To all the great fans who have supported Fight Club OC for the past 10 years, here is what the Fight Club OC shows will look like in this new year of 2021. Knowing that the Covid-19 situation and the protocols required by the California State Athletic Commission still make it difficult to stage shows in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, promoter Roy Englebrecht is announcing that the first Fight Club OC show of 2021 will take place on Thursday, June 10th.
Englebrecht Promotions & Events will stage four Fight Club OC shows instead of their customary six shows, with 2021 Thursday dates now set for June 10th, August 26th, October 21st, and December 2nd.
“As much as I want to get back to putting on Fight Club OC shows and to satisfy the many fans who have been in touch with me wanting to get back to attending, I didn’t want to rush things too early and then have to cancel a show,” said Englebrecht. “I believe that by June most people will have been vaccinated and will feel comfortable attending with other fans, plus the state should be allowing fans to attend sporting event by that time.” To all Fight Club OC Season Seat Holders, VIP Suite Holders, and Sponsors, a 2021 Renewal Packet will be mail out by early April and be assured that your seats and suites locations will still be where you had them in 2020.
Englebrecht Promotions & Events / (949) 760-3131 / P.O. Box 10205 / Newport Beach, CA 92658
Englebrecht Promotions & Events returns with The Gardens Casino Fight Night on Saturday, March 14, 2020. This is the Opening Night of the second season of Gardens Casino Fight Night shows and it is guaranteed to be a memorable one.
Featuring six bouts and switching off between Boxing and MMA, this event promises to showcase the best fighters SoCal has to offer. All the action takes place in The Event Center at The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, CA.
You can score tickets at www.socafights.com with reserved seats going for $60, front row seats for $90, and “Jack Nicholson” VIP Mat Seats going only for $125 hey any closer and you’d be IN the ring. Don’t miss out and get your tickets now for this amazing event!
By Tom Donelson / Author, Member Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA)
This Saturday, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is one of the few fights that is actually worth a PPV. In a day in which PPV in both MMA and boxing, there are many fights that are undeserving.
Today’s heavyweight group is actually full of some actually good fighters at the top of the heavyweight division.
Wilder is the Alabama masher, who can end a fight with one punch, something he showed against Luis Ortiz. In both Ortiz fight, he was behind on points, but he stopped Ortiz both times. In their first fight, Ortiz even stunned Wilder and forced Wilder to actually survive.
Against Fury, Wilder was consistently frustrated by Fury boxing skills. Fury is an unusual fighter for even though he is 6’9”, he is a very good boxer who has good foot movement. Fury frustrated Wladimir Klitschko in their bout. While many of us thought at the time, Klitschko age finally showed and certainly at the age of 40, there were times, he never seems to be able to pull the trigger. While age played a factor in his loss, so did Fury boxing style which also frustrated Wilder as well.
Fight Club OC’s 10th Anniversary Year kicks off with a huge Boxing and MMA show on Thursday, February 20th in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. And if that wasn’t a reason to celebrate, check our our all new and updated website at www.socafights.com.
Fight fans are in for a treat on February 20th as they will not only see three pro boxing bouts but also three pro MMA bouts inside the 24’x24’ hybrid ring, … win free pizza’s from Gina’s Pizza … rib dinners from Newport Rib Company … $200 in cash … great merchandise from the Kings & Legends booth….and free samples by Tong Jerky, the best beef jerky this side of Texas.
It all takes place on February 20th inside The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center. Also new for 2020 we are going back to our 6pm door open time and sticking with the 7pm start time. Tickets for this Feb 20th show are available now at www.socafights.com with all tickets priced at $60.
Season Seats with locations starting in the 3rd and 4th row, and free parking are on sale now by calling Drew at (949) 760-3131.
Roy Englebrecht and the entire Fight Club OC crew are honored to welcome Golden Boy Promotions Thursday Night Fights to The Hangar on Thursday, December 5th. With two great title fights and the show being streamed live on DAZN and Ringtv.com the world will see what a great fight venue The Hangar is. Doors to the event open at 5pm with first bout set for 5:15pm.
