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NEW YORK – October 25, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced six new Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) bouts for its return to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on Saturday, Nov. 17, live in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), and live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET/PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT).
Priced from 300.00$ MXN, tickets for the Combate Americas event at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido are on sale at
www.CombateAmericas.com/Tickets.
Between today and Friday, Nov. 2, fans can purchase general admission level tickets at a 15 percent discount by entering the code ‘COMBATE’ at check-out when purchasing tickets online.
The new bouts announced today join the previously announced, featured November 17 matchups – a featherweight (145 pounds) showdown between 2017 “COPA COMBATE” tournament winner Levy “El Negro” Marroquin (11-2) of Monterrey and explosive, rising star Jose “Froggy” Estrada (5-1) of Oxnard, Calif., USA; an atomweight (105 pounds) scrap between Irene “La Niña” Cabello Rivera (8-5) of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Yajaira “Shoko Late” Romo (4-3) of Monterrey; and a lightweight (155 pounds) affair between knockout artist Rodrigo “Kazula” Vargas (11-2) of Mexico City, Mexico and relentless battler Ricardo “El Loco” Arreola (6-5) of Monterrey.
Among the six new fights announced today for the November 17 event was a lightweight scrap between aggressive finisher Jose Luis “El Pistolero” Medrano (15-3) of Monterrey and hard hitting Combate Americas newcomer Won Sik Park (13-7-1) of Ulsan, South Korea.
After scoring a shocking, first round (4:14) TKO (punches) on veteran star Roman Salazar at the Combate Americas world championship event in Phoenix, Ariz., USA on September 14, Eduardo “El Pube” Alvarado (6-4) of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, will face off with fellow striker Alan “Beche” Cantu (7-5) of Monterrey in a bantamweight (135 pounds) matchup.
In another lightweight battle announced today, Monterrey’s Ivan “El Muchacho Alegre” Perez (4-6) the 33-year-old, elder brother of Combate Americas superstar Erik “El Goyito” Perez, will go to war with Daniel “El Pacman” Rico(5-2) of Mexico City.
Also in action will be the 20-year-old, younger brother of “El Goyito” – Jair “El Lupe” Perez (1-0) – who will face fellow unbeaten prospect Tino “No Mercy” Gilaranz (1-0) of Madrid, Spain in a featherweight tilt.
Undefeated 19-year-old rising star Daniel “Golden Boy” Zellhuber (6-0) of Mexico City will make his second Combate Americas start opposite Salvador “Crossfit” Izar (3-1) of Monterrey at lightweight.
In a flyweight (125 pounds) contest, Ramiro Ruiz Castillo (4-2) of Monterrey will face Ivan “El Brasil” Hernandez Flores (9-2-1) of Monterrey.
Doors at Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unido open at 6 p.m. on November 17. The first preliminary card bout will begin at 7 p.m.