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NEW CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT NEF 22 IN LEWISTON

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Lewiston, Maine (April 23, 2016) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, held its most recent event, “Nef 22: ARATAI ROADS KATOA HERE,” Saturday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. Neke atu i te 3,000 fight fans were on hand for the event, making it one of the largest crowds ever to witness an NEF event.

 

On the boxing portion of the card, Brandon “Ko te Cannon” Berry (11-1-1) fought to a majority draw in a six-round contest with James Lester (10-9-1). Many of Berry’s supporters in attendance felt that he won the fight, but two of the judges had it even on the scorecards.

 

The headliner of the amateur MMA card saw Karepe Hall (7-3) captured the vacant amateur featherweight title with a second-round submission of Erik Nelson (2-3). On the professional side of the MMA card, Devin Powell (6-1) took home the lightweight championship by defeating Hehe Erickson (6-5) in the first round via technical knockout.

 

The full results from Lewiston, Maine:

 

NGAIO BOXING

Brandon Berry fought James Lester to a majority draw

NGAIO MMA

 

Devin Powell def. Jesse Erickson via TKO, tawhio 1 (Powell wins lightweight title)

Mike Hansen def. Jesse Baughman via arm triangle, tawhio 1

Josh Harvey DEF. Matt Denning via triangle choke, tawhio 1

Inihi Lewis def. Zenon Herrera via armbar, tawhio 1

Arona Lacey DEF. Derek Shorey via D’Arce Choke, tawhio 1

 

AMATEUR MMA

 

Glenn Kasabian def. Matt Marshall via TKO, tawhio 1

Tom Burgess def. Alex Payson via KO, tawhio 2

Ryan Daley def. Jake Denham via TKO, tawhio 2

Bryce Bamford def. Joe Krech via TKO, tawhio 1

Karepe Hall def. Erik Nelson via D’arce Choke, tawhio 2 (Hall wins featherweight title)

Nick Gulliver def. Dave Smith via TKO, tawhio 1

Cory Trial def. Angelo Rizzitello via split decision

Ras Hylton def. Matt Glover via KO, tawhio 2

Angela Young def. Hannah Sparrell via unanimous decision

 

hui i muri mai New England whawhai ', "NEF 23: CAGE THE CAPE,"E wahi Rāhoroi, Kia 14, 2016 at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He tīkiti i runga i te hoko inaianei iwww.NewEnglandFights.com.

 

NEF returns to the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine i runga i Pipiri 18, 2016 ki “Nef 24: THE PROMISED LAND.” Tickets for “NEF 24” start at just $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i207.783.2009 x 525.

 

For more information on the events and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

Amateur MMA, whakauru toi hōia, New Ingarangi whawhai

KĀRI FIGHT FULL Fanongonongo NO NEF XIX I Lewiston

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Lewiston, Maine (August 14, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma iwa whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, kauwhautia te whakatairanga i te kāri whawhai mo te takahanga miramira ana i tētahi ūkui tonu i te matchups MMA ngaio, me te runaruna.

 

Kei te kapi te hui ui “Ho'iraa” as it will feature the returns of several athletes who have either been recently inactive or competing outside the NEF umbrella. One such return will feature Darrius Heyliger (5-2) i Ithaca, New York. Maine and the NEF cage became a home-away-from-home for Heyliger and several of his Bombsquad teammates during the early days of the promotion. Heyliger competed regularly for NEF in 2012 and early 2013. His last appearance in the cage was in May 2013 ki Marcus “Ko te Irish Hand pohu” Davis (22-11) i roto i te hui matua o “NEF VII.” Heyliger will make his return on Mahuru 12 ki Brandon Chagnon (5-4) o Sityodtong.

 

Ka ngā ano te taha ngaio o te kāri te ho'iraa o te Matt “Ken Doll” Denning (1-0) after a 10-month extended layoff from action. Denning made his professional debut last November with a win over Derek Shorey (2-2). He will return in front of his hometown crowd against Zenon “Ka-pae” Herrera(0-1).

 

Korero o whawhai whenua, Hehe “Ko te Viking” Erickson (5-4), he Māori o Auburn tata, Maine, ka titiro ki te whakawhānui i tona win-pūkenga ki te toru, ka anga ia Ricky “Savage” Sylvester (2-1). Sylvester’s previous appearance in NEF ended in controversy when many felt he held an armbar a little too long on Tollison Lewis (0-4).

