LIVE FROM EL PLAZA CONDESA IN MEXICO CITY ON
AZTECA AMERICA AND UFC FIGHT PASS^®
ON Csütörtök, Január 19

NEW YORK - Január 3, 2017 – Combate Americas today announced four spectacular Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) végek, including a bantamweight (135) main event between rising stars Steve Swanson (14-2) és Gustavo Lopez (6-2) – for the league’s much-anticipated, historic debut in Mexico on Csütörtök, Január. 19, live on Azteca America (10 p.m. ÉS/PT) and UFC FIGHT PASS® (8 p.m. ÉS/5 p.m. PT).

Az esemény, which will take place at El Plaza Condesa in Mexico City, will also air via tape delay in Mexico the following night, Péntek, Január. 20 at 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.

In the atomweight (105 font) co-főversenyen, former world championship challenger Nicdali "A Night Queen" Rivera-Calanoc (9-9) will make her long-awaited return to La Jaula, A Combate Americas ketrec, and face red-hot Lisbeth Lopez Silva (3-3).

“We are excited to be assembling a phenomenal fight card, and to have the opportunity to be at the forefront of MMA’s growth in Mexico with our unique and fast-growing sports franchise,”Mondta Combate Americas vezérigazgató Campbell McLaren.

In other main card action, two hard-hitting, Mexico City rivals, Rodrigo „Kazula” Vargas (9-5) és Marco Antonio “La Rocka” Elpidio (4-1-1) will collide at lightweight (155 font).

Fellow upstarts Jose “The Ghost” Ceja (4-3) és Joey “El Cazador” Ruquet (3-1) will square off at bantamweight.

Additional bouts for the Combate Americas event will be announced soon.

The 5-foot-5, 36-year-old younger brother of UFC star Kölyök Swanson, Steve of Indio, Kalifornia. is a 36-year-old prolific knockout artist whose family originally hails from Chihuahua, Mexikó.

Swanson is a winner of his last four fights, all by way of (T)KO. He is coming off an explosive, 38-second stoppage of Christian Rios tovább Október 22.

Fighting out MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture’s Xtreme Couture camp in Las Vegas, Nev. Lopez is a 5-foot-5, 27-year-old finisher originally from Yakima, Mosás.

Lopez emerged unbeaten, egy rekord 3-0, during the Combate Americas “Road To The Championship” fight series that spanned from September 2015 to May 2016. He has notched five of his six professional career victories via (T)KO vagy benyújtása.

Rivera-Calanoc is a 5-foot-3, 31-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nev. and native of Tulsa, Okla., as well as a battle-tested veteran of the sport who has faced a handful of top rivals in the women’s field, beleértve Jessica Penne.

Rivera-Calanoc, whose ancestral roots are in Chihuahua, took a split decision in her last start on Március 12, -tól Ronni Nanney.

Lopez Silva of Mexico City is aiming for her fourth straight win on the heels of a unanimous decision over Marcel Yineris Nieto tovább December 2 in Panama City, Panama.

A former welterweight (170 font), Vargas of Mexico City is a 5-foot-8, 31-year-old powerhouse who will put a three-fight win streak on the line.

A mai napig, the Mexican Pride team member has claimed all of his wins by way of (T)KO vagy benyújtása.

Elpidio, whose nickname translates to “The Rock,” is also a former welterweight standout who will look to secure his third consecutive win.

In his last effort on Március 19, Elpidio, a member of the Renzo Gracie affiliate team in Mexico City, szerzett egy második fordulóban (3:16) TKO on Francisco Vargas with an onslaught of punches.

Az 5 láb-7, 31-year-old Ceja of Port Arthur, Texas will make his second start under the promotion of Combate Americas.

In his debut for the league on Október 14, Ceja avenged a previous loss in dynamic fashion, pontozási első fordulóban (4:22) knockout on Irwin Rivera „A fenevad” in the first live televised, professional MMA event since UFC 7 szeptemberben 1995.

Ruquet of Las Vegas, Nev. via Venice, FLA. is a 5-foot-8, 24-year-old upstart and seasoned striker who will make his second appearance in La Jaula after submitting Luke Faultersack with an anaconda choke in the second round (4:28) of action on Április 25.

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