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COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES AMANDA SERRANO VS. ERENDIRA ORDOƑEZ AS NEW MAIN EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCT. 13

By Mike Johnson on 10/9/2018 7:51 AM

COMBATE AMERICAS ANNOUNCES
AMANDA SERRANO VS. ERENDIRA ORDOÑEZ
AS NEW MAIN EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCT. 13
 
JOHN CASTANEDA WITHDRAWS FROM MATCHUP 
WITH ERIK “EL GOYITO” PEREZ DUE TO STAPH INFECTION


COMPLETE, NINE-FIGHT CARD STREAMS LIVE ON DAZN, 
AIRS LIVE ON UNIVISION AND UNIVISION DEPORTES NETWORK 
FROM TUCSON, ARIZ., USA
 
ANTHONY BIRCHAK VS. ADAM MARTINEZ
ESCALATED TO CO-MAIN EVENT
 
FEATURED WELTERWEIGHT BOUT:
FERNANDO GONZALEZ TREVINO VS. DAVID MICHAUD

 

NEW YORK – October 9, 2018 – Combate Americas today announced that the scheduled flyweight (125 pounds) showdown between six-division world boxing champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (0-0-1), and former Mexican national kickboxing champion Erendira “Aketzaly” Ordoñez (2-1), has been elevated to main event status for the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) extravaganza at the AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz., USA on Saturday, Oct. 13.
 
The previously announced bantamweight (135 pounds) main event between Erik “El Goyito” Perez of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda of Mankato, Minn., USA, has been postponed due to a staph infection suffered by Castaneda.
 
The stacked, nine-bout Combate Americas event streams live in its entirety in English in the U.S. and Canada on DAZN (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), and 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).
 
A previously announced, featured bantamweight contest between seasoned star Anthony “El Toro” Birchak (12-6) of Tucson and rising star Adam “The American Bully” Martinez (5-1) of Colorado Springs, Colo., USA will serve as the new co-main event.
 
Also announced today was a featured welterweight (170 pounds) matchup between hard-hitting Fernando Gonzalez Trevino (3-1) of San Jose, Calif., USA via Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and battle-tested David Michaud(13-4) of Phoenix, Ariz., USA via Sioux Falls, S.D., USA, as well as a lightweight (155 pounds) preliminary bout card matchup between professional debut opponents Levi Escobar (0-0) of Tucson and Andrew Valentin (0-0) of Tampa, Fla., USA.
 
Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico and fighting out of Brooklyn, N.Y. the 29-year-old Serrano will make her second-career MMA star on the heels of her latest feat in the boxing ring – capturing the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Welterweight Championship with a unanimous decision win over Yamila Esther Reynoso of Argentina on September 8. 
 
In doing so, Serrano joined Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya as the only boxers in history to capture six world titles in six different weight classes.
 
The 22-year-old Ordoñez of Mexico City is a three-time San Shou-style kickboxing gold medalist, who holds a professional kickboxing record of 2-2, in addition to her MMA experience. 
 
Priced from $15, tickets for “Combate Americas: Mexico vs. USA,” are on sale online at CombateAmericas.com/Tickets. 
 
Doors at the AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol open at 6 p.m. PT on October 13, with the first preliminary bout will beginning at 7 p.m.
 
UPDATED “COMBATE AMERICAS: MEXICO VS. USA” FIGHT CARD
 
Flyweight Main Event:
Amanda Serrano vs. Erendira Ordoñez
 
Bantamweight Co-Main Event: 
Anthony Birchak vs. Adam Martinez
 
Featured Welterweight Bout:
Fernando Gonzalez Trevino vs. David Michaud
 
Preliminary Bout Card:
Bantamweight: Juan Pablo Gonzalez vs. Mario Bautista
Bantamweight: Arturo Guzman vs. Kasey Tanner
Featherweight:  Andy Perez vs. Paris Stanford
Lightweight: Levi Escobar vs. Joshua Valentin
Catchweight (130 pounds): Joe Madrid vs. Joao Camilo
Featherweight:  Ivan Tena vs. Alim Muhammed
 
 

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ABOUT COMBATE AMERICAS
Combate Americas is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport, after soccer, for Spanish speaking sports fans worldwide.  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.
 
ABOUT DAZN
DAZN is a global live and on-demand sports streaming service created by fans, for fans, that is leading the charge to provide access to sports anytime, anywhere. DAZN guarantees no long-term contract, no bundles, just one affordable price for access to all of the service’s sports on connected devices including Smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and games consoles. DAZN is currently available in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, and Italy, and just launched for $9.99 a month in the U.S. – where it is set to become a must-have for fight fans, with 80+ fight nights already lined up from Matchroom Boxing, Bellator MMA, the World Boxing Super Series, and Combate Americas. 
 
 
About Univision Deportes
Univision Deportes is the multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) and includes UDN, the No. 1 Spanish-language sports network in the U.S. Univision Deportes’ portfolio of rights includes all 18 teams in Liga MX, the Mexican National Team, the U.S. Men’s & Women’s National Teams, Major League Soccer, Copa MX, Copa Centroamericana, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, international friendlies, select matches from Liga de Ascenso in Mexico, Portuguese First Division, Dutch First Division, FC Barcelona TV and Bayern Munich TV, Mexico’s Campeón de Campeones and SúperCopa, and Formula 1. Univision Deportes is also the exclusive home to shows such as Premios Univision Deportes, Solo Boxeo, Zona NBA, Republica Deportiva and Contacto Deportivo, the highest-rated Spanish-language sports studio show in the U.S., and delivers comprehensive coverage across platforms on all the latest from the NBA, NFL, MLB, and world of boxin