Power Slap 23 Brought Championship Slap Fighting To Lubbock For The First Time - Mix 97.9 FM

Professional slap fighting made its Lubbock debut with Double Eagle Energy Power Slap 23, drawing thousands of curious fans eager to watch grown men take turns hitting each other as hard as possible. The card mixed former UFC and WWE names with newer slap fighting talent, delivering knockouts and disqualifications along with the title fight. Bata walked away still holding his championship belt, giving West Texas its first taste of a sport most people had only seen clips of online.

For Lubbock, this means United Supermarkets Arena keeps adding to its resume of hosting events people never expected to see land here. A niche sport built entirely around watching someone absorb a full-force open hand slap to the face pulled in enough of a crowd to justify Power Slap picking Lubbock over every other city in Texas for its first trip to the state.

Whether Power Slap comes back for a second Lubbock date is anyone's guess, but for one night, the loudest sound in the arena wasn't cheering, it was skin on skin.