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'Super' fights rock Androscoggin Bank Colisee
Catie Denning from Young’s MMA, left, punches Chelsea Elizabeth, of First Class MMA, right, in the nose during Saturday’s NEF amateur MMA bout at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Jesse Erickson used a choke hold to prevail, Bruce Boyington was relentless on the canvas and Kemran Lachinov brought home […]
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Boyington highlights New England Fights' 'Super Saturday'
Bruce Boyington knocks Russell Lamour Jr. against the ropes during a 160-pound boxing match in Lewiston in June 2017. Boyington returns to the MMA cage this weekend as one of the main events at New England Fights’ ‘Super Saturday’ event. It’s Super Bowl weekend, so perhaps it’s appropriate that one of Maine’s most recognizable mixed […]
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Bellator veterans highlight NEF 29 card
Maine high school wrestling legend and past New England Fights featherweight champion Ray “All Business” Wood left the state in search of ways to advance his mixed martial arts career. He wound up deep in the heart of Texas, twice featured in the upper echelon at Bellator Fighting Championships cards. This weekend, the Bucksport fighter’s […]
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Sanders cuts down Lemke in lightweight title bout at NEF 28
Walter Smith-Cotito gets a kick in at Andre Belcarris at the NEF MMA fight at the Colisee on Saturday night in Lewiston. LEWISTON — The New England Fights professional lightweight championship was up for grabs Saturday night, and both Ryan Sanders and Jon Lemke eyed the belt as they walked to the cage in the evening’s […]
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Mixed martial arts: Lightweight title on the line at NEF 28
The history of the New England Fights professional lightweight championship indicates that the guy with the belt usually doesn’t hold it for long. That’s because it is his ticket to fights in a larger arena, surrounded by more television cameras. Ryan Sanders and Jonathan Lemke hope to continue that trend by winning the 155-pound belt […]
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Mixed Martial Arts: First impressions, last-second win highlight NEF 27
Frank Johanson, sends a kick at Jacob Deppmeyer during their MMA cage fighting matchup at the Colisee in Lewiston on Saturday night. LEWISTON — Every. Second. Counts. So do second chances. Lewiston native Frank Johanson used his, and used every last second, to pick up his second career victory as part of New England Fight’s […]
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New England Fights: Hall earns split decision over Crafts on busy night at Colisee
LEWISTON — Still undecided about his future in amateur MMA fighting, Dixfield native Caleb Hall is relishing the present. Hall retained his New England Fights featherweight title belt Saturday in a split decision over Lisbon’s Johnny Crafts in one of the featured bouts at NEF’s “Heroes and Villains” card at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on […]
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Wrestling instincts help Farmington’s Farrington win MMA debut
LEWISTON — With a wrestling background dating to his seventh-grade year in the Farmington school system, Caleb Farrington was determined to take his mixed martial arts debut to the mat Saturday night. He almost didn’t get the chance. The 20-year-old Farrington withstood a barrage of heavy strikes landed by Nash Roy during the opening round […]