On Saturday night, the East Coast-based Cage Fury Fighting Championship (CFFC) will make its inaugural visit to San Diego — a city in Southern California that has traditionally supported professional mixed martial arts. And why not? San Diego has long been synonymous with professional MMA. The Alliance Training Center, which is located in nearby Chula Vista and houses the likes of Dominick Cruz, Brandon Vera and Phil Davis, has been a pipeline to the bigger promotions for years.
And Eric Del Fierro — the head coach at Alliance, and the General Manager of Alliance MMA, one of the country’s top feeder organizations, in which CFFC operates — is only too happy to bring the cage back to his neck of the woods.