More stops include Pu’uwanawana Volcanic Cone, and Harpa Road, an emergency route dating back to World War II. For some Hawai’in fusion food, stop by Kiawe Roots, a family owned restaurant serving dishes like Hawaiian jerk pork ribs with spiced Kauai honey barbecue sauce. Visit Kauai’s Moir Gardens. Terkox3 single 30 year old man in Hawaiian Gardens, CA looking for female!
CEO
Prior to the formation of Fight Club OC in 2011 Roy promoted the highly successful Battle in the Ballroom professional boxing shows at the Irvine Marriott Hotel for 25 straight years. This bi-monthly professional boxing show was the longest running club pro boxing show in the country. 36 current or former world champions have fought at the Marriott, including Shane Mosley and Johnny Tapia. In 2007 he became one of the first boxing promoters to introduce Mixed Martial Arts shows to his Battle in the Ballroom concept.
President
Drew Englebrecht graduated from Vanguard University with a B.A. in Sociology in 2003. Drew grew up in the action sports industry designing and selling as a sales rep for Oakley Sunglasses before joining his father in the fight promotions business. With Drew’s creative direction and branding help Roy Englebrecht Promotions made the move from the Battle in the Ballroom at the Irvine Marriott to the launch and rebranding that is Fight Club OC.
Official Ring Announcer for Fight Club OC
Mike Hart has been stirring up fight fans as the “Voice” of the Battle In The Ballroom for seven years. A sportscaster turned news anchor, Mike has been a mainstay at ABC23 in Bakersfield, California since 1991. He started out working club shows in 1994, when he joined forces with Roy Englebrecht Promotions in December of 1999. He took over for legendary ring announcer Danny Valdivia at the Irvine Marriott in January of 2002. Mike has worked for numerous promoters throughout the years including Golden Boy and Goossen Tutor, with appearances on ESPN, FOX Sports and Showtime.
Boxing Matchmaker
Charles Bosecker has been Professionally Matchmaking for over the last 10 years. Charles has a wealth of knowledge in the sport of boxing and has been honored to match several World Title Fights of current and former World Champions. Charles has matched fights for almost every promoter in the sport of boxing including Top Rank, GoldenBoy, Mayweather, Al Haymon, Eddie Hearns, GGG Promotions as well as 360 Promotions. Charles has studied Martial Arts for over 20 years and holds a Black Belt in Taekwondo, is a Brown Belt in Hapkido and a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Gracie Barra. To reach Charles for a potential fight please email him at cbboxing82@gmail.com.
MMA Matchmaker
Heather Hyatt has been a licensed amateur matchmaker for many different promotions for over 9 years! She broke into the matchmaking scene in 2011 basically as a dream and pushed herself to put on the best fights for whatever promotion she worked for. After 9 years and 100’s of amateur fights later she looks forward to taking on the responsibility as MMA Matchmaker for Englebrecht Promotions & Events. She exclusively matches for Englebrecht Promotions and Spar Star amateur promotion now and can be reached at HyattMatchmaker2020@yahoo.com
Assistant MMA Matchmaker
Curtis Millender is an American Mixed Martial Artist. Millender has been a professional competitor since 2013 who competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate FightingChampionship (UFC), Bellator and Legacy Fighting Alliance. Millender began his professional MMA career in February 2013. During this period of his career, Millender competed exclusively for the California-based promotion, Fight Club OC. He compiled a perfect record of 7–0 in the organization, which included a three-round split decision victory over 10-6 Dominic Waters to become the FCOC welterweight champion. Millender has now taken on the responsibly of the MMA Matchmaker for Englebrecht Promotions & Events. If you are looking for an MMA fight please email Curtis Millender at curtismillender170@gmail.com
Marketing & Operations Manager
Before devoting his work fulltime to Englebrecht Promotions and Events. Fernando Amador got his start in Combative Sports in 2014. As a staff member, he began freelancing for various Boxing and MMA companies at local and national level. In addition to being a staff member, Fernando has also worked as a Booking Agent, Production member, Logistics, and Stage Coordinator.
Official Photographer of Fight Club OC
Damian James is an Orange County based freelance photojournalist and event photographer. With over 14 years of experience documenting people and events around the world in 5 different continents, he is back in his home state of California currently focusing his work in the Boxing/MMA arena. A dedicated fan of all types of combat sport, Damian has followed boxing his entire life and has been a fan of Mixed Martial Arts since it’s debut back in 1993. He draws inspiration from the competitive nature of hand to hand combat and the fighting spirit of its participants, and hopes to inspire future generations of fighters and fans through his photographic contributions to the sport.
Official Videographer of Fight Club OC
Evan Jacobs received his B.A. from California State University, Long Beach in Film Studies. With a number of low budget films to his credit (in which Jacobs wrote, produced, directed and edited those projects) he first came to the attention of Roy Englebrecht Promotions with his film SCHUSTERMAN LEVINE: A BOXING FABLE. Fast forward a decade later and Jacobs and Englebrecht teamed up to make a reality TV pilot titled, THE PROMOTER. Showing the ins and outs of the fight promotions world over a 4 days period, Jacobs chronicled what Englebrecht and his staff encounter in putting on their legendary Battle In the Ballroom shows. As a freelance videographer/editor, Jacobs has been working with REP ever since creating promotional DVDs, viral spots and television commercials. “I have been a boxing fan since I was 14,” Jacobs states. “To merge the world I come from with the world I have admired for so long is really the best of both worlds for me.”
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Clark Hills graduated from Vanguard University where he studied Business Organization. Clark then went on to earn his Sport Management Masters Degree from the University of San Francisco. It was while he was at The University of San Francisco that Roy Englbrecht was introduced to Clark as one of his instructors. Clark started working with Roy, and Battle in the Ballroom, to gain class credits and has simply never left. Clark presently is the CEO of a Private Depository based in Newport Beach where he has held that position for over 30 years. Clark has two children and five grandchildren.
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