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NEW YORK – July 1, 2025 – COMBATE GLOBAL today announced that it has signed World Boxing Council (WBC) Interim World Flyweight (112 pounds) Champion, Kenia “Mexican Queen” Enriquez (1-0 MMA; 28-1, 11 KO’s) to an exclusive, multi-fight promotional agreement.
The 31-year-old Enriquez, who hails from Tijuana, B.C., Mexico is slated to return to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) action at a COMBATE GLOBAL live television event in Miami, Fla. on Thursday, July 17, and will square off with Hannah Brobyskov (0-1) of Seattle, Wash.
COMBATE GLOBAL’s signing comes amid ongoing tension between Enriquez and WBC chairman Mauricio Sulaiman, who has yet to award the decorated champion the opportunity to challenge for the governing body’s absolute world championship despite her standing as interim world champion and number one contender in the WBC women’s flyweight division.
Still, Enriquez aims to become the first fighter in history to simultaneously hold both a major boxing world championship and a major MMA world title.
“We welcome Kenia Enriquez, an incredible athlete, to COMBATE GLOBAL, and condemn the disrespect the WBC has shown her,” said COMBATE GLOBAL CEO Campbell McLaren.
“We will elevate her COMBATE career the same way we plucked Amanda Serrano from boxing obscurity, raising her profile significantly to get Jake Paul’s attention,” McLaren continued.
Enriquez officially entered the world of MMA on March 13, debuting against a previously undefeated Hayley “Bloody” Valentine of England at COMBATE GLOBAL’s ‘Combate Female’ all women’s event in Miami.
The Mexican boxing champion asserted herself from the outset of the fight, putting her punches to work and dropping Valentine twice in the first round with a straight right hand and a left hook, respectively.
In the third round, though, Valentine, who holds a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, finally secured a takedown, forcing Enriquez, for the first time, to defend herself on mat.
Enriquez fended off multiple submission attempts by Valentine before the final bell sounded and Enriquez was awarded a unanimous decision.
Above: Enriquez (right) scored two knockdowns on her Combate Global MMA debut opponent,
Hayley Valentine (left) on March 13.
Enriquez became the WBC interim flyweight champion with a unanimous decision victory over Ibeth Zamora Silva on September 10, 2023.
She defended the title in her last boxing bout on February 3, 2024, defeating Maria Salinas by unanimous decision.
Since that victory, however, she has been in limbo, waiting over a year for a crack at reigning WBC flyweight world champion Gabriela Fundora’s coveted title.
In 2014, Enriquez became the World Boxing Organization (WBO) world flyweight champion, and, in 2017, Enriquez was crowned WBC interim world light flyweight (108 pounds) champion.
The last time COMBATE GLOBAL successfully ushered a professional boxing champion into MMA was in 2018 when it introduced Serrano to the sport.
After two COMBATE GLOBAL bouts that raised her visibility in the fight world substantially, Serrano went on to become the highest paid female boxer in history.
The remainder of the COMBATE GLOBAL fight card for July 17 will be announced soon.
Additional information about Combate Global and its athletes can be found on www.CombateGlobal.com as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
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About Combate Global
Combate Global is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise that is rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer for Spanish speaking fans worldwide, and that consistently garners television ratings that are superior to those of other major, longer established sports television properties.
Nielsen research indicates that an astounding 91 percent of Combate Global viewers in the U.S. 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.
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.
