FIGHT CARD COMPLETE WITH NINE BOUTS, INCLUDING PROMOTIONAL DEBUT OF UNDEFEATED COMBATE AMERICAS OPEN TRYOUT SIGNEE RAFA “GIFTED” GARCIA

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ເມືອງ​ນີວ​ຢອກ - ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 6, 2017 – Combate Americas today announced the completion of a stellar, nine-bout Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) ບັດ​ການ​ຕໍ່​ສູ້, including a bantamweight (135 ປອນ) showdown between two fast-rising, undefeated stars – Mark “The Bumblebee” Delarosa (7-0) ແລະ Ivan “El Brasil” Hernandez Flores (8-0-1) – for the league’s much-anticipated, historic debut in Mexico on ວັນ​ພະ​ຫັດ, Jan. 19, live on Azteca America (10 p.m. ແລະ/PT) and UFC FIGHT PASS® (8 p.m. ແລະ/5 p.m. PT).

The “Combate10” event, which will take place at El Plaza Condesa in Mexico City, will also air via tape delay in Mexico the following night, ວັນ​ສຸກ, Jan. 20 ຢູ່​ໃນ 11 p.m. CT., on TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AZTECA; Latibex: XTZA), one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world.

The fight card is headlined by the previously announced, bantamweight battle between knockout artist Steve Swanson (14-2) and Xtreme Couture prodigy Gustavo Lopez (6-2).

One of the latest athletes to sign an exclusive, multi-fight agreement with Combate Americas, the 22-year-old Delarosa of Dallas, Texas will enter La Jaula, ໄດ້ cage Combate Americas, for the first time in his young career.

ກັບ​ວັນ​ທີ, Delarosa has notched four of his six professional career wins by way of (T)KO ຫລື​ສົ່ງ. ໃນ​ການ​ເລີ່ມ​ຕົ້ນ​ສຸດ​ທ້າຍ​ຂອງ​ຕົນ​ກ່ຽວ​ກັບ ເດືອນ​ເມ​ສາ 2, he earned a unanimous decision over Arthur Oliveira.

A multiple-time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament champion, Delarosa holds a brown belt in the discipline and is a three-time MMA champion in regional competition.

ໃນ 25 ປີ, Hernandez Flores of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico is ranked as high as number one in Mexico and number two in all of Latin America in the sport’s flyweight (125 ປອນ) ພະ​ແນກ.

Five of Hernandez Flores’ victories, ດັ່ງ​ນັ້ນ​ຈຶ່ງ​ໄກ, ໄດ້​ມາ​ໂດຍ​ວິ​ທີ​ການ​ຂອງ (T)KO ຫລື​ສົ່ງ.

In other action on the card, undefeated, 22-year-old prospect Rafa "Gifted" Garcia (3-0) ຂອງ​ເມັກ​ຊິ, Baja California, Mexico will make his promotional debut after being discovered at the Combate Americas open tryout in Pasadena, Calif. ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ສິງ​ຫາ.

Garcia will take on submission expert Raul “The Cobra” Najera Ocampo (4-2) of Mexico City in a featherweight (145 ປອນ) ການ​ແຂ່ງ​ຂັນ.

ບຸກ, 18-year-old phenom Kevin Garcia (4-0) of Monterrey will face off with hard-hitting Enrique “Kike” Barragan (5-1) ຂອງ Saltillo, Coahila, Mexico in a bantamweight battle.

Garcia and Barragan have each claimed all of their professional career victories, ດັ່ງ​ນັ້ນ​ຈຶ່ງ​ໄກ, by way of (T)KO ຫລື​ສົ່ງ.

In one of two welterweight (170 ປອນ) ຄູ່ແຂ່ງ, Heriberto Tovar (6-3-1) of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico will square off with Christofer Ramirez (4-1) ຂອງ Guadalajara, Jalisco, ເມັກ​ຊິ​ໂກ.

In the other welterweight scrap, Alex Velasco (5-1) ຂອງ Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico will meet Julio Cesar Cruz (9-9) ຂອງ Mexico City.

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“COMBATE AMERICAS: COMBATE10”

CARD MAIN (Live on Azteca America and UFC FIGHT PASS):

Bantamweight Main Event:
Steve Swanson vs. Gustavo Lopez

Atomweight Co-Main Event:
Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc vs. Lisbeth Lopez Silva

Bantamweight: Mark Delarosa vs. Ivan Hernandez Flores
Bantamweight: Jose Ceja vs. Joey Ruquet

CARD ເບື້ອງ​ຕົ້ນ (Live on UFC FIGHT PASS):

Bantamweight: Rafa Garcia vs. Raul Najera Ocampo
Lightweight: Rodrigo Vargas vs. Marco Antonio Elpidio
Bantamweight: Kevin Garcia vs. Enrique Barragan
Welterweight: Alex Velasco vs. Julio Cesar Cruz
Welterweight: Heriberto Tovar vs. Christofer Ramirez