First U.S. Hispanic MMA franchise brings "Road To The Championship" fight series to Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 16
"Sexy Mexy" faces "Kiko" Lopez in bantamweight main event
Ricky Palacios battles Anthony Paredes in bantamweight co-main event
Kyra Batara squares off with Liz McCarthy in women’s atom weight action
Evan Velez, Steve Ramirez, Jonathan Santa Maria, Israel Cruz, Paola Ramirez and Izic Fernandez all set for action
NEW YORK – November 25, 2015 – Combate Americas, the first-ever U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise founded by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) co-creator Campbell McLaren, today announced that it will make its debut in Los Angeles, Calif. with a stellar, nine-bout fight card at Florentine Gardens.
Priced from $40, tickets for "Premier Insurance Services and Aspira Mas Present Combate Americas: Road To The Championship Hollywood," are on sale at www.HollywoodFightNight.com.
In the bantamweight (135 pounds) main event of the live, four-fight telecast on NBC Universo, John "Sexy Mexy" Castaneda, fresh off his victory at the inaugural "Combate Americas: Road To The Championship" event in Las Vegas, Nev. on September 17, will square off with fellow striking sensation Federico "Kiko" Lopez.
The 23-year-old Castaneda (8-2), a seasoned striker who hails from Mankato, Minn., earned his third consecutive victory in the form of a unanimous decision over Justin Governale in the Combate Americas cage.
A 31-year-old member of Team Quest, Lopez (10-5) of Murrieta, Calif. is riding a five fight win streak, with four of those victories having come by way of either (T)KO or submission.
In the bantamweight co-main event, Combate Americas reality television series star and power puncher Ricky "El Gallero" Palacios will square off with dangerous scrapper Anthony Paredes of Murrieta.
Palacios (5-1), a 28-year-old resident of Mission, Texas who also boasts an unblemished professional boxing record of 2-0-1, scored a thunderous, first round (1:00) KO on Benji Gomez with a head kick at the "Combate Americas: Road To The Championship" event on September 17, while the 26-year-old Paredes, another member of Team Quest, is looking to return to the win column after suffering a loss in July that snapped a two-fight win streak.
In a featured women’s atomweight (105 pounds) attraction on the live telecast, Kyra "Mogwai" Batara will collide with "Lightning Liz McCarthy.
Fighting out of Las Vegas, Batara (3-3) is a 21-year-old protégé of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guru Eddie Bravo. During the "Combate Americas: Road To The Championship" event in Las Vegas, Batara pulled off a stunning upset win via unanimous decision over Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc, a former world championship challenger with five times as many professional bouts as Batara.
The 29-year-old McCarthy (2-3), also fighting out of Las Vegas, is a four-time veteran of Invicta FC, the world’s premier all-women’s MMA league. Prior to her professional debut at Invicta FC 2 where she defeated Jessica Philippus by way of first round (5:00) TKO (doctor stoppage) on July 28, 2012, McCarthy amassed a perfect, 6-0 record as an amateur.Doors at Florentine Gardens open at 5 p.m. PT for the event, and the first preliminary bout will begin at 6 p.m.
ABOUT COMBATE AMERICAS
Combate Americas, LLC. is the first U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise in history, designed to build Latino fighting champions and serve Hispanic fans, one of the world's most avid groups of prize fighting enthusiasts. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company's CEO, Campbell McLaren, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as "the marketing genius behind the UFC" and Yahoo! Sports proclaimed that he "knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today." With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.
Combate Americas, LLC. is the first U.S. Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise in history, designed to build Latino fighting champions and serve Hispanic fans, one of the world's most avid groups of prize fighting enthusiasts. The Combate Americas franchise includes reality TV programming, live events and mobile programming. The company's CEO, Campbell McLaren, is universally recognized as the co-founder/co-creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). New York Magazine described McLaren as "the marketing genius behind the UFC" and Yahoo! Sports proclaimed that he "knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today." With an unprecedented product and a blue-chip ownership and management team, Combate Americas is poised to break new ground and bring about a new era in world championship level MMA competition.
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