered and was in training for another fight when he was stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat in what could have been a fatal case of mistaken identity.
He remarkably walked out of the hospital a day later and soon embarked on a more structured path as a combat engineer in the United States Army. While enlisted, Hansen suffered a serious shoulder injury. Even after retirement, a return to the MMA cage seemed unlikely.
Then came a fateful call from an old friend and neighbor, NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson, and the rest is history. Hansen has carved out a reputation as one who will take on any opponent in any weight class at any time, and perhaps there is no greater example than the Ewer matchup.
“The belts are vacant at 170, 185 atque 205 (libras). I can make weight for all those if I have enough time,"Hansen dixit. “I guess Peterson thought it made sense to kill two birds with one stone and put me in with Ewer at 185. Six weeks ago is when they called me, and at first they asked me about 170. I really liked the fight, but the weight didn’t make sense. I was sitting on the couch at 248.”
Hansen has spent most of his time in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. He was glaringly outweighed in his last bout, a February loss to Ras Hylton.
Only once previously has he downsized to the middleweight threshold, a February 2016 loss to Zach Elkins. In the case of Ewer, who has done most of his work at 170, meeting in the middle might play to Hansen’s advantage.
“We’re two different styles of fighters. He’s coming up in weight and I’m coming down,"Hansen dixit. “He’s never been in the cage against anybody with my kind of power. When I’m hitting somebody at 200 libras, I’m hitting them with the force of somebody who’s 245. My opponents have told me they’ve never been hit harder by a guy my size. I feel like it’s my fight to lose, as long as I don’t make any mistakes and go in there with the stamina I need to have.”
Hansen is confident against Ewer, who had a 5-2 amateur record with notable wins over Ricky Dexter and Crowsneck Boutin before turning pro. He knows better, tamen, than to underestimate any fighter out of the Young’s MMA stable.
“I feel like I’m the more talented fighter and that I have more tools in my tool box. But I know Young’s MMA is a great camp and that he trains with a lot of great guys,"Hansen dixit. “Chris (Iuvenes) finds a way to set you up to fight the fight you need to win. Look at the Pat Kelly fight (against Rafael Velado). They prepared to turn that into a kickboxing fight, and then he went out and did just that.”
Hansen has seen his name rise into the New England top-five conversation. Most of the fighters ahead of him have experience with larger promotions.
He said a win over Ewer could inspire him to travel and continuing to pursue the dream. That’s consistent with the personality he has shown through this second act of his career.
“I’ve been fighting the top-level guys in NEF for about the past two-and-a-half years,"Hansen dixit, “I always told Peterson to set me up with a guy who’s in the top 10 or just above me. I wanted to work my way up.”
From his days as a high school state wrestling champion at Mountain Valley High School, Hansen flaunted a distaste for winning that served him well.
In those days, he wore a T-shirt that read, ‘Nobody remembers second place,’ with four gold medals beneath it. Hansen’s attitude remains, but the mainstay of Berserker’s MMA out of the Greater Rumford Community Center noted that it is never only about himself.
“I want to win the title for all the people who have supported me and trained with me in Rumford. I also want it for my gym. We’ve done this three times in the amateurs and now we’re going to do it with a pro,"He said. "(GRCC is) just a little on-profit that helps people pursue their dreams. I’d love to hang that belt on the wall. It shows people in the community what we’re capable of here, and hopefully it gets them interested and grows the gym. That’s my goal.”
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