It’s not every day you see police officers going toe to toe.

But that’s exactly what about 300 people crowded into Ring Sports United in Bellevue were there to see on the afternoon of April 29.

The boxing and jiu-jitsu match called “Rumble for John” was in memory of Bellevue Police Department Corporal John Nourse, who died of brain cancer in December 2016. Ticket sales from the event raised about $13,000 for Nourse’s children’s college fund.

“He would be so proud the whole community is coming to help,” Nourse’s son Quincy Eggert said.

Eggert, 14, and his 8-year-old twin sisters, Johnny and Charly, aren’t sure where they want to go to college, but they’ve all got an idea of what they want to do when they grow up.

Quincy is thinking of becoming something along the lines of talk show host, comedian or news anchor.

“I want what I have to say to matter,” he said. “I really just like talking.”

His sister Johnny wants to become a neurosurgeon and Charly is set on becoming a chef.

The family was in attendance at the match. Quincy, who has been training in jiu-jitsu for two years, even tumbled with Bellevue Police Officer Craig Hanaumi, one of the officers who worked with Nourse.

“Everybody liked him. Great person,” Hanaumi said.

Hanaumi had Nourse’s corporal patches sewn onto Quincy’s gi, the traditional jiu-jitsu uniform, which he wore during their match.

“John dedicated his life to public service after graduating from college, first with the Marietta Fire Department for five years, then with the Bellevue Police Department for the next 10 years,” Hanaumi wrote in a Facebook post for the event.

Nourse was first diagnosed in 2006. He had gone in remission but it came back in May 2016.

“Everyone who met John felt a connection with him. He talked to all people with ease and understanding and he could make anyone laugh,” read his obituary. “He had the uncanny ability to tell you what you didn’t want to hear in a way that made you grateful for hearing it. Even at the very end he was making us laugh with his quick wit. John was an extraordinary community volunteer and spent countless hours volunteering at his children’s schools and throughout the community.”

He loved all things related to the outdoors and passed his love of bike riding onto his children.

“He was the ultimate dad,” read his obituary. “His love of his kids was immeasurable. There is nothing on this planet that he would not do for them or with them.”

Tawna Eggert described her husband as “one of the kindest, most compassionate” people she’s ever known.

“He would give anyone the shirt off his back,” she said.

The Gryphon Warrior Group, a nonprofit “dedicated to the financial and emotional support of other warriors in their time of need” by raising money and awareness, organized the event.

Some of the proceeds from the event will also go to the Eastside Pugs, a youth boxing program.