 

I te taha ki amateur o te kāri, Josh Harvey (4-1) is scheduled to headline in the first defense of his NEF MMA Amateur Lightweight Title. Harvey will meet the stiff challenge of Ryan Dibartolomeo (4-2) i Team whakamanamana / Boston BJJ John hiahia o o Nashua, New Hampshire. Harvey won the vacant title this past June with a first-round submission of Ricky Dexter (3-1).

 

E kore ano hoki ngā te wahi amateur o te kāri kotahi, but two women’s contests. Young’s MMA of Bangor, Maine will be represented in both bouts with Angela Young (0-0) a Kira Innocenti (0-0) making their respective debuts. Angela is the wife of Young’s MMA founder and head coach Chris Young. She will meet Rahera Reinheimer (1-0) i Sityodtong ia ka Square Innocenti atu ki Hana Sparrell o Tuatahi Class MMA.

 

Ko te kāri whawhai tonu (kaupapa ki te huri i me te whakaaetanga o te aro Hākinakina Mana o Maine):

NGAIO

265 Matt Andrikut 0-0 (Whakakitenga Arts) vs Artie Mullen 1-14 (Southern Maine MMA)

205 Michael Hansen 2-2 (Berserkers MMA) vs Crowsneck Boutin 1-0 (Choi Institute)

 

170 Darrius Heyliger 5-2 (Bombsquad) vs Brandon Chagnon 5-4 (Sityodtong)

 

155 Hehe Erickson 5-4 (CMBJJ) vs Ricky Sylvester 2-1 (Team Flo)

 

155 Matt Denning 1-0 (CMBJJ) vs Zenon Herrera 0-1 (Independent)

 

150 Derek Shorey 2-2 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Tollison Lewis 0-4 (CMBJJ)

 

135 ZECH Lange 2-1 (Bombsquad) vs Jay Perrin 2-0 (Boston BJJ NH)

 

 

AMATEUR

205 Ryan Glover 1-1 (Berserkers MMA) vs Zak Bergeron 0-0 (CMBJJ)

 

200 Chaz Gray 0-1 (MMA o Young) vs Dominique Bailey 0-0 (Independent)

 

200 Ian Milligan 0-0 (Team Kaže) vs Anthony Spires 0-0 (Independent)

185 Ruben Redman 1-2 (Independent) vs Nick Shea 1-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA)

 

185 Karepe Farrington 2-0 (Team NEW) vs Jon McNeil 1-0 (Boston BJJ NH)

170 Ricky Dexter 3-1 (Team Irish) vs C.J. Tiaka 3-2 (MMA o Young)

 

170 Scott Godbois 0-0 (Berserkers MMA) vs Phil Pearson 0-0 (MMA Athletix)

 

155*Taitara Josh Harvey 4-1 (MMA o Young) vs Ryan Dibartolomeo 4-3 (Boston BJJ NH)

 

155 Cory Trial 1-1 (Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke) vs Rafael Velado 0-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA)

 

150 Rawiri Thompson (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Jason Lachance 1-2 (MMA Athletix)

 

150 Kira Innocenti 0-0 (MMA o Young) vs Hana Sparrell 0-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA)

145 Mike Pietersen 2-0 (MMA o Young) vs Alex Johnson 2-2 (Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke)

140 Fred Lear 3-1 (MMA o Young) vs Henry Clark 2-1 (Choi Institute)

135 Clifford Redman 0-2 (Independent) vs Wil Carrero 0-1 (MMA Athletix)

 

130 Angela Young 0-0 (MMA o Young) vs Rahera Reinheimer 1-0 (Sityodtong)

 

125 Ryan Burgess 1-0 (Independent) vs Michael Crespo 3-2 (MMA Athletix)

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa,” e wahi i runga iRāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF XIX: Ho'iraa” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

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Toa rongonui ki te RAVE RETURN-maoro-hia AT NEF XIX

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Lewiston, Maine (Hōngongoi 1, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma iwa whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XIX,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of a professional lightweight bout to the fight card. Matt “Ken Doll” Denning (1-0) ka hoki mai i muri i te ngaro roa ki te kanohi Zenon “News” Herrera (0-1) i te taimaha o te 155-pauna whawhai.

