Eugene Correa will fight for hometown during Long Beach MMA event
Eugene Correa will be the only competitor fighting out of Long Beach during the upcoming A1 Combat, presented by UFC and Urijah Faber on Saturday, March 18.
Photos: Long Beach native A.J. McKee scores win at MMA fight
A Mixed Martial Arts fight Saturday at Long Beach Arena featured Long Beach native A.J. McKee, who made his lightweight debut and earned a unanimous decision win over Spike Carlyle.
Long Beach native A.J. McKee fights at home this weekend in Bellator 286
A.J. McKee’s Bellator MMA career started with 18 consecutive victories before his first loss. Saturday, he’s trying to rebound in front of his hometown crowd.
‘Sweet Savage’: Long Beach MMA fighter reconnects with her Cambodian heritage
“There’s too much of a culture of women being quiet,” Sovannahry Em said. “We live in such a society that violence toward women is not so uncommon.”
IN PICTURES: PFL9 playoffs bring high-stakes MMA action to Long Beach
With a shot at the 2018 Professional Fighters League championship and $1 million top prize, the stakes were high for fighters competing in the PFL9 playoffs at the Long Beach Arena on Saturday.
IN PICTURES: MMA fighters prepare for the PFL9 in open workout
PFL fighters go through an open workout at Groundwork Fitness as they prepare for the PFL9
Long Beach Arena’s First MMA Fight is Bellator’s Biggest Fight Card
With decades as the region’s premiere large-scale entertainment venue and a $7 million “repurposing” nearly ready for its great unveil, the Long Beach Arena will this weekend add yet another chapter to its diverse portfolio of events it can accommodate–MMA fights.
Ashlee Evans-Smith, Former Long Beach MMA Instructor, Ready to Battle Transgender Fighter Fallon Fox
It’s extremely rare that a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter with a 1 – 0 record would be on the verge of helping make history in her sport. But such is the case with Ashlee Evans-Smith, who will square off against the first openly transgender pro MMA fighter, Fallon Fox, in the Championship Fighting Alliance tournament title fight on October 12 in Coral Gables, Florida.