FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lewiston, Maine (April 20, 2016) – New England Fights (NEF), America’s number-one regional fight promotion, will hold its next event, “NEF 22: ALL ROADS LEAD HERE” this Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature both mixed-martial-arts (MMA) and professional boxing bouts with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. Earlier today, the promotion announced that it would hold the event weigh-in this Friday, April 22, 2016, at 2:00 pm EDT at the Colisée. The Colisée is located at 190 Birch Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240.
Weigh-ins are open to the public and free to attend. All of the fighters competing on Saturday night will be at the weigh-in, including MMA headliners Jesse “The Viking” Erickson (6-4) and Devin Powell (5-1), as well as boxing main event participants Brandon “The Cannon” Berry (11-1) and James Lester (10-9). Fans and press are encouraged to attend. For those unable to make it to the Colisée on Friday, weigh-ins will be streamed live on the NEF Youtube page at www.Youtube.com/nefmma.
The “NEF 22” fight card:
PROFESSIONAL BOXING
140 POUNDS: Brandon Berry vs. James Lester
175 POUNDS: Crowsneck Boutin vs. Brandon Montella
PROFESSIONAL MMA
155 POUND TITLE: Devin Powell vs. Jesse Erickson
205 POUNDS: Mike Hansen vs. Jesse Baughman
150 POUNDS: Josh Harvey vs. Matt Denning
155 POUNDS: Zenon Herrera vs. Tollison Lewis
145 POUNDS: Aaron Lacey vs. Derek Shorey
AMATEUR MMA
145 POUNDS: Glenn Kasabian vs. Matt Marshall
170 POUNDS: Tom Burgess vs. Alex Payson
125 POUNDS: Jake Denham vs. Ryan Daley
265 POUNDS: Joe Krech vs. Bryce Bamford
145 POUND TITLE: Caleb Hall vs. Erik Nelson
265 POUNDS: Dave Smith vs. Nick Gulliver
155 POUNDS: Cory Trial vs. Angelo Rizzitello
265 POUNDS: Matt Glover vs. Ras Hylton
155 POUNDS: Ken Dunn vs. Frank Johanson
140 POUNDS: Angela Young vs. Hannah Sparrell
New England Fights’ next event, “NEF 22: ALL ROADS LEAD HERE,” takes place this Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, Maine. Tickets for “NEF 22” start at just $25 and are on sale now at www.TheColisee.com or by calling the Colisée box office at 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. In addition, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, follow them on Twitter @nefights and join the official Facebook group “New England Fights.”
About New England Fights
New England Fights (“NEF”) is a fight events promotions company. NEF’s mission is to create the highest quality events for Maine’s fighters and fans alike. NEF’s executive team has extensive experience in combat sports management, events production, media relations, marketing, legal and advertising.