 

Denning last appeared for NEF in November 2014. After a 4-1 mahi i roto i te NEF hei runaruna, Denning Räkau i roto i nga rarangi ngaio e ahiahi ki Derek Shorey (2-2). He would win the fight by first-round submission. Denning will make the move up to 155-pounds from 145-pounds for this fight. He is a member of Lewiston’s Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ).

 

“I muri i tango i etahi wa atu, mana'o te reira pai ki te hoki mai mo NEF,” Na ka mea a Denning. “Te haere ki te waiho i kua, he uaua whawhai-Zenon i runga tekau ammy whawhai, a hanga ana tuatahi pro ki toku kaiako, ko wai te mea he hoariri tino uaua. Ko te mate anake kua ahau i hoki NEF i 155 a kei te haere te reira i te whakamātautau hei hoki ahau kia hoki mai, kia kite pehea te mahi ahau. Ahau he 155er iti, me te ahau rite ki te whakaatu pūkenga toa i runga i te rahi. Tenei pea ka te whawhai kuri roa kua ahau i, engari au rite hoki e ahau.”

 

Zenon Herrera is hungry for a win after dropping his last two fights in a row. Herrera made his professional debut at “NEF XVIII” whakamutunga marama i roto i te kaha ngaro ki a CMBJJ kaiako Hehe Erickson (5-4). He is an independent fighter out of Skowhegan, Maine. Herrera is a veteran of both the United States Army and Marine Corps, ka mahi ki te ngā e iwa nga tau i waenganui i nga manga hōia e rua.

 

“Taku whāinga nui, Peka atu i te whiwhi i te wini, Kei te whakarato i te pā MMA ki te whawhai e pārekareka ki ratou, e tumanako ki te kite ano a ano,” Said Herrera. “Wā whakamutunga, Ahau ite tika i tukua e ahau te hunga e pā ki raro,. I know that I am able to do much more than what I showcased the last time I was in the NEF cage. This upcoming match with Matt Denning, Ahau tika whakapono e kite i te katoa, he Zenon hou, me te tino rerekē, Kabar’ Herrera. I have all of the respect in the world for Matt Denning -I do for everyone I face in this sport. Ko tenei wa, E kore ahau e anake i ki te whakamatau ki te pā aha ahau e nehenehe e rave i – I ahau ki te whakamatau i te reira ki ahau kia rite ki te pai.”

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX,” e wahi i runga i te Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF XIX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

Amateur MMA, whakauru toi hōia, New Ingarangi whawhai

NEW ENGLAND e whawhai ta Tuhinga o NEF XVIII

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Lewiston, Maine (Pipiri 14, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, puritia ona waru whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XVIII: Hanga i AMERICA,” i runga i Rāhoroi po i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. Tuhinga o mua 2,000 i runga i te ringa ki te kite Crowsneck Boutin (1-0) riro tona waiata ngaio ki runga Ryan “Ko te kitenga i Dog” Cowette (2-3) a Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (11-8) riro te mehua o te utu mā te hinga John “Class Tuatahi” Ray (2-8) i roto i to ratou rematch-maoro-roa.

 

Karaunatia NEF ona tuatahi toa amateur e toru i roto i te aamu o te whakatairanga o te whawhai ki Billy “Bigfoot” Leahy (3-1) tango i te taitara taumahamaha i roto i te whawhai hoki-a-mao ki Ryan Glover(1-1), Dustin Veinott (4-3) riro he tata wahia whakatau i runga i“Hiamoe” Norman Fox (4-2) ki te hopu i te here mā, aJosh Harvey (4-1) tuku Ricky Dexter (3-1) ki te titau i te toa ono tekau.

 

I atu kauwhautia te reira e mua NEF MMA Ngaio whā Champion Paora Gorman (10-9) e hoki i “NEF XIX” i runga i Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Colisee i muri i ngaro i te whare herehere o te tau.

