‘COMBATE PERU,’ THE BIGGEST MMA EVENT IN PERU HISTORY,
AIRS LIVE ON UNIVISION, UDN AND DAZN
FROM COLISEO MANUEL BONILLA
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LOS ANGELES – May 20, 2019 – Combate Americas today announced the completion of a 10-bout fight card, including a new main event, for its much-anticipated debut in South America with the largest-scale Mixed Martial Arts (ממאַ) event in Peru history, at Coliseo Manuel Bonilla in the capital city of Lima, אויף פרייטאג, מייַ 31.
‘Combate Peru’ airs live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 אַ.ם. עט / פּט) and UDN (12 אַ.ם. ET/9 p.m.PT), and in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 פּ.ם. עט / 7 פּ.ם. פּט).
The flagship show will mark Combate Americas’ entry into a third country and second continent with its aggressively expanding live television event series.
פּרייסט פון 88 soles, tickets for ‘Combate Peru’ are on sale atCombateAmericas.com/Peru.
In the new lightweight (155 פונט) הויפּט געשעעניש, previously announced, ונדעפעאַטעד Daniel “Golden Boy” Zellhuber (6-0) will collide with fellow unbeaten, רייזינג שטערן Gian Franco Cortez (4-0).
The 19-year-old Zellhuber of Mexico City, Mexico was originally slated to faceRolando Bedoya (11-1), but Bedoya has since withdrawn from the commitment.
Fighting out of Lima, the 22-year-old Cortez is coming off a spectacular, ערשטער קייַלעכיק (1:35) וואס (פּאַנטשיז) פון Steven Muñoz אויף מאַרץ 23.
Cortez made his professional debut on October 7, 2017, scoring a knockout onBenji Ayala נאָר 15 seconds into the first round of action.
Also announced today was a new bantamweight (135 פונט) matchup between undefeated David “The Black Spartan” Martinez (3-0) of Mexico City andWilliam Sanchez (0-0) of Lima.
Sanchez will make his professional debut after a nearly untarnished, 5-1 run as an amateur.
Martinez was originally slated to face 2017 “COPA COMBATE” tournament competitor Kevin “El Frio” Moreyra (4-2) of Lima before Moreyra’s camp determined he would no longer be able to make the contracted weight of the bout.
Moreyra will move up to the next weight class, פעאַטהערוועיגהט (145 פונט), and will square off with Bruno “Jacunda” Pereira (10-6-1) of Lima via Macapa, אַמאַפּאַ, Brazil in a ‘Combate Peru’ preliminary card bout.
In other preliminary card action announced today, fellow Lima competitors Yuri Valenzuela (12-6-1) און Vicente Vargas (10-4) will face off at bantamweight, while unbeaten upstarts Jose Alberto Ochoa (2-0) of Lima and Omar Torres (2-0) of Arequipa, Peru will battle each other in a flyweight (125 פונט) ייסעק.
The previously announced co-main event between Marlon “Deriko Siete” Gonzales (14-4-2) Lima and פּאַבלאָ וויללאַסעקאַ (14-5) of Santiago, Chile will be contested at a catchweight of 150 פונט.
COMBATE AMERICAS: COMBATE PERU
LIGHTWEIGHT MAIN EVENT:
Daniel Zellhuber vs. Gian Franco Cortez
CATCHWEIGHT (150 LBS.) גלויבנס-הויפּט געשעעניש:
Marlon Gonzales vs. פּאַבלאָ וויללאַסעקאַ
FEATURED STRAWWEIGHT BOUT:
Alitzel Mariscal vs. Maria Paola Buzaglo
PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD:
באַנטאַמוועיגהט: Rodrigo Vera vs. Eduardo Torres
באַנטאַמוועיגהט: Renzo Mendez vs. Andres Ayala
פעאַטהערוועיגהט: Kevin Moreyra vs. Bruno Pereira
באַנטאַמוועיגהט: Yuri Valenzuela vs. Vicente Vargas
קאַטטשוועיגהט (120 פונט): Jennifer Gonzalez vs. Dana Zighelboim Grau
באַנטאַמוועיגהט: David Martinez vs. William Sanchez
פליוועיגהט: Jose Alberto Ochoa vs. Omar Torres