Maine high school wrestling legend and past New England Fights featherweight champion Ray “All Business” Wood left the state in search of ways to advance his mixed martial arts career. He wound up deep in the heart of Texas, twice featured in the upper echelon at Bellator Fighting Championships cards. This weekend, the Bucksport fighter’s […]
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Buster Douglas set to visit Lewiston, Colisee, during MMA promotion
Heavyweight boxer James “Buster” Douglas waves his gloved hand to the cheering crowd as he makes his way to the dressing room following a 10th round knockout victory over Mike Tyson in a scheduled 12-round championship bout at the Tokyo Dome, Feb. 11, 1990. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Sadayuki Mikami) From boxing’s Muhammad Ali and […]
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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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Mixed Martial Arts: First impressions, last-second win highlight NEF 27
Frank Johanson, sends a kick at Jacob Deppmeyer during their MMA cage fighting matchup at the Colisee in Lewiston on Saturday night. LEWISTON — Every. Second. Counts. So do second chances. Lewiston native Frank Johanson used his, and used every last second, to pick up his second career victory as part of New England Fight’s […]
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Chesterville board hire consultant, change MMA contact list
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen have hired Diana Young as an office consultant. Board Chairman Guy Iverson said at Thursday’s board meeting that Young will work about 22 hours per week, the same as town Treasurer Olive Couture. Young retired as Farmington finance director-treasurer in September and is familiar with the TRIO software program used by many municipalities. […]
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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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MMA: Another big Bang at the Colisee
Dr. Steve Bang brought along the family to New England Fights’ NEF XXIV event Saturday; Bang’s four sons also fought, with two of the four walking away with quick victories. The event was billed as “Promised Land,” but seemed more like another episode of “My Three Sons” for the Bang family. But there was a fourth […]
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Mixed martial arts: Caleb Hall wins NEF amateur featherweight title
Ten fights later, Hall has a title belt to show for that grueling, circuitous journey. He forced Erik Nelson of Lewiston’s Central Maine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to tap out midway through the second round Saturday night in their New England Fights amateur featherweight championship battle at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. “It feels good. It’s about time,” Hall […]