{"id":869214,"date":"2026-08-24T02:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869214\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:58:09","slug":"california-mma-event-erupts-into-massive-100-person-brawl-as-15-arrested-three-cops-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869214\/","title":{"rendered":"California MMA event erupts into massive 100-person brawl as 15 arrested, three cops injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An out-of-control brawl has erupted inside a California convention center, with more than 100 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/15\/sports\/massive-ufc-322-brawl-breaks-out-between-dillon-danis-islam-makhachevs-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mixed martial arts <\/a>fans piling each other as security desperately struggled to break up the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Footage from inside the Visalia Convention Center shows mobs of people rushing into the middle of the venue as the conflict escalates, as others stand back and record the mayhem on their cell phones.<\/p>\n<p>Wild video captured the moment a massive brawl erupted inside a California convention center, with more than 100 people piling into the mess.<\/p>\n<p>Security personnel can be seen running into the crowd and trying to separate those involved.<\/p>\n<p>The violence broke out Saturday night during the 559 Fights Next Gen 4 mixed martial arts event, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/13\/us-news\/central-california-cops-pitch-special-valentines-date-with-your-felon-ex-and-it-involves-handcuffs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visalia Police Department.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officers were already working at the event when the fighting erupted, but the major scale of the disturbance forced them to call for backup.<\/p>\n<p>The violence broke out Saturday night during the 559 Fights Next Gen 4 mixed martial arts event. ABC 30<\/p>\n<p>Police said roughly 100 people were involved in the initial brawl, while several other fights simultaneously broke out elsewhere inside the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Visalia Police sent 26 units to the convention center, with officers regain control and clearing the crowds.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen people were arrested in the aftermath and booked into the Tulare County Adult Pre-Trial Detention Facility on various charges. Instagram\/@visaliaconventioncenter<\/p>\n<p>The Tulare County Sheriff\u2019s Office, along with the Farmersville and Exeter police departments, were also  control the rampage. <\/p>\n<p>Fifteen people were arrested in the aftermath and booked into the Tulare County Adult Pre-Trial Detention Facility on various charges, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Three Visalia Police officers suffered minor injuries while trying to bring the sprawling disturbance under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An out-of-control brawl has erupted inside a California convention center, with more than 100 mixed martial arts fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,3335,48,1048,641,14403,9929,638,11763,82,886],"class_list":["post-869214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-canada","tag-events","tag-fighting","tag-fights","tag-metro","tag-mma","tag-northern-california","tag-sports","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869214","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=869214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}