 

Ko te hua i Lewiston, Maine:

 

NGAIO

150 Bruce Boyington def. John Raio mā TKO, tawhio 2
185 Crowsneck Boutin def. Ryan Cowette mā te whakatau loto

135 Jeremy DiChiara whakamutunga. Derek Shorey mā Americana, tawhio 1
155 Hehe Erickson def. Zenon Herrera mā tap ki aro, tawhio 1
205 Cody Anderson def. Michael Hansen mā TKO, tawhio 1

 

AMATEUR
155*TITLE Josh Harvey def. Ricky Dexter mā armbar, tawhio 1 (Harvey toa taitara)
125*TITLE Dustin Veinott def. Norman Fox mā te whakatau wahia (Veinott toa taitara)
S.HWT Dave Smith def. Gravin Guillen mā armbar, tawhio 1
Hao Mike Crespo def. Karepe Costello mā te whakatau loto

155 Cory Trial def. Corey Hinkley mā KO, tawhio 1
125 Ryan Burgess def. Justin Witham mā te whakatau loto

170 Mike Bazanson def. Jeff Dustin mā TKO, tawhio 2

155 Dom Cofone def. Jason Lachance mā armbar, tawhio 2

265*TITLE Billy Leahy def. Ryan Glover mā te whakatau loto (Leahy toa taitara)

145 Rob Robinson def. Dustin Shorey mā kowaowaotia muri-tahanga, tawhio 2

170 Alex Payson def. Alex Bronish mā TKO, tawhio 2

160 Pat Kelly def. Dr. Steve Bang mā TKO, tawhio 1

185 Ruben Redman def. Heath Hanson mā te tap ki te patu, tawhio 1

265 Nick Gulliver def. Sonny Spratt mā kowaowaotia muri-tahanga, tawhio 1

Hao Carl Langston def. Alex Johnson mā TKO, tawhio 2

 

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XIX,” e wahi i runga i te Rāhoroi, Mahuru 12, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. Tikiti hoki “NEF XIX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

 

Amateur MMA, whakauru toi hōia, New Ingarangi whawhai

Boyington haere HEAD-TO-matenga ki RAIO ra i mua FIGHT: “Ahau whaikupu GO ki reira, a ia e whakangaromia”

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Lewiston, Maine (Pipiri 10, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma waru whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XVIII: Hanga i AMERICA,” tenei Rāhoroi po, Pipiri 13, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. Aita i maoro a'e, headliners Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (10-8), te NEF MMA Ngaio Kōmāmā Champion, a John “Class Tuatahi” Ray(2-7) tahi-rangatira NEF me te matchmaker piri Matt Peterson i runga i te motuhake “Head-ki-Head” putanga o te NEF Podcast. I korerohia e Boyington me Raio nga korero mo te reanga kei te haere mai, me nga tautohetohe mo te hui tuatahi i te Hui-tanguru 2014, i roto i te tahi atu kaupapa.

 

Ko te uiui i tere haere ki te tihi o te pakanga tuatahi. I puta a Raio ki te hora i te koroka tua-tahanga ki a Boyington i runga i te moenga i te mutunga o te rauna tuatahi. Ka tiimata te toro a Boyington i tana ringa ki te rangi ka tere haere te kaitautoko a Jimmy Bickford ki te aukati i te pakanga. He maha nga mea kua puta mo te tangata rongonui “ngaru ringa.” Ahakoa i kite a Bickford hei tohu mo te tukunga a Boyington, Ka totohe Boyington kua i kïia e noa ia ki ona pā i roto i te mano, e kore i te mau te mahi i tetahi kino.

 

“Ka taea e ahau te korero ki a koutou me pehea te takanga o taua po,” I maumahara a Raio mo te tukinga tuatahi. “Fele, Na Bruce i whakahoki mai tana tuara ki ahau. I taku tangohanga i tana tuara, I a au nga matau a he koka nga tua-tahanga o taku raina kauae. I te tarai ahau ki te pehi i raro i tana korokoro, a kia rite ki mau ahau toku bicep maui, me toku ringa i mahue haere i muri i tona matenga, te tohutoro mutu te whawhai… I miharo ahau i kairïwhi ia no te, tika, I mohio ahau e ahau he rota o te pēhanga ki runga ki tona kauae… Ki te i roto i te meka i poipoia e ia, e ngotea hoki ia.”

