Vitruvian's Anthony Lopez, just a normal guy living his dream and ready for war at 559 Fights 89!

Its fight week in the Central Valley! ...Again! 559 Fights is back at the Valley Strong Ballpark in Visalia, Ca Saturday August 13th, 2022! Big night of action set for the valley fans, headlined by two title fights! Featuring a banger for The 559 Fights Bantamweight title!

Born in Visalia, raised in Strathmore (2-2) Anthony Lopez, who trains out of Vitruvian MMA. Looks to add some familiar hardware to the trophy case at the gym located in Visalia, Ca.

Vitruvian MMA is no stranger to 559 Fights Gold, under lead instructor Marc "The Hitman" De La Cruz and the team. They have held two titles prior with 559 fights.

I was able to connect with Lopez prior to his title fight. Where he will be taking on (3-1) Royce Butler for the 559 Fights Featherweight title. Saturday August 13th, 2022. I asked how he got started in the game and how training for this fight has been going? he replied,

"I got into jiu jitsu right out of high school. I've been in and out of the gym for years and slowly got into MMA. Training has been awesome for this fight. I'm working with Vitruvian MMA, and on my boxing with Ruben "The Ice Cream Kid" Cuellar in Tulare."

Lopez has been putting in the work! That is the word I get when I asked a few folks how the young fighter is coming along. I was able to reach out to head instructor at Vitruvian MMA, Marc De La Cruz for his thoughts on Lopez heading into the weigh ins. he let us know, 

"Lopez is looking good, He's coming off some great performances recently in jiu jitsu tournaments. He's been training at Vitruvian for almost 2 years. I know the weight cut is a little difficult this time but that's our main concern. He's a grinder when it comes to training, he has two jobs and a baby. So finding time to be in the gym also presents some hardship, he deserves this title shot."

When asked what he knew about his opponent, and what this title shot meant to him? Lopez replied,

"I know my opponent is a tough game opponent, but this title shot means everything to me! I'm just a normal guy, living his dream and I'm ready for war with him. Expect a high pace and a lot of action."

559 Fights 89 goes down Saturday August 13th, 2022 at the Valley Strong Ballpark! Tickets are going fast! Only thing left to do is weigh in, and with that I asked Lopez if he had any final thoughts or shout outs? he finished off by saying,

"I want to thank my girlfriend and mother of my daughter first. For all the sacrifices she makes, so I’m able to do what I love. Also my coach's Marc De La Cruz, Ruben Cuellar and all the other coaches at Vitruvian!  Thank you to my sponsors The High Crew and The Cloud Factory"

Tickets for 559 Fights 89 are still available, for now at www.eventbrite.com/e/559-fights-89-tickets-353022829787 

In other business, the co main event will see The promotions champ champ back in action! As Undefeated 559 Fights Featherweight champion (5-0) Elijah Ozuna out of Team Oyama returns and is ready to defend his lightweight title versus (2-1) Martine Sandoval out of Porterville. 

Also om the card:

(1-0) Julia Alonso vs (0-3) Amanda Aspiron

(0-1) Ash Price vs (0-1) Alex Cruz

(0-0) Brandon Betancourt vs (0-0) Shonta Smallwood

(0-0) Abraham Del Toro vs (0-1) Mychal Corbin

(1-1) Angelica Pimentel vs (0-1) Sarah Mathis

(0-0) Tyler Saelee vs (1-0) Gino Gonzales

(0-0) Shanai Carter vs (0-0) Nicole Sagandoy

(1-1) Joshua Simpson vs (0-0) German Taboada

(0-0) Roman Guillen vs (0-0) Sang Han

(0-1) Fidel Bustos vs (0-1) Masao Kustin

(0-2) Michael Brown vs (0-0) Adrian Reyes

(0-0) Israel Smith vs (0-0) Bryson Davis

559 Fights Official after party and weigh ins located at the 5th Quarter 

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By: Daniel “Trip” Quintana www.noweakshitever.com