New England Fights back at Colisee after more than a year away, veteran Jesse Erickson is part of first fight announced.
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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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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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MMA: Fight Night pleases Colisee crowd
From the opening bell of the first fight, the capacity crowd was treated to a thrilling night of mixed martial arts action. Beginning the night, two amateur fighters made their MMA debut, trading jabs for three rounds leaving everything on the mat. Chad Pierce took victory with a unanimous decision over Lyman Curtis at the […]
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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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NEF returns to Colisee with 13-fight card
LEWISTON — The heroes and villains of New England Fights came together Friday as they prepare to face off at the promotion’s next big event Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. Again, NEF will feature both boxing and mixed martial arts fights at the Colisee, beginning at 7 p.m. Among the main events […]
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Mixed Martial Arts: Redemption for three new amateur champs at NEF XXI
Ricky Dexter of Bangor and Ryan Glover of Rumford, each defeated in a previous push for one of the sanctioning body’s entry-level belts, took advantage of their second opportunities in a different weight class. Lisbon’s Johnny Crafts, sidelined for six months due to knee surgery and then further stymied by September and November opponents who […]
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MMA event tonight: Glover gets second title shot at NEF XXI
LEWISTON — The calendar flipped from January to February this week. It has been long enough for most people to honestly assess whether their New Year’s resolution to lose weight was a sincere quest for self-improvement or idle chatter. In the mixed martial arts realm, of course, weight cuts are a fact of life for all […]
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NEF XIX: Glover, Erickson, Denning highlight huge night for local fighters
LEWISTON — Ryan Glover of Rumford and Berserkers MMA is a slugger, not a talker who’s into the political side of the sport. So when his scheduled fight with Jason Field kept hovering in perpetual on-again, off-again status, it made the super heavyweight, well, berserk. “The smack talk in between fights and then not showing […]