“Guys who I went to high school with and wrestled on the high school with, the second that I put the tickets were available, they went right on there. Originally from Fremont, Calif., about 15 minutes away from San Jose, DeAnna will have plenty of family and friends in attendance – including her father’s side of the family. It amped up my training like 10 times more, the fact that I actually get to fight at the Shark’s Tank, at the SAP Center. This is something that I am so excited for. I had a lot of people ask me if I’m going to be overcome when I walk out there for the fight. “I know he would be so ecstatic to know I’m fighting at the SAP Center. “He’s my favorite person in the whole world,” DeAnna said. A dream come true, DeAnna Bennett (10-7-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) will compete at the same arena her father worked at when she fights Alejandra Lara (9-4 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) at SAP Center. However, his memory lives on through DeAnna – a memory that will be prominently displayed Saturday at Bellator 266.
It’s a place that he himself, when I was very first starting to get fighting, he told me, ‘That would be so cool if you get to fight there one day.’ I was like, ‘That’ll never happen.’ Then, of course, he’s doing the ‘I told you so,’ again.”Ī post shared by DeAnna Bennett major role model for the Bellator MMA flyweight, Mark died in 2016 after a battle with cancer. That’s something you should do.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I don’t know about getting punched in the face.’ Then, a year later, he gives me the ‘I told you so,’ when I was like, ‘I want to be a fighter.’ It’s just a place that’s really near and dear to me. “He went to watch Cyborg fight at the SAP Center and was like, ‘Oh, these girls were fighting. “He’s the one who wanted me to be a fighter before I was,” Bennett said. When he discovered their were opportunities for women in MMA, he suggested his daughter give it a try. Among the various concerts and sporting events Mark worked was Strikeforce, which was one of the first promotions to prominently feature women’s mixed martial arts. He frequently would work shifts at SAP Center, San Jose’s major arena and home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks. Mark Bennett was his daughter’s best friend – and a San Jose police officer, too. “I always have it with me, especially during fight week,” Bennett told MMA Junkie on Thursday, as she showed off her father’s police badge. – Almost everywhere she goes, DeAnna Bennett carries the memory of her father with her, sometimes even physically.
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