Video: shots fired into the air during scrum at amateur MMA show in Florida

Fans and fighters were sent to an amateur MMA event last weekend when a participant inexplicably started firing shots in the air.

UFC veteran and current Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship boxer Hector Lombard captured footage of the spooky incident, which happened during a Rize Fighting Championship show at the Bamboo Room from Lake Worth Beach, Fla., last Saturday.

The incident was first reported by TMZ.

According to Lombard, the shots were preceded by a scuffle at the edge of the cage.

“This guy just pulled his handgun in the middle of a melee at an amateur show,” Lombard wrote in an accompanying caption. “Shameful and pathetic cowardly behavior has ruined a great night of fighting.”

Police first responded to a call for shots, Teri Barbera, public information officer for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department, told MMA Fighting. A scan of the area revealed that no one had been hit by gunfire, although some people were slightly injured during the melee and were treated by PBC Fire Rescue.

No arrests have been made, but police consider this an ongoing investigation.

“We are talking to witnesses and trying to track down who may have been involved in this, but luckily no one was hit by the gunfire,” Barbera said. “There could be more fees. It could have killed someone. Right now it’s gunshots, which is a felony charge.

Rize’s Fighting Championship president Armando Gonzalez told the Florida WBPF that the shooting took place after the main event and the plan was for future events to have increased security.

“It was a little scary for a lot of people, we were really in shock to see something like this happen,” Gonzalez said.

“For an event that went so well to end like this, it’s a bit frustrating,” he added. “I hope the authorities will take this man into custody.”

Bamboo Room co-owner Darren Cummings told WBPF that MMA events may no longer be scheduled for the venue.

“For us, I’m not sure we’re going to allow these events anymore in our parking lot,” Cummings said. “We’ll stick to what we’re doing, which is more of live music.”