ATOMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT:
KYRA BATARA VS VANESA RICO FERNANDEZ

Evento principal de peso pluma:
Erick Sanchez vs. Andrés “A Bala” Quintana

Máis:
Erick “Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez vs. Danny "O Realista" Ramírez
Jose “Froggy” Estrada vs. George Hernandez

Tickets for “Combate11” on sale now
NEW YORK – Xaneiro 25, 2017 – Combate Americas today announced the main event – a women’s atomweight (105 libras) enfrontamento entre Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (5-4) and eight-time Spanish national Judo champion Vanesa Rico Fernandez (2-2) – as well as three additional bouts for the league’s 11^th vivir Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) evento, which takes place at Burbank Events Center in Burbank, Califa. en Xoves, Febreiro. 16, and airs live on Azteca America (10 p.m. E/PT) and UFC FIGHT PASS® (8 p.m. E/5 p.m. PT).

The event will also air via tape delay in Mexico the following night, Venres, Xan. 20 en 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.

Prezos a partir de $45, tickets for the event – “Combate11” – can be purchased online at ItsMySeat.com.

No peso pluma (145 libras) co-main event between two of the sport’s fastest rising stars, Urijah Faber-protexido Erick Sánchez (7-2) will collide with Combate Americas newcomer Andrés “A Bala” Quintana (9-2).

Elsewhere on the live telecast, fellow knockout artists Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez (5-1) e Danny "O Realista" Ramírez (5-2) will face off in a lightweight (155 libras) atracción, while unbeaten, heavy-handed Jose “Froggy” Estrada (2-0) will take on submission artist George “Furious” Hernandez (4-3), also at lightweight.

Additional bouts for “Combate11”, including a flyweight (125 libras) matchup featuring Heinrich “Ricky Scraps” Wassmer (4-1) de Os Ánxeles, Calif., será anunciado en breve.

Kyra Batara vs. Vanesa Rico Fernandez

The 4-foot-11, 22-year-old Batara of Las Vegas, Nev. has been unstoppable in La Jaula, Combate a gaiola Américas, winning all three of her matchups, including a second round (4:13) TKO of Jenny “The Phoenix” Silverio that Batara produced in an unprecedented manner – a ground and pound assault with Silverio locked in a “twister,” the patented submission move created by Batara’s famed mentor, Eddie Bravo.

Making her U.S. estrea, Rico Fernandez (2-2) de Alacante, Spain holds a second-degree black belt in Judo and is a 13-year member of the Spanish national Judo team and former national freestyle wrestling champion. Her two professional MMA career victories to date both came by way of submission.

Erick Sanchez vs. Andrés Quintana

The 5-foot-10, 26-year-old Sanchez of Sacramento, Califa. is an explosive finisher who will enter La Jaula for the third time in his career, on a three-fight winning streak.

The Team Alpha Male member has put away all three of his last opponents by way of (T)KO ou finalización, including his last adversary – Mike Segura – whom Sanchez forced to tap out from a rear-naked choke just 50 seconds into their meeting at Combate Americas last Abril 18.

Fighting out of Roswell, N.M., the 6-foot-, 25-year-old Quintana is another devastating force who has earned all but one of his nine professional career wins by way of (T)KO.

Quintana will attempt to bounce back from his only loss in nearly five years – a first round (2:10) QUEN (body kick and punches) at the hands of Adrian Diaz, en Maio 19.

Erick Gonzalez vs. Danny Ramírez

The 5-foot-10, 25-year-old Gonzalez of Torrance, Califa. will risk a three-fight win streak, including two consecutive victories under the promotion of Combate Americas.

Gonzalez has notched four of his five professional wins to date via (T)KO. Na súa última partida, he handed Cuban upstart Yoandy Carrillo his first career defeat by way of TKO (socos) na segunda rolda (3:13) de batalla.

A native of Los Angeles and former U.S. Mariño, o 5-foot-9, 27-year-old Ramirez fights out of Sacramento and, like his opponent, has claimed victory in all but one of his five conquests, vía (T)KO.

The hard-hitting Ramirez scored a third round (1:02) QUEN (socos) en Chuck Seang in his last appearance on Agosto 27.

Jose Estrada vs. George Hernandez

In less than one year as a professional, the 5-foot-6, 26-year-old Estrada, known best to his fans as “Froggy,” has already earned the reputation of a brutal puncher, scoring first-round knockout wins in each of his two starts, both of which took place in La Jaula.

The Fillmore, Califa. resident made a mark in his professional debut, putting Jonathan Quiroz flat on his back with a single punch in just under two minutes.

The 5-foot-10, 35-year-old Hernandez of Santa Rosa, Califa. will seek his first win under the Combate Americas banner, and attempt to stop a three-fight skid.

After turning professional just two years ago at age 33, Hernandez cruised to victory in his first four bouts, defeating three of his opponents by way of submission and the fourth by way of TKO.

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