Detached retina forces Marc Gomez out,
John Castaneda now faces Jose Alday
in new “Combate Estrellas I” bantamweight main event
Five-division world boxing champion Amanda Serrano battles Corina Herrera in new flyweight co-main event
“Froggy” Estrada collides with new opponent Rudy Morales
in first live televised, main card bout
Los Angeles (April 11, 2018) – Combate Amerike, the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, today announced a trio of lineup changes, including a new bantamweight (135 funtov) Osrednji dogodek med John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (16-3) of the U.S. in Jose “El Pochito” Alday (10-3) Mehike, for “Combate Estrellas I,” live on Univision and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) from Los Angeles on Petek, April 13.
The 90-minute, live Univision (12 a.m. IN/12 a.m. PT) and UDN (12 a.m. IN/9 p.m. PT) broadcast of “Combate Estrellas I” from The Shrine marks Univision Deportes’ first-ever live MMA program.
Originally slated to face off with rival Castaneda in the headlining bout, Marc “Lufo” Gomez was declared medically unfit to compete due to a detached retina that was discovered during the pre-fight physical exam required by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC).
In the women’s flyweight (125 funtov) co-glavni dogodek, five-division world boxing champion Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano (0-0), representing Puerto Rico, will battle a new opponent in veteran Corina Herrera (3-4) of the U.S., after Serrano’s original opponent, Erendira “Aketzaly” Ordonez of Mexico was unable to secure a work visa for the commitment.
Poleg tega, knockout umetnik Jose “Froggy” Estrada (4-1) of the U.S. bo kvadratni off z "Neusmiljena" Rudy Morales (5-5), representing Guatemala, in the first, live televised main card bout, after Estrada’s original opponent, Pablo Sabori Mehike, was forced to withdraw from the commitment due to a shin injury.
The three-bout, live televised “Combate Estrellas I” main card will be preceded by a five-fight preliminary bout card.
Po ceni od $30, tickets for “Combate Estrellas I” are on sale at Ticketon.com.
“Combate Estrellas I” marks Combate Americas’ first live television event of 2018, and the first event of a two-part series featuring a collection of the organization’s top estrellas, or “stars.”
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O COMBATE AMERIKE
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport, after soccer, for Spanish speaking sports fans worldwide. Combate Americas franšize vključuje realnost TV programov, dogodki v živo in mobilna programiranje. CEO družbe, Campbell McLaren, je splošno priznano kot soustanovitelj / soustvarjalca v Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine opisal McLaren kot “trženje genij UFC” in Yahoo! Šport razglasil, da je on “ve več o športu kot skoraj vsakdo v njej danes.” Z izjemno proizvoda in blue-chip lastniško in vodstveno ekipo, Combate Americas je pripravljen orati ledino in prinesla novo obdobje v ravni svetovno prvenstvo MMA konkurence.