Canadian 140-pound contender Yves Ulysse Jr. (18-1, 9 KOs) will return to the ring against tough Venezuelan puncher Ismael Barroso (21-3-2, 20 KOs) to fight defend his WBA Gold Super Lightweight Title in the 12-round main event of Thursday Night Fights on Dec. 5 at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. The fights will be streamed live DAZN, RingTV.com and on Facebook Watch via the Golden Boy Fight Night Page beginning at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone and at 7:00 p.m. West Coast Time Zone. The series will also be available on regional sports networks around the nation.
Certainly one of boxing’s finest “pound for pound” today is unbeaten Japanese boxer, Naoya Inoue (18-0 / 16 by KO).
He is currently the WBA/IBF bantamweight champion, and has previously held the WBC junior flyweight and WBO super flyweight titles.
Next week on November 7, Inoue will take on Filipino boxer, WBA super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (40-5 / 26 by KO). The fight will be held at the Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
This bout is the final of the 2018/2019 World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) which has featured eight of the top rated bantamweight boxers in a single elimination tournament.
On November 9th SOCA Fights’ fourth and final installment of The Gardens Casino Fight Night will be be one for the combat sports ages. You can only see it at one place and that’s The Event Center at The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens, CA. Tickets are priced at $60 & $90 for front row and are available at www.socafights.com. The Gardens Casino Fight Night is without a doubt the most fun you can have on a Saturday night in the Southland!
Headlining this powerhouse fight card is Kazakstan’s Madiyar Ashkeyev 13-0 (6 KOs). Ashkeyev will be putting up his perfect record against Walter Wright 17-8 (8 KO’s) for the vacant WBC USNBC Championship in a 10 round war! This bout promises to be a slugfest from the opening bell so it’s the perfect bout to close out our 2019 Gardens Casino Fight Night season.
This coming Thursday, October 10, 2019 Fight Club OC will return with our unique hybrid show consisting of pro boxing and pro MMA to The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center! This six bout event is sure to feature crushing KO’s, split-second submissions, and the kind of combat sports experience you won’t get anywhere else in the Orange County. The second to last Fight Club OC show of 2019 takes place on Thursday night in Costa Mesa, CA with tickets available at www.socafights.com
All seats can be had for the very low price of $60.
Headlining the boxing side will be Maywood’s Jose Casillas 2-0 (2KOs) vs. Lake Elsinore’s Jorge Porras 0-2-1. Do not let Porras record fool you! He is a crafty boxer and he promises to not be fazed by the heavy-handed Casillas. Their four round featherweight bout is expected to be a hotly contested war. Fight Club OC is known for its headliners closing the show and Casillas and Porras plan to follow in that rich tradition!
On August 22nd, The Fight Club OC show will once again take over The Hangar at the OC Fair and Event Center! This August card will showcase the culmination of the first ever female Flyweight MMA tournament that started last April! The stacked card will also see the return of Fight Club OC fan favorite Malcolm McAllister! All the action happens in beautiful Costa Mesa, CA with tickets available at www.socafights.com, All seats priced at the low, low price of $60 with some tickets available in our new Grandstands for only $50 a Seat!
Headlining this card will be the final bout in the first ever, female, flyweight tournament between Fullerton’s Laura Gallardo 1-0 and Los Angeles’s Natalie Morgan 1-0! These two warriors beat the odds to vanquish their two opponents, and now they meet in a 3 round MMA war to determine who is the Fight Club OC Flyweight Champion!
Long Beach’s hometown hero in Malcolm McAllister 9-3 (8KOs) returns to Fight Club OC and he’s better than ever as he goes up against Victorville’s Rowdy Montgomery 5-2-1 (4KOs)! “Mac” has been away for awhile and Montgomery would love nothing more than to make his homecoming as Rowdy as possible! Scheduled for 6 rounds this middleweight contest could very well end at any time…
Fight Fans … prepare to supersize your summer with a Fight Show Doubleheader and a chance to golf with Mike Tyson. Now you can fill your August activities calendar with these three great events.
