NEW BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT:
JOSE “POCHITO” ALDAY VS. JUAN PABLO “EL MOLO” GONZALEZ
LIGHTWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT:
RAFA “GIFTED” GARCIA VS. ESTEVAN “EL TERRIBLE” PAYAN
STRAWWEIGHT FEATURED BOUT:
YAZMIN JAUREGUI VS. CODIE WAREHAM
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LOS ANGELES – May 13, 2019 – Combate Americas today announced both a new main event and a co-main event for it’s star-studded return to AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz., presented by Cricket Wireless, on Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 7, live on television in Spanish in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) and UDN (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m.PT), and in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT).
Announced today for the “Cricket Wireless Presents Combate Americas: Tucson Unbreakable” Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event was a new bantamweight (135 phaus) main event between former world champion Jose “Pochito” Alday (12-4-1) of Tucson and Juan Pablo “El Molo” Gonzalez (7-2-2) ntawm Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Alday was previously scheduled to square off with Irwin “The Beast” Rivera (7-4) in the main event contest, but Rivera has since been forced to withdraw.
Also announced today was a lightweight (155 phaus) co-main event featuring the return of undefeated phenom Rafa “Gifted” Garcia (9=0), who will face the most seasoned opponent of his career in Estevan "El phem" Payan (17-12, 1 NC).
Fighting out of Palm Springs, California. via Mexicali, B.C., Mexico, the 24-year-old Garcia, a protégé of MMA superstar Cub Swanson, has been an unstoppable force in La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, since the MMA sports franchise discovered him at an open tryout in 2016.
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Saum toj no: Undefeated finisher Rafa “Gifted” Garcia will return to action in the live televised, Combate Americas lightweight co-main event against Estevan “El Terrible” Payan.
A veteran of over 30 kev bouts, including matchups with a collection of world-ranked rivals, Payan of Tempe, Ariz. will make his debut under the promotion of Combate Americas.
Payan will look to notch his second consecutive victory since he defeated Dominic Clark by way of second round (3:17) LEEJ TWG (punches) on Plaub Hlis Ntuj 21, 2018.
In a featured strawweight (115 phaus) bout announced today, Yazmin Jauregui(1-0) will return to action on the heels of her incredible, 13-thib ob knockout (punch) ntawm Daniela Espinosa, and face off with fellow unbeaten upstart Codie Wareham (2-0).
The 21-year-old Jauregui of Tijuana, B.C., Mexico recorded the second fastest finish in Combate Americas history with her stoppage of Espinosa at the ‘Combate Reinas’ event on April 26.
Wareham is an aggressive-minded, 24-year-old fighting out of Glendale, Ariz. She earned her professional debut victory over Carolyn Biskup-Roe ntawm cuav (armbar) kawg Kaum ib hlis 2, and her second career win by way of first round (2:29) LEEJ TWG (punches) rau Wendy Rodriguez nyob rau hauv Kaum ib hlis 28.
In preliminary bout card action, Justin Rascon (2-2) of Tucson will battle Jesus “Bear” Rivas (1-2) of Tucson at flyweight (125 phaus).
The previously announced lightweight matchup between Levi Escobar (1-0) of Tucson and Austin Wourms (1-1) of Phoenix has been scrapped due to injury sustained by Escobar.
Luv nqi los ntawm $15, tickets for “Cricket Wireless Presents Combate Americas: Tucson Unbreakable” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tucson.
Additional preliminary bouts will be announced soon.
Doors at AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol will open for “Cricket Wireless Presents Combate Americas: Tucson Unbreakable” at 6 p.m. local time on June 7, thiab cov thawj ua ntej bout yuav pib thaum 7 p.m.
“CRICKET WIRELESS PRESENTS
COMBATE AMERICAS: TUCSON UNBREAKABLE” FIGHT CARD
BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT
Jose Alday vs. Juan Pablo Gonzalez
LIGHTWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT
Rafa Garcia vs. Estevan Payan
FEATURED STRAWWEIGHT BOUT:
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Codie Wareham
PRELIMINARY BOUT CARD:
Catchweight (190 phaus): Javier Torres vs. Joel zus
Bantamweight: Eduardo Alvarado Osuna vs. Jose Luis Calvo
Flyweight: Justin Rascon vs. Jesus Rivas
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