B.C. UFC fighter says she couldn’t pursue her dreams without her community

There is powerfulness successful numbers and that’s what has helped propulsion Jamey-Lyn Horth to the pinnacle of her sport.

First, there’s her precise ample blended household – 4 older brothers and 4 younger siblings who fueled her feisty broadside astatine a young age.

“You’re warring for toys, you’re warring for snacks, you’re warring for everything each day,” Horth told This is BC.

And past there’s the remainder of Squamish that has been with her each measurement of the way.

“I person truthful overmuch sponsorship and enactment wrong this assemblage and that allows maine to bash what I bash each day,” said Horth. “One of my shirts was ‘Squamish vs Everybody’ and that was the slogan for 1 of my combat camps. We tin instrumentality connected thing being truthful tiny but we are mighty.”

They person seen her grooming successful the streets, warring to marque her mode to UFC. Everything is enactment connected clasp erstwhile Horth fights.

“There are viewing parties astatine the section pubs, my section spot and conditioning gym. There are viewing parties astatine the section shot field,” said Horth.

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They’re watching her pursuit her dreams successful MMA.

“After her past fight, I stopped going to the market store with her. People were stopping her. It would instrumentality america 45 minutes to get through,” said her hubby and manager Kasey Smith.

Many of those fans volition beryllium making the travel to Edmonton for her adjacent combat connected Nov. 2.

“From what I cognize determination are astir 50 to 60 radical that I cognize are coming for definite with tickets and are booked,” said Horth.

Showing that support, similar they ever have, for their hometown hero.

“I’m going to get emotional. I’m calved and raised here. I’m conscionable ace fortunate to person the enactment that I do,” said Horth. “The municipality of Squamish rallies hard for me. I don’t deliberation I would beryllium present without that support. It’s the substance for my fire. The full municipality of Squamish is my team, and we’re a squad together.