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(Derry, New Hampshire) – When you meet John Benoit his
strength is what greets you first. He’s tall, rough
around the edges, and his hand grips yours with a tenacity
even he doesn’t feel. You feel it. You feel it
in the pain running through your hand; you see it in his
eyes which are fixed on the target at all times; and you
sense it by the way he moves…no wasted motion, ever.
John Benoit is a simple guy competing in a hard sport, a
blood sport, but you’d be surprised just how simple a strong
right hand can make mixed martial arts (MMA).
By Tim O’Connor, New
England
Mixed Martial Arts
timoconnor@ne-mma.com
(Bellingham, Massachusetts)
– Greg Rebello is the latest addition to the Sucker Punch
Athletics list of sponsored fighters.
Rebello is the current Reality Fighting New England
Light-Heavyweight champion, he was offered a spot earlier
this year on the hit cable television series “The Ultimate
Fighter”, and is clearly one of the top three prospects in
all of New England.
Title
Qualifiers Highlight 3rd Installment of
CageFightMMA
This Saturday
(Bedford, NH) – Roger Woo’s third installment of
CageFightMMA enlists the talents of Light Heavyweights
Lamont Lister (5-4) of Team Bombsquad and Team NEXUS
grappler Cesar Barros (2-2), this Saturday at the Wayfarer
Convention Center. CageFightMMA 3 features the Light
Heavyweight Qualifier of Lister vs. Barros as well two
Welterweight Title Qualifier’s pitting Triumph BJJ’s Dennis
Olsen (3-2) vs. Bombsquad’s Eric Henry (7-3) and SNE MMA’s
Todd Solek (2-5) vs. Team Fury’s Jeff Soucie (2-0).
The card also features New Hampshire’s second female MMA
fight between amateur’s Heidi Compos (MFS-NH) and Shannon
Harney (DWMMA)!
Check out the New England MMA Preview and Grab Your Seats By
CLICKING HERE!
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BREAKING NEWS!
WCF 5 To Feature Dan "The Upgrade Lauzon" vs. Justin "Sledge" Hammerstrom
As Main Event Nov. 14th!
Wilmington, MA)
- World Championship Fighting's Nov. 14th
fight card at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium will
feature a new Main Event of UFC Veteran Dan "The
Upgrade" Lauzon (10-2) versus Team Burgess's Justin
"Sledge" Hammerstrom (7-6)! Stepping in to face
Renzo Gracie - NH standout Dan Bonnell will be former
teammate Josh Spearman (6-16) of Woburn, MA-based Dragon
Warrior. In undercard action Bill Jones (3-1) of Anubis
was named to fight undefeated prospect John Benoit (6-0)
and Greg Rebello (6-2) of USMMA will face Ohio native
Chris Canale (3-2) of Formula 1 Fight Team. Be sure to
the read New England MMA's Preview of WCF 5 and grab
your seats for WCF 5 at
www.wcfighting.com
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PREVIEW
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(Malden, MA) - There is no doubting that
mixed martial arts (MMA) is growing at break-neck speed
here in New England, and with any booming industry speculators
and opportunists are attracted to the thought of making
a quick buck. Look no further than the failed "Tsunami" fight
card last August from IE Fights as evidence. As MMA continues
to prove its detractors wrong and increasingly becomes
part of the New England sporting fabric more and more
promoters are going to throw their proverbial hats in
the cage; good news for fight fans comes in the form
of current EliteXC fighter Frederic Belleton joining
forces with New England Fights Podcast Owner Matt Peterson
to bring fans a new MMA promotion called "No Boundary" which
offers its first show this Saturday, October 11th, at
the Jungleplex in Plymouth, Massachusetts (www.noboundary.tv).
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World Championship Fighting (WCF) today announced the launch
of its "Fight For Children In Need" campaign in
association with WBCN, the Rock of Boston, to support Greater
Boston's Toys For Tots program. The Toys For Tots program,
an annual toy drive created by the U.S. Marine Corps, has
been collecting toys for needy children since 1948.
