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LISBETH LOPEZ SILVA (MEXICO) VS. KYRA BATARA (TEB CHAWS USA)
CO-MAIN kev tshwm sim:
HORACIO GUTIERREZ (MEXICO) VS. CHRIS AVILA (TEB CHAWS USA)
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TSHIAB YORK – Plaub Hlis Ntuj 23, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced an epic, nyob Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event that will feature fighters representing Mexico against combatants representing the U.S., beginning with a much-anticipated women’s atomweight (105 phaus) matchup pitting world ranked stars Lisbeth “Coneja” Lopez Silva (5-3) thiab Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (7-4) against one another, at McClellan Conference Center in Sacramento, California. on Friday, Tej zaum 11.
Also announced today for “Combate Americas: Mexico vs. USA” was a featherweight (145 phaus) co-main event between Horacio “The Punisher” Gutierrez (4-3) thiab Nate Diaz kev tiv thaiv Chris Avila (5-6).
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“’Mexico vs. USA is the best of Combate Americas, with ‘soccer style,’ country vs. country competition,"Hais tias Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren. “Lisbeth and Kyra are the top two atomweights in the world, and there is going to be an atomic explosion when these atoms collide.”
Ranked as high as 20 in the world in the women’s atomweight division, Lopez Silva, a 21-year-old native of Mexico City, Mexico is aiming for her sixth straight victory after defeating Sheila Padilla of the U.S. by way of TKO (punches) nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig (3:24) of their bout at the inaugural “COPA COMBATE” extravaganza in Cancun last November 11.
Lopez Silva recently joined forces with the Guadalajara, Mexico-based Team Grasso, the home of MMA superstars Alexa Grasso thiab Irene Aldana.
The 23-year-old Batara, who fights out of Las Vegas, Nev. and is ranked as high as 19 nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no, is coming off her second consecutive win, a unanimous decision over long-standing rival Paulina “Firefox” Granados in the main event of “Combate Americas: Queen Warriors” last December 1.
Ua ntej ntawd, Vajtswv, a grappling expert schooled by famed Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Eddie Bravo, defeated 12-time national Judo champion Vanesa Rico of Spain via second round (3:46) cuav (armbar).
Gutierrez is an aggressive-minded, 27-xyoo-laus, rising star out of Guadalajara, aiming to make noise in what will be his Combate Americas promotional debut.
In his last effort on May 12, 2017, Gutierrez scored a first round (2:37) knockout (punch) rau Antonio Suarez.
Representing the U.S., the 25-year-old Avila fights out of Lodi, California. is looking to return to his past form that saw him notch victories in five of his first seven professional starts, four of which came by way of (T)KO or submission inside of two rounds.
Live television programming details, as well as additional bouts for “Combate Americas; Mexico vs. USA” will be announced soon.