BANTAMWEIGHTS SEEK FIRST VICTORY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PRO CAREERS AT NEF 40 IN ORONO

 [NEF PRESS RELEASE]

Orono, Maine (July 17, 2019) – New England Fights (NEF) will debut in Orono on September 7, 2019 at the Collins Center for the Arts with the promotion's next mixed-martial-arts event, "NEF 40: School of Hard Knocks."  Earlier today, NEF announced the addition of a professional bantamweight bout to the card.  Fred Lear (0-1) will take on Tommy "The Irish Beast" Kenney (0-2) at a fight weight of 135-pounds.

 Fred Lear had a prolific, and successful, career as an amateur fighter in the NEF cage.  He captured the NEF amateur bantamweight title in August 2017 before his hometown fans in Bangor, Maine.  Earlier this year, he went to war in a draw with Zac Richard (3-2-1) in what is the frontrunner thus far for "Fight of the Year" in 2019.  In the spring, Lear made his professional debut against Bryant Bullock (2-0).  It was not the successful debut Lear, a product of Young's MMA, had hoped for.  He was submitted late in the second round by Bullock.  Lear will look for his first win as a professional on September 7.

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AMMO NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS LIVE REVIEW 7/20/2019

It is a balmy 97 degrees in West Springfield and what would be better to do then see some mma action in the cage.  Warchild and I made the trip to the Young’s building at the Big E and quickly found our spot.  There are seats around the cage and then some bleachers in the back.  There is a West Side Grille inside for people to get their drinks and food.  Did I mention that it also has air conditioning in there?  To start off the night Ammo will have 4 grappling matching and following that 12 mma fights.  Out of the 12 fights there will be 2 amatuer title fights and also 5 of them will be pro fights.  If my eyes don’t deceive me I think I spy with my little eye 6 ring girls.  The show is about to start so please follow along as I recap the night.

AMMO 7 PREVIEW 7/20/2019

Ammo will be returning in action this Saturday July 20th for their 7th show.  This will be in a different building than before as it is in the Young Building at the Big E in Springfield, MA.  The doors will be opening at 6pm and the first fight will start at 7pm.  There are a total of 13 mma fights with 2 of them being title fights.  Also on the night with be 5 professional fights.  There will also be 4 grappling matches before the mma portion.  Please follow along as I break down the fight card for you all.

GRAPPLING Matthew Rodrigues vs. Ronald Roman
GRAPPLING CeCecilia Verrilli vs. Kayla Batres
GRAPPLING Rene Rivera vs. Brendan Cullen
GRAPPLING Gianna Daniele vs. Ayanna Negron

MSAC MEETING JULY 18TH 2019

As always special thanks to Joe Leonard for filming these for everyone.

1. Roll Call
2. Approval of Minutes from June 24, 2019
3. Approval of Medical Advisory Board Minutes from May 15, 2019
4. Application for SEAK Judge and Referee – Joel Bekker
5. Application for Boxing Judge and SEAK Judge - Marcel Varela
6. Application for Mixed Martial Arts - Joseph Cavallaro
7. Southeast Asian Kickboxing
 Regulation Review
8. Matters not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance of meeting

MMA WEEKEND--UFC on ESPN 4: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards

UFC on ESPN 4: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards

Saturday 07.20.2019 at 06:00 PM ET

U.S. Broadcast: ESPN

Rafael dos Anjos  vs.  Leon Edwards 170 lbs

Alexey Oleinik  vs.  Walt Harris 265 lbs

Greg Hardy  vs.  Juan Adams 265 lbs

James Vick  vs.  Daniel Hooker 155 lbs

F. Trinaldo  vs.  A. Hernandez 155 lbs

Andrei Arlovski  vs.  Ben Rothwell 265 lbs

Alex Caceres  vs.  Steven Peterson 145 lbs

Raquel Pennington  vs.  Irene Aldana 135 lbs

Sam Alvey  vs.  Klidson Abreu 205 lbs

Roxanne Modafferi  vs.  Jennifer Maia 125 lbs

Ray Borg  vs.  Gabriel Silva 135 lbs

Mario Bautista  vs.  Jin Soo Son 135 lbs

Domingo Pilarte  vs.  Felipe Colares 135 lbs