LEWISTON, Maine — One-punch knockouts by Josh Harvey and Derek Shorey highlighted NEF XIX, the New England Fights mixed martial arts promotion held Saturday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.
Harvey, making his first defense of the NEF amateur lightweight title, used a left hook to stop Ryan Dibartolomeo of Leominster, Massachusetts, at 2:38 of the second round of their scheduled three-round bout.
Harvey, the former Dexter Regional High School wrestling standout who now trains at Young’s MMA in Bangor, had dominated the fight to that point and improved his record to 5-1, while DiBartolomeo fell to 4-4.
Shorey of Dover-Foxcroft required just 12 seconds of the first round to improve his record to 3-2 as he connected with a right hand that stopped veteran Tollison Lewis in their 150-pound professional bout.
In the main event of the 20-fight show, Bellator and World Series of Fighting veteran Sidney Outlaw defeated New Yorker Darrius Heyliger by rear-naked choke in the first round. Heyliger, a frequent competitor on NEF cards in 2012 and 2013, was attempting a comeback after two years away from the cage, but Outlaw (5-1) scored an early takedown and controlled the match until he could force the stoppage.
Heyliger fell to 5-3.
The card also featured two women’s amateur bouts, with Hannah Sparrell of Newcastle and Boston-based Rachel Reinheimer scoring unanimous-decision victories.
Reinheimer (2-0) opened the show by outlasting the debuting Angela Young — wife of Young’s MMA founder Chris Young — in a battle of strikers. The combatants split the first two rounds before Reinheimer won a tightly contested final round to earn the victory.
Sparrell, competing for First Class MMA of Brunswick, used effective knee strikes to help build an early lead en route to her victory over Kira Innocenti of Young’s MMA in a battle of first-time competitors.
NEF officials also announced that its next promotion — NEF XX — will be a combination MMA-boxing show scheduled for Nov. 21 at the Colisee highlighted by NEF professional lightweight champion Bruce Boyington in the MMA main event and popular light welterweight Brandon Berry of West Forks in the featured boxing match.
Boyington (10-8) will defend his belt against Jimmy “Jimbo Slice” Davidson (7-1) of Sandwich, Massachusetts, while an opponent has not yet been named for Berry, 9-1 with six knockouts as a professional.
Other announced fights on the November card will include Billy Leahy (3-1) defending his NEF MMA amateur heavyweight championship against Dave Smith (2-0), and Randi Beth Boyington (1-1) facing undefeated Erin Lamonte (3-0) in a women’s MMA contest.
Among other notable pro results from NEF XIX, light heavyweight Michael Hansen scored a first-round stoppage of Crowsneck Boutin while Jesse Erickson of Auburn earned his third straight victory with a first-round armbar against Ricky Sylvester.
Other amateur results included C.J. Ewer earning a unanimous decision over Ricky Dexter in a battle of Bangor-area welterweights.