LIVE ON DAZN, UNIVISION & UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK
FROM TUCSON, Ariza. V SOBOTU, Október. 13
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ANTHONY BIRCHAK FACES ADAM MARTINEZ AT BANTAMWEIGHT
FOUR OTHER MATCHUPS ANNOUNCED
VSTUPENKY v predaji
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NEW YORK – September 18, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced “Combate Americas: Mexico vs. Spojené štáty americké,” a star-studded Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event that will be headlined by a bantamweight (135 libier) showdown between world-ranked superstars Erik “El Goyito” Perez (18-6) a John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (16-4), live from the AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz. v sobotu, Október. 13.
The three-bout main card airs live on television in Spanish on both Univision (12 a.m. ET / PT) and Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (12 a.m. ET/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).
Ceny od $15, tickets for “Combate Americas: Mexico vs. Spojené štáty americké,” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets.
“Both Mexico and the U.S. have eagles as symbols, and this fight between ‘Goyito’ Perez and John Castaneda is, naozaj, a clash of ferocious, fighting eagles,"Povedal 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, Z., 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) knokaut (údery) na D.J. Fuentes in the main event of “Combate Estrellas II.”
Castaneda, the runner-up of the inaugural “COPA COMBATE,” one-night, eight-man, $100,000 grand prize tournament that took place in Cancun, Mexico on 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) Colorado Springs, Colo., Spojené štáty americké.
In another bantamweight battle, Juan “El Molo” Pablo Gonzalez (7-1-2) Buenos Aires, Argentina will square off with undefeated Mario Bautista (5-0) 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 “El Lupe” Perez (1-0) of Monterrey, bude mať na 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) Tempe, Ariz. in a 160-pound catchweight contest.
Additional matchups for “Combate Americas: Mexico vs. Spojené štáty americké,” including the co-main event, budú oznámené čoskoro.
Doors at the AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol open at 6 p.m. PT, with the first preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m.