 

“I roto i taua āhuatanga, Āta mahara ahau titiro Bickford i ahau, Au fehangahangai ahau ake, te haere ia mo toku kaki, me te au poipoia ahau,” Said Boyington. “Katoa tīmata e hamama ana tūturu nui, me te mahara ahau Bickford mea, 'Kāore he Bruce, e kore koutou e taea e te mea e '… Ki te whakaaro koe e ahau te tuku ranei e ahau au e ahau i roto i te raru ranei, e kore e taea manawa, kaore koe e korero ki te toa, “E kore e taea e koe te mea e,” ka peke noa koe ka mutu te pakanga. Kei te whakaaro ahau kua he tana. Kei te mohio ahau kei te mohio ia ki tena… Kite ahau i te rota o te mea rerekē i mea e kua Hoani online, a ka kua mea atu te iwi i te rota o te mea, a koinei te wa i tino tiimata ahau ki te awangawanga mo nga mea i tupu. I penei au ka taea e ia te whakahaere pai ake.”

 

I mua ki Boyington hoatu ake tona hoki, he maha i mahara kua wikitoria ia i te rauna tuatahi. Ko e mo'oni, Ko te aitua o Boyington te mea nui i taua ahiahi. I patai a Peterson ki nga kaiwhakataetae e rua kia whakaarohia he aha ka tupu mena kaore te kaitautoko i aukati i te pakanga i tera wa.

 

“Heipü, Whakaaro ahau e Hoani kua patototanga i,” kī Boyington tino. “E kore e whakaaro ahau au pepa ahau tuku ia ia, na te mea ko te mea pai tena ki a au. He kaha ia ki te tiaki i tetahi tono.”

 

“Whakaaro ahau, ki te kahore i mutu i te tohutoro i te wa, i ahau i runga i tona kauae ki toku kikowhiti, a pa e ahau i muri i tona kaki,” Ie Ray, “Ki taku whakapono kua paheke atu toku ringa i raro i tana korokoro ana kua mutu i etahi wa i mua o te rauna. Na, E kore e whakaaro ahau e ua te reira riro ki te rua a tawhio noa.”

 

I roto i nga ra, wiki, me marama e whai ake nei i te whawhai, e rua nga kaiwhaiwhai a Boyington me Raio i tino kaha ki te whakaputa korero i runga i te ao papaho e pa ana ki te mutunga o te whakataetae. Kua roa te taupatupatu i waenga i nga taha e rua neke atu i te kotahi tau neke atu. Me te nui o nga moni kei ia taha mo te “NEF XVIII,” pa e rua kaitäkaro i runga i te tikanga o te rematch ki a ratou, a te mea e ti'a ratou ki te whakamatau i tenei wiki e haere mai.

 

“Ahau e kore e tika e taea te haere ki roto i te reira, ka whiua a Hoani,” Said Boyington. “Ahakoa tana ake pā kei te hua noa e… E kore e taea e ahau te haere ki noa i roto i reira i runga i Pipiri 13ka whiua a John Raio. Me haere ahau ki reira ki te whakangaro i a ia. Ranei ka ngaro tonu ahau i tenei pakanga. E mohio ana ahau e, ana ka haere ahau ki reira korero ai. Ana ka mahia e au ma te ringa kotahi, e kore e te no te mea noa te mahi atu i te ringa matau i teie nei… Kaore au i te awangawanga mo tenei ra mai i te ra tuatahi. Kaore he aha ki a John Raio. Kaore au e whakahawea ki te taane. Kaore au e pai ki te taane. He tangata pai ia. Kei noa ahau i tetahi atu taumata. Me whakaatu atu au ki te whakamatau i tena. Koira tena ki ahau. Ehara i te mea mo taku patu i a John. Ko tenei mo au ki te whakaatu ki nga taangata katoa kei hea ahau.”

 

“I roto i te whakaaro ki a Bruce whakaoti ahau hohoro, a hanga ngāwari te reira, e kore a tino manukanuka te whawhai rawa nui, Tika kitea e ahau faatura i te reira, ano he rota o nga mea ngā mea ia ki a ahau, toku hapu, me oku hoa,” ka whakahoki a Raio. “He nga wa i muri i te whawhai whakamutunga, i congratulating ahau te iwi (i runga i Facebook) a ka haere tonu ia kia rite ki te korero mo te kotahi, e rua ranei nga pararangi i runga i nga korero katoa i whakatakotoria e te katoa ki taku whaarangi mo te toru ra te roa. Na, i muri i mea ahau, Bruce, a kahore e tino ahau a muri hoa,’ na ka mukua ia e ahau. He pai ki ahau i mua o tera pakanga… engari ka faatura ahau te iwi, ano he ia te reira uaua ki te rite i te taata.”

