NEW YORK – August 4, 2016 - Combate Amerika, pele leha e le neng U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (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, Dorella. kaLabone, Aug. 11 ka 9:30 p.m. LE/6:30 p.m. PT.

Streaking star John "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) a le featherweight (145 lik'hilograma tse) main event at “Aspira A Mas Presents Combate Americas: CombateOCHO,” while four-time UFC^® veteran Danny “The Gremlin” Martinez will replace a hurt (knee injury) Jonathan Martinez(19-7) in the flyweight (125 lik'hilograma tse) co-main event contest with Benjamin Vinson (8-3-1).

Holim'a moo, the planned women’s atomweight (105 lik'hilograma tse) matchup pakeng tsa Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (5-3) le 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, motsotsong oa ho qetela,"O ile a re Combate Amerika CEO Campbell McLaren.

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

Ho fihla joale, the fast-rising star who normally competes at bantamweight (135 lik'hilograma tse), but who began his career as a featherweight, has notched 7 ea hae 10 litsebi mosebetsi wins ka tsela ea (T)KO kapa ho ikokobelletsa.

Martinez of Chula Vista, Dorella. will see action for the first time since his unanimous decision win over Richie Vaculik ka UFC 193 ho qetela November 14.

The 31-year-old finisher, originally hailing from Tempe, Ariz., o e sebelelitseng 14 ea hae 19 mosebetsi hlōla ka tsela ea (T)KO kapa ho ikokobelletsa.

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, Bauplatten 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Mela 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, le pele selelekela karete gia tla qala kwa 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

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