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Showing posts with label Derek Shorey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Derek Shorey. Show all posts
March 12, 2024
[NEF PRESS RELEASE]
Bangor, Maine (February 12, 2024) – New England Fights (“NEF”) presents its next mixed-martial-arts event “NEF 57: All the Smoke,” on April 20, 2024, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Earlier today, the fight promotion announced the addition of a professional catchweight bout to the card. Kam Arnold (2-1) has signed to meet Derek Shorey (4-10) at a fight weight of 140 pounds.
Kam Arnold will make his return to the NEF cage after an absence of more than four years. It will be his first professional fight with the promotion after having competed elsewhere in three pro MMA fights and two pro boxing bouts. Arnold has a storied history with NEF dating back to his amateur debut in 2017. He won the promotion’s amateur bantamweight championship and successfully defended it twice. Arnold was a perfect 6-0 in NEF’s cage as an amateur with all six wins coming by way of knockout. Additionally, Arnold married his wife at “NEF 39” in 2019 – the first and only wedding to ever be held in the promotion’s cage.
“I’m beyond thrilled making my highly anticipated return to not only Maine but the promotion who birthed a fast rising, violent finisher,” exclaimed Arnold. “It’s been a long time coming and you guys are in for a treat. You’ll see the precision, rhythm, timing, and distance management for sure, but when you feel that same tenacity I exploded onto the scene with you’ll realize what you guys have been missing for so long.
February 23, 2024
October 24, 2023
[NEF PRESS RELEASE]
Bangor, Maine (October 5, 2023) – New England Fights presents its next mixed-martial-arts event “NEF 55: Glory Days” on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Earlier today, NEF announced the addition of a professional featherweight bout to the card. Derek “Shatterproof” Shorey (4-9) will meet Anthony Vasta (3-4) at a fight weight of 145 pounds.
41-year-old Derek Shorey will make his return to the MMA cage after an absence of over six years. Shorey, who began competing in the sport in 2010, was a regular on NEF cards in the early days of the promotion. He made his pro debut at “NEF 14” in 2014. Shorey appeared in the NEF cage a total of 16 times between 2012 and 2017. Apropos for an event taking place on Veteran’s Day, Shorey is a proud veteran of the United States Navy.
“I am so excited to get back in that NEF cage, and give the NEF fans the best performance of my career,” exclaimed Shorey. “I don’t want to call this a comeback, as I feel like I never really even scratched the surface of my potential. That regret in and of itself is the reason I’m stepping back in the cage. Those closest to me that have learned of my interest in getting back into MMA have expressed concern, asking me all of these ‘what if’s,’ and the only response I can logically come to is simple. I would much rather live the rest of my life in a wheelchair than having to live with the regret that has tortured me for the past six years. I stepped away from MMA for personal reasons, but my own ‘what if’ never went away.
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