VIVO EN DAZN, UNIVISION & UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK
de Tucson, ARIZ. EN SÁBADO, Octubre. 13
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ANTHONY BIRCHAK FACES ADAM MARTINEZ AT BANTAMWEIGHT
FOUR OTHER MATCHUPS ANNOUNCED
ENTRADAS A LA VENTA CON EMPRESA
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NUEVA YORK - Septiembre 18, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced “Combate Americas: México vs. EE.UU.,” a star-studded Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event that will be headlined by a bantamweight (135 libra) enfrentamiento entre las superestrellas mundialmente clasificado Erik “El Goyito” Perez (18-6) y John "Sexy Mexi" Castañeda (16-4), live from the AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz. en sábado, Octubre. 13.
The three-bout main card airs live on television in Spanish on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) y Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. Y / 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 pm. PT).
Precios desde $15, Las entradas para “Combate Américas: México vs. EE.UU.,”Están a la venta en línea en CombateAmericas.com/Tickets.
“Both Mexico and the U.S. have eagles as symbols, and this fight between ‘Goyito’ Perez and John Castaneda is, ciertamente, a clash of ferocious, fighting eagles,”Dijo el CEO de Combate Américas 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, De., USA will become the number one contender to newly crowned Combate Americas bantamweight world champion José "Pochito" Alday.
Pérez, 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) knockear (golpes) en DJ. Fuentes in the main event of “Combate Estrellas II.”
Castañeda, the runner-up of the inaugural “COPA COMBATE," una noche, de ocho hombres, $100,000 grand prize tournament that took place in Cancun, México de noviembre 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 “El American Bully” Martínez (5-1) de Colorado Springs, Colo., EE.UU..
In another bantamweight battle, Juan “El Molo” Pablo Gonzalez (7-1-2) of Buenos Aires, Argentina will square off with undefeated Mario Bautista (5-0) de Glendale, Ariz.
Also at bantamweight, Arturo “Chucky” Guzman (2-2) of Tucson will collide with unbeaten Kasey Tanner (1-0) de Scottsdale, Ariz.
In a meeting between unbeaten upstarts, the 20-year-old brother of ‘El Goyito,'Jair “El Lupe” Perez (1-0) de Monterrey, se enfrentará a Peter De La Cruz (1-0) de Scottsdale.
En otra parte de la tarjeta, Misael “Pitbull” Iñarritu (6-2) of El Paso, Texas via Juarez, Mexico will face off with Peter Quezada (1-4) de Tempe, Ariz. in a 160-pound catchweight contest.
Additional matchups for “Combate Americas: México vs. EE.UU.,” including the co-main event, se darán a conocer en breve.
Puertas en el Anfiteatro AVA en Casino Del Sol abren a las 6 p.m. PT, with the first preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m.