ON, LIVE DAZN, UNIVISION & UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK
FROM TUCSON, ARIZ. AM SAMSTAG, Oktober. 13
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ANTHONY BIRCHAK FACES ADAM MARTINEZ AT BANTAMWEIGHT
FOUR OTHER MATCHUPS ANNOUNCED
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NEW YORK - September 18, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced “Combate Americas: Mexiko vs. USA,” a star-studded Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event that will be headlined by a bantamweight (135 Pfund) Showdown zwischen Weltranglisten-Superstars Erik "El Goyito" Perez (18-6) und John "Sexy Mexi" Castaneda (16-4), live from the AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz. am Samstag, Oktober. 13.
The three-bout main card airs live on television in Spanish on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) und Univision Deportes Netzwerk (UDN) (12 a.m. UND / 9 p.m. PT), while the entire event including the preliminary bout card, will stream live in English on DAZN (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT).
Von preislich $15, Tickets für „Combate Americas: Mexiko vs. USA,”Sind online unter CombateAmericas.com/Tickets erhältlich.
“Both Mexico and the U.S. have eagles as symbols, and this fight between ‘Goyito’ Perez and John Castaneda is, tatsächlich, a clash of ferocious, fighting eagles,“, Sagte Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren.
The winner of the matchup between the 28-year-old Perez of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and the 26-year-old Castaneda of Mankato, Von., USA will become the number one contender to newly crowned Combate Americas bantamweight world champion Jose "Pochito" Alday.
Perez, who recently left the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on a three-fight win streak and with an overall record of 7-2, made his Combate Americas debut on April 20, avenging one of his only career defeats by scoring a third round (1:22) schlagen (Stanzen) auf D. J.. Fuentes in the main event of “Combate Estrellas II.”
Castaneda, the runner-up of the inaugural “COPA COMBATE," eine Nacht, Acht-Mann-, $100,000 grand prize tournament that took place in Cancun, Mexiko am November 11, 2017, is looking to return to the win column after suffering a split decision defeat at the hands of Alday at “Combate Estrellas I” on April 13.
Also announced today was a bantamweight preliminary bout matchup pitting Anthony “El Toro” Birchak (12-6) of Tucson against Adam “The American Bully” Martinez (5-1) von Colorado Springs, Colo., USA.
In another bantamweight battle, Juan “El Molo” Pablo Gonzalez (7-1-2) von Buenos Aires, Argentina will square off with undefeated Mario Bautista (5-0) von Glendale, Ariz.
Also at bantamweight, Arturo “Chucky” Guzman (2-2) of Tucson will collide with unbeaten Kasey Tanner (1-0) of Scottsdale, Ariz.
In a meeting between unbeaten upstarts, the 20-year-old brother of ‘El Goyito,'Jair "Die Lupe" Perez (1-0) von Monterrey, dauert an Peter de la Cruz (1-0) of Scottsdale.
Elsewhere on the card, Misael “Pitbull” Iñarritu (6-2) of El Paso, Texas via Juarez, Mexico will face off with Peter quezada (1-4) von Tempe, Ariz. in a 160-pound catchweight contest.
Additional matchups for “Combate Americas: Mexiko vs. USA,” including the co-main event, werden demnächst bekannt gegeben.
Die Türen des AVA Amphitheaters im Casino Del Sol öffnen sich um 6 p.m. PT, with the first preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m.