| NEW YORK – APRIL 6, 2018 - Combate Americas today announced the signing of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featherweight (145 mapaundi) star Gaston “Tonga” Reyno (7-2) kuti basi, multi-year promotional contract.
The 5-foot-10, 31-year-old Reyno, who hails from Montevideo, Uruguay, will make his promotional debut for Combate Americas on a May date to be announced soon.
“We are proud to welcome Gaston Reyno, one of the most exciting fighters from South America, to the Combate Americas roster,” said Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren.
Reyno is a seasoned, multiple-time champion in Muay Thai, kickboxing and Tae Kwon Do, and has competed across four different continents – North America, South America, Asia and Australia.
Mpaka pano, Reyno has notched all of his professional victories by way of (T)KO kapena kugonjera, including his latest conquest, ndi woyamba wozungulira (2:30) WHO (nkhonya) a Henri Kakiuchi of Japan in a main event contest in Punta Del Este, Uruguay onFebruary 13.
In Combate Americas, Reyno joins a stacked and ferociously competitive featherweight division that includes knockout artists Andres “The Bullet” Quintana ndipo Jose “Froggy” Estrada of the U.S.; Posachedwapa anasaina Horacio “The Punisher” Gutierrez, undefeated Rafa “Gifted” Garcia ndipo Pablo “El Gallo Negro” Sabori wa Mexico; ndipo Pablo Villaseca of Chile.
The 2018 Combate Americas live television event series begins on Friday, April 13 with a live Univision (12 am ET/12 am PT) and Univision Deportes Network (12 am ET/9 madzulo PT) broadcast of “Combate Estrellas I” from The Shrine in Los Angeles, Calif. |
