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LOS ANGELES – March 6, 2026 – Foos Gone Wild and COMBATE GLOBAL have teamed up to create an exciting and unprecedented twist on combat sports competition, announcing the launch of a special amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight series, “Foos Fighting Championship”.
The first of four 2026 Foos Fighting Championships, modeled after the wildly popular U.S. Hispanic urban comedy platform, will take place in Burbank, Calif. on Thursday, March 26, and air live in Spanish on the EstrellaTV broadcast television network, and in English on the Foos Gone Wild YouTube channel.
Tickets for the inaugural Foos Fighting Championship event are on sale at Ticketon.com.
Foos Fighting Championship is the brainchild of “Lil Mr. E”, the creator and larger than life on-camera personality of Foos Gone Wild, and COMBATE GLOBAL CEO and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-founder Campbell McLaren.
“Foos Gone Wild is excited to bring the Foos Fighting Championship to Los Angeles, home of the Foos, in collaboration with COMBATE GLOBAL. This is a new form of ‘SOCK CHECK’!”, said Lil Mr. E.
Lil’ Mr. E’s popularity has surged since he launched Foos Gone Wild in 2018, earning him recent promotional appearances at events hosted by several different household name brands, including Netflix and the WWE.
“Like any form of show business, fighting is personality driven, and this new fun amateur fight series will definitely have a lot of personality, guaranteed,” said COMBATE GLOBAL CEO Campbell McLaren.
The fight series is the latest brand extension of FOOS Gone Wild, which has attained cult hero status among U.S. Hispanic men, particularly in the Los Angeles area and several parts of Texas.
Among its other extensions, Foos Gone Wild craft beer, plush toys, branded merchandise and a live, touring, stand-up comedy series hosted by Lil’ Mr. E have all emerged from the brand.
The inaugural Foos Fighting Championship show will consist of five bouts featuring a collection of amateur competitors from Southern California, the biggest hotbed for Foos Gone Wild fans and culture.
Fighters will be hand-picked by Lil Mr. E in tandem with the COMBATE GLOBAL fight operations team, and fighters selected will be announced on a later date.
Foos Fighting Championship competition will be regulated by California Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Association in accordance with California state regulations.
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About Foos Gone Wild
Foos Gone Wild (FGW) is a Brown-owned media, merchandising, and production company founded in 2018 that creates original digital content, live events, and branded merchandise inspired by comedy and Latino culture. Created by anonymous admin Lil Mr. E, FGW produces daily skits and voiceovers that drive massive engagement, generating billions of views every year. FGW has built an extremely loyal fanbase and obtains a platform of a combined following of 4.5 million people. FGW’s debut album Foos Gone Wild: The Album reached Apple Music’s Top 10 upon release. FGW has collaborated with major stars and brands including WWE, Netflix, Willy Chavarria, Snoop Dogg, George Lopez, Mario Lopez, and Tony Hawk and is currently expanding into scripted and unscripted television, film, animation, and graphic novels as a multi-platform entertainment brand.
About Combate Global
Combate Global is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise that is rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer for Spanish speaking fans worldwide, and that consistently garners television ratings that are superior to those of other major, longer established sports television properties.
Nielsen research indicates that an astounding 91 percent of Combate Global viewers in the U.S. are not regular viewers of other MMA content, demonstrating that Combate Global has garnered a new MMA audience with its World Cup-style, country vs. country-style competition.
Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder and creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been described by New York Magazine as "the marketing genius behind the UFC,” while Yahoo Sports has said he "knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today." Under his direction, the growth of Combate Americas’ television footprint and worldwide audience triggered a re-branding in 2021 to Combate Global.
