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NEW YORK – October 18, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced its return to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico as well as the first three bouts for what is shaping up to be another sensational Mixed Martial Arts (ΜΜΑ) event at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido on Saturday, Νοέμβριος. 17, live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 μ.μ. ET / 7 μ.μ.. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 π.μ.. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 π.μ.. ΚΑΙ / 9 p.m. PT).
A ticket pre-sale for the event will begin on SuperBoletos.com soon.
Announced today was a featherweight (145 λίρες) αναμέτρηση μεταξύ 2017 “COPA COMBATE” tournament winner, Levy “El Negro” Marroquin (11-2) and rising star Jose “Froggy” Estrada (5-1); an atomweight (105 λίρες) matchup μεταξύ Irene “La Nina” Cabello Rivera (8-5) και Yajaira “Shoko Late” Romo (4-3); και ένα ελαφρύ (155 λίρες) νοκ-άουτ καλλιτέχνη Rodrigo “Kazula” Vargas (11-2) and relentless battler Ricardo “El Loco” Arreola (6-5).
Levy “El Negro” Marroquin vs. Jose “Froggy” Estrada
The winner of last year’s inaugural, $100,000 grand prize “COPA COMBATE” eight-man tournament, the 23-year-old Marroquin of Monterrey will see action for the first time this year after withdrawing from two previous bouts due to illness in April and September, αντίστοιχα.
Marroquin became an overnight sensation, defeating three consecutive opponents, including world-ranked John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda in the championship stage of action, to become the first “COPA COMBATE” tournament champion in history last November in Cancun, Μεξικό.
Δρόμος, a prolific, 27-year-old warrior from Oxnard, Καλιφόρνια., ΗΠΑ, θα επιστρέψει στη La Jaula, ο κλωβός Combate Americas, for the second time this year, after scoring a monstrous, δεύτερο γύρο (1:43) ΠΟΥ (knee strikes and punches) επί «Ανελέητη» Rudy Μοράλες at “Combate Estrellas I” in Los Angeles, Καλιφόρνια., USA on April 13.
Estrada has notched all five of his professional wins to date by way of (Τ)KO ή την υποβολή, four of which he earned in the first round of battle.
Irene “La Nina” Cabello Rivera vs. Yajaira “Shoko Late” Romo
The 25-year-old Rivera of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain will return to La Jaula and Monterrey for the second time after scoring a phenomenal, δεύτερο γύρο (2:18) ΠΟΥ (γροθιές) επί Lezly Hinojosa Compean at “Combate Estrellas II” on April 20.
Μέχρι σήμερα, Rivera has produced all of her professional victories by way of (Τ)KO ή την υποβολή, including five first round stoppages.
Like Rivera, ο 21 year-old Romo, who hails from Monterrey, reeled off a stunning, δευτερόλεπτο
γύρος (2:46) victory at “Combate Estrellas II,” taking out Spain’s Vanesa Rico with a barrage of leg kicks, to bring about another showdown between fighters representing Spain and Mexico, αντίστοιχα, in the women’s atomweight division.
Rodrigo “Kazula” Vargas vs. Ricardo “El Loco” Arreola
The 33-year-old Vargas of Mexico City, Mexico will make his fifth career start for Combate Americas and will look for his third consecutive victory.
Vargas is coming off a stunning, 18-second head kick knockout of Mike “El Cucuy” de la Torre at “Combate Americas: Μεξικό εναντίον. El Mundo” in Tijuana, Μπάχα Καλιφόρνια, Mexico on May 18.
Καταπολέμηση από Μοντερέι, the 28-year-old Arreola made an incredible stand in his last start, and emerged victorious over Ivan Perez, the older brother of Combate Americas superstar Erik “El Goyito” Perez, by way of split decision in what was widely regarded as the fight of the night at “Combate Estrellas II.”