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PARAMOUNT+ LIVE COVERAGE BEGINS
WITH A COMBATE GLOBAL PRE-SHOW AT 10:30 PM ET;
FIRST BOUT BEGINS AT 11:00 PM ET
FEATURED MAIN CARD MATCHUPS:
BANTAMWEIGHT: RICKY BANDEJAS VS. TERRY BARTHOLOMEW
WELTERWEIGHT: ERIC ALEQUIN VS. DANIEL SANCHEZ
FLYWEIGHT: LUCERO “LA LOBA” ACOSTA VS. CHANTEL COATES
NEW YORK – August 3, 2021 – Combate Global today announced a complete, eight-bout Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card, live on Paramount+ on Friday, Aug. 6 from Miami, Fla.
Paramount+ live coverage will begin with a Combate Global pre-show at 10:30 p.m. ET/9:30 p.m. CT, and will continue with the live fight action, beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. CT.
For the second consecutive week, special guest Valerie Loureda will join play-by-play announcer Max Bretos and color commentator Julianna Peña and to call all the action live on Paramount+.
In addition, this week’s Combate coverage is complemented on CBS Sports Network with the one-hour recap show on Thursday, Aug. 5 (9:00 p.m. ET) highlighting last week’s action.
In featured, main card bout action, Ricky Bandejas (13-5) of Brick, N.J. by way of Coconut Creek, Fla. will make his Combate Global debut in a bantamweight (135 pounds) contest against Terry “The Duke” Bartholomew (7-4) of Frederick, Md.
A pair of unbeaten upstarts – Eric Alequin (4-0) of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Daniel Sanchez (2-0) of Mexico City, Mexico – will risk their respective, unblemished records against one another when they collide at welterweight (170 pounds).
In a women’s flyweight (125 pounds) affair, Lucero “La Loba” Acosta (2-1) of Tijuana, B.C., Mexico via El Centro, Calif. will battle Chantel Coates (1-1) of Overland Park, Kan.
A 140-pound catchweight tilt will pit Carlos “El Lobo” Rivera (13-4) of Mexico City against Jose “Stimatik” Avalos (5-2) of Parlier, Calif.
Claudio Ledesma (16-9) of Denville, N.J. will take on Wascar “La Avispa” Cruz (11-7) of The Dominican Republic via Miami at flyweight.
Unbeaten Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Levi Escobar (1-0) of Tucson, Ariz. will make his much-anticipated return to Combate Global action in a 160-pound catchweight contest against Mario Lopez (0-0) of Los Angeles, Calif.
In a women’s strawweight (115 pounds) tilt, Jasmine Montoya (0-0) of Denver, Colo. will make her professional debut opposite Carolynn Cordoba (0-1) of Mexico City.
Brahyan Zurcher (1-0) of Las Vegas, Nev. will meet Tyler Hinton (0-0) of Yuma, Ariz. at featherweight (145 pounds).
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About Combate Global
Combate Global, previously “Combate Americas,” is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer for Spanish speaking fans worldwide. It is the only MMA property regularly airing on broadcast television in both the U.S. (Univision) and Mexico (Televisa). In 2021, Combate Global partnered with CBS Sports to distribute its live shows in English in the U.S.
Nielsen research indicates that an astounding 91 percent of Combate Global viewers are not regular viewers of other MMA content, demonstrating that Combate Global has garnered a new MMA audience with its World Cup-style, country vs. country-style competition. Each year of Combate Global action culminates with “COPA COMBATE,” the toughest event in sports, and the most coveted destination for representing one’s country.
Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder and creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been described by New York Magazine as "the marketing genius behind the UFC,” while Yahoo Sports has said he "knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today." Under his direction, the growth of Combate Americas’ television footprint and worldwide audience triggered a re-branding in 2021 to Combate Global.
About Paramount+
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