Coliseum Combat Zone will hold its inaugural mixed martial arts (MMA) event on September 14, 2024, from 6 to 10 p.m., at the All American Field House in Monroeville, Pa. The event will showcase a star-studded lineup of battle-hardened professionals and ascending local amateurs who will square off in one of the area’s most intimate sporting venues. This is the largest MMA event held in Pittsburgh since 2017.
One of the world’s fastest-growing sports, MMA is a full-contact sport where fighters use combat techniques such as striking, finishing holds and control to achieve dominance over their opponents.
This event will be kicking off a slate of MMA fights that will give local fans an up-close-and-personal view of one of the world’s fastest-growing sports,” said Allen Levine, CEO and founder of Coliseum Combat Zone, a Pittsburgh-based sports organization that is promoting this event. “We are promising an exhilarating experience where fans will be so close to the action that they can almost feel the energy of the punches and kicks.”
Allen’s decade of sports broadcasting, hosting Pittsburgh Sportsline every Tuesday evening on Bethel Park Public Access TV, is thrilled he can bring this event to Pittsburgh. His drive to make this happen for the local fighters to give them the opportunity to perform in a professionally staged venue is something that he has been passionate about for a long time.
All fights will take place in a regulation-sized MMA cage that will be spotlighted by state-of-the-art lights, colored lasers, and jumbo screens with a high energy concert atmosphere. Smokin’ Jim Frazier, a local football legend and co-host on Pittsburgh Sportsline, will serve as the ring announcer. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Fights start at 7 p.m. and there will be a 20-minute intermission at the halfway point of the event. Levine will have 30 second interviews with all of the fighters, and they will be posted before each of their fights on 2 large screens at the corners of the venue!
Assisting Coliseum Combat Zone in organizing this event are Ray Reamer, operations, owner of The Audio Factory and co-founder of Gladiators of the Cage MMA company; Gary Thomas, lighting, owner of Pro-Lit Lighting and Scenery; John Shedlock, Alchemy Sounds; Jordan McMillin, production, owner of Cut ‘N’ Run Productions; and Professional MMA Matchmaker Nicole Castillo.