 

Ki te whakarongo ki te NEF Podcast i roto i te taatoaraa, tirohiawww.NewEnglandFights.com/Podcasts/.

 

Ki te ako atu e pā ana ki te omaoma John Raio o, tirohia “Matamua Class Fitness me MMA” i runga i Facebook. Waihoki, ki te ako atu e pā ana ki a Boyington Taekwondo Academy, to ratou paetukutuku haere kiwww.BoyingtonsTKDA.com.

 

Tikiti hoki “NEF XVIII: Hanga i AMERICA” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

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NEW ENGLAND FIGHTS ANNOUNCES FULL NEF XVIII FIGHT CARD

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Lewiston, Maine (Kia 19, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma waru whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XVIII: Hanga i AMERICA,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Pipiri 13, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, kauwhautia te whakatairanga i te tonu kāri whawhai mo te hui.

 

In a highly-anticipated rematch, NEF MMA Ngaio Kōmāmā Champion Bruce “Boy ātaahua” Boyington (10-8) takes on rivalJohn “Class Tuatahi” Ray (2-7) in a non-title catchweight contest. Raio scored a victory over Boyington by rear-naked choke in their initial meeting in February 2014. That win, Heoi, was marred in controversy as Boyington contends the referee mistook his wave to his fans in the crowd as a sign of submission. Ahakoa, Boyington and Raio will look to settle the score on Pipiri 13 i roto i te Lewiston.

 

NEF homegrown talent, a 2014 “Fighter o te Tau,” Crowsneck Boutin (0-0) will debut in the professional ranks against “Ko te kitenga i Dog” Ryan Cowette (2-2) i roto i te a'ee taumahawaenga. Boutin has developed over the course of three years from a street brawler to a well-disciplined martial artist. Cowette is the head coach of MMA Athletix and the preacher of Victory Church in Bath, Maine.

 

In other professional bouts: Hehe “Ko te Viking” Erickson (4-4) looks to follow up his commanding performance last month at “Nef XVII” with another victory when he takes on Zenon Herrera(0-0); “Shatterproof 2.0” Derek Shorey (2-1) will also try to make it two-in-a-row when he meets Canada’s Jeremy DiChiara (1-0) in a bantamweight battle; a Iraia “Danger Kiore” Leland (2-1) hopes to rebound from a loss last month when he fights Chad “Machine Pū” Kelly (3-2) in what many are predicting to steal the show on the professional side of the card.

 

“NEF XVIII” will mark the first time NEF has crowned a set of amateur champions. The amateur card will feature five championship title bouts. Among those bouts will be a heavyweight title fight between the popular Billy “Bigfoot” Leahy (2-1) aRyan Glover (1-0). Glover won a 2011 state championship wrestling for Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine.

 

In another amateur title fight, Ricky Dexter (3-0) tapawhā atu ki Josh Harvey (3-1) for the lightweight championship. Dexter will represent Team Irish while Harvey will represent Irish’s Bangor-area rival Young’s MMA.

 

A women’s fight will also be featured on the amateur card withAlex Walker (0-1) e anga Kendra Streeter (0-0). Walker thrilled the Lewiston crowd of more than 2,000 i “Nef XVII” last month with her “Whawhai o te Po” performance against Randi Knowles (1-0).

