At Bellator 170, middleweight Kevin Casey returns to his hometown of Inglewood, Calif., to make his promotional debut against veteran Keith Barry. Casey didn’t grow up just anywhere in Inglewood, though; he grew up in the shadows of The Forum, staring at the iconic venue through the windows of his elementary school, just a street separating the two.
“There are so many memories there from my roots and from my foundation,” Casey told SI.com. “The spark from being there at The Forum. Whenever there was an event there, the parking lot would fill up next to my apartment building.