The toy drive will take place on November 14th at the World
Championship Fighting 5 event in Wilmington, MA. The mission
of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is
to collect new, non-violent, unwrapped, toys each year and
distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children
in the Greater Boston community. New unwrapped toys can be
donated on the night of fight in the lobby of the Aleppo
Shriners Auditorium. Monetary donations will also be accepted
in the form of check with checks payable to "Toys For
Tots of MA." For more information please visit www.wcfighting.com! |
(Hooksett, New Hampshire) – Black & Blue Entertainment, LLC Owner Roger Woo today announced the first title qualifier match in the short history of the CageFightMMA promotion! The title will be in the Light Heavyweight Division (205lbs.) and the match will feature International Fight League (IFL) veteran Lamont “The Philly Badass” Lister (5-4) of Bombsquad and Cesar Barros (2-2) of American Top Team – Boston.
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(Exeter,
NH) - In the 1970's ABC featured the hit television program "Eight Is Enough", starring Dick Van Patten, about a suburban family comprised of eight children of varying ages. Today New England's version of "Eight Is Enough" refers to the growing number of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organizations currently in operation. Well bump that number to 9 as the Global Fight League enters the battle for MMA supremacy in New Hampshire as it offers "The Harvest" on November 13th from the IOKA Theatre in Exeter, NH and streaming LIVE online! |
(Taunton, MA) - In a sport utterly dominated by the male
species and supported by ultra-aggressive underpinnings,
it is a woman who is making the biggest waves on the
mixed martial arts scene in the Northeast section of
the United States. Her name is Linda Shields, she's
recently traded her high heels for headgear and has
unleashed Cage Fighting Xtreme ( www.cagefx.com) onto
the fans of Massachusetts. On January 17th, 2009 Linda
Shields will officially become the first female MMA
promoter in New England when Cage Fighting Xtreme draws
the curtains back at the 2,200 seat Worcester Palladium
in Worcester, Ma.
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Upcoming Events!
Dan "The
Upgrade" Lauzon makes
his much anticipated return to World Championship Fighting
On
Nov 14th, 2008 UFC Veteran Dan "The Upgrade"
Lauzon makes his much anticipated return to World
Championship Fighting when he takes on Justin "Sledge" Hammerstrom at
the Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, MA. Lauzon has been
on an absolute tear in the last eighteen months, having
won six fights in a row, three of them in the WCF. His
recent winning streak was enough to earn him a fight with
fellow prospect Chris Horodecki on a pay-per-view event
in January of 2009.
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HERE for tickets today!
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(Salem, New Hampshire) - Rockingham Park was the scene
as New England's oldest operating mixed martial arts promotion, Combat
Zone, returned to action under new ownership and management. Gone is
the infamous Bruce Marshall as David George and Chirs Konelas teamed
up to buy out his stake in the company and the show was an absolute
hit with the crowd of nearly 1,100 MMA fans. |
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(Boxborough, Massachusetts) - Will Kerr has established
himself as one of the Top 10 fighters in New England at 155lbs., but
at Untamed 23 at the Holiday Inn in Boxborough, MA Marc Stevens sought
to make his own mark in the Top 10 at 155lbs. and both fighters found
themselves in the middle of the "Fight-Of-The-Night". Through
three incredible rounds of mixed martial arts (MMA) action Kerr and
Stevens traded punches, kicks, submission attempts, and enough blood
to make the white Full Force Productions canvas look like a Jackson
Pollock masterpiece. |
Referee Kevin
MacDonald Joins New England MMA!
New England Mixed Martial Arts is proud to announce that
Referee Kevin MacDonald has joined our staff to bring you access
to New England's best and most experienced MMA Referee. Kevin will
be answering YOUR questions and posting YOUR comments to ensure that
YOU, the fan, have total access to the rules and regulations of MMA
in New England. Go to a show and disagree with a call? Well chances
are Kevin and his staff were on the job so send him a question at AskTheRef@ne-mma.com!
Kevin brings years of no-hold's barred fighting experience and has
refereed more local matches than anyone else in the business. All
of the best local promotions turn to Kevin and his crew (World Championship
Fighting, Full Force Productions, CageFightMMA, Combat Zone, and
the World Fight League are just a few!) because they all want the
fair and balanced matches that Kevin and his staff guarantee! So
get off the forums and go straight to the source, AskTheRef@ne-mma.com!
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England Mixed Martial Arts Media Consulting
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Make sure your next event is covered by New England
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else related to the fastest growing sport in the world,
MMA, New England Mixed Martial Arts is happy to report
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