Courtesy photo Former Meigs County resident BJ Robinson, who has won multiple titles in MMA, will make his pro boxing debut on Saturday evening during Fieldhouse Fight Night 6 set for Parkersburg’s Memorial Fieldhouse.

PARKERSBURG — In less than a week, history will be made at Fieldhouse Fight Night 6.

Dawghouse promoter Mike Sheppard is more than anxious for the mixed martial arts, kickboxing and boxing card to get underway come 7:30 p.m. Saturday inside Parkersburg’s Memorial Fieldhouse.

“I meant to have more MMA and less boxing, but a girl broke her hand and another girl backed out,” noted Sheppard, who has 17 bouts ready to go and another which should be finalized soon.

Currently, four of the fights are MMA and four are kickboxing.

“We have the first women’s pro MMA fight (in West Virginia),” Sheppard said of the 155-pound showdown between Amanda Miller of Charleston Dawghouse Gym and Maria Messer from Sam’s Gym in Glouster, Ohio.

“I think this is fan friendly with all three combative sports and I think you pull from all fan bases. There are a few tables left, but all the front row are gone and have been gone for a week. We’ve got some second-row tables left. It’s going to be pretty exciting.”

Area boxing fans not only will have the chance to see Donnie Miller step back into the ring, but Dustin Echard is another one of the pro boxing matches. Echard will look to improve upon his 14-3 record when he takes on Martez Williamson of Cincinnati.

Numerous fighters from the Mid-Ohio Valley are on the card and that includes former Meigs County resident BJ Robinson and Parkersburg’s Ray Davila, who will face Ryan Willard of Charleston in an amateur kickboxing showdown. Robinson, a personal trainer as well as an assistant coach at Urban Ninja in Lexington, Ky., will make his pro boxing debut versus Dustin Carroll of Beckley.

“The decision on going pro, I feel like I’ve put in my time and I finally got my body, not just my technical skill level, but I got my mind and body pretty in sync together,” said Robinson, who had an MMA fight in town this past August during the Dugout Summer Throwdown Cage Fights.

“It’s fun to put in all the work and finally get paid for your effort and all your hard work. Another thing is it’s just something I’ve been waiting for my whole life and a lot of people didn’t believe it in the beginning and I just stuck with it.”

Like any fighter, no matter the genre, Robinson knows he’s part of that special breed.

“I’ve kind of separated myself from the average people,” Robinson added. “People say I’m crazy, but you have to be a little crazy to do this sport. That’s who I am. I don’t know crazy unless I’m in the ring or the cage.

“It’s phenomenal that I’m here and all my birds and ducks are in a row. I’ve put years into this game. It’s in my blood and I just didn’t become a personal trainer to just train people. I went the distance so I could build myself up to be the best I can be.”

Robinson, who lived with his family in Meigs County while growing up as a youth, added “we’re going to come up probably midway through the week and come up to the (family) farm (in Meigs County) and stay relaxed, stay loose and get my mind right.”

General admission tickets for $25 are currently on sale and anyone interested in securing a corporate table should call 304-483-5503. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.