{"id":1742,"date":"2012-07-18T19:51:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T19:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2012\/07\/18\/fitness-first-plus-hosts-annual-outdoor-fight-night\/"},"modified":"2012-07-18T19:51:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T19:51:58","slug":"fitness-first-plus-hosts-annual-outdoor-fight-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/fitness-first-plus-hosts-annual-outdoor-fight-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness First Plus Hosts Annual Outdoor Fight Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the first heat wave of the summer has seemed to pass for now, Fitness First Plus looks to bring the heat back to the Quad Cities<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>in the form of punches and kicks as they host an outdoor MMA event; Stars, Stripes and Fights on Saturday, July 21<sup>st<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2117440692\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p>It was last July when the gym hosted the boxing event, \u201cSalute to our Soldiers\u201d, and this year, General Manager, Jose Cerda wanted to change it up a bit.\u00a0 \u201cMMA is a growing field,\u201d said Cerda.\u00a0 \u201cOur goal is to direct these fighters and help them along their journey as far as where they want to go.\u201d\u00a0 One such fighter that has added the path of MMA instructor at Fitness First Plus as well as still being a full time fighter is Team Evolution\u2019s, Anthony \u201cThe Prince\u201d Nache.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nache will be headlining the night\u2019s event and talks a little about how the transition from fighter to fighter and coach has been.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s cool to see my teachings and my fighters display it in the cage,\u201d said Nache.\u00a0 \u201cIt is hard though, when you have a fight coming up.\u00a0 You have to push the coach part to the side and concentrate on yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having added new strength and conditioning coach, Stephanie Inness to the Fitness First Plus Team, Nache recognizes what an important key to victory she is for himself as well as for the gym.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve lost a significant amount of weight using her meal plans,\u201d said Nache.\u00a0 \u201cHer workouts are hard and intense and we appreciate her a lot.\u201d\u00a0 With an impressive record of 16-1, Nache is always thinking about his future in the sport. \u201cI\u2019d like to go pro by the end of the year,\u201d said Nache.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m trying to find the right camp that has everything I need before I take the next big step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Fitness First Plus is known for always giving back to the community and their patrons, partial proceeds from the night\u2019s event will go to the family of Cpl. Bryant Luxmore.\u00a0 Luxmore was killed in action serving in Afghanistan on June 10, 2012.\u00a0 \u201cThis show isn\u2019t about the fighters.\u00a0 It\u2019s about something bigger that that\u201d explained Nache.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s about one of our nation\u2019s heroes and taking care of his family for him giving the ultimate sacrifice.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2025379701\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/hhs.iowa.gov\/health-prevention\/diabetes-prevention-management\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Diabetes Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diabetes-Spanish-300x250-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p>Stars, Stripes and Fights is Saturday, July 21, 2012 held in the parking lot of Fitness First Plus, 849 Avenue of the Cities, East Moline, IL.\u00a0 Family activities are from 4pm-6pm with the fights starting at 7pm.\u00a0 Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.\u00a0 VIP Passes are $40, with VIP tables available.\u00a0 For more information call Fitness First Plus, 309-755-9999.<\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-2965328320\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/progressiowa.org\/2023\/08\/take-action-with-progress-iowa\/?utm_source=news&#038;utm_medium=site&#038;utm_campaign=2026&#038;utm_id=News\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Progress Iowa Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Progress-Iowa-Spanish-300x250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the first heat wave of the summer has seemed to pass for now, Fitness First Plus looks to bring the heat back to the Quad Cities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}