BRENDA ENRIQUEZ REPLACES INJURED KYRA BATARA
IN MAIN EVENT BATTLE WITH LISBETH LOPEZ SILVA
NYOB, 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. THIAB / 6:30 P.M. PT
FIGHT CARD COMPLETE WITH EIGHT BOUTS
NEW YORK – May 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, California. on Friday, Tej zaum 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) ntawm Mexico City, Mexico thiab Brenda Enriquez (1-1) of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. via Chihuahua, Mexico.
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, pib thaum 9:30 p.m. THIAB / 6:30 p.m. PT.
Enriquez will replace Kyra Batara ntawm Las Vegas, Nevada., U.S. nyob rau hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim. Batara was originally slated to face Silva at atomweight (105 phaus), but has withdrawn from the commitment due to a strain in her back and neck.
In the previously announced featherweight (145 phaus) co-ntsiab kev tshwm sim, knockout artist Horacio “The Punisher” Gutierrez (4-3) of Guadalajra, Jalisco, Mexico will collide with Nate Diaz kev tiv thaiv Chris Avila (5-6) ntawm Stockton, California., U.S.
Leading off the live telecast will be a newly announced, sib (155 phaus) matchup between aggressive-minded finisher Anthony “The Shark” Avila (15-5) of Sacramento and hard-hitting striker Jose Luis Verdugo (8-4) ntawm Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
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) ntawm Stockton, California., U.S. ntawm bantamweight (135 phaus).
Elsewhere in preliminary bout action, unbeaten Kaleio “K.O.” Romero (1-0) of Sacramento will face off with Luis “Lightyear” Vargas (2-2) of San Jose, California., U.S. nyob rau hauv ib tug sib bout.
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, California. U.S. will return to La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, to square off with unbeaten Jesse Strader (2-0) ntawm Lancaster, California., U.S. in a featherweight tilt.
In women’s strawweight (115 phaus) txiav txim, Francis “Hitgirl” Hernandez (2-2) of Camuy, Puerto Rico will make her Combate Americas debut against Shyann Farmer (0-1) of Alamogordo, N.M., U.S.
Luv nqi los ntawm $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.