 

Ko te kāri whawhai tonu (kaupapa ki te huri i):

 

NGAIO

150 Bruce Boyington 10-8 (Young’s MMA/Boyington’s TKD) vs John Raio 2-7 (First Class/Choi)

185 Ryan Cowette 2-2 (MMA Athletix) vs Crowsneck Boutin 0-0 (Choi Institute)

155 Hehe Erickson 4-4 (CMBJJ – Team NEU) vs Zenon Herrera 0-0 (Independent)

135 Derek Shorey 2-1 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Jeremy DiChiara 1-0 (Wulfrun MMA)

135 Iraia Leland 2-1 (Ko te Academy) vs Chad Kelly 3-2 (Fighting Arts Academy)

265 Michael Hansen 2-1 (Berserkers MMA) vs TBD

 

AMATEUR

265*Taitara Billy Leahy 2-1 (CMBJJ/Young’s MMA) vs Ryan Glover 1-0 (Berserkers MMA)

155*Taitara Ricky Dexter 3-0 (Team Irish) vs Josh Harvey 3-1 (MMA o Young)

145*Taitara Arona Lacey 5-1 (MMA o Young) vs Alex Johnson 2-1 (Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke)

125*Taitara Norman Fox 4-1 (MMA Athletix) vs Dustin Veinott 3-3 (CMBJJ – Team NEU)

135 *Taitara Johnny Crafts 3-0 (Team NEW) vs TBD

S.HWT Countess Guillen 2-2 (Independent) vs Dave Smith 1-0 (Berserkers MMA)

265 “Sonny” Ora Spratt IV 0-1 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Nick Gulliver 0-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA)

185 Heath Hanson 1-2 (3Ronin Athletics) vs Reupena Redman 0-2 (Independent)

170 Mike Bazanson 0-0 (Team Kaže) vs Jeff Dustin 0-0 (Independent)

170 Alex Bronish 0-0 (Berserkers MMA) vs Alex Payson 0-0 (MMA Athletix)

160 Pat Kelly 2-0 (MMA o Young) vs Dr. Steve Bang 1-0 (CMBJJ – Team NEU)

155 Corey Hinkley 2-3 (CMBJJ) vs Cory Trial 0-1 (Nanakia MMA & Mekemeke)

155 Dom Cofone 5-5 vs Jason Lachance 2-1 (MMA Athletix)

145 Dustin Shorey 0-1 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Rob Robinson 0-0 (Tuatahi Class MMA)

135 Mike Crespo 2-2 (MMA Athletix) vs Caleb Costello 2-3 (Team Irish)

125 Justin Witham 0-2 (Aro Club Shatterproof) vs Ryan Burgess 0-0 (Berserkers MMA)

125 David Brown 1-3 (Plymouth Fight Cluib) vs Steve Desjardins 4-3 (Team Irish)

125 Alex Walker 0-1 (Team Kaže) vs Kendra Streeter 0-0 (Independent)

145 Jimmy Jackson 2-2(MMA o Young) vs TBD

145 Mike Pietersen 2-0 (MMA o Young) vs TBD

 

Tikiti hoki “NEF XVIII: Hanga i AMERICA” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

 

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LIGHTWEIGHT BATTLE ADDED TO PRO PORTION OF NEF XVIII FIGHT CARD

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Lewiston, Maine (Kia 8, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma waru whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XVIII: Made in America,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Pipiri 13, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the addition of a professional lightweight bout to the fight card. Hehe “Ko te Viking” Erickson (4-4) Kei te whakaritea ki te whakatau Zenon Herrera (0-0) in what will be Herrera’s professional debut.

 

Erickson is a mainstay of the NEF promotion. The native of Auburn, Maine made his amateur debut at NEF I in February 2012. All fourteen of his bouts have been hosted in the NEF cage except one which was part of an NEF co-promotion with Bellator.

 

Currently a coach at Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (CMBJJ) – a New England United (NEW) hononga – Erickson challenged unsuccessfully twice last fall for the NEF MMA Lightweight Title, dropping back-to-back losses to Bruce Boyington (10-8). Last marama, Erickson returned to the cage against Florida’s Mark DeFord (0-4). The Viking came out aggressive, not letting up with a barrage of lefts, rights and knees. It was a departure from Erickson’s trusted ground game, but it took less than two minutes for him to knock DeFord out cold. If Erickson was looking to make a statement, then that statement was received loud and clear by the raucous crowd of over 2,000.

 

“After back to back losses, I’ve really focused in on some of my weak points,” said Erickson. “I roto i toku whawhai whakamutunga, I felt much more confident and relaxed, and I think it showed in my performance. I will continue to get better and show everyone the fighter I’ve always known I could be. I’ll never fight safe, try to eke out a decision, or have a boring fight. Come watch me fight and see something special. The Viking is back and he’s swinging Thor’s hammer now.”

