Her sister, MMA fighter Angela Lee, announced the news that Victoria had died on Dec. 26 via Instagram Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Gomez has also trained with the late Joe Trejo and Bobby Garza in Corpus Christi, and Dr. Tywaun Tillman in Victoria. "It's awesome because he's part boxer, but he's also a coach," Perez said.