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) telecast, as well as the complete 10-bout fight card for the “Combate Estrellas II” E tsoakiloeng Martial Arts (MMA) extravaganza at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico on Friday, April 20.

 

E phelang, 90-minute UDN telecast of “Combate Estrellas II,” which will be headlined by a previously announced, highly-anticipated bantamweight (135 lik'hilograma tse) rematch between world-ranked superstar and Monterrey native Erik “Goyito” Perez (17-6), and hard-hitting finisher David “D.J.” Fuentes (13-10) of the U.S., qala ka 12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT, and will follow the live stream of Combate Americas’ preliminary bout card, qala ka 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.m. PT, on UnivisionDeportes.com.

 

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

 

In a new bantamweight (135 lik'hilograma tse) sebedisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo, Victor “Periquito” Madrigal (6-1) ea Guadalajara, Mexico, will replace “COPA COMBATE” tournament winner Levy Saul Marroquin of Monterrey, Mexico, who has withdrawn due to illness, against fellow fast-rising star Alejandro “Gallito” Flores (11-1) of Monterrey.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 lik'hilograma tse) knockout moetsi oa litšoantšo Melissa “Super Mely” Martinez (3-0) ea Mexico City, Mexico, will collide with fellow, hard-hitting Muay Thai stylist Ivanna Martinenghi (4-1) ea 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 “Hrithik” Rojo (13-5) of Cordoba, Argentina, tla Square tloha le 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, Spain, in a bantamweight tilt.

Jose Luis “El Pistolero” Medrano (5-2) of Monterrey will battle Daniele “Khauta Boy” Zellhuber (5-0) ea Mexico City.

 

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 lik'hilograma tse) qeta.

 

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

SEHLOOHO KARETE

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

Bantamweight (135 liponto) sebedisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo:
Victor Madrigal (6-1) vs.. Alejandro Flores (11-1)

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

UNDERCARD

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