Combate Americas announces complete fight card for Tucson on 10/11
CA has announced 8 new bouts to complete a stacked, 11-fight lineup for its return to Tucson, AZ, on Friday, Oct. 11.
Combate Americas has announced 8 new bouts to complete a stacked, 11-fight lineup for its return to Tucson, AZ, on Friday, Oct. 11, live on television in the U.S. on both Univision (12 a.m. ET/PT) and TUDN (12 a.m. ET/9 p.m. PT) from AVA Amphitheater at Casino Del Sol.
In the previously announced bantamweight main event, former world champion Jose Pochito Alday of Tucson via Hermosillo, Son., Mexico will look to continue his march towards re-gaining the coveted title when he faces off with rising star and Combate Americas newcomer Andre Barquero of San Pedro, Costa Rica.
Among the eight new fights announced today was a featured bantamweight women’s matchup between undefeated Marilia The Tigress Morais and fellow hard-hitting striker Paola Ramirez. Fighting out of Miami, Fla., the 30-year-old Morais, who hails from Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil will step into La Jaula, the Combate Americas competition cage, seven weeks after her previously scheduled Combate Americas debut in Lake Tahoe, Nev. was canceled by the state athletic commission during fight week due to an undisclosed issue related to her opponent, Chelsea Chandler. Morais is a multiple-time Muay Thai and kickboxing champion who has earned all of her MMA victories to date by way of (T)KO or submission.
In a featured flyweight matchup just announced, fast-rising star Jaime Alvarez will face off with Joao Camilo. Alvarez of Surfside, Fla. is a world-ranked, 31-year-old member of ATT and a fast-paced striker with dangerous knockout power. Alvarez will make his Combate Americas debut and look for his third consecutive win after his lone start this year on January 25 when he scored a second round TKO on Jorge Calvo Martin. Fighting out of MMA veteran Javier Chunty Boy Torres’ acclaimed, Phoenix, Ariz.-based fight camp, the 27-year-old Camilo of Boiania, Goias, Brazil will look to secure his third Combate Americas victory after back-to-back unanimous decision wins in La Jaula over Joe Madrid and Albert Trujillo.
Main Card
Jose Alday vs. Andre Barquero
Anthony Birchak vs. Jose Luis Calvo
Marilia Morais vs. Paola Ramirez
Jaime Alvarez vs. Joao Camilo
Prelim Card
Guillermo Torres vs. Orlando Jimenez
Raymond Pina vs. Michael Robertson
Valerie Quintero vs. Lucero Acosta
Humberto Duarte vs. Jesus Rivas
Dorian Ramos vs. Anthony Elijah
Chris Quiroz vs. Gabe Brown
Erick Barreras vs. Aaron Hernandez