BRENDA ENRIQUEZ REPLACES INJURED KYRA BATARA
IN MAIN EVENT BATTLE WITH LISBETH LOPEZ SILVA
LIVE, 90-MINUTE TELECAST BEGINS AT 11 P.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT
UNDERCARD TO STREAM LIVE ON UNIVISIONDEPORTES.COM
BEGINNING AT 9:30 P.m. OCH / 6:30 P.m. PT
FIGHT CARD COMPLETE WITH EIGHT BOUTS
NEW YORK - maj 8, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced a new main event and live Univision Deportes Network (UDN) telecast for its ‘Mexico vs. USA’ Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event that will be highlighted by matchups between a collection of prolific, rising stars from Mexico against ferocious combatants from the U.S., in Sacramento, Calif. på fredag, Maj 11.
The live UDN telecast of “Combate Americas: Mexico vs. USA” will begin at 11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT from McClellan Conference Center, and will be headlined by a 110-pound catchweight contest between top 20 world-ranked star Lisbeth “Coneja” Lopez Silva (5-3) av Mexico City, Mexiko och Brenda Enriquez (1-1) of Salt Lake City, Utah, US. via Chihuahua, Mexiko.
The program will also be available on the Univision Deportes app and www.UnivisionDeportes.com.
The telecast will immediately follow a live stream of the five-bout undercard on www.UnivisionDeportes.com, börjar vid 9:30 p.m. OCH / 6:30 p.m. PT.
Enriquez will replace Kyra Batara Las Vegas, Nevada., US. i Main Event. Batara was originally slated to face Silva at atomweight (105 pounds), but has withdrawn from the commitment due to a strain in her back and neck.
In the previously announced featherweight (145 pounds) co-main event, knockout konstnär Horacio “The Punisher” Gutierrez (4-3) of Guadalajra, Jalisco, Mexico will collide with Nate Diaz skyddad Chris Avila (5-6) av Stockton, Calif., US.
Leading off the live telecast will be a newly announced, lätta (155 pounds) matchup between aggressive-minded finisher Anthony “The Shark” Avila (15-5) of Sacramento and hard-hitting striker Jose Luis Verdugo (8-4) av Tijuana, Baja California, Mexiko.
In preliminary bout card action and a fourth matchup pitting fighters from the two neighboring countries against one another, Jose “Manos De Padre” Loera (0-0) of Aguascalientes, Mexico will battle Christian Giovannie (2-2) av Stockton, Calif., US. vid bantamvikt (135 pounds).
Elsewhere in preliminary bout action, obesegrad Kaleio “K.O.” Romero (1-0) of Sacramento will face off with Luis “Lightyear” Vargas (2-2) of San Jose, Calif., US. i en lätt match.
A 140-pound catchweight contest will see undefeated Andrew “Bulldog” Coyne(2-0) of Sacramento go to war with Roger “Rare Breed” Severson (2-3) of Vallejo.
Combate Americas veteran Jose Aguayo (2-1) of San Ramon, Calif. US. will return to La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, to square off with unbeaten Jesse Strader (2-0) Lancaster, Calif., US. i en fjäderviktig lutning.
In women’s strawweight (115 pounds) åtgärd, Francis “Hitgirl” Hernandez (2-2) of Camuy, Puerto Rico will make her Combate Americas debut against Shyann Farmer (0-1) of Alamogordo, N.M., US.
Kostar från $40, tickets for “Combate Americas: Mexico vs. USA” are on sale at Ticketon.com. Doors at McClellan Conference Center will open for the event at 6 p.m.