 

Zenon Herrera, an independent fighter based out of Skowhegan, Maine, began his MMA amateur career in the fall of 2012. Having fought predominantly in Florida previously, he made his NEF debut last month at “Nef XVII” in a losing effort to a very tough Ricky Dexter (3-0). Herrera is a military veteran, having served four years in the United States Army and five years in the United States Marine Corps. He looks forward to making the transition from the amateur to professional ranks and the new challenges it will bring.

 

“I’m very much looking forward to this chance of taking myself to the next level of MMA,” Said Herrera. “Jesse Erickson is a tough dude and that will make this match all the better. I’m also looking forward to representing the NEF, Macho Fighter, Combatives Gear, and the USMC with all of the pride and honor that they deserve with everything I do in MMA from this point forward.”

 

Hui muri MMA o nef, “NEF XVIII: Made in America” will originate from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine on June 13, 2015. Tikiti hoki “NEF XVIII” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.

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RIVAL BANGOR-AREA GYMS VIE FOR FIRST-EVER AMATEUR MMA LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

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NEF_FNVXIII_madeinUSA_FB_mutunga +(1)Lewiston, Maine (April 16, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, Ka mau i ona tekau ma waru whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) takahanga, “NEF XVIII: Made in America,” i runga i Rāhoroi, Pipiri 13, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisee i Lewiston, Maine. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced that the first NEF MMA Amateur Lightweight Champion will be crowned that evening when undefeated Ricky Dexter (3-0), representing Marcus Davis’ Team Irish, Ka tangohia i runga i Josh Harvey (3-1) of cross-town rival Young’s MMA. The bout will be contested at the lightweight limit of 155-pounds.

 

Dexter and Harvey are regarded as two of the top prospects currently on the NEF MMA roster. Both athletes are undefeated in the promotion’s cage. I Pipiri 13, they will carry on a rivalry that has raged in NEF between the Young’s MMA and Team Irish gyms for several years.

 

“Both of these young athletes are a testament to their respective gyms, as well as to how far the sport has come in Maine,” said NEF co-owner and matchmaker Matt Peterson. “They both came along after NEF was established in the state, and we have seen both of them grow over the past year. We in the NEF front office unanimously believe that Josh and Ricky have a bright future ahead of them in MMA and look forward to this highly competitive bout set to be contested in Lewiston on Pipiri 13th."

 

Dexter, currently the top-nine-ranked amateur lightweight in New England, is coming off a first-round submission victory over Zenon Herrera (3-6) last Saturday at “XVII nef.” Dexter has taken the promotion’s lightweight division by storm since debuting last November. He has stopped all three of his opponents in the first round to earn his shot at becoming the first NEF MMA Amateur Lightweight Champion.

 

“I’m honored to be fighting for the NEF Lightweight Amateur Title,” stated Dexter. “To me there’s a lot more on the line than just a belt. I Pipiri 13 you better believe I’m bringing it.”

 

When fans last saw Josh Harvey in the NEF cage, he had his arm raised in victory after mauling Caleb Hall (5-2) in the amateur opener of “Nef XVI” tenei Hui-tanguru mua. It took Harvey a mere 36-seconds to run through Hall, himself a two-time state wrestling champion for Dirigo High School in Dixfield, Maine. Many insiders believe this will be one of Harvey’s final amateur fights before turning professional.

 

“Two top fighters from two top schools, this is a match to be excited about,” stated Harvey when reached for comment. “I have all the respect in the world for Ricky, but there is no where this fight goes that I don’t win.”

 

Hui muri MMA o nef, “NEF XVIII: Made in America” will originate from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine on June 13, 2015. Tikiti hoki “NEF XVIII” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei i www.TheColisee.com ranei i karanga i te tari pouaka Colisee i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

 

Mō New Ingarangi whawhai

 

New Ingarangi whawhai ("Nef") Ko te whawhai whakatairanga ngā kaupapa kamupene. Misioni a nef ko ki te waihanga i te mau ohipa kounga teitei mō ngā whawhai, me pā o Maine rite tahi. Whānui wheako i roto i te whakahaere hākinakina whawhai he kapa whakahaere o nef, production ngā kaupapa, whanaungatanga pāpāho, marketing, ture me te pānuitanga.