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📰 NEWS--📰 JON PIERSMA ON SANDERS: ‘THE SUBMISSION’S GONNA OPEN UP’

 

Portland, Maine (October 29, 2022)

 Jonathan “War Hawk” Piersma didn’t have to wait long after his New England Fights (NEF) professional welterweight title bout against “The” Ryan Sanders was announced to become the target of locker room bulletin board material.

 Sanders, the loquacious Maine veteran, unleashed a verbal barrage in interviews for publicity pieces and on the The Room podcast hosted by Steve Domenico announcing the main event, casting aspersions about (among other things) Piersma’s striking ability and his lack of experience.

 The 26-year-old from Rochester, New York initially sat back like Ivan Drago at his “Rocky IV” press conference with Apollo Creed, absorbing most of the shots as if there were a language barrier. Even when he spoke, Piersma mostly took a “we’ll see” approach with his replies, lightly volleying back a few times before ultimately predicting his own success.

📰 NEWS--📰 SANDERS AND PIERSMA WAGE WAR OF WORDS AHEAD OF NEF 50

[NEF PRESS RELEASE]

Portland, Maine (October 3, 2022)

New England Fights’ main event reveal for NEF 50 unveiled a clash of styles, a cavernous gap in age and mixed martial arts experience, and a war of words unlike anything affiliated with the promotion in recent memory.

Bangor, Maine mainstay “The” Ryan Sanders (20-9) is supremely confident, and Rochester, New York’s Jonathan “War Hawk” Piersma (4-1) slightly less jocular and loquacious but equally self-assured, heading into their scrap for the NEF welterweight title Saturday, November 12 at Aura in Portland, Maine.

Sanders highlighted a joint interview with Steve Domenico on “The Room Podcast” by serving up a steady stream of verbal volleys, characterizing Piersma as one-dimensional and inexperienced. The 35-year-old former lightweight champ scoffed at suggestions that the smaller NEF hexagon could play into the hands of a grappler such as his opponent.

“I finish fights, and I guarantee you, I’ll put money on it, he’s shooting within the first minute. I bet you he’s not gonna strike with me,” Sanders said. “It’s definitely geared toward a grappler, but it’s all about footwork and the experience and stuff like that. I’m gonna put hands on him quick, and he’s gonna panic shoot. He doesn’t want to strike. He can’t strike. His striking’s dogshit at best, and he knows it.”

📰 NEWS--📰 SANDERS & PIERSMA WILL VIE FOR WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AT NEF 50

[NEF PRESS RELEASE] Portland, Maine (September 30, 2022) – New England Fights (NEF) returns to Portland, Maine on Saturday, November 12, 2022, with its next mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event “NEF 50.” Earlier this evening on The Room Podcast with Steve Domenico, the main event was announced. “The” Ryan Sanders (20-9) will face Jonathan “War Hawk” Piersma (4-1) for the vacant NEF Professional Welterweight Championship. Ryan Sanders is no stranger to NEF gold. He is a former NEF Professional Lightweight titleholder. Sanders vacated the title to return to the welterweight division post-pandemic. The 170-pound strap has eluded him to this point in his career. Sanders has tried to capture it on two previous occasions, but came up short both times against Gil de Freitas (18-6).