{"id":699724,"date":"2026-05-28T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699724\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:56:10","slug":"jessica-rose-clark-headlines-san-jose-fight-night-in-cokers-new-mma-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699724\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica-Rose Clark headlines San Jose Fight Night in Coker’s new MMA promo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently announced San Jose-based mixed martial arts promotion Fight Night<\/a> will be holding its fifth event on June 13 at Tech CU Arena, headlined by former UFC bantamweight contender Jessica-Rose Clark<\/a>, the Bay Area News Group has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rose-Clark\u2019s opponent will be announced in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The main and undercard fights will have multiple local up-and-comers, including San Francisco\u2019s Jordan Luo (9-1). Luo will be fighting Michael Bueno (2-2) out of San Lorenzo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bay Area has been an undeniable hotbed for mixed martial arts for decades,\u201d Fight Night spokesperson and former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez said in a release. \u201cFight Night V: San Jose is another benchmark for our mission of identifying stars in Northern California. Between the professional and amateur bouts we have slated, fans will have the opportunity to witness seasoned veterans and future stars in the making compete.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CoachesCoaches Gilbert Melendez and Anthony \u201cShowtime\u201d Pettis during the Red Carpet Premiere Party for Fox Sports 1\u2019s Ultimate Fighter at LURE nightclub in Hollywood September 9, 2014. The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pettis vs. Team Melendez is the 20th edition of the series. The top women in the strawweight class will square off to be the first champion in the newly formed division. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht\/Los Angeles Daily News)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rounding out the local talent will be East Palo Alto native Hector Fajardo, who will be fighting ex-UFC bantamweight Andre Soukhamthath in a featherweight kickboxing match. Half Moon Bay\u2019s Fernando Diaz-Marquez, Hercules\u2019 Chris Fernandez and Antioch\u2019s James Guidry will also appear on the card.\u00a0<\/p>\n

San Jose native Cung Le Jr. (1-1) will be fighting Joshua Gomez (3-2). Le is the son of MMA pioneer Cung Le Sr., who was a knockout artist in the UFC and Strikeforce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fight Night is a local promotion led by Melendez \u2013 a former San Francisco State wrestler \u2013 and longtime MMA promoter Scott Coker. Coker, who was involved with the founding of Strikeforce and Bellator promotions, recently announced that he is launching a global MMA league with $60 million in financing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew I wanted to come back when the time was right, with the right vision and a carefully curated team. That time is now,\u201d Coker said in a release announcing the league earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the event will be available on Ticketmaster. The preliminary card will begin at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"BellatorBellator president Scott Coker during a press conference for Bellator 279 at the Grammy Museum at LA Live in Los Angeles, Monday April 11, 2022. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recently announced San Jose-based mixed martial arts promotion Fight Night will be holding its fifth event on June…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[62657,49,3335,48,641,62656,4245,638,23656,5881,173676,173677,82],"class_list":["post-699724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-bay-area","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mma","tag-other-sports","tag-san-jose","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}