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VICTOR MADRIGAL REPLACES LEVY MARROQUIN IN BANTAMWEIGHT
CO-MAIN EVENT SHOWDOWN WITH ALEJANDRO FLORES
IVANNA MARTINENGHI REPLACES FRANCIS HERNANDEZ AGAINST UNDEFEATED MELISSA MARTINEZ IN STRAWWEIGHT FEATURED CONTEST
STAR-STUDDED EVENT HEADLINED BY
MUCH-ANTICIPATED BANTAMWEIGHT REMATCH BETWEEN
ERIK “GOYITO” PEREZ AND DAVID “D.J.” FUENTES
NOVA YORK – Abril 18, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a live Univision Deportes Network (UDN) transmissió per televisió, as well as the complete 10-bout fight card for the “Combate Estrellas II” Arts Marcials Mixtes (MMA) extravaganza at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico on Friday, Abril 20.
El viu, 90-minute UDN telecast of “Combate Estrellas II,” which will be headlined by a previously announced, highly-anticipated bantamweight (135 lliura) rematch between world-ranked superstar and Monterrey native Erik “Goyito” Pérez (17-6), and hard-hitting finisher David “D.J.” Fuentes (13-10) of the U.S., comença a 12 a.m. I / 21 h. PT, and will follow the live stream of Combate Americas’ preliminary bout card, a partir de les 8 p.m. ET / 5 PM. PT, on UnivisionDeportes.com.
Fuentes, who fights out of McAllen, Texas, defeated Perez by way of third round (3:01) submissió (armlock) when the two met on May 28, 2010.
In a new bantamweight (135 lliura) co-esdeveniment principal, Victor “Periquito” Madrigal (6-1) de Guadalajara, Mèxic, will replace “COPA COMBATE” tournament winner Levy Saul Marroquin of Monterrey, Mèxic, who has withdrawn due to illness, against fellow fast-rising star Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (11-1) of Monterrey.
Leading off the three-bout, live televised main card, undefeated strawweight (115 lliura) artista del nocaut Melissa “Super Mely” Martínez (3-0) de la Ciutat de Mèxic, Mèxic, will collide with fellow, hard-hitting Muay Thai stylist Ivanna Martinenghi (4-1) of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Martinez was originally slated to face Francis Hernandez of Puerto Rico.
In other action announced for Combate Estrellas II,” prolific finisher Marcelo “Pitbull” Rojo (13-5) of Cordoba, Argentina, s'enfrontaran amb Fabian Galvan (8-3) of Monterrey in a bantamweight contest.
Enrique “Locote” González (6-1) of Monterrey will collide with Oscar Suarez (4-1) of Santa Cruz Tenerife, Espanya, in a bantamweight tilt.
Jose Luis “El Pistolero” Medrano (5-2) of Monterrey will battle Daniel “Golden Boy” Zellhuber (5-0) de la Ciutat de Mèxic.
Also in the card, Mexican Muay Thai fighter Lezly Hinojosa Compean (0-0) will make her debut under the MMA rules against Spanish superstar Irene Cabello Rivera (7-5) of Barcelona, Spain in an atomweight (105 lliura) fi.
Tickets for “CombateEstrellas II” are on sale at SuperBoletos.com.
Doors at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon will open at 6 p.m. local time on April 20. The first preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m.
“COMBATE ESTRELLAS II” FIGHT CARD
TARGETA PRINCIPAL
Pes gall (135 lliura) Main event:
Erik Pérez (17-6) vs. David Fuentes (13-10)
Pes gall (135 lliura) co-esdeveniment principal:
Victor Madrigal (6-1) vs. Alejandro Flores (11-1)
Women’s Strawweight (115 lliura):
Melissa Martínez (3-0) vs. Ivanna Martinenghi (4-1)
UNDERCARD
Pes gall (135 lliura): Marcelo Rojo (13-5) vs. Fabian Galvan (8-3)
Atomweight (105 lliura): Irene Cabello (7-5) vs. Lezly Hinojosa Compean (0-0)
Pes gall (135 lliura): Enrique Gonzalez (12-10) vs. Oscar Suarez (4-1)
Pes gall (135 lliura): Juan Pablo Gonzalez (7-0-2) vs. Kevin Garcia (5-2)
Lleuger (155 lliura): Ivan Perez (4-4) vs. Ricardo Arreola (5-5)
Pes gall (135 lliura): David Martinez (2-0) vs. Enrique Barragan (5-2)
Lleuger (135 lliura): Jose Luis Medrano (8-2) vs. Daniel Zellhuber (5-0)