Combate Americas announces 11-fight live DAZN show on 2/8
In the lightweight main event, undefeated Cub Swanson-protege Rafa ‘Gifted’ Garcia will collide with hard-hitting, rising star Edgar ‘Nasty Boy’ Escarrega.
Combate Americas has announced its first live television event of 2019; it will take place at Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on Friday, Feb. 8, live on DAZN (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) in English in the U.S. and Canada.
Priced from MX $300, tickets for the 11-bout Combate Americas live event go on sale tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. CT at CombateAmericas.com/Mexicali.
In the lightweight main event, undefeated Cub Swanson-protégé Rafa Gifted Garcia (8-0) will collide with hard-hitting, rising star Edgar Nasty Boy Escarrega (5-2-1). Fighting out of Palm Springs, Calif., USA where he trains under Swanson, the 24-year-old Garcia, a product of Mexicali, is coming off his best victory to date – a first round (2:26) knockout (punches) of veteran standout LaRue The Cannibal Burley – in a Combate Americas bout on September 14, 2018. One of the fastest rising stars in the sport, Garcia has produced seven of his eight career victories by way of (T)KO or submission, with five of them coming inside of one round of action.
The 29-year-old Escarrega of Ensenada, Baja California will seek his fifth consecutive victory in what will mark his debut in La Jaula, the Combate Americas cage.
In the flyweight (125 pounds) co-main event, Edgar Pitbull Chairez (4-1) of Mexicali will take on decorated Muay Thai champion Jose Alejandro Salazar (0-0) of Playas de Rosarito, Baja California.
The Combate Americas event will also feature the much-anticipated promotional debut of submission ace Misael Pitbull Iñarritu (6-2) of Phoenix, Ariz., USA via Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The 25-year-old Iñarritu will face off with Alex Bam Velasco (7-3) of Ensenada in a lightweight contest.
In preliminary bout action, undefeated Jose 500’s Antonio Marquez (5-0) of Tijuana, Baja California will square off with Christopher Chiva Ortega (7-8) of Mexicali at lightweight.
Another lightweight tilt will see Saul El Prodigio Cabrera (3-1) of Mexicali battle Christian Perez (0-0) of Ensenada.
In women’s flyweight (125 pounds) action, Jenny Favela (0-0) of Mexicali and Yasmine Jauregui (0-0) of Tijuana will face one another in their respective professional debuts.
A second women’s matchup between two professional debut upstarts will take place in the atomweight (105 pounds) division between Laura Huizar (0-0) of Mexicali and Dulce Hernandez (-0) of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico.
Unbeaten, rising stars Ramon Vizcarra (2-0) of Mexicali and Ernesto Ibarra (2-0) of Ensenada will risk their unblemished records against each other in a 130-pound catchweight fight.
Undefeated Christian Gonzales (2-0) of Tijuana will meet Carlos Ernesto Ochoa (3-6) of Mexicali in a 140-pound catchweight bout.
Another unbeaten prospect, Santiago Monreal (3-0) of Mexicali will throw down with Combate Americas veteran Heber Castillo (1-2) of Indio, Calif., USA., at flyweight.
The preliminary bout card will kick off with a lightweight matchup between Ramiro Jimenez (0-0) of Mexicali and Jesus Blanco (0-1) of Tijuana.
Doors at Auditorio del Estado will open for Combate Baja at 6 p.m. local time, and the first preliminary bout will begin at 7 p.m.
Complete COMBATE BAJA Card
Rafa Garcia vs. Edgar Escarrega
Edgar Chairez vs. Jose Alejandro Salazar
Prelim Card
Alex Velasco vs. Misael Iñarritu
Christopher Ortega vs. Jose Antonio Marquez
Saul Cabrera vs. Christian Perez
Laura Huizar vs. Dulce Hernandez
Carlos Ernesto Ochoa vs. Christian Gonzales
Ramon Vizcarra vs. Ernesto Ibarra
Jenny Favela vs. Yasmine Jauregui
Santiago Monreal vs. Heber Castillo
Ramiro Jimenez vs. Jesus Blanco