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

NEW YORK – April 18, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a live Univision Deportes Network (UDN) uitzending, as well as the complete 10-bout fight card for the “Combate Estrellas II” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) extravaganza at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico on Friday, April 20.

 

De live, 90-minute UDN telecast of “Combate Estrellas II,” which will be headlined by a previously announced, highly-anticipated bantamweight (135 pond) rematch between world-ranked superstar and Monterrey native Erik “Goyito” Perez (17-6), and hard-hitting finisher David “D.J.” Bronnen (13-10) of the U.S., begint 12 a.m. EN / 21.00 uur. PT, and will follow the live stream of Combate Americas’ preliminary bout card, vanaf 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, on UnivisionDeportes.com.

 

Bronnen, who fights out of McAllen, Texas, defeated Perez by way of third round (3:01) onderwerping (armlock) when the two met on May 28, 2010.

 

In a new bantamweight (135 pond) co-main event, Victor “Periquito” Madrigal (6-1) van Guadalajara, Mexico, will replace “COPA COMBATE” tournament winner Levy Saul Marroquin of Monterrey, Mexico, who has withdrawn due to illness, against fellow fast-rising star Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (11-1) of Monterrey.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 pond) knock-out kunstenaar Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (3-0) van Mexico-Stad, Mexico, will collide with fellow, hard-hitting Muay Thai stylist Ivanna Martinenghi (4-1) van Buenos Aires, Argentinië.

 

Martinez was originally slated to face Francis Hernandez of Puerto Rico.

 

In other action announced for Combate Estrellas II,” prolific finisher Marcelo “Pitbull” Rood (13-5) of Cordoba, Argentinië, zal af plein met Fabian Galvan (8-3) of Monterrey in a bantamweight contest.

Enrique “Locote” Gonzalez (6-1) of Monterrey will collide with Oscar Suarez (4-1) of Santa Cruz Tenerife, Spanje, in a bantamweight tilt.

Jose Luis “El Pistolero” Medrano (5-2) of Monterrey will battle Daniel “Golden Boy” Zellhuber (5-0) van Mexico-Stad.

 

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 pond) einde.

 

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

Belangrijkste kaart

Bantamgewicht (135 lbs) Main event:
Erik Pérez (17-6) vs. David Fuentes (13-10)

Bantamgewicht (135 lbs) co-main event:
Victor Madrigal (6-1) vs. Alejandro Flores (11-1)

Women’s Strawweight (115 lbs):
Melissa Martínez (3-0) vs. Ivanna Martinenghi (4-1)

undercard

Bantamgewicht (135 lbs): Marcelo Rojo (13-5) vs. Fabian Galvan (8-3)
Atomweight (105 lbs): Irene Cabello (7-5) vs. Lezly Hinojosa Compean (0-0)
Bantamgewicht (135 lbs): Enrique Gonzalez (12-10) vs. Oscar Suarez (4-1)
Bantamgewicht (135 lbs): Juan Pablo Gonzalez (7-0-2) vs. Kevin Garcia (5-2)
Lichtgewicht (155 lbs): Ivan Perez (4-4) vs. Ricardo Arreola (5-5)
Bantamgewicht (135 lbs): David Martinez (2-0) vs. Enrique Barragan (5-2)
Lichtgewicht (135 lbs): Jose Luis Medrano (8-2) vs. Daniel Zellhuber (5-0)