Garcia to debut in her third combat sport at “Combate Estrellas”
in Monterrey, N.L., Mex. Ijumaa, Aprili 12
NEW YORK– Februari 19, 2019 – Combate Americas has signed undefeated boxer and former Lucha Underground bingwa Dulce Maria Garcia Rivas (0-0 MMA, 5-0 ndondi), formerly known as “Sexy Star,” to an exclusive, multi-fight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotional agreement, the premier sports entertainment franchise announced today.
Garcia will make her much-anticipated MMA rules debut under the promotion of Combate Americas at the soon-to-be-announced ‘Combate Estrellas’ live television event in her hometown of Monterrey, N.L., Mexico on Friday, Aprili 12.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dulce Garcia to the Combate Americas familia, and see her perform in La Jaula, and what is quickly emerging as the second biggest sport with Hispanic millennial fans worldwide,"Alisema Combate Amerika Mkurugenzi Mtendaji Campbell McLaren.
Garcia notched three consecutive professional boxing victories in 2018 – her most recent, a six-round unanimous decision over Karla Islas Agosti 18 – to bring her overall record in the sport to an unblemished, 5-0.
Pictured above: In her second professional boxing start, Garcia (haki) earned a unanimous decision victory over Guadalupe Coral (kushoto) in Ecatepec, Mex. Septemba 30, 2017.
Prior to making her boxing debut in April 2017, Garcia had appeared in 57 episodes of El Rey Network’s Lucha Libre television series, Lucha Underground, and was crowned the first women’s champion in the show’s history on April 9, 2016.
Garcia is also a four-time champion of Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide professional wrestling organization, and the wife of former, three-time world boxing championJhonny Gonzalez.