NEW YORK – August 4, 2016 - Combate Amerika, te tuatahi-ake U.S. Pāniora toi hōia whakauru (MMA) sports franchise, today announced new main event and co-main event matchups for its 10-bout fight card that will air live on UFC FIGHT PASS^® from The Exchange in Los Angeles, Calif. i runga iRāpare, Aug. 11 i 9:30 p.m. AND/6:30 p.m. PT.

Streaking star Hoani "Sexy Sexy" Castaneda (10-2) will step in for Erick Sanchez, who suffered a staph infection, and face off with Angel “Tito” Cruz(5-2) i roto i te tekau mā (145 pauna) main event at “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: CombateOCHO,” while four-time UFC^® hōia Danny “The Gremlin” Martinez will replace a hurt (knee injury) Jonathan Martinez(19-7) in the flyweight (125 pauna) co-main event contest with Benjamin Vinson (8-3-1).

I tua atu, the planned women’s atomweight (105 pauna) matchup i waenganui i Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (5-3) a Lisa Ellis (15-10) has been scrapped due to a hamstring injury sustained by Batara.

“We wish Erick, Jonathan and Kyra speedy and full recoveries, and have the utmost respect for John Castaneda and Danny Martinez, two ferocious warriors who did not hesitate to accept our offers to face super tough opponents in the top two fights on our card, i runga i te pānui poto,"Ka mea a Combate Americas Tumu Campbell McLaren.

The 24-year-old Castaneda of Mankato, Mai. is riding a five-fight win streak, the last three of which came inside the Combate Americas cage, or “La Jaula.”

Ki te rā, the fast-rising star who normally competes at bantamweight (135 pauna), but who began his career as a featherweight, has notched 7 o tona 10 mahi ngaio toa i te ara o te (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Martinez of Chula Vista, Calif. will see action for the first time since his unanimous decision win over Richie Vaculik i UFC 193 whakamutunga Whiringa 14.

The 31-year-old finisher, originally hailing from Tempe, Ariz., Kua roaa 14 o tona 19 whakaora umanga i te ara o te (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Tickets for “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: CombateOCHO,” priced from $40, are on sale at ItsMySeat.com as well as at The Exchange box office. UFC FIGHT PASS is available on: personal computers, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Sony TVs with Android TV and Roku devices.

Doors at the Exchange LA open for the event at 5:30 p.m. PT, a ka timata te a'ee kāri tuatahi tuatahi i 6 p.m. The live UFC FIGHT PASS stream will commence at 6:30 p.m.

COMBATE AMERICAS: CombateOCHO

Featherweight Main Event:
John Castaneda vs. Angel Cruz

Flyweight Co-Main Event:
Danny Ramirez vs. Benjamin Vinson

Mā: Heinrich Wassmer vs. Benji Gomez
Mā whitu: Izic Fernandez vs. Mark Bonilla
Mā: Jonathan Santa Maria vs. Albert Tapia
Mā whitu: Jonathan Quiroz vs. Ryan Lilley
Kōmāmā: Jose Estrada vs. Christian Cardona
Kōmāmā: Erick Gonzalez vs. Yoandy Carrillo
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez vs. Hector Saldana
Welterweight: George Hernandez vs. Hakob Ter Petrosyan