NEW YORK – Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 8, 2016 – Combate Americas today announced that red-hot, streaking bantamweight (135 mapaundi) nyenyezi John "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda (11-2) ndipo Gustavo Lopez (6-1) will face off in the first world championship bout in league history at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y.. pa Friday, October 14, live on beIN SPORTS En Español and UFC FIGHT PASS®.

The 24-year-old Castaneda of Mankato, Kuchokera. and the 27-year-old Lopez of Las Vegas, Nev. via Yakima, Sambani. will collide in the main event of the 10-bout “Combate Americas: Empire Rising” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) extravaganza.

“We are thrilled to be producing our first world title fight in Combate Americas history at our debut event in the Empire State,"Anati Combate America CEO Campbell McLaren, who also produced the last live televised professional MMA event in New York State with UFC^® 7 pa September 8, 1995.

“John Castaneda and Gustavo Lopez put on some incredibly memorable and heroic performances during our ‘Road To The Championship’ fight series this year and last year,"Anapitiriza McLaren, “so we are looking forward to have these two budding, young stars square off and to crowning our first champion.”

Each fighter earned his way to the title fight in “La Jaula,” or the Combate Americas cage, by going undefeated in three consecutive bouts during the “Road To The Championship” series that kicked off in September 2015 and concluded on May 9, 2016.

Pictured Above (Far): Bantamweight star Gustavo Lopez (6-1) wa Las Vegas, Nev. via Yakima, Sambani. will look to continue his unbeaten run in “La Jaula,” ndi Combate America khola, when he fights for his first world title.

Castaneda, who has finished 8 wake 11 katswiri kupambana, is riding a six-fight win streak dating back to May 16, 2015 pamene iye anagonjera Pedro Velasco with a rear-naked choke in the first round (2:42) lankhondo.

Castaneda’s run in the “Road To The Championship” series began with a unanimous decision win over Justin Governale pa September 17, 2015, and continued with a spectacular, arm-triangle choke submission of Federico Lopez in the closing moments of the third round (4:49) wachangu.

The aggressive-minded Castaneda cemented his spot in the world title fight by edging out a split decision over Gabriel Solorio pa April 25.

Komaliza chiyambi, Castaneda stepped up for Combate Americas on just two weeks’ notice, replacing an injured Erick Sánchez, at the higher, featherweight limit of 145 mapaundi, motsutsa Angel Cruz pa August 11, and scored a second round (2:25) WHO (nkhonya) on Cruz.

Fighting out of the famed Xtreme Couture camp in Las Vegas, Lopez, a protégé of former UFC^® ngwazi Miesha Tate and UFC bantamweightBryan Caraway, will look for his sixth consecutive win in the cage, and his fourth under the Combate Americas promotional umbrella.

Similar to his opponent, Lopez is a determined finisher who has earned five of his six professional career wins by way of (T)KO kapena kugonjera.

Lopez began his Combate Americas journey in the “Road To The Championship” series, akugonjetsa Mauricio Diaz by way of unanimous decision on September 17, 2015.

In his second Combate Americas appearance, Lopez submitted Joey Ruquetwith an arm-triangle choke in the second round (4:06) wachangu, before sealing his fate in the title fight with Castaneda by scoring a devastating, kwachiwiri (4:07) TKO pa Sauli Elizondo with a barrage of punches on the ground.

A nationally recognized venue for legendary, fight-of-the-year-level boxing events, Turning Stone Resort Casino will now become one of the very first venues in New York to host professional MMA fights. With a legacy of hosting some of the best events in the country, rivaling many venues in major cities such as Las Vegas, Atlantic City and New York City, Turning Stone has established Upstate New York as a premier destination for live sporting events. Turning Stone is an award-winning destination resort, offering world-class amenities including four hotels, kuposa 20 restaurants and dining options, two luxurious spas, ndi 125,000 lalikulu phazi Las Vegas kalembedwe Masewero pansi, ndi cabaret wamasiku Chipinda Cowonetsera, ndi 5,000 mpando m'bwalomo, five pristine golf courses, mipiringidzo angapo, cocktail lounges and nightlife venues.

Tickets for “Combate Americas: Empire Rising” are on sale and can be purchased at the Turning Stone Box Office, by calling 877.833.SHOW, or online at Ticketmaster.com. Matikiti ndi wogulira pa $75, for cageside, $65, $50 ndipo $35, and may be subject to additional fees. Zitseko chitsegulidwa pa 5:30 p.m.kwa chochitika, ndipo woyamba kuyambirira podwala lidzayamba 6 p.m.

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